William Ellis Stanyon (January 1870 – September 1951) was a professional magician and magic dealer in London.

Stanyon published and edited his own journal known as Magic.

[3] Stanyon in his journal published a method of escaping from packed boxes.

Biographer Kenneth Silverman has written that the magician Harry Houdini "accused Stanyon of having posted a bounty of several pounds for his secrets... Houdini dismissed the methods purveyed by Stanyon and others as being nothing like his own, "puny attempts at duplication.

"[4] Magic historian Henry R. Evans wrote that Stanyon was "one of the most prolific writers on legerdemain in the world, and his hand-books on magic are largely sought after.