William Thorne Explained

William Thorne may refer to:

• William Thorne (chronicler) (fl. 1397), English Benedictine monk
• William Thorne (orientalist) (1568?–1630), English Hebraist
• William Thorne (mayor of Brisbane), mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1898
• William Thorne (mayor of Cape Town) (1839–1917), mayor of Cape Town (1901–1904)
• William Henry Thorne (1844–1923), Canadian Senator for New Brunswick (1913–1923)
• William P. Thorne (1845–1928), Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1903–1907)
• William Thorne (philatelist) (1845–1907), American businessman and philatelist
• Will Thorne (1857–1946), Member of the British Parliament
• William V.S. Thorne (1865–1920), American tennis player
• William L. Thorne (1878–1948), American film actor
• William A. Thorne Jr., judge of the Utah Court of Appeals (2000–present)
• Willie Thorne (1954–2020), English snooker player