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.

American psychologist and philosopher

Entrepreneur, founder of the Internet portal "Internet portal NetEase"

William Wymark Jacobs

English writer, author of novels and short story collections

William Burnside

English mathematician and algebraist.

William Rondina

American designer

William Makepeace Thackeray

William Rocha Batista

Brazilian footballer, striker.

William Hewlett

Founder of Hewlett-Packard

William Golding

English writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1983

William Addison

American chess player

William Cartwright

English poet, native of Northway, Gloucestershire.

William Allingham

19th century English poet.

Founder of Jaguar Cars Limited

William Alexander Chilton

American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer

William Craft Brumfield

American historian of Russian architecture, photographer, local historian

William Motter Inge

American writer, playwright

William Shakespeare

English playwright, poet, actor

William Schmidt

The man who built a 1340 meter tunnel single-handedly

William Hjortsberg

American writer and screenwriter

William Friedkin

Director, producer, screenwriter, actor

William Turner Walton

English composer and conductor

William Kincaid

American flutist

William Morgan Sheppard

William Quan Judge

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

William Wrigley Jr

Owner of Wrigley Jr. Company"

William Samoei Ruto

5th President of Kenya from 13 September 2022

Heir to a huge fortune and representative of the Hilton dynasty.

William IV Orange

Prince of Orange, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

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

William Townsend Aiton

English botanist and gardener

William Bullith

American diplomat, first US ambassador to the Soviet Union. Back in 1919, he was sent to Moscow by President Woodrow WILSON to assess the situation of the Bolshevik government.

William McKenna

Australian actor

The first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi.

First Director of the United States Secret Service

William Attaway

African-American author, screenwriter, playwright and lyricist.

William Husband

19th century British civil and mechanical engineer

William McMahon

Prime Minister of Australia

British Foreign Secretary

William Crookes

British scientist, chemist and physicist.

William Sitgreaves Cox

American military man.

William Thompson

Irish political scientist, philosopher, writer and reformer

William Russell Easterly

American economist

American writer

William James Sidis

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

William Herschel

English astronomer of German origin.

William Gibbs McAdoo

American lawyer and political leader

William Fichtner

William F. Buckley Jr.

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

Guinness World Record Holder, Longest Living Person with a Bullet in His Head