William Hare may refer to:
- William Hare (murderer) (1792 or 1804 - after 1829), Irish criminal, member of the infamous Edinburgh duo of Burke and Hare
- William D. Hare (1834–1910), Oregon politician
- William Hobart Hare (1838–1909), Episcopal bishop in America
- William G. Hare (1882–1971), Oregon politician
- William Hare (philosopher) (born 1944), English academic, professor of education and philosophy in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1970
- William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel (1751–1837), Irish peer and Member of Parliament
- William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel (1801–1856), grandson of the 1st Earl, peer and Member of Parliament
- William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel (1833–1924), son of the 2nd Earl, Baron Hare, Liberal politician
- William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (1906–1997), grandson of the 3rd Earl, Labour politician
Famous quotes containing the word hare:
“No humane being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature which holds its life by the same tenure that he does. The hare in its extremity cries like a child. I warn you, mothers, that my sympathies do not always make the usual philanthropic distinctions.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)