Samuel Butler may refer to:
- Samuel Butler (poet) (1612–1680), author of Hudibras
- Samuel Butler (schoolmaster) (1774–1839), classical scholar, schoolmaster at Shrewsbury, Bishop of Lichfield
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835–1902), grandson of the scholar, author of Erewhon
- Samuel Butler (cricketer) (1850–1903), who in 1871 took all ten wickets in an innings for Oxford against Cambridge
- Sam Butler, Australian Rules footballer
Famous quotes by samuel butler:
“What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, ‘I bet that my Redeemer liveth.’”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)