William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)
William Stephens is the name of:
William Stephens (fl. 1650s), Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1645 and 1659–60
William Stephens (d. 1697) (1641–1697), (Sir), Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1685–87 and 1689–95
William Stephens (minister) (1647–1718), Anglican priest
William Stephens (governor of Georgia) (1671–1753), governor of the Province of Georgia, 1743–1751; MP for Newport (Isle of Wight) 1702–1722, for Newtown (Isle of Wight) 1722–1727
William Stephens (glassmaker) (1731–1803), English merchant and glass manufacturer in Portugal
William Stephens (judge) (1752–1819), U.S. federal judge
William Stephens (academic) (1829–1890), English-born headmaster at Sydney Grammar School and professor at the University of Sydney
William Stephens (Dean of Winchester), (1839–1902), Anglican priest
William Stephens (Australian politician), (1857–1925), Australian politician
William Stephens (American politician) (1859–1944), American politician.
William Stephens (cricketer) (1870–1954), New Zealand cricketer
William Stephens (producer) (1897–1962), American film producer
William Ward Stephens (1922–1987), American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer
William E. Stephens, inventor of time-of-flight mass spectrometry in 1946
Bill Stephens (born 1949), American TV host
William O. Stephens (born 1962), Professor of Philosophy