William Stafford

William Stafford may refer to:

Courtiers

• William Stafford (courtier) (c. 1500–1556), courtier to Henry VIII and Edward VI of England; husband of Mary Boleyn, thus brother-in-law to Queen Anne Boleyn
• William Stafford (conspirator) (1554–1612), courtier and conspirator
• William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (1614–1680), British nobleman and Roman Catholic martyr
• William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (1375–1395)

Politicians

• William Stafford (MP) (1627–1665), MP for Stamford
• William H. Stafford (1869–1957), United States Representative for Wisconsin
• Will Stafford (1837–1884), one of founders of the nineteenth century UK labour movement

Others

• William Stafford (British soldier) (1854–1952), played in 1875 FA Cup Final and 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union match
• William Stafford (died 1450) of Southwick, Wiltshire
• William Stafford (author) (1593–1684), British author
• William Stafford (poet) (1914–1993), American poet
• William Henry Stafford Jr. (born 1931), United States federal judge
• William Stafford (mining engineer) (1842–1907), Scottish coal mining engineer responsible for the location of Lethbridge, Canada
• William Josephus Stafford (1781–1823), sea captain and privateer during the War of 1812 and afterward
• Billy Stafford from A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch

See also

• Bill Stafford (1939–2001), American baseball player
• Stafford (surname)
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• William Stafford-Howard (disambiguation)
• Stafford (disambiguation)
• William (disambiguation)