List of Famous people named William

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was Margrave of the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1703 until his death in 1723. He was the younger brother of Caroline of Ansbach and thus brother-in-law of George II of Great Britain.

William Robert John Horsley-Beresford, 3rd Baron Decies was an Anglo-Irish soldier and peer.

General Sir William Thomas Knollys was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1860s.

Double You are an Italian Eurodance group founded in 1985, when singer William Naraine started producing demos with Franco Amato and Andrea de Antoni. By 1992, they had sold more than three million records and the single "Please Don't Go" was a success.

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others.

Sir William Fitzwilliam was a Merchant Taylor, Sheriff of London, servant of Cardinal Wolsey, and a member of the council of Henry VII.

William V, Duke of Jülich was a German nobleman. Some authors call him William I, because he was the first Duke of Jülich; the earlier Williams had been Count of Jülich. Other authors call the subject of this article "William VI"; they count the son and co-ruler of William IV as William V.