William Forster may refer to: William Forster (MP for Berkshire) (died 1575), English politician William Forster (MP for Northumberland) (1667–1700), English politician William Forster (bishop) (died 1635), Church of England bishop of Sodor and Man William Forster (mathematician) (fl. 1632–1673), English mathematician William Forster (philanthropist) (1784–1854), English Quaker preacher and philanthropist William Forster (British Army officer) (1798–1870), British Army general William Forster (Australian politician) (1818–1882), premier of New South Wales and poet William Edward Forster (1818–1886), British statesman, Liberal MP, and chief secretary for Ireland William Mark Forster (1846–1921), Australian philanthropist William Thomas Forster (1857–1938), Canadian politician Bill Forster (footballer) (1879–1962), English footballer William Forster (cricketer) (1884–1930), Australian cricketer William Forster (judge) (1921–1997), Australian lawyer, first chief justice of the Northern Territory William H. Forster (born 1939), U.S. Army lieutenant general Will Forster, British Liberal Democrat politician, MP for Woking William Forster (priest) (1760–1823), Anglican priest in Ireland
See also William Forster Lloyd (1794–1852), British economist Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster (1866–1936), British politician, governor-general of Australia William Foster (disambiguation)