William
William is a given name of Norman origin and the English form of the male given name Wilhelm .
variants
Short forms
Female form
- Williamina (mostly Scottish)
Name bearer
Single name
- William the Conqueror ( William I the Conqueror ) of England (1027-1087)
- William de Corbeil ( William of Corbeil ; † 1136), Archbishop of Canterbury
- William of Perth († perhaps 1201), legendary martyr, venerated in Rochester (Kent)
- William III of England (1650–1702)
- William Ætheling (~ 1103–1120), Anglo-Norman prince
- William ap Thomas († 1445), Welsh nobleman
- William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel (~ 1109–1176), member of the court of King Henry I of England
- William de Braose (1049-1093 / 1096), Norman nobleman
- William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln (~ 1096– ~ 1161), Baron of Kendall, Lord of Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire, Lord of Roumare in Normandy
- William de Tracy († 1189), English knight
- William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey († 1088)
- William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey († 1138)
- William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey (1119–1148)
- William, Duke of Cambridge (* 1982), heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834), member of the British royal family
- William Giffard († 1129), Lord Chancellor and Keeper of the Seal of England (1093–1101)
- William, Duke of Gloucester (1689–1700), English heir to the throne
- William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805), member of the British royal family
- William Kirkcaldy of Grange (1520–1573), Scottish general and politician, defeated Maria Stuart's armies
- William Longespée of Salisbury (around 1209–1250), English knight and crusader
- William Longespée († 1256/57) , English nobleman
- William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (around 1167–1226), English nobleman
- William McIntosh (1775–1825), Muskogee chief, signatory of the Indian Springs Treaty
- William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury († 1196), Earl of Salisbury, Earl of Wiltshire, High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset
- William of Sherwood (~ 1200 / 1210– ~ 1266/1272), English logician of the Middle Ages
- William of Kilkenny († ~ 1256/1258), Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely
- William of Norwich (1132–1144), alleged ritual murder victim
- William of York († 1256), Bishop of Salisbury
First name
- William Bligh (1754–1817), British captain and governor
- William "Will" Calhoun (* 1964), American drummer
- William Chalmers (merchant) (1748–1811), Swedish merchant
- William Chalmers (merchant) (1748–1811), Swedish merchant
- William Chalmers (soccer player, 1907) (1907–1980), Scottish soccer player and coach
- William W. Chalmers (1861–1944), American politician
- William Chamberlain (politician) (1755–1828), American politician
- William Collum (* 1979), Scottish football referee
- Will Connell (1938–2014), American jazz musician
- Will Donaldson (1891–1954), American composer
- William Dunlop (racing driver) (1985-2018) British motorcycle racer
- William Engseth (* 1933), Norwegian politician
- William Faulkner (1897–1962), American writer
- William Franklin (musician) (1906 – after 1948), American jazz musician and opera singer
- William S. Hatcher (1935–2005), American mathematician, philosopher and Baha'i theologian
- William E. Humphrey (1862–1934), American politician
- William Hurt (born 1950), American actor
- Will Jääskeläinen (* 1998), Finnish football goalkeeper
- William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), British-Irish merchant, politician and general
- William Johnson (Judge) (1771-1834), American lawyer
- William Johnson Cory (born William Johnson ; 1823-1892), English poet and educator
- William Anthony Johnson (1832–1909), British clergyman, auxiliary bishop at Westminster
- William Penn Gregory (born 1949), American football player
- William B. Johnson (mathematician) ( William Buhmann Johnson ; * 1944), American mathematician
- William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), American politician
- William E. Johnson (1906–1976), American politician (Nebraska)
- William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), British logician
- William Richard Johnson (1875–1938), American politician
- William Robert Johnson (1918–1986), American bishop
- William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), British-American politician, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
- William Summer Johnson (1913–1995), American chemist
- William Ward Johnson (1892–1963), American politician
- William Kassouf (born 1981), British poker player
- William "Bill" Mockridge (* 1947), Canadian-British actor and cabaret artist
- William Mulholland (1855–1935), Irish-American hydraulic engineer
- William M. Murdoch (1873–1912), first officer on the Titanic
- William Nygaard (* 1943), Norwegian publisher
- William Pappaconstantinou (* 1984), American foosball and poker player, see Billy Pappas
- William Alfred Passavant (1821–1894), American clergyman, founder of the American diakonia
- William Penn (1644-1718), Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania
- William "Bill" O. Perkins III (* 1969), American hedge fund manager, film producer, film actor and poker player
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English poet and playwright
- William Shatner (born 1931), Canadian actor
- William L. Shirer (1904–1993), American journalist, historian and author
- William Turner (1775-1851), English Romantic painter
- William Tyndale (around 1484–1536), English priest and Bible translator
- William Alexander Werbeniuk (1947–2003), Canadian snooker player
- William Wallace (around 1270–1305), Scottish patriot
- William Werner (1893–1970), German automobile manager
- William Wharton (1925-2008), American author
- William Wolfensberger (1889–1918), Swiss pastor poet
As a middle name
- Jimmie William Price (* 1941), former American baseball player
stage name
- will.i.am (* 1975), actually William James Adams Jr., American musician and producer
- Linda William ' (1964-2010), French pop singer
William as a family name
- George William , American cinematographer, director and singer
- Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan (* 1946), Egyptian religious, Coptic Catholic Bishop of Assiut
- Martin William (* 1991), Seychellois soccer player
- Merrell William, Jr. († 2013), American whistleblower
- Niels William (* 1974; actually William Vaesen ), Flemish singer and manager
- Peter William (1930–2018; actually Peter William Koch ), German wrestler
- Tage William-Olsson (1888–1960), Swedish architect
- Warren William (1895–1948; actually Warren William Krech ), American actor
- Willy William (* 1981), French musician
William as a nickname
- Hippopotamus William for an ancient Egyptian hippopotamus sculpture in New York
See also
- William Scoresby (ship) , British research vessel
- William Glacier , glacier on Anvers Island, Antarctica
- William Scoresby Archipelago , archipelago off the coast of Mac Robertson Land, Antarctica
- William Scoresby Bay , a bay on the Mac Robertson Land coast, Antarctica
- King William Island , arctic island in northern Canada
- Mount William
- Williams (disambiguation)
- Uilleam (disambiguation)
- McWilliam (disambiguation)