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 Bennett

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

William Wymark Jacobs

English writer, author of novels and short story collections

William Adamson

British politician, leader of the British Labour Party.

English film director.

American track and field athlete

William Cureton

English orientalist

William Gosling

English footballer

William Ralph (Dixie) Dean

Football player

English grammar

William Kennedy

English traveler and officer of the British navy.

American violinist and composer.

William Lisle Bowles

English priest, poet and critic.

William Graham Sumner

American scientist

William Randal Cremer

English pacifist and leader of the trade union movement. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for his "efforts to achieve peace through arbitration."

William R. Bennett

American physicist

William Russell

English politician

British statesman

William Fleetwood

English preacher, Bishop of St Asaph and Ely

William Mulready

A famous English genre painter.

English historian

William Christie

American and French harpsichordist and conductor.

William Ellsworth Robinson

American illusionist

Scottish botanist and gardener

Scottish landscape and marine artist

William Walter Leake

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

William Cobbett

English historian, publicist and politician

William Michael Daley

Chief of Staff of US President Barack Obama

William Cavendish

Fifth Prime Minister of Great Britain from 16 November 1756 to 25 June 1757

Italian inventor and businessman

William Clifford

English mathematician and philosopher.

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.

American who set his head on fire on a dare

William Quantrill

One of the leaders of guerrilla warfare during the American Civil War

American photographer

William Melling

William of Tyre

French historian

William Kemmler

American Assassin

British track and field athlete

William Livingston

American politician, Governor of New Jersey

William Corbett

English violinist, composer, collector

William J. Tuttle

American make-up artist

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 Liddell

Football player

William Wilkie Collins

William Newburgh

Medieval English historian, author of the History of England

William Degouve de Nuncques

Belgian landscape artist

American soul singer and songwriter

William Thomas Cosgrave

Irish revolutionary and politician

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