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 Fraser, 1st of Struy

First Name William
Last Name Struy
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William Connor Magee

First Name William
Last Name Magee
Born on December 17, 1821
Died on May 5, 1891 (aged 69)

William Connor Magee DD DCL was an Irish clergyman of the Anglican church, Bishop of Peterborough 1868–1891 and Archbishop of York for a short period in 1891.

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William Donald Borders

First Name William
Last Name Borders
Born on October 9, 1913
Died on April 19, 2010 (aged 96)

William Donald Borders was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the 13th Archbishop of Baltimore from 1974 to 1989, having previously served as the first Bishop of Orlando from 1968 to 1974.

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William Blackett

First Name William
Last Name Blackett
Died on January 1, 1648
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William Francis Martin

First Name William
Last Name Martin
Born on February 7, 1876
Died on May 13, 1915 (aged 39)
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William Claiborne

First Name William
Last Name Claiborne
Born on November 30, 1599
Died on November 30, 1676 (aged 77)

William Claiborne also, spelled Cleyburne was an English pioneer, surveyor, and an early settler in the colonies/provinces of Virginia and Maryland and around the Chesapeake Bay. Claiborne became a wealthy planter, a trader, and a major figure in the politics of the colonies. He was a central figure in the disputes between the colonists of Virginia and the later settling of Maryland, partly because of his earlier trading post on Kent Island in the mid-way of the Chesapeake Bay, which provoked the first naval military battles in North American waters. Claiborne repeatedly attempted and failed to regain Kent Island from the Maryland Calverts, sometimes by force of arms, after its inclusion in the lands that were granted by a 1632 Royal Charter to the Calvert family. Kent Island had become Maryland territory after the surrounding lands were granted to Sir George Calvert, first Baron and Lord Baltimore (1579-1632) by the reigning King of England, Charles I.

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William de la Haye, 1st of Erroll

First Name William
Last Name Erroll
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William Champion Streatfeild

First Name William
Last Name Streatfeild
Born on August 11, 1839
Died on August 8, 1912 (aged 72)

Rev. William Champion Streatfeild MA (1839–1912) was an English clergyman and descendant of the historic Streatfeild family. In his retirement he lived at Chart’s Edge and Hoseyrigge, in Westerham Kent.

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William Phillips

First Name William
Last Name Phillips
Born on May 10, 1775
Died on April 2, 1828 (aged 52)

William Phillips FGS FRS was an English mineralogist and geologist.

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William Talman

First Name William
Last Name Talman
Born on February 4, 1915
Died on August 30, 1968 (aged 53)

William Whitney Talman, Jr. was an American television and movie actor, best known for playing Los Angeles District Attorney Hamilton Burger in the television series Perry Mason.

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