List of Famous people named William

Name William is among the most common names in USA, England, Brazil, Canada, France, Australia. Shortened forms: Bill, Billy, Will, Willie. Similar names: Bill, Billy, Will, Willie, Willam, Wiliam. Here are some famous Williams:

William IV, Duke of Aquitaine

First Name William
Last Name Aquitaine
Born on November 30, 0934
Died on November 30, 0994 (aged 60)

William IV, called Fierebras or Fierebrace, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 963 to his retirement in 990.

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William Foster

First Name William
Last Name Foster
Born on November 30, 1709
Died on November 30, 1782 (aged 73)
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William M. Evarts

First Name William
Last Name Evarts
Born on February 6, 1818
Died on February 28, 1901 (aged 83)

William Maxwell Evarts was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of American political jurisprudence in his day: the impeachment of a president, the Geneva arbitration and the contests before the electoral commission to settle the presidential election of 1876.

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William Robert Parker-Jervis

First Name William
Last Name Parker-Jervis
Born on December 11, 1841
Died on May 7, 1919 (aged 77)
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William Moncreiff

First Name William
Last Name Moncreiff
Born on April 18, 1666
Died on November 6, 1748 (aged 82)
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William Vere Reeve King-Fane

First Name William
Last Name King-Fane
Born on October 29, 1868
Died on November 5, 1943 (aged 75)

Colonel William Vere Reeve King-Fane was an English local politician, magistrate and landowner, who served as vice-chairman of Kesteven County Council and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire.

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William Leigh

First Name William
Last Name Leigh
Born on November 3, 1691
Died on December 9, 1757 (aged 66)
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William M. Daley

First Name William
Last Name Daley
Born on August 9, 1948 (age 77)

William Michael Daley is an American lawyer, politician and former banker. He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama, from January 2011 to January 2012. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, from 1997 to 2000, under President Bill Clinton. He has also served on the executive committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Daley was a candidate for Governor of Illinois in the 2014 gubernatorial election, until dropping out of the race on September 16, 2013. He ran in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election but came in third in the first-round voting, and did not advance to the runoff. He served as the Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon from June through October 2019. Since November 13, 2019, Daley has served as the Vice Chairman of Public Affairs for Wells Fargo.

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William Arthur Baird

First Name William
Last Name Baird
Born on March 20, 1879
Died on June 6, 1933 (aged 54)
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William Heriot-Maitland-Dougall

First Name William
Born on October 12, 1852
Died on June 3, 1916 (aged 63)
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