William Burnett may refer to:
William Burnett (physician) (1779–1861), British physician William Burnett (preacher) (1808–?), president of Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio William Burnett mayor and politician from New Zealand, see Mayor of Dunedin W. R. Burnett (William Riley Burnett, 1899–1982), American novelist and screenwriter William Farquharson Burnett (c. 1837–1863), senior officer in the Royal Navy
See also William Burnet (disambiguation) Billy Burnette (b. 1953), American guitarist