William Cole

William or Bill Cole may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William Cole (musician) (1909–1997), English conductor and organist
Bill Cole (musician) (born 1937), jazz musician, jazz and African American scholar
Bill Cole (television journalist) (1922–2006), foreign correspondent for CBS News and public television producer

William Cole (police officer) (c. 1840–1900), British policeman
William Carey Cole (1868–1935), U.S. Navy admiral
- USS William C. Cole, a destroyer escort named after the admiral
William E. Cole (1874–1953), U.S. Army general

William Colle (fl. 1397–1414), MP for Leominster in 1397
William Cole (burgess) (1691–1729), planter and member of the House of Burgesses, grandson of William Cole (immigrant)
William Cole (councillor) (1638–1694), planter and member of the Virginia Governor's Council, son of William Cole (immigrant)
William Cole (planter) (c.1571–1653), English planter, politician and soldier in Ireland
William Cole (immigrant) (c. 1598-before 1664), English planter, politician and family founder in Virginia
William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1736–1803), Irish peer and politician
William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807–1886), known as Viscount Cole
William Cole (Australian politician) (1858–1938), South Australian House of Assembly
William Cole (public servant) (1926–2019), Australian
William Clay Cole (1897–1965), U.S. congressman from Missouri
William H. Cole IV (born 1972), city councilman from Baltimore
William Hinson Cole (1837–1886), U.S. congressman from Maryland and Confederate surgeon
William Purington Cole Jr. (1889–1957), U.S. congressman from Maryland and judge
W. Sterling Cole (1904–1987), U.S. congressman from New York
William J. Cole, state treasurer of Mississippi
Bill Cole (Montana politician), mayor of Billings, Montana, 2017
Bill Cole (West Virginia politician) (born 1956), member of the West Virginia Senate