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 Horace Marshall

American actor, director and opera singer

Actor, producer, Academy Award winner

William Harrison

9th President of the USA

Founder and head of the Oxbow Group company

William John Macquorn Rankine

Scottish engineer and physicist

William Pokhlebkin

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

William Melling

William Drummond

English, Scottish and Russian military and statesman

William Harris Crawford

American politician

William S. Paley

Former head of the American television and radio network CBS Broadcasting Inc (CBS)

William Calcraft

A famous English executioner of the 19th century

William C. Hsiao

American economist

William Adamson

British politician, leader of the British Labour Party.

William Lloyd Garrison

American abolitionist, publicist and poet

William Blackstone

English lawyer and writer

William Lisle Bowles

English priest, poet and critic.

English astrologer and occultist

William Thomson

English physicist

William Shatner

Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, producer

William Collins

English painter

Founder of the medical equipment manufacturing company "Cook Group"

William Craft Brumfield

American historian of Russian architecture, photographer, local historian

William Clay Ford Jr

Chairman of the Board of Ford Motor Company

William Morton Kahan

Canadian scientist in the field of computational mathematics

William Trubridge

Freediving record holder with a result of 121 meters

English doctor convicted of a high-profile murder in the 19th century

William Anderson

American submariner

William I the Conqueror

King of England (1066-1087)

William Saroyan

American novelist and playwright

William Walter Leake

American Civil War Confederate Army officer, Freemason, lawyer, county judge, and bank president.

William Motter Inge

American writer, playwright

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

William Randolph Hearst

American tycoon and leading newspaper publisher

William Bullock

American inventor

English Baroque composer and organist.

William Carpenter

English publicist.

William English

American computer engineer

William Baillie

Scottish commander, Covenanter

William George Bonin

American serial killer

American Republican politician

William Cobbett

English historian, publicist and politician

William Roberts

William Cranch Bond

American astronomer.

American science fiction writer

William Alexander Henry

Canadian politician, lawyer, judge

Scottish botanist and gardener

American historian and diplomat

Russian engineer and architect of Scottish origin.

Founder of Jaguar Cars Limited