William Fox may refer to:

Entertainment

  • William Fox (producer) (1879–1952), founder of movie studio Fox Film Corporation
  • William Fox (actor) (1911–2008), English comedy actor
  • William Fox (born 1939), birth and early professional name of James Fox
  • William Price Fox (1926–2015), American novelist and essayist
  • William Fox (organist) (born 1995), English organist

Politics

  • William Foxe (1480–1554), MP for Ludlow
  • William Fox (MP for City of York), 14th century Member of Parliament (MP) for City of York
  • William Fox (pamphleteer) (fl. 1791–1794), abolitionist
  • William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), British politician
  • William Fox (New Zealand politician) (1812–1893), premier of New Zealand
  • William H. Fox (1837–1913), Massachusetts lawyer, jurist, and politician
  • Bill Fox (politician) (William Arthur Fox, 1899–1994), New Zealand Labour Party politician

Sports

  • William Fox (footballer), Irish international footballer active in the 1880s
  • William Victor Fox (1898–1949), English footballer and cricketer
  • William Fox (wrestler) (1912–1999), English freestyle sport wrestler
  • Bill Fox (baseball) (William Henry Fox, 1872–1946), Major League Baseball infielder
  • Billy Fox (boxer) (William McKinley Fox, 1926–1986), American light heavyweight boxer

Other

  • William Fox (fl. 17th century), Paymaster of the Forces of England
  • William Fox (pirate) (fl. 1717–1723), English pirate in the Caribbean
  • William Fox (deacon) (1736–1826), founder of the Sunday School Society
  • William Darwin Fox (1805–1880), English clergyman and amateur scientist
  • William Fox (palaeontologist) (1813–1881), English clergyman and palaeontologist
  • William Tilbury Fox (1836–1879), English dermatologist
  • William R. Fox (1837–1888), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • William F. Fox (1840–1909), American forester, author, member of 28th Regiment United States Colored Troops
  • William J. Fox (1897–1993), American military officer, engineer, and charro
  • William T. R. Fox (1912–1988), American professor of foreign policy at Columbia University
  • William Sherwood Fox (1878–1967), Canadian classical scholar
  • Bill Fox (goldminer) (William Fox, 1827–1890), New Zealand gold prospector and miner
  • Ngataua Omahuru (c. 1863–1918), Māori lawyer, also known as William Fox

See also

  • Bill Fox (disambiguation)
  • Billy Fox (disambiguation)
  • Henry Fox Talbot (William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800–1877), pioneer of photography
  • William Fox-Pitt (born 1969), British eventing rider
  • William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865), British diplomat, nobleman and Whig politician