William Phillips Talbot (June 7, 1915 – October 1, 2010) was a United States Ambassador to Greece (1965–69) and, at his death, member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Council of American Ambassadors and the Council on Foreign Relations.

[1][2] Talbot was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and served in the United States Navy during World War II.

[3] After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1936, Talbot started as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, where he remained from 1936 to 1938.

In 1939, having been turned down for a foreign correspondent position, he left the Chicago Daily News to take a position with the Institute of Current World Affairs in India where he reported on the Indian independence movement.

[4] The Phillips Talbot Fellowship was named in his honor and is awarded yearly by the Institute to promising young journalists.