List of Famous people named William

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas was a Scottish nobleman, peer, and magnate.

William Gilbert, also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600).

William Soeryadjaya, a.k.a. Tjia Kian Liong, also known as Oom (Uncle) Willem, born in Majalengka, was a Chinese Indonesian businessman who co-founded Astra International, Indonesia's largest conglomerate.

William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He was more often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey.

William Sempill, 2nd Lord Sempill was a Scottish lord and Sheriff of Renfrewshire.

William Theophilus Blakeney (1832–1898) was the Registrar-General of Queensland.

Major Sir William Palliser CB MP was an Irish-born politician and inventor, Member of Parliament for Taunton from 1880 until his death.