William Williams

Academics

• William Mattieu Williams, English writer on science
• William Williams , Welsh veterinary surgeon
• William Henry Williams, English-born Australian headmaster and professor
• W. Roger Williams, English pathologist, surgeon, cancer researcher and medical writer
• William Williams , Welsh doctor and writer on sanitation issues
• William Owen Williams, British veterinarian
• William T. B. Williams, dean at the Tuskegee Institute
• William Williams , British academic at Cambridge
• W. T. Williams, English and Australian botanist and plant taxonomist
• William Williams , Canadian metallurgical engineer
• William Morgan Williams, presenter of a 1969 Frazer Lecture

  Art and entertainment

• William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer of hymns
• William Williams , artist and author of American novel Penrose
• William Williams , Welsh historian and poet
• William Joseph Williams, American painter
• William Williams , Welsh poet and hymnwriter
• William Williams , Welsh literary figure
• William Williams , Welsh poet and literary critic
• William Aubrey Williams, Welsh composer
• William Williams , Welsh-language poet
• Billy Williams , vaudeville entertainer
• William Carlos Williams, American poet
• William Emrys Williams, known as Bill, editor-in-chief of Penguin Books, 1936–1965
• William B. Williams , disc jockey on New York City radio station WNEW
• Billy Williams , British cinematographer
• Bill Williams , American television journalist
• Billy Dee Williams, American actor
• William T. Williams, New York painter
• Willie Williams , British theatrical stage set, lighting designer and video director

  Military

• William Peere Williams-Freeman, Royal Navy officer and admiral of the fleet
• William Williams , American printer, publisher and colonel during the War of 1812
• William Williams , soldier killed in defense of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812
• William Fenwick Williams, Canadian-born British military leader
• William Orton Williams, Confederate officer executed as a spy
• William Williams , Medal of Honor recipient of the American Civil War
• William Haliday Williams, American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Charles Williams, Victoria Cross recipient of the First World War
• William Williams , Victoria Cross recipient of the First World War
• William Williams, American naval officer in the American Revolution

  Politics

U.S.

• William Williams , US Continental Congressman
• William M. Williams , politician in the Texas House and Senate
• William B. Williams, served 1870-1871
• William Williams , mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1879 and 1882
• William Williams , US Representative from New York
• William Williams , US Representative from Indiana
• William B. Williams , US Representative from Michigan
• William M. Williams Jr., member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William E. Williams, U.S. Representative from Illinois
• William R. Williams, US Representative from the state of New York
• William Reid Williams, United States Assistant Secretary of War
• William Williams , Surgeon General
• William Williams , Commissioner of Immigration, Ellis Island
• William R. Williams, California State Treasurer, 1907–1911
• Bill K. Williams, American politician

  UK

• William Peere Williams, Member of Parliament for Bishops Castle
• Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet, Welsh politician
• Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn, Welsh lawyer and politician, speaker of the House of Commons
• Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn, Welsh politician, Member of Parliament for Denbigh, 1708–1710
• William Peere Williams, MP for Bishop's Castle, 1722–1727
• Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton, MP for New Shoreham, 1758–1751
• William Addams Williams, British Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
• William Williams , Welsh businessman based in London, Radical MP 1835–1847 and 1850–1865
• William Williams , British Member of Parliament for Swansea District 1893–1895
• William Williams , British civil servant and politician
• Thomas Williams , British Member of Parliament for Warrington
• William Williams , British Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
• W. Llewelyn Williams, Welsh journalist, lawyer and Liberal Party politician

  Other countries

• William Williams , member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• William Williams , member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
• William J. Williams, elected in the Alberta general election, 1944 under the Veterans' and Active Force party banner

  Religion

• William Williams , Irish Anglican clergyman
• William Williams of Wern, Welsh Independent minister, promoter of the General Union movement of 1834
• William Williams , bishop of Waiapu in New Zealand
• William Williams , Welsh Congregational minister, poet and literary critic
• Leonard Williams , of Waiapu in New Zealand
• William Augustine Williams, African-American linguist, librarian, Catholic seminarian
• William Williams , Dean of St David's, 1919–1931
• William Williams , minister and naturalist in Victoria, Australia
• William A. Williams , American Presbyterian clergyman
• William Williams , Welsh missionary to East Khasi Hills, India
• William J. Williams in Victoria, Australia
• William Richard Williams , principal of the United Theological College Aberystwyth

  Sports

American football

• William M. Williams , head coach of the Clemson college football program in 1897
• J. William Williams, American football player and coach

  Australian rules football

• Billy Williams , Australian football player for St Kilda
• Bill Williams , Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
• Bill Williams , Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne
• Bill Williams , Australian rules footballer for Richmond and Stawell Gift winner

  Association football

• William Williams , Welsh international footballer in the 1870s and 1880s
• Billy Williams , former England and West Bromwich Albion footballer
• William Williams , English footballer
• Bill Williams, English football player
• Billy Williams , former West Ham United and Chelsea footballer
• Bill Williams, English football player
• Bill Williams, English football player
• John Williams , English footballer

  Athletics

• Baseball

• William Williams , co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team
• Billy Williams , baseball umpire
• Billy Williams , baseball player for the 1969 Seattle Pilots

  Cricket

• William Williams , English cricketer
• Billy Williams , Middlesex and MCC cricketer, also a rugby union player, referee and administrator
• Will Williams, New Zealand cricketer

  Rugby

• William Williams , Welsh rugby union footballer in the 1880s and 1890s
• William Henry Williams , Welsh rugby union footballer who played in the 1900s for Wales, Pontymister RFC, and London Welsh RFC
• William Williams , Welsh rugby league footballer in the 1900s and 1910s
• Billy Williams , rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s for Great Britain and Wales
• Billy Williams , Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer in the 1940s
• Billy Williams , Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player

  Other

• William S. Williams, mountain man and frontiersman
• William S. Williams, travelled to South Australia on the Cygnet in the First Fleet of South Australia in 1836
• William Muir Williams, judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri in 1898
• William Williams , last person executed by Minnesota
• William M. Williams, US Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1920–1921
• William Emrys Williams, British educationalist and editor-in-chief of Penguin Books
• William Appleman Williams, American historian
• William Williams, settler and brewer in the Province of South Australia
• William Williams, character in 2006 film American Dreamz
• Willie Williams , American murderer