Famous People Named William
List Of Famous Persons With First Name William. Discover the famous people whose first name starts with William.
| Name |
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| William "Bull" Nelson, American general (d. 1862) |
| William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930) |
| William A. Rusher, American lawyer and journalist (d. 2011) |
| William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1975) |
| William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, seventh Premier of Alberta (d. 1943) |
| William Adams, English sailor and navigator (d. 1620) |
| William Alabaster, English poet (d. 1640) |
| William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932) |
| William Alexander, American author and educator |
| William Alexander, Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (d. 1911) |
| William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1996) |
| William Allain, American lawyer and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (d. 2013) |
| William Alland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997) |
| William Allen White, American journalist and author (d. 1944) |
| William Allingham, Irish poet, author, and scholar (d. 1889) |
| William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1985) |
| William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut |
| William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013) |
| William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930) |
| William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian (d. 1948) |
| William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (d. 1865)[13][14] |
| William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675) |
| William Arnon Henry American academic and agriculturist (d. 1932) |
| William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (d. 1720) |
| William Ashley, English historian and academic (d. 1927) |
| William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist (d. 1961) |
| William Atherton, American actor and producer |
| William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1927) |
| William Ayers, American academic and activist |
| William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1940) |
| William B. Jordan, American art historian (d. 2018) |
| William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877) |
| William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010) |
| William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (d. 1836) |
| William B. Washburn, American politician, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887) |
| William Babcock Hazen, American general (d. 1887) |
| William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist (d. 1833) |
| William Backhouse, English alchemist and astrologer (d. 1662) |
| William Bainbridge, American commodore (d. 1833) |
| William Baldwin, American actor |
| William Bast, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015) |
| William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic (d. 1934) |
| William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963) |
| William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" (d. 1853) |
| William Bedloe, English spy (d. 1680) |
| William Bell, American singer-songwriter |
| William Bell, American tuba player and educator (d. 1971) |
| William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964) |
| William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education |