William Bean (disambiguation)

William Bean (1721–1782) was one of the first permanent settlers in Tennessee.

William Bean may also refer to:

• William Bean (geologist) (1787–1866), English geologist and conchologist
• William Bean (born 1843), Australian businessman and politician, the oldest of Bean Brothers
• William Jackson Bean (1863–1947), British botanist
• William Hopper Bean, miller of Chillenden Windmill in 1882–1899
• William George Bean, British businessman, founded Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1896
• William Bennett Bean (1909–1989), American medical writer