William Carey may refer to:
- William Carey (courtier) (c. 1500–1528), courtier of King Henry VIII of England
- William Carey (missionary) (1761–1834), English Baptist missionary, philologist, orientalist, translator
- William Carey (MP) (died 1593), MP for Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency) and Northumberland
- William Carey University, Mississippi
- William Carey (bishop) (1769–1846), English churchman and headmaster, bishop of Exeter and of St Asaph
- William P. Carey (1930–2012), American businessman
- William D. Carey (1912–1998), publisher of Science, 1975–1987
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“No hand has been allowed to touch
The rose I hide,
Though eyes have looked upon it and desired it.”
—Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.
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“But when my seven long years are out,
O, then I’ll marry Sally;
O, then we’ll wed, and then we’ll bed—
But not in our alley!”
—Henry Carey (1693?–1743)