William Ratcliffe (6 October 1870 – January 1955) was an English painter who was one of the Camden Town Group of artists in early twentieth-century England.
William Whitehead Ratcliffe was born on 6 October 1870 in the village of Clenchwarton, near Kings Lynn (Norfolk, UK), the youngest of four children.
After leaving school and while working as a clerk for a cotton merchant, he attended evening classes at the Manchester School of Art, whose director of design at the time was Walter Crane, and learned wallpaper design.
In 1908, they were joined by Harold Gilman and his wife Grace, forming a small artistic clique.
His body was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium and the ashes dispersed.