Politics and Government
- Sir William de Graham, 12th-century Scottish knight
- William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose (1464–1513), Scottish nobleman
- William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose (died 1571), Scottish nobleman
- William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose (1712–1790), Scottish nobleman
- William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith (died 1543), Scottish magnate
- William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith, 16th-century Scottish nobleman
- William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith (1591–1661), Scottish nobleman
- William Graham, 8th Earl of Menteith (died 1694), Scottish nobleman
- William Graham (colonel) (1742–1835), North Carolina militia and political leader
- William Graham (Indiana politician) (1782–1858), U.S. representative from Indiana
- William Graham (Glasgow MP) (1817–1885), Scottish politician
- William Graham (Scottish politician) (1887–1932), British statesman
- William Graham (Welsh politician) (born 1949), assembly member from South Wales East
- William Alexander Graham (1804–1875), North Carolina governor and U.S. senator
- William Australia Graham (1841–1916), New Zealand surveyor, mediator, farmer, politician and mayor
- William A. Graham (agriculture commissioner) (1839–1923), North Carolina politician
- William Harrison Graham (1844–1923), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
- William J. Graham (1872–1937), U.S. representative from Illinois
- William M. Graham (New York) (1819–1886), New York politician
- William Robert Graham (born 1937), former NASA administrator
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