Politicians
- William Fraser (British politician) (died 1802), British politician, Clerk of the Signet and an Undersecretary of State
- Sir William Fraser, 4th Baronet (1826–1898), English politician
- William Fraser (Canadian politician) (1832–1909), member of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, 1872–1875
- William Alexander Fraser (1886–1962), 20th-century Canadian politician
- William Fraser (New Zealand politician born 1924), New Zealand politician
- William Fraser (New Zealand politician born 1827) (1827–1901), New Zealand politician
- William Fraser (New Zealand politician born 1840) (1840–1923), New Zealand politician
- Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale (William Jocelyn Ian Fraser, 1897–1974), British politician and chairman of St Dunstan's
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