William may refer to:
- William (given name), a masculine given name
Royalty
British
- William I of England (1027â€"1087), a.k.a. William the Conqueror, or William the Bastard
- William II of England (1056â€"1100), a.k.a. William Rufus
- William I of Scotland (c. 1142â€"1214), a.k.a. William the Lion
- William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153â€"1156), first son of Henry II of England
- William III of England (1650â€"1702), also William II of Scotland, a.k.a. William of Orange
- William IV of the United Kingdom (1765â€"1837), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death
- Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (born 1982), formerly Prince William of Wales, son of Charles, Prince of Wales
French
- William of Gellone (c.755â€"814), Count of Toulouse, canonized a saint
- William II, Prince of Orange (1626â€"1650), sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later
- William IV, Prince of Orange (1711â€"1751), first hereditary Stadtholder of all the United Provinces
- William V, Prince of Orange (1748â€"1806), last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. He went into exile to London in 1795. He was the reigning Prince of Nassau-Orange until his death in 1806. In that capacity he was succeeded by his son William
The Netherlands
- William I, Count of Holland (1167â€"1222), Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon
- William II of Holland (1228â€"1256), also King of Germany
- William I, Prince of Orange (1533â€"1584), a.k.a. William the Silent
- William II, Prince of Orange (1626â€"1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
- William III of Orange (1650â€"1702), also William III of England and William II of Scotland
- William I of the Netherlands (1772â€"1843), Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- William II of the Netherlands (1792â€"1849), King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg
- William III of the Netherlands (1817â€"1890), King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890. He was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866
Sicily
- William I of Sicily (1131â€"1166), a.k.a. William the Bad or William the Wicked
- William II of Sicily (1155â€"1189), a.k.a. William the Good
- William III of Sicily (1190â€"1198), scion of the Hauteville dynasty, was the last Norman King of Sicily, who reigned briefly for ten months in 1194. He was overthrown by his great-aunt Constance and her husband Emperor Henry VI
Cameroon
- William I of Bimbia, 19th-century king of the Isubu people
- William II of Bimbia (died 1882), king of the Isubu people
Other royalty
- William II of Villehardouin (died 1278), Prince of Achaea
- William of Werle (died 1436/94-1436), Lord of Werle-Güstrow
- William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852â€"1912), reigned as the sovereign Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 17 November 1905 until his death
- William, Prince of Albania (1876â€"1945), from 7 March 1914 to 3 September 1914, when he left for exile. His reign officially came to an end on 31 January 1925, when the country was declared an Albanian Republic
Other historical people
British
- William de Corbeil (c. 1070â€"1136), Archbishop of Canterbury
- William of Malmesbury (died 1143), English historian and monk
- William of Tyre (c. 1130â€"1185), Archbishop of Tyre, chronicler of the Crusades
- William of Norwich (c. 1132â€"1144), saint and martyr
- William of York (died 1154), Archbishop of York and saint
- William (bishop of Moray) (died 1162), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland
- William of Ramsey (fl. 1219), 13th-century monk and hagiographer
- William (bishop of Dunblane) (died early 1290s), Tironensian abbot and bishop in the Kingdom of Scotland
- William of Ockham (1287â€"1347), English friar and philosopher, originator of Occam's Razor
- William of Wykeham (1320â€"1404), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
- William (bishop of the Isles) (died 1095), bishop of what later became the Diocese of the Isles
French
- William I, Duke of Normandy (r. 927â€"942), second Duke of Normandy
- William of Poitiers (c. 1020â€"1090), Norman chronicler, chaplain to William the Conqueror
- William de St-Calais (died 1096), a.k.a. William of St. Carilef, Norman abbot, Bishop of Durham
- William (bishop of Orange) (died 1098), took part in the First Crusade
- William of Champeaux (1070â€"1121), French philosopher and theologian
- William of Conches (c. 1090-c. 1154), French scholastic philosopher, tutor of Henry II of England
- William of Donjeon (c. 1155â€"1209), a.k.a. St. William of Bourges and St. William the Confessor, French archbishop
- William the Clerk 13th century Scoto-Norman poet, writer of the Old French Roman de Fergus
- William the Clerk of Normandy, 13th century Norman cleric and Old French poet
- William of Auxerre (died 1231), French theologian
Others
- William (marcha orientalis) (died 871), 9th century margrave of the March of Pannonia, part of the Carolingian Empire
- William (archbishop of Mainz) (929â€"968), German bishop, son of Emperor Otto the Great
- William of St-Thierry (died 1148), theologian and mystic, abbot of St. Thierry
- William of Moerbeke (1215â€"1286), Flemish bishop, translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts
Other contemporary people
- will.i.am (born 1975), American musician, member of the Black Eyed Peas
- William (Vilavancode MLA), Indian politician
Characters
- William Brown (fictional boy), main character of the Just William novel series
- Baby William, son of Dana Scully and Fox Mulder in the American television series, The X-Files
Other uses
- William (1770 ship), merchantman and convict ship
- "William" (song), from the album The Others by English indie rock band The Others
- William (TV series), BBC television series of 1962 to 1963, based on Just William books
- William, United States Virgin Islands, settlement on the island of Saint Croix
- William, West Virginia, unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia
- "William" (Haven), an episode of the TV series Haven
See also
- Billy (disambiguation)
- Bill (disambiguation)
- Wilhelm (disambiguation)
- William Street (disambiguation)
- Saint William (disambiguation)
- King William (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "William"
