List of Famous people named William

Name William is among the most common names in USA, England, Brazil, Canada, France, Australia. Shortened forms: Bill, Billy, Will, Willie. Similar names: Bill, Billy, Will, Willie, Willam, Wiliam. Here are some famous Williams:

William Lindsay

First Name William
Last Name Lindsay
Born on September 4, 1835
Died on October 15, 1909 (aged 74)

William Lindsay was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1893 to 1901.

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William W. Kingsbury

First Name William
Last Name Kingsbury
Born on June 4, 1828
Died on April 17, 1892 (aged 63)

William Wallace Kingsbury was a Delegate from the Territory of Minnesota.

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William Lowther

First Name William
Last Name Lowther
Born on June 17, 1668
Died on July 28, 1694 (aged 26)

William Lowther was an English Member of Parliament, the posthumous son of John Lowther and his second wife, Mary Withins.

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William Thompson

First Name William
Last Name Thompson
Born on January 1, 1678
Died on October 27, 1739 (aged 61)

Sir William Thompson or Thomson of Middle Temple, was an English judge and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1709 and 1729.

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William Threlfall

First Name William
Last Name Threlfall
Born on June 25, 1888
Died on April 4, 1949 (aged 60)
Born in Germany, Saxony

William Richard Maximilian Hugo Threlfall was a British-born German mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. He was a coauthor of the standard textbook Lehrbuch der Topologie.

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William Thomas Hamilton

First Name William
Last Name Hamilton
Born on September 8, 1820
Died on October 26, 1888 (aged 68)

William Thomas Hamilton, a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 38th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1880 to 1884. He also served in the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland, from 1868–1874, and in the House of Representatives, representing the second district (1849–1853) and fourth district (1853–1855) of Maryland.

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William Beverly Randolph

First Name William
Last Name Randolph
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William Ramsay, 5th Earl of Dalhousie

First Name William
Last Name Dalhousie
Died on October 1, 1710
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William Campbell Colhoun

First Name William
Last Name Colhoun
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William McManus

First Name William
Last Name McManus
Born on January 1, 1780
Died on January 18, 1835 (aged 55)

William Telemachus McManus was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

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