William Skinner may refer to:
William Skinner (MP) (1596–1627), MP for Great Grimsby, 1626 William Skinner (British Army officer) (1700–1780), British military engineer William Skinner (North Carolina general) (1728–1798), general in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution William Skinner (bishop) (1778–1857), bishop of Aberdeen in the Scottish Episcopal Church William Skinner (ethnographer) (1857–1946), New Zealand surveyor, historian, and ethnographer William I. Skinner (1812–1891), American politician from New York G. William Skinner (1925–2008), American anthropologist and scholar of China William W. Skinner (1874–1953), American chemist, conservationist, and college football coach William C. Skinner (1855–1922), president of Colt's Manufacturing Company William Henry Skinner (1838–1915), Welsh architect who migrated to New Zealand William Skinner of Corra (1823–1901), town clerk of Edinburgh William Skinner (EastEnders), fictional character from EastEnders spin-off "CivvyStreet" William Skinner (hurdler) (born 1964), American hurdler, 1986 All-American for the Maryland Terrapins track and field team
See also Will Skinner (disambiguation) Bill Skinner (1939–2015), American javelin thrower