William Stern may refer to:
- William Stern (psychologist) (1871–1938), German psychologist and philosopher
- William Stern (businessman) (born 1935), owner of the British Stern Group of companies
- William Joseph Stern (1891–1965), physicist and jet engine developer
- William M. Stern, rabbi at Temple Sinai, Oakland, California
- The father of Baby M, subject of a child surrogacy dispute in the United States
- Bill Stern (1907–1971), U.S. actor and sportscaster
Famous quotes containing the word stern:
“As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this century, and our coal the next; not merely as a matter of convenience or comfort, but as a matter of stern necessity.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)