William Read
William Read may refer to:
- William Read (priest), Archdeacon of Barnstaple, 1679–1703
- William Read (oculist), quack medical practitioner
- William Read (pirate), pirate active in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar
- William Brown Read, American politician and lawyer from Kentucky
- William Henry Macleod Read, British businessman and public servant in Singapore
- William Read (Australian politician), Australian politician
- William Ronald Read, British Royal Air Force officer of the First World War
- William L. Read, American meteorologist