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 Somerset

First Name William

Last Name Somerset

Born on June 8, 1934 (age 92)

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William Gordon, 2nd of Craig

First Name William

Last Name Craig

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William Mitchell Sanderson

First Name William

Last Name Sanderson

Born on September 9, 1817

Died on December 1, 1884 (aged 67)

Born in United States of America, South Carolina

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William Lowndes

First Name William

Last Name Lowndes

Born on February 11, 1782

Died on October 27, 1822 (aged 40)

Born in United States of America, South Carolina

William Jones Lowndes was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from South Carolina. He represented the state in the U.S. Congress from 1811 to May 8, 1822, when he resigned for health reasons.

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William Lowenstein

First Name William

Last Name Lowenstein

Born on December 13, 1954 (age 71)

Born in France, Île-de-France

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William Archibald Spooner

First Name William

Last Name Spooner

Died on August 29, 1930

Born in United Kingdom, England

William Archibald Spooner was a British clergyman and long-serving Oxford don. He was most notable for his absent-mindedness, and for supposedly mixing up the syllables in a spoken phrase, with unintentionally comic effect. Such phrases became known as spoonerisms, and are often used humorously. Many spoonerisms have been invented and attributed to Spooner.

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William Townsend Aiton

First Name William

Last Name Aiton

Born on February 2, 1766

Died on October 9, 1849 (aged 83)

Born in United Kingdom, England

William Townsend Aiton FRHS FLS was an English botanist. He was born at Kew on 2 February 1766, the eldest son of William Aiton.

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William Beaumont

First Name William

Last Name Beaumont

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William Rose

First Name William

Last Name Rose

Born on December 12, 1914

Died on February 10, 1987 (aged 72)

Born in United States of America, Missouri

William Rose was an American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films.

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William Schreiber Hume

First Name William

Last Name Hume

Born on January 1, 1855

Died on January 1, 1902 (aged 47)

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