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:
“There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“Quickness comes from long sustained effort after rightness, and comes unsought. It never comes from effort after quickness.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)