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 II, Count of Chalon

First Name William

Last Name Chalon

Born on November 30, 1199

Died on January 3, 1203 (aged 3)

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William Moody

First Name William

Last Name Moody

Died on July 7, 1843

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William Huggins

First Name William

Last Name Huggins

Born on February 7, 1824

Died on May 12, 1910 (aged 86)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Sir William Huggins was an English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife Margaret Lindsay Huggins.

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William P. Murphy

First Name William

Last Name Murphy

Born on February 6, 1892

Died on October 9, 1987 (aged 95)

Born in United States of America, Wisconsin

William Parry Murphy was an American physician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple for their combined work in devising and treating macrocytic anemia.

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William Maitland

First Name William

Last Name Maitland

Died on October 27, 1739

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William Stuart Alexander

First Name William

Last Name Alexander

Born on June 3, 1836

Died on September 13, 1868 (aged 32)

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William Bunnell

First Name William

Last Name Bunnell

Born on November 30, 1609

Died on August 18, 1669 (aged 59)

Born in United Kingdom

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William Henry Chetwynd

First Name William

Last Name Chetwynd

Born on September 17, 1811

Died on July 5, 1890 (aged 78)

William Henry Chetwynd was a son of Sir George Chetwynd, 2nd Baronet. He lived at Longdon Hall, Rugeley, in Staffordshire and was involved in a sensational divorce case in 1865.

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William Agnew, 3rd of Wigg

First Name William

Last Name Wigg

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William Whitaker Maitland

First Name William

Last Name Maitland

Born on January 1, 1864

Died on November 5, 1926 (aged 62)

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