William Stokes may refer to:
- William Stokes (MP) for Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Axton Stokes (1814–1877), Philadelphia attorney and Major in the American Civil War
- William Brickly Stokes (1814–1897), American soldier and politician
- William Stokes (physician) (1804–1878), Irish physician
- Sir William Stokes (surgeon) (1839–1900), his son
- William Earl Dodge Stokes (1852–1926), American property developer
- J. William Stokes (1853–1901), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- William R. Stokes, American politician and mayor of Augusta, Maine
Famous quotes containing the words william and/or stokes:
“he might have been a Roosian,
A French, or Turk, or Proosian,
Or perhaps Itali-an!
But in spite of all temptations,
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Some pray to marry the man they love,
My prayer will somewhat vary;
I humbly pray to Heaven above
That I love the man I marry.”
—Rose Pastor Stokes (1879–1933)