William Hobart Hare was an American Anglican bishop who lived from 1838 to 1909. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he was ordained as a deacon in 1859 and a priest in 1862. After serving in Philadelphia, he relocated to Minnesota and later worked with the Board of Missions. He was eventually elected the Missionary Bishop of Niobrara in 1872, a role that expanded to include South Dakota following a diocesan split in 1883.