William Thornton (disambiguation)
William Thornton (1759-1828) was an American physician, inventor, painter and architect.
William Thornton may also refer to:
- William Thornton (immigrant) (1620 - 1708), early American Colonist
- William Thornton (Virginia burgess) (1717 - 1790) Colonial Virginia planter and politician
- William Thornton (British Army officer) (1779–1840), British general
- William Thornton (politician), Kansas politician
- William Thornton (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s for England, and Hunslet
- William E. Thornton (born 1929), American astronaut
- William L. Thornton (1844–1915), New York politician and judge
- William Neville John Thornton, Northern Irish politician
- William Patton Thornton (1817–1883), American physician
- William Taylor Thornton (1843–1916), governor of New Mexico Territory, 1893–1897
- William Wheeler Thornton (1851–1932), American jurist and author from Indiana
- Willie Thornton (1920–1991), Scottish footballer
- William Thornton (firefighter) (1826-1848) the first firefighter to die on the job in Ontario
- William Thornton (fireboat), see fireboats of Toronto
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