William Porter

William Porter may refer to:

Law and politics

• William Porter (attorney-general) (1805–1880), attorney-general of the Cape Colony
• William Field Porter (1784–1869), New Zealand politician
• William J. Porter (1914–1988), American diplomat; former ambassador to Canada and Saudi Arabia, among others
• William Archer Porter (1825–1890), British lawyer and educationist
• William Haldane Porter (died 1944), British civil servant
• William Henry Porter (1817-1861), American minister
• William Porter (MP) (died c. 1593), English politician
• William Porter (fl.1388), Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark
• William Porter (died 1436), MP for Cambridgeshire

Music

• William Porter (organist) (born 1946), American organist and improviser
• Willy Porter, American singer-songwriter

Others

• William D. Porter (1808–1864), flag officer of the United States Navy

• USS William D. Porter (DD-579), ship named after him

• William H. Porter (1861–1926), prominent banker in New York City
• William Porter (archbishop) (1887–1966), English Roman Catholic archbishop in present-day Ghana
• William Porter (athlete) (1926–2000), American track and field athlete
• William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), American writer who used the pen name O. Henry

• William Sydney Porter Elementary School, school in Greensboro, North Carolina

• William T. Porter (1809–1858), American writer and founder of Spirit of the Times
• William A. Porter (born 1928), founder of E*TRADE

See also

• Bill Porter (disambiguation)
• Billy Porter (disambiguation)