William Payne
William Payne may refer to:
Educators
- William K. Payne, American university president
- William Morton Payne, American educator and writer
- William Oscar Payne, professor of history at the University of Georgia
- William Payne (mathematician), English mathematician and author
- William H. Payne, American educator and translator
Politicians
- William D. Payne, American Democratic Party politician
- William Edward Payne, Alberta MLA, 1979–1993
- William Ernest Payne, Alberta MLA, 1931–1935
- William Hector Payne, Canadian Member of Parliament, 1958–1962
- William Winter Payne, U.S. Representative from Alabama
- William Payne (sheriff), Fairfax County sheriff
- William Payne (New Mexico politician), Republican politician
Sportspeople
- William Porter Payne, chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, president and CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
- William Payne (cricketer), English cricketer
- Bill Payne (athlete), retired American pole vaulter
- Billy Payne, American former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club
- Billy Payne (footballer), Australian rules footballer with Carlton
- Bill Payne (footballer, born 1883), Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy
Others
- William Payne (priest), English controversialist
- William Payne (painter), British painter
- William Payne (pantomimist), actor and pantomimist and father of the Payne Brothers
- William H. F. Payne, general in the American Civil War
- Will Payne (television producer), television producer, writer and director
- Will Payne (actor), English actor
- Bill Payne, musician, keyboardist and founder of the band Little Feat
- Bill Payne (oiler) - cofounder of Helmerich & Payne