List of Famous people named William

William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure and Lord Lochinvar was a Scottish Jacobite.

William Ware Theiss, also called Bill Theiss, was an American costume designer for television and film.

William Graham Nicholson, PC, JP was a British Liberal Unionist and later Conservative Party politician.

William D. "Bill" Vince was a Canadian producer. His credits include producing Air Bud (1997), Dead Heat (2002), Saved! (2004), and Capote (2005).

Sir William Stanley KG was an English soldier and the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. Stanley fought with his troops in several battles of the Wars of the Roses.

William A. Veech was the Edgar O. Lovett Professor of Mathematics at Rice University until his death. His research concerned dynamical systems; he is particularly known for his work on interval exchange transformations, and is the namesake of the Veech surface. He died unexpectedly on August 30, 2016 in Houston, Texas.