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 Dingwall

First Name William

Last Name Dingwall

Born on March 12, 1769

Died on April 30, 1773 (aged 4)

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William Dingwall-Fordyce

First Name William

Last Name Dingwall-Fordyce

Born on January 12, 1745 (age 281)

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William Dingwall-Fordyce

First Name William

Last Name Dingwall-Fordyce

Born on April 9, 1776

Died on March 1, 1831 (aged 54)

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William Gaston

First Name William

Last Name Gaston

Born on October 3, 1820

Died on January 19, 1894 (aged 73)

Born in United States of America, Connecticut

William Gaston was a lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was the first member of that party to serve as Governor of Massachusetts (1875–1876) after the American Civil War. He was a successful trial lawyer and politically conservative Democrat, who won election as governor after his opponent, Thomas Talbot, vetoed legislation to relax alcohol controls.

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William Jary

First Name William

Last Name Jary

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William Shakespeare

First Name William

Last Name Shakespeare

Born on March 20, 1808 (age 218)

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William Stewart, 3rd Earl of Traquair

First Name William

Last Name Traquair

Born on June 18, 1657

Died on December 23, 1673 (aged 16)

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William Spens

First Name William

Last Name Spens

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William Harry Lyon-Smith

First Name William

Last Name Lyon-Smith

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William Liller

First Name William

Last Name Liller

Died on February 28, 2021 (aged 51)

Born in United States of America, Pennsylvania

William Liller was an American astronomer, a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan and former Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy at Harvard University. He discovered two minor planets, several novae, the globular star cluster Liller 1 in Scorpius, and comet C/1988 A1 (Liller).

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