William Painter or Paynter may refer to
- William Painter (author) (1540?–1594), English author and translator
- William Painter (inventor) (1838–1906), inventor of the crown cork and the founder of Crown Holdings, Inc.
- William Paynter (academic) (1637–1716), English clergyman and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
- Will Paynter (1903–1984), Welsh miners' leader
- William Henry Paynter (1901–1976), Cornish antiquary and folklorist
- William Hunt Painter (1835–1910), English botanist
- William Rock Painter (1863–1947), Democratic politician from the state of Missouri
Famous quotes containing the word painter:
“A painter like Picasso, who runs through many periods and phases, ends up by saying all those things which are on the tip of the tongue of the age to say, and finally sterilizes the originality of his contemporaries and juniors.”
—Norbert Wiener (1894–1964)