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.

English clergyman, natural philosopher and physicist

William Congreve

English playwright

A self-taught American engineer who founded the first airline to produce small, low-cost business jets for private customers.

William Hazlitt

English journalist, essayist, theorist of Romanticism

American naval figure

Welsh judge and physicist

William John Codrington

English general, son of Edward Codrington.

William Tindale

English reformer, translator of the New Testament and Pentateuch

William la Mare

English Franciscan theologian

Well-known neo-Nazi, author of a sensational book (The Turner Diaries), creator of a major neo-Nazi organization in the United States

William Griffith

English physician, naturalist and botanist

William George Bonin

American serial killer

William Alexander Chilton

American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer

English rear admiral and Arctic explorer

English writer and poet.

Founder of the medical equipment manufacturing company "Cook Group"

Scottish physician, chemist and agronomist.

English privateer

William Cunningham

English historian, founder of economic history

William Du Bois

American social activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, historian and writer.

William Bennett

English composer, the most important figure in British music of the 19th century.

William Baillie

Scottish commander, Covenanter

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

William Wymark Jacobs

English writer, author of novels and short story collections

William Rondina

American designer

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 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 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

William Townsend Aiton

English botanist and gardener

William McKenna

Australian actor

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

William Attaway

African-American author, screenwriter, playwright and lyricist.

William McMahon

Prime Minister of Australia

British Foreign Secretary

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