William Carpenter

William, Will, Willie, or Bill Carpenter may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William H. Carpenter (1821–1885), U.S. Consul to Fuzhou, China, during the American Civil War
William L. Carpenter (Michigan judge) (1854–1936), American jurist in Michigan
William Carpenter (Australian politician) (1863–1930), Australian politician
William Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), US congressman
Will Carpenter (born 1956), American politician

William Marbury Carpenter (1811–1848), American physician and naturalist
William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), English physiologist and naturalist
William L. Carpenter (1844–1898), American naturalist and geologist
William T. Carpenter, American psychiatrist
Will Dockery Carpenter (1930–2023), American scientist and philanthropist

William J. Carpenter (1827–1921), American outdoorsman
Bill Carpenter (rugby league) (fl. 1920s–1930s), Australian rugby league player
Ken Carpenter (discus thrower) (William Kenneth Carpenter, 1913–1984), American discus thrower
Bill Carpenter (born 1937), American football player

William the Carpenter (fl. 1087–1102), French nobleman
William Carpenter (Rhode Island colonist) (c. 1610–1685), American colonist in Rhode Island
William Hookham Carpenter (1792–1866), British antiquary, keeper at the British Museum
William Carpenter (1797–1874), English theological and political writer
William Carpenter (flat-Earth theorist) (1830–1896), English advocate of the Flat Earth theory
William Boyd Carpenter (1841–1918), English clergyman and bishop
William Henry Carpenter (philologist) (1853–1936), American philologist
William Thomas Carpenter (1854–1933), American cowman and author
William Kyle Carpenter, (born 1989), U.S. Marines Medal of Honor recipient