William Hawkins

William Hawkins may refer to:

• William Hawkins (c.1495-1554/55), MP for Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)
• Sir William Hawkins, 16th century representative of the English East India Company
• William Hawkins (serjeant-at-law) (1673–1746), English serjeant-at-law and legal writer
• William Hawkins (clergyman) (1722–1801), English poet and dramatist, son of the serjeant-at-law
• William Hawkins (governor) (1777–1819), governor of North Carolina
• William Ashbie Hawkins (1862–1941), African American lawyer in Baltimore
• William Henry Hawkins (1862–1930), Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand
• William D. Hawkins (1914–1943), American Marine awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II
• William Hawkins (songwriter and poet) (born 1940), Canadian songwriter, musician and poet
• Trip Hawkins (born 1953), founder of Electronic Arts
• Bill Hawkins (American football) (born 1966), player for the Los Angeles Rams
• Yisrayl Hawkins (born Buffalo Bill Hawkins), 20th century religious leader
• William A. Hawkins, CEO of Medtronic, a medical company in Minnesota
• William R. Hawkins, conservative American author and scholar
• William Warwick Hawkins, British Member of Parliament for Colchester