William or Bill Sutherland may refer to:

Law and politics

  • William Sutherland of Roscommon (died 1715), Member of the Scottish Parliament
  • William Andrew Sutherland (1849–1908), American lawyer and politician in New York
  • William Sutherland (Northwest Territories politician) (1854–1930), Canadian politician
  • William Charles Sutherland (1865–1940), Canadian politician in Saskatchewan
  • William A. Sutherland (California politician) (1874–1935), American lawyer and California State Assemblyman
  • William Henry Sutherland (1876–1945), Canadian physician and politician in British Columbia
  • Sir William Sutherland (Liberal politician) (1880–1949), Scottish politician
  • William Sutherland (Ontario politician) (1926/7–1998), Canadian politician

Science and medicine

  • William Sutherland (physicist) (1859–1911), Australian physicist
  • William Garner Sutherland (1873–1954), American osteopath
  • Bert Sutherland (William R. Sutherland, 1936–2020), American technology researcher
  • T. Bill Sutherland (born 1942), American theoretical physicist
  • William J. Sutherland (born 1956), British conservation biologist

Others

  • William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland (1708–1750), Scottish nobleman
  • William Sutherland (British Army officer) (fl. 1770s), British officer in the American Revolutionary War
  • William A. Sutherland (American football) (1876–1969), American football coach and lawyer
  • Sir William Sutherland (police officer) (1933–2022), British police officer
  • Bill Sutherland (ice hockey) (1934–2017), Canadian ice hockey player