William Rose may refer to:
Sports
Politicians
- William Rose I (fl. 1393âÂÂ1406), MP for Weymouth
- William Rose (MP for Canterbury) (before 1410âÂÂafter 1443), MP for Canterbury
- William Oliver Rose (1871âÂÂ1936), physician and politician in British Columbia, Canada
- William Stewart Rose (1775âÂÂ1843), poet, translator, Treasurer of the Navy, Member of Parliament
- Sir William Rose (Clerk of the Parliaments) (1803-1885), clerk of the Parliaments
- William Anderson Rose (1820âÂÂ1881), businessman, MP and Lord Mayor of London
- William G. Rose (1829âÂÂ1899), Republican mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- William Edward Rose, American hotelier, railroad president and politician in South Carolina
- William Pinckney Rose (1787âÂÂ1850), American soldier and participant in the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1832.
Others
- William Balthazar Rose (born 1961), British painter
- William Rose (schoolmaster and writer) (1719âÂÂ1786), Scottish schoolmaster and classical scholar
- William Cumming Rose (1887âÂÂ1985), American nutritionist
- William Rose (illustrator) (1909âÂÂ1972), American film poster illustrator
- William Rose (screenwriter) (1914âÂÂ1987), American screenwriter
- Axl Rose (William Rose, born 1962), Guns N' Roses vocalist
- William I. Rose (geologist), American mineralogist
- William I. Rose (United States Army officer) (1898âÂÂ1954), American military officer
- Sir William Rose, 2nd Baronet (1846âÂÂ1902), owner in Victorian times of Moor Park, Farnham
- William Kinnaird Rose (1845âÂÂ1919), editor of the Brisbane Courier
- William John Rose (1885âÂÂ1968), Canadian Slavist and historian
- Billy Rose (1899âÂÂ1966), American theatrical showman