William B. Eerdmans (c.1880–1966) was a Dutch American publisher known for the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Eerdmans was born the son of a Dutch textile manufacturer. He immigrated to the United States in 1902, heading for Grand Rapids, Michigan, a center of 19th century Dutch immigration, and center of Calvinism. In 1911 with his partner, Brant Sevensma, Eerdmans formed the Eerdmans-Sevensma book dealership, specializing in theological textbooks. In 1915, Sevensma left, and Eerdmans continued as sole owner of the renamed William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Over his career Eerdmans published books by authors including C. S. Lewis, Karl Barth, Richard J. Neuhaus, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Richard Mouw, Martin Marty, Rowan Williams, Joan Chittister, Dorothy Day, and many others.
After his death in 1966, he was succeeded by his son, William B. Eerdmans Jr.
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