William Skinner
William Skinner may refer to:
- William Skinner (MP), MP for Great Grimsby, 1626
- William Skinner (British Army officer), British military engineer
- William Skinner (North Carolina general), general in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution
- William Skinner (bishop), bishop of Aberdeen in the Scottish Episcopal Church
- William Skinner (ethnographer), New Zealand surveyor, historian, and ethnographer
- William I. Skinner, American politician from New York
- G. William Skinner, American anthropologist and scholar of China
- William W. Skinner, American chemist, conservationist, and college football coach
- William C. Skinner, president of Colt's Manufacturing Company
- William Henry Skinner, Welsh architect who migrated to New Zealand
- William Skinner of Corra, town clerk of Edinburgh
- William Skinner (EastEnders), fictional character from EastEnders spin-off "CivvyStreet"
- William Skinner (hurdler), American hurdler, 1986 All-American for the Maryland Terrapins track and field team