William Wells
William Wells may refer to:
Military
- William Wells (general), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg
- William Wells (sailor), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Wells (soldier), American army officer and adopted member of the Miami tribe
- William Lewis Wells, World War I flying ace
Music
- Bill Wells (musician), Scottish musician
- Dicky Wells, American jazz trombonist
Sports
- Billy Wells (American football), American professional football player
- Bombardier Billy Wells, English heavyweight boxer
- William Wells (boxer), British Olympic boxer
- Willie Wells, American professional baseball player
- Willie Wells Jr., American professional baseball player
- Bill Wells (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Billy Wells (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Bill Wells (rugby union)
Politics
- William Benjamin Wells, Canadian lawyer, judge, journalist and politician
- William H. Wells, American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware
- William S. Wells, member of the Maine House of Representatives
- William Wells (1908–1990), barrister, MP for Walsall North from 1945–74
- William Wells (New Zealand politician), member of the New Zealand Parliament
- William Wells (1818–1889), British Liberal Member of Parliament
Religion
- William Wells (bishop), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Rochester
- William Wells (priest), English Church of England Archdeacon of Colchester
- William Wells (minister), minister and farmer
Other fields
- William Charles Wells, Scottish-American physician and printer
- William F. Wells, American scientist and sanitary engineer
- William Frederick Wells, English watercolour painter and etcher
- William H. Wells (educator), educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools
- William Wells (whaling master), English captain of whaling ships
- William George Wells, Chief Scout Commissioner of Scouts Australia
- William Wells (cricketer), English cricketer
- William Storrs Wells, American businessman, prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age
- William Wells (serial killer), American serial killer and mass murderer