William Woty (1731?–1791) was an English law clerk and hack writer, known for light verse.
He began speaking in debating societies and contributing short poems to newspapers.
About 1767 he became companion and legal adviser to Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, who supported Woty by a charge on his estate in Leicestershire.
Someone published in 1758, without his consent, in a borrowed name, a small piece of his composition called The Spouting-club.
Copywell of Lincoln's Inn,’ a volume entitled The Shrubs of Parnassus consisting of the "poetical essays" he had contributed to newspapers.