William Barker

William Barker may refer to:

Politicians

• William Barker (translator) (fl. 1570), English translator and MP for Great Yarmouth and Bramber
• Sir William Barker, 5th Baronet (1685–1731), British Member of Parliament for Ipswich, Thetford and Suffolk
• William Barker (MP for Berkshire) (died 1685), English Member of Parliament for Berkshire
• William J. Barker (Denver mayor) (1832–1900)
• William Barker (Queensland politician) (1819–1886), member of the Queensland Legislative Council

Judges

• William M. Barker (born 1941), Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1995–2009
• William Julius Barker (1886–1968), American lawyer and judge

Sportspeople

• William Barker (cricketer), English cricketer
• Will Barker (American football) (born 1987), offensive tackle with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Bill Barker (footballer) (1924–2002), footballer who played for Stoke City
• William Charles Barker (?–1937), footballer for Middlesbrough F.C. in the early 20th century, see List of Middlesbrough F.C. players

Others

• William Burckhardt Barker (1810–1856), orientalist
• William Higgs Barker (1744–1815), Hebraist
• William George Barker (1894–1930), Canadian Victoria Cross winner and World War I flying ace
• Will Barker (1867–1951), aka William George Barker, English film producer and director
• William Barker (prospector) (1817–1894), Canadian miner and prospector
• William Barker (priest) (1838–1917), Dean of Carlisle
• William S. Barker (born 1934), president of Covenant Theological Seminary
• William Gibbs Barker (1810–1897), English clergyman and genealogist
• William Morris Barker (1854–1901), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia
• Bill Barker (born 1957), creator of Schwa, underground conceptual artwork
• Bill Barker, police officer who died in the November 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods, namesake for the Barker Crossing
• Bill Barker, actor who portrayed Dr. Duckbill Platypus and Elsie Jean Platypus on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood