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
Military and law enforcement 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
Politics 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
Religion William Cole (dean of Lincoln) (c. 1530–1600), English Puritan clergyman William Cole (antiquary) (1714–1782), Cambridgeshire clergyman William Cole (dean of Waterford) (died 1804) William Owen Cole (1931–2013), British scholar in religious studies
Sports William C. "King" Cole (1881–1968), American college football player and coach Billy Cole (footballer) (1909–1958), Australian rules footballer Billy Cole (born 1965), English shot putter
Medicine William Cole (botanist) (1626–1662), English herbalist William Cole (physician) (1635–1716), English physician and medical writer William Harder Cole (1892–1967), American science educator
Other people William Rossa Cole (1919–2000), American children's writer William Washington Cole (1847–1915), part owner of the Barnum & Bailey Circus William Cole (scholar) (1753–1806), English classical scholar
See also Willie Cole (born 1955), American sculptor, printer, and artist