# William Stanley

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**William Stanley** or **Bill Stanley** may refer to:

## Politicians and noblemen

- [William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle](/source/William_Stanley,_3rd_Baron_Monteagle) (1528–1581), English politician, MP for Lancashire
- [William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby](/source/William_Stanley,_6th_Earl_of_Derby) (1561–1642), English politician
- [William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby](/source/William_Stanley,_9th_Earl_of_Derby) (c. 1655 – 1702), English politician
- [William Stanley (MP for Southampton)](/source/William_Stanley_(MP_for_Southampton)) (1610–1678), English merchant and politician
- [William Stanley (1640–1670)](/source/William_Stanley_(1640%E2%80%931670)), English politician, MP for Liverpool
- [William Owen Stanley](/source/William_Owen_Stanley) (1802–1884), British MP and lord lieutenant of Anglesey
- [William Eugene Stanley](/source/William_Eugene_Stanley) (1844–1910), American politician, Governor of Kansas
- [William Stillman Stanley Jr.](/source/William_Stillman_Stanley_Jr.) (1838–?), Wisconsin jeweler and legislator
- [Bill Stanley (politician)](/source/Bill_Stanley_(politician)) (William M. Stanley Jr., born 1967), American politician

## Military figures

- [William Stanley (soldier)](/source/William_Stanley_(soldier)) (died 1495), English leader in the Wars of the Roses
- [William Stanley (born 1548)](/source/William_Stanley_(born_1548)), English officer under Elizabeth I
- [William A. Stanley](/source/William_A._Stanley) (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

## Other people

- [William Stanley (composer)](/source/William_Stanley_(composer)) (1820–1902), English-born Australian classical music composer
- [William Stanley (inventor)](/source/William_Stanley_(inventor)) (1829–1909), British architect and inventor
- [William Stanley (priest)](/source/William_Stanley_(priest)) (1647–1731), English churchman and college head
- [William Stanley (Hawaii judge)](/source/William_Stanley_(Hawaii_judge)) (1872–1939), Irish lawyer and judge of the Republic of Hawaii
- [William Stanley (football manager)](/source/William_Stanley_(football_manager)), British footballer and first manager of Coventry City F.C.
- [William O. Stanley](/source/William_O._Stanley) (William Oliver Stanley, Jr., fl. 1930s), American professor
- [William Stanley Jr.](/source/William_Stanley_Jr.) (1858–1916), American physicist
- [Bill Stanley (American football)](/source/Bill_Stanley_(American_football)) (fl. 1924)
- [Bill Stanley (mammalogist)](/source/Bill_Stanley_(mammalogist)) (William T. Stanley, c. 1957–2015)
- [Bill Stanley (javelin thrower)](/source/Bill_Stanley_(javelin_thrower)) (born 1994), American javelin thrower, 2013 All-American for the [Ohio State Buckeyes track and field](/source/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_track_and_field) team
- [William Stanley Hoole](/source/William_Stanley_Hoole) (1903–1990), pen name Will Stanley, American librarian, historian, writer, and professor

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