William Maxwell
William Maxwell may refer to:
Arts
- William Maxwell , printer of the Sentinel of the Northwest Territory newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio
- W. B. Maxwell, British novelist
- William Hamilton Maxwell, Scots-Irish novelist
- William James Maxwell, Scottish-born sculptor in Australia
- William Keepers Maxwell Jr., American editor and writer
Education
- William Maxwell , seventh President of Hampden–Sydney College
- William Henry Maxwell, superintendent of public schools in New York City
Medicine
- William Maxwell , Scottish physician
- William Maxwell , Scottish physician
Military
- William Maxwell , Irish-born American soldier from New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War
- William C. Maxwell, American pilot in the United States Air Force
Politics and administration
- Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet, of Monreith, British MP for Wigtownshire, 1805–1812 and 1822–1830
- William Maxwell , gold miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- William Maxwell , Scottish co-operative activist
- William Maxwell , American business executive and politician, president of the Erie Railroad 1842–1843
- William Edward Maxwell, British colonial official, governor of the Gold Coast
- George Maxwell , British naturalist and colonial administrator in British Malaya and Straits Settlements
- William Herries Maxwell, British MP for Dumfriesshire, 1892–1895 and 1900–1906
- William John Maxwell, 18th Naval Governor of Guam
Sports
- William Maxwell , Scottish footballer, manager of the Belgium national football team
- Bill Maxwell, Australian rules footballer
Other
- William Maxwell, 5th Lord Herries of Terregles, Scottish politician
- William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Catholic nobleman
- William Maxwell , British journalist, soldier, writer and civil servant
- William Sutherland Maxwell, Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith