William Stanley

William Stanley may refer to:

  • William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth) (c. 1435–1495), English military leader in the Wars of the Roses
  • William Stanley (16th century MP), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancashire
  • William Stanley (Elizabethan) (1548–1630), English military commander under Queen Elizabeth I
  • William Stanley (MP for Southampton) (1610–1678), English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660
  • William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561–1642), English nobleman
  • William Stanley (1640–1670), English MP for Liverpool
  • William Stanley (priest) (1647–1731), English academic, Archdeacon of London and Dean of St Asaph
  • William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655–1702), English nobleman
  • William Owen Stanley (1802–1884), British MP and Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
  • William Stanley (inventor) (1829–1909), founder of Harris Academy South Norwood school
  • William A. Stanley (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • William E. Stanley (1844–1910), American politician, Governor of Kansas
  • William Stanley, Jr. (1858–1916), American physicist and electrical engineer
  • William Stanley (Hawaii) (1872–1939), Irish lawyer and judge of the Republic of Hawaii
  • William Stanley (football manager), British footballer and first manager of Coventry City F.C.
  • William O. Stanley, American professor

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