People
- W. O. Mitchell (1914–1998), Canadian writer
- William A. Mitchell (1911–2004), corporate chemist responsible for Tang and Pop Rocks
- William B. Mitchell (1832–1900), former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
- William D. Mitchell (1874–1955), former U.S. Attorney General
- William Foot Mitchell (1859–1947), Conservative Party politician in England, MP 1910 and 1922–1929
- Bill Mitchell (economist) (William Francis Mitchell, born 1952), Australian economist
- William Frederick Mitchell (1845–1914), British naval artist
- William Grant Mitchell (1865–1905), English international rugby union player
- William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811–1884), Australian politician
- William J. Mitchell (1945–2010), Australian-born American urban designer and architect
- W. J. T. Mitchell (born 1942), American historian
- Bill Mitchell (designer) (William L. Mitchell, 1912–1988), American automobile designer
- William L. Billy Mitchell (1879–1936), American general and airpower advocate
- William Mitchell (Lancashire politician) (1838–1914), Conservative MP for Burnley, 1900–1905
- William Mitchell (congressman) (1807–1865), Congressman from Indiana
- John Mitchell (cricketer) (William John Mitchell, born 1947), Northern Districts cricketer
- William Mitchell (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1929), English cricketer
- William Mitchell (Huntingdonshire MP) (c. 1703–1745), Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire, 1741–1745
- William Mitchell (mathematician), set theorist, see Jónsson cardinal
- William Mitchell (North Dakota) (1830–1890), North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction
- William Mitchell (philosopher) (1861–1962), University of Adelaide Professor, Vice Chancellor and Chancellor, 1942–1948
- William Mitchell (physicist) (1925–2002), Oxford physicist who helped pioneer neutron scattering
- William Mitchell (died 1823), Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, 1796–1799
- William Mitchell (politician) (1851–1926), Canadian senator
- William Mitchell (missionary) (1803–1870), Anglican priest who established religious services in the Swan River Colony
- William Mitchell (RAF officer) (1888–1944), senior Royal Air Force commander and former Black Rod
- William Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1745–1816), Royal Navy admiral
- William Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur) (1781–1854), co-founder of the Alloa Coal Company
- William Mitchell, former alias of actor Peter Finch
- William Paul Mitchell, known as Large Professor, American hip hop producer
- W. Franklin Mitchell, Republican politician from North Carolina, USA
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