Samuel Butler may refer to: Samuel Butler (poet) (1613–1680), English poet and satirist Samuel Butler (schoolmaster) (1774–1839), English classical scholar Samuel Butler (politician) (1825–1891), American politician Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835–1902), English author of Erewhon Samuel Butler (cricketer) (1850–1903), English cricketer Sam Butler (born 1986), Australian rules footballer Sam Butler (footballer, born 2003), Australian rules footballer Bo Weavil Jackson (fl. 1926), blues singer and guitarist also known as Sam Butler