List of Famous people named William

William Emerson Ritter was an American biologist.

William John Law (1786–1869) was a British judge of the 19th century.

William Cannon was an American assistant director as well as a director. He was nominated for an Oscar in the dead category of Best Assistant Director at the 9th Academy Awards for the film Anthony Adverse

William Gilpin was a 19th-century US explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West. He served as military officer in the United States Army during several wars, accompanied John C. Frémont on his second expedition through the West, and was instrumental in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory. As a politician and writer, he was an inveterate believer in Manifest Destiny and was a visionary booster of new settlement to the West, helping lay the groundwork in his writings for a modern theory of the succession of civilizations.

William Kennedy was an American Democratic-Republican Party politician from Sussex County. He served in the State Assembly 1804–06 and 1808–11 where he was Speaker for the 1810 and 1811 sessions. He was elected to the New Jersey Legislative Council, the precursor to the New Jersey Senate, from 1813 to 1815. He served as Vice-President of Council from 1814 to 1815. In that capacity he was the acting governor of New Jersey from June 19, 1815, when Governor William Sanford Pennington resigned to become a federal judge, to October 26, 1815. He was succeeded as governor by Mahlon Dickerson.

William Gardner Hale, American classical scholar, was born in Savannah, Georgia to a resident New England family.

William Francis Murray was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and the Postmaster of Boston.

William Fitzgerald was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

William Kong sometimes credited as Bill Kong is a film producer known for his active role in the Hong Kong film industry and International co-production. He is most famous for co-producing the Wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Film.

William Fairfield Whiting was United States Secretary of Commerce from August 22, 1928 to March 4, 1929, during the last months of the administration of Calvin Coolidge.