William Rehnquist
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～ United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)
William IV
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～ King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)
William Hazlitt
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～ English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)
William Tell
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～ a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
William Ralph Inge
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～ English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)
William Rose Benet
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～ United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)
William Rufus
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～ the second son of William the Conqueror who succeeded him as King of England (1056-1100)
William Augustus
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～ English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
William Franklin Graham
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～ United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
William Henry Pratt
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～ United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969)
William Caxton
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～ English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
William Penn
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～ Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
William Tyndale
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～ English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
William Henry Harrison
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～ 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)
William Herschel
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～ English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
William Ewart Gladstone
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～ liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)
William Lawrence Shirer
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～ United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the outbreak of World War II (1904-1993)
William Gladstone
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～ liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)
William Henry
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～ English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
William Tecumseh Sherman
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～ United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)