William the Elder may refer to:
William Corden the Elder (1795–1867), English portrait painter and miniaturist William Goode, the elder (1762–1816), English evangelical Anglican clergyman William Holl the Elder (1771–1838), English engraver William Macready the elder (1755–1829), Irish actor-manager William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder) (1700–1731), Welsh Whig politician William Pitt the Elder (1708–1778), British statesman William Theed the elder (1764–1817), English sculptor and painter