Will Appleton
 Sir William Appleton (3 September 1889 – 22 October 1958) was Mayor of Wellington New Zealand from 1944 to 1950 having been a city councillor from 1931 to 1944. He was knighted in 1950.He was a leader of the commercial community and founder of an advertising agency. He unsuccessfully stood for Parliament several times. In the 1935 election he contested the Otaki electorate for the United/Reform Coalition and came third.