List of Famous people named William

William Lewis Dayton was an American politician, active first in the Whig Party and later in the Republican Party. In the 1856 presidential election, he became the first Republican vice-presidential nominee when nominated alongside John C. Frémont. The Republican Party lost that campaign. During the American Civil War, Dayton served as the United States Ambassador to France, a position in which he worked to prevent French recognition of the Confederacy.

William Crosson Feazel was a short-term United States Senator from Louisiana.

William Chatterton Dix was an English writer of hymns and carols. He was born in Bristol, the son of John Dix, a local surgeon, who wrote The Life of Chatterton the poet, a book of Pen Pictures of Popular English Preachers and other works. His father gave him his middle name in honour of Thomas Chatterton, a poet about whom he had written a biography. He was educated at the Grammar School, Bristol, for a mercantile career, and became manager of a maritime insurance company in Glasgow where he spent most of his life.

William Dowdeswell PC was a British politician who was a leader of the Rockingham Whig faction.

William Dunnington Bloxham was the 13th and 17th Governor of Florida in two non-consecutive terms. Prior to his first term as governor, he served in the Florida House of Representatives.

William Durkee Williamson was the second Governor of the U.S. state of Maine, and one of the first congressmen from Maine in the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. Williamson was also an early historian of Maine.

Willian Rainey Marshall was an American politician. He was the fifth Governor of Minnesota from January 8, 1866 to January 9, 1870 and was a member of the Republican party. He served as an officer in the 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

William Cole Cozzens was an American politician and the 28th Governor of Rhode Island.

William Henry Wills was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He was the 61st Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and the 65th Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945. In 1944, Wills was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

William Sherman Jennings was an American politician. He served as the 18th Governor of Florida after being a lawyer, county judge, and state representative.