William Hope may refer to:
- William Hope (VC) (1834–1909), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Hope (paranormal investigator) (1863–1933), pioneer of so-called "spirit photography"
- William Hope (actor) (born 1955), Canadian actor
- William Johnstone Hope (1766–1831), prominent and controversial British Royal Navy officer and politician
- William Henry Bateman Hope, British Member of Parliament for North Somerset, 1906–1910
- Bob Hope (William Henry Hope), British-born American comedian and actor
- William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918), English author of horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction
Famous quotes containing the words william and/or hope:
“The Law is the true embodiment
Of everything that’s excellent.
It has no kind of fault or flaw,
And I, my Lords, embody the Law.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“They who feel cannot keep their minds in the equilibrium of a pair of scales: fear and hope have no equiponderant weights.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)