William Cole

William Cole is the name of:

• Bill Cole (born 1937), American jazz musician and professor
• W. C. Cole, University of Virginia football coach 1905–1906
• William Cole (antiquary) (1714–1782), antiquary
• William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1736–1803), Irish peer and politician
• William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807–1886), known as Viscount Cole
• William Cole (Dean of Lincoln) (c. 1530–1600), Anglican priest and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
• William Cole (musician), conductor (1909–1997), composer and organist
• William Cole (police officer) (died 1900), British policeman, who was awarded the Albert Medal for bravery
• Sir William Cole (public servant) (born 1926), Australian senior public servant
• William Cole (scholar) (1753–1806), English classical scholar, writer and churchman
• William Carey Cole (1868–1935), U.S. Navy admiral
• William Clay Cole (1897–1965), U.S. Congressman from Missouri
• William H. Cole IV (born 1972), City Councilman from Baltimore, Maryland (2007–present); former Delegate in Maryland General Assembly (1999–2002)
• William Hinson Cole (1837–1886), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
• William Purington Cole, Jr. (1889–1957), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
• William Washington Cole (1847–1915), part owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus
• W. Sterling Cole (1904–1987), U.S. Congressman from New York and first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency