William Oates
William Oates may refer to:
- William C. Oates, Confederate colonel during the American Civil War
- William Oates (Irish cricketer), Irish first-class cricketer
- William Oates (cricketer, born 1862), English cricketer
- William Oates (cricketer, born 1929), English first-class cricketer
- William Wilfred Oates of Burns & Oates, British publishing house