William Carpenter may refer to:

• William Carpenter (1797–1874), theological and political writer, journalist, and editor
• William Carpenter (Australian politician) (1863–1930), Australian politician
• William Carpenter (flat-Earth theorist) (1830–1896), advocate of the Flat Earth theory
• William Carpenter (painter) (1818–1899), watercolours of India
• William Carpenter (Rhode Island colonist) (c. 1610–1685), co-founder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
• William Carpenter (writer) (born 1940), American author
• William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885), English physiologist and naturalist
• William Boyd Carpenter (1841–1918), Church of England clergyman and bishop of Ripon
• William H. Carpenter (1821–1885), U.S. Consul to Fuzhou, China, during the American Civil War years
• William Henry Carpenter (philologist) (1853–1936), American philologist
• William Hookham Carpenter (1792–1866), keeper at the British Museum
• William J. Carpenter (1827–1921), West Virginia outdoorsman
• Ken Carpenter (discus thrower) (William Kenneth Carpenter), Olympic discus winner
• William Kyle Carpenter, (born 1989), Medal of Honor recipient
• William L. Carpenter (1844–1898), U.S. Army officer, naturalist and geologist
• William L. Carpenter (Michigan judge) (1854–1936), member of the Michigan Supreme Court
• William Marbury Carpenter (1811–1848), American physician and naturalist
• William Randolph Carpenter (1894–1956), US congressman
• Bill Carpenter (William S. Carpenter, Jr., born 1937), American football player and army officer
• William T. Carpenter, psychiatrist
• William Thomas Carpenter (1854–1933), cowman and author
• William Carpenter of Rehoboth (born 1605), co-founder of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, see Rehoboth Carpenter family
• William the Carpenter (fl. 1087–1102), French nobleman

• Bill Carpenter (rugby league) (fl. 1920s–1930s), Australian rugby league player
• Willie C. Carpenter (fl. 1970s–2020s), American actor
• List of people with surname Carpenter#W

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