William the Elder

• William Corden the Elder, English portrait painter and miniaturist
• William Goode, the elder, English evangelical Anglican clergyman
• William Holl the Elder, English engraver
• William Macready the elder, Irish actor-manager
• William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder), Welsh Whig politician
• William Pitt the Elder, British statesman
• William Theed the elder, English sculptor and painter