William Drummond Naftel (1 October 194029 April 2018) was a Canadian writer and historian from Nova Scotia. His 2008 book Halifax at War was the winner of the Evelyn Richardson Award, the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, and the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.
William D. Naftel was born on 1 October 1940 in Edmonton, Alberta. He attended the University of King's College and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, following which he began a 30-year career with Parks Canada as a senior historian and manager. During his employment with Parks Canada, Naftel wrote the text for many commemorative historical plaques throughout Halifax. He wrote several books, most notably Halifax at War (2008), which won the Evelyn Richardson Award, the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, and the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.
Naftel died in Halifax on 29 April 2018, at the age of 77.