Politicians
- William Butler (fl.1386-1393), MP for Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Butler (1544-1577), MP for Queenborough
- William Boteler (died 1602) or Butler, MP for Lyme Regis and Bedford
- William Butler (1790–1850), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- William M. Butler (1861–1937), lawyer and legislator for the state of Massachusetts, United States Senator
- William Henry Butler (1790–1865), English wine merchant and Mayor of Oxford
- William Butler (New Zealand politician) (1841–1875), New Zealand politician
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