William Henry Bean (c. 1843 – date of death unknown) was a prominent South Australian businessman and parliamentarian.
He was elected to the Sixth Parliament (paired with Henry Strangways) for the District of West Torrens of the South Australian House of Assembly, on 28 March 1870, until 23 November 1871, losing his seat after the dissolution of 1871.
He also organised a large number of wool, hide, meat and bark shipments in partnership with H. J. Wilke.
[8] and was a director in James Scott's "El Dorado" Mount Pleasant mine in 1872.
In 1884 Bean Brothers Limited successfully sued him in the Supreme Court for making unauthorised payments.