List of Famous people named William

William Henry Gist was the 68th Governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina. He was one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, which effectively launched the Confederacy.

Sir William Hussey (1642–1691) was English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

William Lattimore was Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi Territory.

William James Connell was an American Republican Party politician. From 1889 to 1891, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

William J. Gaston was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. Gaston is the author of the official state song of North Carolina, "The Old North State". Gaston County, North Carolina, created just after his death, was named for him, as later were the city of Gastonia, North Carolina, artificial Lake Gaston, and the splendid Gaston Hall auditorium at his alma mater, Georgetown University.

William Hilton was a British portrait and history painter. He is also known as "William Hilton the Younger".

William Henry Washington was a Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1841 and 1843.

William Henry Hooper was a U.S. Congressional delegate from the Territory of Utah, United States.

William John Gray, 13th Lord Gray (1754–1807), was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.