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 (musician), English conductor and organist
- Bill Cole (musician), jazz musician, jazz and African American scholar
- Bill Cole (television journalist and producer), foreign correspondent for CBS News and public television producer
Military and law enforcement
- William Cole (police officer), 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 (burgess), planter and member of the House of Burgesses, grandson of William Cole (immigrant)
- William Cole (councillor), planter and member of the Virginia Governor's Council, son of William Cole (immigrant)
- William Cole (planter), English planter, politician and soldier in Ireland
- William Cole (immigrant), 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 (Australian politician), South Australian House of Assembly
- William Cole (public servant), 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 (Montana politician), mayor of Billings, Montana, 2017
- Bill Cole (West Virginia politician), Senate
Religion
- William Cole (Dean of Lincoln), English Puritan clergyman
- William Cole (antiquary), Cambridgeshire clergyman
- William Cole (Dean of Waterford)
Sports
- William C. "King" Cole, American college football player and coach
- Billy Cole (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Billy Cole, English shot putter
Medicine
- William Cole (botanist), English herbalist
- William Cole (physician), English physician and medical writer
- William Harder Cole, American Science Educator
Scholars
- William Cole (scholar), English classical scholar