William Wade Hampton (22 January 1856–1928) was one of the first attorneys in Gainesville, Florida.
Wade Hampton was a leader in the efforts to bring the University of Florida to Gainesville in 1906.
Wade and his wife Minna Jordan Hampton lived in a house in the Northeast Historic district of Gainesville, but it was torn down in the 1970s.
The home of one of his sons, William Wade Hampton Jr., is one of the oldest in the Gainesville Northeast Historic District.
[3] One of his grandsons, William Wade Hampton III, served as a judge in Gainesville.