William Stafford

William Stafford may refer to:

Courtiers

• William Stafford (courtier) (c. 1500–1556), courtier to Henry VIII and Edward VI of England; husband of Mary Boleyn
• William Stafford (conspirator) (1554–1612), courtier and conspirator
• William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (1614-1680), British nobleman and Roman Catholic martyr
• William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford, Earl of Stafford

Politicians

• William Stafford (MP), (died 1665), MP for Stamford
• William H. Stafford (1869–1957), United States Representative for Wisconsin
• Will Stafford, one of founders of the nineteenth century UK labour movement

Sportsmen

• William Stafford (footballer) in 1875 FA Cup Final
• William Stafford (rugby union) in 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches

Others

• William Stafford (author) (1593–1684), British author
• William Stafford (poet) (1914–1993), American poet
• William Henry Stafford Jr. (born 1931), United States federal judge
• William Stafford (mining engineer) (1842-1907), Scottish coal mining engineer responsible for the location of Lethbridge, Canada
• William Stafford (soldier) from Henry VI, Part 2
• Billy Stafford from A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch

See also

• Bill Stafford (1939–2001), American baseball player
• William Stafford-Howard (disambiguation)