William Black may refer to:
- William Black (novelist) (1841–1898), Scottish novelist
- William Black, captain of the HMS Racoon, 1811–1815
- William Black (Methodist) (1760–1834), Methodist minister in Nova Scotia
- William K. Black (born 1951), American lawyer, academic, author, and a former bank regulator
- William P. Black (1842–1916), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- William Black (soldier), youngest wounded soldier of the American Civil War
- William Black (pianist) (c. 1950–2003), American pianist and teacher
- William Valentine Black (1832–1927), Utah pioneer
- William Murray Black (1855–1933), officer in the United States Army
- William Black (1771–1866), Canadian shipper, merchant, and office-holder
- William Black, Baron Black (1893–1984), coachbuilder
- William George Black (1857–1932),antiquary, lawyer and politician of Glasgow
- William Pierpont Black (1877–1942), New Zealand wood carver, journal editor and publisher
- William M. Black (dredge), a steam-propelled, sidewheel dustpan dredge
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Famous quotes containing the word black:
“Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood,
Even where horrible green parrots call and swing.
My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)