List of Famous people named William

William II of Baux was a son of William of Baux. Following his father, William II carried the title of prince of Orange. The title had come to the House of Baux through a brother, Raimbaut of Orange, of William II's paternal grandmother, Tiburge de Sarenom, the latter also referred to as Tiburge princess of Orange.

William Hyde Wollaston was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingots.

William Ali "Bar None" Floyd is a former American football fullback in the NFL and current color analyst on the Seminole ISP Sports Network.

William Hewson was a British surgeon, anatomist and physiologist who has sometimes been referred to as the "father of haematology".

Dr William Charles Wells FRS FRSE FRCP was a Scottish-American physician and printer. He lived a life of extraordinary variety, did some notable medical research, and made the first clear statement about natural selection. He applied the idea to the origin of different skin colours in human races, and from the context it seems he thought it might be applied more widely. Charles Darwin said: "[Wells] distinctly recognises the principle of natural selection, and this is the first recognition which has been indicated".

William George "Borneo" Gregory, is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.

William Turnbull was a Scottish artist.