Bill Plante (January 14, 1938- ) is a veteran journalist and senior correspondent for CBS News in the United States. He has been the chief White House correspondent for the network since January 1993 and reports regulary on The Early Show and the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. He anchored CBS Sunday Night News from June 1988 to August 1995.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Plante graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in humanities. He went on to study at Columbia University from 1963 to 1964. He married Robin Smith , an award-winning documentary producer and had six sons.