William Butterworth may refer to:
- William Butterworth (businessman) (1864–1936), American businessman and early Deere & Company president
- William John Butterworth, English general and Governor of Penang, then known as the Straits Settlements
- William Walton Butterworth (1903–1975), American diplomat
- W. E. Butterworth (born 1929), American author, also known as W. E. B. Griffin
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“Among them was a Bishop, who
Had lately been appointed to
The balmy isle of Rum-ti-Foo,
And Peter was his name.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)