Politicians
- William Stone (MP for Salisbury), see Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
- William Stone (Maryland governor) (1603–1660), governor of the colony of Maryland
- William Stone (Tennessee) (1791–1853), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
- William M. Stone (1827–1893), governor of Iowa
- William Henry Stone (1828–1901), U.S. representative from Missouri
- William Henry Stone (MP) (1834–1896), British politician, MP for Portsmouth, 1865–1874
- William Johnson Stone (1841–1923), US Representative from Kentucky
- William A. Stone (1846–1920), governor of Pennsylvania
- William Joel Stone (1848–1918), governor of Missouri
- William Frank Stone, former Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan
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