William Bassett may refer to:William Bassett, MP for Maldon William Bassett, MP for Derbyshire William Bassett (1507–1586), MP for Glamorgan William Bassett, MP for Staffordshire William Bassett (Royalist), MP for Bath William Bassett, early New England colonist William Bassett (1628–1693), MP for Bath William Bassett Jr. (1624–1703), whose daughter Elizabeth Proctor was accused of witchcraft in the 1692 Salem witch trials William H. Bassett, American actor William Bassett, a USAF officer who, contrary to a received order, decided not to launch missiles armed with nuclear warheads while stationed at Okinawa during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis