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Namesakes for WILLIAM:
  Shakespearian Characters: 10 characters
      William   As You Like It
      Sir William Glasdale   Henry VI (1)
      Sir William Lucy   Henry VI (1)
      William Stafford   Henry VI (2)
      Sir William Stanley   Henry VI (3)
      Sir William Sands   Henry VIII
      Lord William Willoughby   Richard II
      Sir William Brandon   Richard III
      Sir William Catesby   Richard III
      William Page   The Merry Wives of Windsor
  Kings and Queens of England: 4 kings
      King William I the Conqueror   1066-1087
      King William II Rufus   1087-1100
      King William III of Orange   1689-1702
      King William IV   1830-1837
  Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors: 1 king
      King William of Holland   1247-1256
  Nobel Prize Winners: 5 chemistry, 4 physics, 3 literature, 2 economics, 1 medicine, 1 peace
      (chemistry) William S. Knowles   2001
      (chemistry) William N. Lipscomb   1976
      (chemistry) William H. Stein   1972
      (chemistry) William Francis Giauque   1949
      (chemistry) Sir William Ramsay   1904
      (economics) William Vickrey   1996
      (economics) William F. Sharpe   1990
      (literature) William Golding   1983
      (literature) William Faulkner   1949
      (literature) William Butler Yeats   1923
      (medicine) William Parry Murphy   1934
      (peace) William Randal Cremer   1903
      (physics) William D. Phillips   1997
      (physics) William A. Fowler   1983
      (physics) William B. Shockley   1956
      (physics) William Bragg   1915
  Oscar Award Winners: 2 actors, 2 directors
      (actor) William Holden   1953
      (actor) William Hurt   1985
      (director) William Friedkin   1971
      (director) William Wyler   1942, 1946, 1959
  Saints: 40 blessed, 12 saints
      Saint William of Gellone   ?-812
      Saint William of Volpiano   962-1031
      Saint William of Penacorada   ?-1042
      Saint William   ?-1067
      Blessed William of Hirsau   ?-1091
      Saint William Firmatus   1026-1103
      Saint William Breteuil   ?-1130
      Saint William of Vercelli   1085-1142
      Saint William   ?-1154
      Blessed William of Maleval   ?-1157
      Saint William of Pontoise   ?-1192
      Blessed William Tempier   ?-1197
      Saint William of Eskhill   1125-1203
      Blessed William of Fenoli   ?-1205
      Saint William of Bourges   1149-1209
      Saint William Pinchon   1175-1234
      Blessed William of Brussels   ?-1237
      Blessed William Arnaud   ?-1242
      Blessed Guillaume of Toulouse (a.k.a. William)   1297-1369
      Blessed William Exmew   ?-1535
      Blessed William Greenwood   ?-1537
      Blessed William Horne   ?-1540
      Blessed William Filby   ?-1582
      Blessed William Lacey   ?-1582
      Blessed William Hart   ?-1583
      Blessed William Carter   1548-1584
      Blessed William Thomson   1560-1586
      Blessed William Marsden   ?-1586
      Blessed William Dean   ?-1588
      Blessed William Gunter   ?-1588
      Blessed William Hartley   ?-1588
      Blessed William Way   ?-1588
      Blessed William Spenser   ?-1589
      Blessed William Pike   ?-1591
      Blessed William Patenson   ?-1592
      Blessed William Davies   ?-1593
      Blessed Guillaume Saultemouche (a.k.a. William)   15567-1593
      Blessed William Harrington   1566-1594
      Blessed William Freeman   1558-1595
      Blessed William Andleby   ?-1597
      Blessed William Richardson   ?-1603
      Blessed William Browne   ?-1605
      Blessed William Scott   ?-1612
      Blessed William Southerne   1579-1618
      Blessed William Ward   1568-1641
      Blessed William Tirry   1608-1654
      Blessed William Barrow   ?-1679
      Blessed William Ireland   1636-1679
      Blessed William John Plessington   1637-1679
      Blessed William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford   1614-1680
      Blessed Guillaume Répin (a.k.a. William)   1793-1794
      Blessed Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade (a.k.a. William)   1761-1850
  Kings and Queens of Scotland: 2 kings
      King Uilleam I the Lion (a.k.a. William)   1165-1214
      King Uilleam II (a.k.a. William)   1689-1702
  Sports Stars: 4 basketball
      (basketball) William J. Cunningham   1986
      (basketball) William Gates   1989
      (basketball) William C. Johnson   1976
      (basketball) William Russell   1974
  Presidents of the United States: 4 presidents
      President William Henry Harrison   1841
      President William McKinley   1897-1901
      President William Howard Taft   1909-1913
      President William Jefferson Clinton   1993-2001
  Notable Artists: 1 artist
      (artist) William Blake   1757-1827
  Notable Explorers and Adventurers: 9 explorers
      (explorer) Willem Barents (a.k.a. William)   1550-1597
      (explorer) Willem Janszoon (a.k.a. William)   1570-1630
      (explorer) William Baffin   1584-1622
      (explorer) William Clark   1770-1838
      (explorer) William Hovell   1786-1875
      (explorer) Sir William Edward Parry   1790-1855
      (explorer) William Herndon   1813-1857
      (explorer) William Grant Stairs   1863-1892
      (explorer) William Tilman   1898-1977
  Notable Writers: 3 authors, 1 playwright, 1 poet
      (playwright) William Shakespeare   1564-1616
      (poet) William Wordsworth   1770-1850
      (author) Wilhelm Grimm (a.k.a. William)   1786-1859
      (author) William Faulkner   1897-1962
      (author) Sir William Golding   1911-1993
  Notable Philosophers and Thinkers: 1 philosopher, 1 psychologist
      (philosopher) William of Ockham   1285-1347
      (psychologist) William James   1842-1910