William Forbes

William Forbes may refer to:
Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1739–1806), Scottish banker
William Alexander Forbes (1855–1883), English zoologist
William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959), governor-general of the Philippines and investment banker
William E. Forbes (c. 1906–1999), member of the University of California Board of Regents
William Forbes (bishop) (1585–1634), Scottish churchman, the first Bishop of Edinburgh
William Forbes (Lower Canada politician) (1787–1814), merchant and politician in Lower Canada
William Forbes (MP) (1806–1855), MP for Stirlingshire
William Forbes of Callendar (1756–1823), prosperous Scottish coppersmith and landowner
William Forbes (railway manager) (1856–1936), British railway manager
William Hathaway Forbes, American investor in company owned by Alexander Graham Bell
William Henry Forbes (1815–1875), American fur trader and territorial legislator
William Nairn Forbes, architect in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
William S. Forbes (1831–1905), American physician
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (1885–1968), American entomologist
Willie Forbes (1922–1999), Scottish former footballer