William Henry Fitzbutler (1842–1901), also known as Henry Fitzbutler, was an American educator, doctor, medical school founder, newspaper editor, and civil rights leader.

He was the first African American to graduate from University of Michigan's medical school in 1872.

[3] Their family escaped to Canada though the Underground Railroad, settling in Amherstburg, Essex County, Ontario.

[1][3] He apprenticed with Daniel Pearson, an African American doctor in Canada.

[4] He moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he worked with his wife, Sarah Helen McCurdy (1847–1922), providing medical care.