List of Famous people named William

William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton was the son of Sir William Parr and his second wife, the Hon. Elizabeth Fitzhugh, later Lady Vaux of Harrowden.

William George Cavendish-Bentinck, was a member of parliament for Penryn and Falmouth between 1886 and 1895, who married into the American Livingston family.

William George Algar Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton JP DL was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.

William John George Napier, 11th Lord Napier, 2nd Baron Ettrick (1846–1913) was a British peer.

William David Elliott was an American actor and jazz musician. He had a recurring role in Bridget Loves Bernie as Otis Foster and a recurring role as Officer Gus Grant in Adam-12. He also appeared in Elvis Presley's 1969 film Change of Habit.

William Linn Westermann was an American historian and papyrologist who served as the president of the American Historical Association in 1944. He was regarded as an expert on the economy of the ancient world.

William, 6th Earl of Douglas was a short-lived Scottish nobleman. In addition to his Earldom of Douglas, he was Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and Annandale in Scotland, and de jure Duke of Touraine, Count of Longueville, and Lord of Dun-le-roi in France. He was the eldest son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas and Lady Eupheme Graham.

William Edward Nightingale was a noted English Unitarian and the father of Florence Nightingale, "the lady with the lamp".