List of Famous people named William

William James Samford was an American attorney and politician who served as the 31st Governor of Alabama and in the United States House of Representatives.

William Atchison O'Neill was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 84th Governor of Connecticut from 1980 to 1991. He was the second longest-serving governor in Connecticut history, with 10 years in office.

William Hull was an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and was appointed as Governor of Michigan Territory (1805–13), gaining large land cessions from several American Indian tribes under the Treaty of Detroit (1807). He is most widely remembered, however, as the general in the War of 1812 who surrendered Fort Detroit to the British on August 16, 1812 following the Siege of Detroit. After the battle, he was court-martialed, convicted, and sentenced to death, but he received a pardon from President James Madison and his reputation somewhat recovered.

William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democratic politician before and during the American Civil War.

William Christian Bouck was an American politician from New York. He was the 13th Governor of New York from 1843 to 1844.

William Sulzer was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state.

Colonel William Fleming was an American physician, soldier, politician and planter who served as a local justice of the peace in the mountains of southwestern Virginia and Kentucky, as well as in the Senate of Virginia and briefly acted as the Governor of Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.

William Robert Taylor was an American politician and the 12th Governor of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1876.

William Miller was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1814 to 1817.

William McDaniel was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was an early pioneer in the city of Vacaville, California.