List of Famous people named William

Sir William Munro of Foulis was a Scottish Knight and Scottish clan chief of the highland Clan Munro. He is by tradition the 12th Baron of Foulis and 15th overall chief of the clan. However, he is actually only the 5th chief of the Clan Munro who can be proved by contemporary evidence.

William David Arnett is a Regents Professor of Astrophysics at Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, known for his research on supernova explosions, the formation of neutron stars or black holes by gravitational collapse, and the synthesis of elements in stars; he is author of the monograph Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis which deals with these topics. Arnett pioneered the application of supercomputers to astrophysical problems, including neutrino radiation hydrodynamics, nuclear reaction networks, instabilities and explosions, supernova light curves, and turbulent convective flow in two and three dimensions.

William Chapman Revercomb was an American politician and lawyer. A Republican, he served two separate terms in the United States Senate representing the state of West Virginia.

William Brabazon, 9th Earl of Meath, styled Lord Brabazon from 1779 to 1790, was an Anglo-Irish peer.

William Strahan, formerly William Snow, was an English first-class cricketer active from 1832 to 1849 who played for Surrey. He was born in Westminster and died in Perugia. He appeared in 26 first-class matches as a batsman who did not bowl. He scored 272 runs with a highest score of 22 not out and held five catches.

William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick, PC, FSA, was a British peer, politician and diplomatist.

William Edmund Barrett was an American author, best known for the 1962 novella The Lilies of the Field.

William Emerson Brock was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1929 to 1931.

William Meyers Colmer was a Mississippi politician.