List of Famous people named William

William Williams was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

William Dunlap Simpson was the 78th Governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous governor, Wade Hampton, resigned to take his seat in the U.S. Senate, until 1880. That year Simpson resigned to become Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.

William Medill was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 22nd Governor of Ohio from 1853 to 1856.

William Walton Kitchin was the 52nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1909 to 1913.

William Tudor Gardiner was an American politician and the 55th Governor of Maine.

William Henry Upham was an American soldier, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th Governor of Wisconsin.

William Hendricks was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822, the third Governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from 1825 to 1837. He led much of his family into politics and founded one of the largest political families in Indiana. He was the uncle of Thomas Andrews Hendricks, who was also Governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United States. Hendricks County was named in his honor. His term as governor was spent repairing the state's finances to later enable large scale internal improvements. The establishment of the basic framework of the state's public school system and the transfer of the capital from Corydon to Indianapolis also occurred during his term.

William Calhoun McDonald was an American politician, and the first governor of the State of New Mexico.

William Perlberg was an American film producer.