| William K. Linvill | |
| Birth Date: | August 8, 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Death Place: | Palo Alto, California |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Electrical engineering |
| Workplaces: | Stanford University |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral Advisors: | )--> |
| Doctoral Students: | David Luenberger Bernard Widrow |
William Kirby Linvill (August 8, 1919 – August 17, 1980) was an American electrical engineer. He served as a professor at Stanford University from 1960 to 1980.[1] He was the founder of the Institute in Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford, which later became the Department of Engineering-Economic Systems, with Linvill as the first chair.[1]
His identical twin brother John was also a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University.[2] [3]