William Cole
William or Bill Cole may refer to:
Business
- William Rossa Cole, American children's writer
- William Washington Cole, part owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus
Fine arts and entertainment
- William Cole , English conductor and organist
- Bill Cole , jazz musician, jazz and African American scholar
- Bill Cole , foreign correspondent for CBS News and public television producer
Military and law enforcement
- William Cole , British policeman
- William Carey Cole, U.S. Navy admiral
- * USS William C. Cole, a destroyer escort named after the admiral
- William E. Cole, U.S. Army general
Politics
- William Colle , MP for Leominster in 1397
- William Cole , planter and member of the House of Burgesses, grandson of William Cole
- William Cole , planter and member of the Virginia Governor's Council, son of William Cole
- William Cole , English planter, politician and soldier in Ireland
- William Cole , English planter, politician and family founder in Virginia
- William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen, Irish peer and politician
- William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen, known as Viscount Cole
- William Cole , South Australian House of Assembly
- William Cole , Australian
- William Clay Cole, U.S. Congressman from Missouri
- William H. Cole IV, city councilman from Baltimore
- William Hinson Cole, U.S. Congressman from Maryland and Confederate surgeon
- William Purington Cole Jr., U.S. Congressman from Maryland and judge
- W. Sterling Cole, U.S. Congressman from New York
- William J. Cole, State Treasurer of Mississippi
- Bill Cole, mayor of Billings, Montana, 2017
- Bill Cole , Senate
Religion
- William Cole , English Puritan clergyman
- William Cole , Cambridgeshire clergyman
- William Cole
Sports
- William C. "King" Cole, American college football player and coach
- Billy Cole , Australian rules footballer
- Billy Cole, English shot putter
Medicine
- William Cole , English herbalist
- William Cole , English physician and medical writer
- William Harder Cole, American Science Educator
Scholars
- William Cole , English classical scholar