William Purcell may refer to: William E. Purcell (1856–1928), state senator from North Dakota William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919), arachnologist and biologist William Gray Purcell (1880–1965), architect William R. Purcell (born 1931), state senator from North Carolina William Purcell (priest) (1912–1994), Archdeacon of Dorking