William Cole is the name of:
- Bill Cole (born 1937), American jazz musician and professor
- W. C. Cole, University of Virginia football coach 1905–1906
- William Cole (antiquary) (1714–1782), antiquary
- William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1736–1803), Irish peer and politician
- William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807–1886), known as Viscount Cole
- William Cole (Dean of Lincoln) (c. 1530–1600), Anglican priest and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- William Cole (musician), conductor (1909–1997), composer and organist
- William Cole (police officer) (died 1900), British policeman, who was awarded the Albert Medal for bravery
- Sir William Cole (public servant) (born 1926), Australian senior public servant
- William Cole (scholar) (1753–1806), English classical scholar, writer and churchman
- William Carey Cole (1868–1935), U.S. Navy admiral
- William Clay Cole (1897–1965), U.S. Congressman from Missouri
- William H. Cole IV (born 1972), City Councilman from Baltimore, Maryland (2007–present); former Delegate in Maryland General Assembly (1999–2002)
- William Hinson Cole (1837–1886), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
- William Purington Cole, Jr. (1889–1957), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
- William Washington Cole (1847–1915), part owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus
- W. Sterling Cole (1904–1987), U.S. Congressman from New York and first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Famous quotes containing the word cole:
“Nelse McLeod: Faith can move mountains Milt, but it can’t beat a faster draw. There’s only three men I know with his kind of speed—one’s dead, the other’s me, and the third is Cole Thornton.
Cole Thornton: There’s a fourth.
McLeod: Which one are you?
Thornton: I’m Thornton.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)