William Taverner may refer to: William Taverner (surveyor) (–1768), Newfoundland plantation owner and surveyor William Taverner (New Zealand politician) (1879–1958), New Zealand politician William J. Taverner, American sex educator/author William Taverner (dramatist) (died 1731), English lawyer William Taverner (artist) (1703–1772), English judge, son of the dramatist William Taverner (fl. 1397–1407), MP for Leominster William Taverner (MP for Lyme Regis) in 1417 William the Taverner, MP for Lichfield