Stanley or Stan Williams may refer to: Sports Stan Williams (American football) (1929–2015), American football player Stan Williams (Australian footballer) (1891–1966), Australian rules footballer Stan Williams (baseball) (1936–2021), American baseball player Stan Williams (soccer, born 1919) (1919–2007), South African association football player Stanley Williams (rugby union, born 1886) (1886–1936), Wales-born England international rugby union player Stanley Williams (rugby union, born 1914) (1914–?), Wales international rugby union player Stan Williams (speedway rider) (1917–2002), English speedway rider Others Stanley Thomas Williams (1888–1956), American literary critic and scholar of Herman Melville. Stanley Williams (1953–2005), founder of American gang The Crips Stanley Williams (dancer) (1925–1997), 20th century dancer and instructor R. Stanley Williams (born 1951), HP Labs scientist