William Appleton may refer to:

• William Appleton (politician) (1786–1862), congressman from Massachusetts
• Will Appleton (1889–1958), mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
• W. A. Appleton (William Archibald Appleton, 1859–1940), British trade union leader
• William Sumner Appleton (1874–1947), founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
• William M. Appleton (1920–2001), Pennsylvania politician
• William Henry Appleton (1814–1899), American publisher
• William Appleton (entrepreneur) (born 1961), American entrepreneur and technologist
• William H. Appleton (1843–1912), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Thomas Appleton (1859–1930), Australian businessman, shipping agent and public servant

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