William Falkner may refer to:
- William Faulkner (1897 – 1962), author and winner of the Nobel prize in literature; his surname was originally spelled "Falkner"
- William Clark Falkner (1825 or 1826 – 1889), minor author and important influence on the above, his great-grandson
- William Falkner (divine)
Famous quotes containing the word william:
“Here lies the body of William Jones
Who all his life collected bones,
Till Death, that grim and boney spectre,
That universal bone collector,
Boned old Jones, so neat and tidy,
And here he lies, all bona fide.”
—Anonymous. “Epitaph on William Jones,” from Eleanor Broughton’s Varia (1925)