Military
- William Butler (colonel) (died 1789), American Revolutionary War soldier from Pennsylvania, one of five Butler brothers in the war
- William Butler (1759–1821), American Revolutionary War soldier, 1790s militia general, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- William Butler (militiaman) (died 1818), U.S. militia captain killed in the Creek War, namesake of Butler County, Alabama
- William Orlando Butler (1791–1880), U.S. soldier in the War of 1812 and Mexican-American War, 1848 Democratic vice-presidential candidate
- Sir William Francis Butler (1838–1910), 19th century British Army lieutenant general and adventurer
- William Boynton Butler (1894–1972), British Army soldier awarded a Victoria Cross
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“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.”
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