Name William

Discover a comprehensive list of renowned individuals named William. From iconic actors like William Shakespeare and William Shatner to legendary musicians such as William Hung and Will.i.am, explore the fascinating world of celebrities sharing this distinguished name.

William Graham Sumner

American scientist

William James Sidis

An eccentric genius and child prodigy, famous in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century

William Phillips

English economist

American professor and author of books on business management

American writer - novelist

William Connor II

Owner of William E. Connor

William Baillie

Scottish commander, Covenanter

William Edward Boeing

American aircraft manufacturer, founder of an aircraft manufacturing company

William Armstrong

English inventor

William Colton Millay

An American soldier convicted of espionage.

William Timothy Gowers

British mathematician

American pianist and conductor

Composer of the Elizabethan era, one of the greatest English musicians

Prime Minister of Canada

American musician, known as the main vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the band Alice in Chains, who joined the group after the death of Layne Staley.

William Matthew Petrie

English archaeologist

American professional boxer

William Atherton

American photographer

William Hogarth

William Spenser

Second Prince of Wales

William Doppmann

American pianist and composer.

William Birdwood

British military leader, Field Marshal of Great Britain

American violinist and composer.

Scottish landscape and marine artist

English rear admiral and Arctic explorer

American poet and journalist

William Carvalho

Portuguese footballer, defensive midfielder

English organist and composer

William Schaw Cathcart

British general and diplomat.

William Carpenter

English publicist.

William Harris Crawford

American politician

William F. Buckley Jr.

American writer, ideologist, founder of the popular political magazine National Review.

William Y. W. Ripley

Union Army officer from Vermont during the American Civil War

The 24-year-old Brit who got married before dying of cancer

Actor, screenwriter, producer, director

An American army officer who participated in the extermination of civilians in the village of My Lai.

William Pokhlebkin

Soviet and Russian scientist, historian, geographer, journalist and writer

William IV Orange

Prince of Orange, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

William Davidson

Owner of the global company "Guardian Industries Corp"

William H. Dobelle

American biomedical researcher

William Collins

English painter

William Sanderson

William Faulkner

American writer - master of Yoknapatawpha, Nobel laureate in literature 1949.

William Stewart Cornyn

American linguist

William (Botsy) Collins

American musician, one of the founders of the “funk” movement in music

William Quan Judge

Lawyer, writer, one of the three main founders of the Theosophical Society.

William Bateson

English biologist, one of the founders of genetics, author of the term “genetics” (1907).

William Heddle Nash

English opera singer, tenor

William Parsons

Highly qualified engineer and excellent manager