William Stephens

Last updated June 25, 2025

William or Bill Stephens may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William Stephens (fl. 1650s), member of parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1645 and 1659–60
Sir William Stephens (d. 1697) (c. 1641–1697), member of parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1685–87 and 1689–95
William Stephens (governor of Georgia) (1671–1753), governor of the Province of Georgia, 1743–1751; MP for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1702–1722, for Newtown (Isle of Wight) 1722–1727
William Stephens (judge) (1752–1819), U.S. federal judge
William Stephens (Australian politician), (1857–1925), Australian politician
William Stephens (American politician) (1859–1944), American politician

William Stephens (minister) (1647–1718), Anglican priest
William Stephens (botanist) (1696–1761), Irish physician and botanist
William Stephens (glassmaker) (1731–1803), English merchant and glass manufacturer in Portugal
William Stephens (academic) (1829–1890), English-born headmaster at Sydney Grammar School and professor at the University of Sydney
William Stephens (dean of Winchester), (1839–1902), Anglican priest
William Stephens (cricketer) (1870–1954), New Zealand cricketer
William Ward Stephens (1922–1987), American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer
William E. Stephens, inventor of time-of-flight mass spectrometry in 1946
William O. Stephens, American professor of philosophy