William Riggin Travers (July 1819 – March 19, 1887) was an American lawyer who was highly successful on Wall Street.

A well-known cosmopolite, Travers was a member of 27 private clubs, according to Cleveland Amory in his book Who Killed Society?

[1] Saratoga's Travers Stakes is named in his honor and is the oldest major Thoroughbred horse race in the United States.

In 1884, William Travers became one of the backers of the Sheepshead Bay Race Track on Coney Island.

The operation had considerable success both in racing runners and with breeding at their Annieswood Stud farm in Westchester County, New York.