William Fisher may refer to:
- William Arms Fisher (1861–1948), American music historian
- William Frederick Fisher (born 1946), American astronaut
- William Frederick Fisher (born 1839), Pony Express rider and great grandfather of American astronaut William Frederick Fisher
- William Fisher (Royal Navy officer) (1780-1852), British naval officer
- William Webster Fisher
- William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920), British politician
- William Wordsworth Fisher (1875–1937), British admiral
- William W. Fisher, American legal academic
- William Fisher (mayor), Mayor of Philadelphia, served 1773–1774
- William Fisher (boxer), known as Willie Fisher, (born 1940), Scottish boxer
- William Fisher (Nova Scotia politician) (1716–1777), farmer and politician in Nova Scotia
- William Fisher, the Kirk Elder of Mauchline, who inspired Burn's poem Holy Willie's Prayer
- See also
- William Fischer (disambiguation)
Famous quotes containing the word fisher:
“I know only one person who ever crossed the ocean without feeling it, either spiritually or physically.... he went from Oklahoma to France and back again ... without ever getting off dry land. He remembers several places I remember too, and several French words, but he says firmly, “We must of went different ways. I don’t rightly recollect no water, ever.””
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
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