William Stanley

William Stanley is the name of:

Politicians[edit]

William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle, (1528–1581), of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancashire in 1555
William Stanley (MP for Southampton) (1610–1678), English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660
William Stanley (1640–1670), 5th son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby; English MP for Liverpool
William Owen Stanley (1802–1884), British MP and Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey
William Eugene Stanley (1844–1910), American politician, Governor of Kansas
William Stillman Stanley Jr. (1838–?), Wisconsin jeweler and legislator

William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth) (c. 1435–1495), English military leader in the Wars of the Roses
William Stanley (Elizabethan) (1548–1630), English military commander under Queen Elizabeth I
William A. Stanley (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
William Stanley (composer) (1820–1902) Was an English-Australian soldier and composer

William Stanley (mammalogist) (died 2015), evolutionary biologist and mammalogist
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561–1642), English nobleman
William Stanley (priest) (1647–1731), English academic, Archdeacon of London and Dean of St Asaph
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655–1702), English nobleman
William Stanley (inventor) (1829–1909), founder of Harris Academy South Norwood school
William Stanley (Hawaii judge) (1872–1939), Irish lawyer and judge of the Republic of Hawaii
William Stanley (football manager), British footballer and first manager of Coventry City F.C.
William O. Stanley, American professor
William Stanley Jr. (1858–1916), American physicist and electrical engineer