Author	Nationality	Profession	Year
	William F. Buckley, Jr.	American	Journalist	1925 - 2008
	William Falconer	Scottish	Poet	1732 - 1769
	William Faulkner	American	Novelist	1897 - 1962
	William Feather	American	Author	1889 - 1981
	William Floyd	American	Politician	1734 - 1821
	William Frederick Book		Writer
	William Friedkin	American	Director	1939 - 2023
	William Gaddis	American	Novelist	1922 - 1998
	William Gass	American	Writer	1924 - 2017
	William Gibson	American	Writer	1948
	William Gilbert	British	Composer	1836 - 1911
	William Gilmore Simms	American	Novelist	1806 - 1870
	William Glasser	American	Psychologist	1925 - 2013
	William Godwin	English	Writer	1756 - 1836
	William Golding	English	Novelist	1911 - 1993
	William Goldman	American	Novelist	1931 - 2018
	William Graham Sumner	American	Businessman	1840 - 1910
	William Greider	American	Author
	William Griffith Wilson	American	Celebrity	1895 - 1971
	William Gurnall	English	Author	1617 - 1679
	William H. Hunt	American	Soldier	1823 - 1884
	William H. Macy	American	Actor	1950
	William H. O'Connell	American	Clergyman	1859 - 1944
	William H. Seward	American	Politician	1801 - 1872
	William H. Wharton	American	Politician	1802 - 1839
	William Hague	British	Politician	1961
	William Hall	Canadian	Soldier	1827 - 1904
	William Hamilton	Scottish	Politician
	William Hamilton Maxwell	Irish	Novelist	1792 - 1850
	William Harvey	English	Scientist	1578 - 1657
	William Hazlitt	English	Critic	1778 - 1830
	William Heath Robinson	British	Cartoonist	1872 - 1944
	William Henry Ashley	American	Businessman	1778 - 1838
	William Henry Harrison	American	President	1773 - 1841
	William Henry Hudson	British	Author	1841 - 1922
	William Henry Moody	American	Politician	1853 - 1917
	William Herschel	British	Scientist	1738 - 1822
	William Hogarth	British	Artist	1697 - 1764
	William Hooper	American	Politician	1742 - 1790
	William Howard Taft	American	President	1857 - 1930
	William Hull	American	Soldier	1753 - 1825
	William Hung	American	Entertainer	1983
	William Hurt	American	Actor	1950
	William Irwin Thompson	American	Philosopher	1938
	William J. Brennan	American	Judge	1906 - 1997
	William J. Brennan, Jr.	American	Judge	1906 - 1997
	William J. Casey	American	Director	1913 - 1987
	William J. Clinton	American	President	1946
	William J. H. Boetcker	American	Clergyman	1873 - 1962
	William J. Mayo	American	Scientist	1861 - 1939
	William J. Perry	American	Politician	1927
	William J. Wilson
	William Jackson
	William James	American	Philosopher	1842 - 1910
	William Jennings Bryan	American	Lawyer	1860 - 1925
	William Jennings Bryant	American	Politician	1860 - 1925
	William Jerome	American	Musician
	William John Wills	English	Scientist	1834 - 1861
	William Joyce	American	Author	1906 - 1946
	William Kempe	English	Actor
	William Kent	English	Architect	1685 - 1748
	William Kidd	Scottish	Explorer
	William Kingdon Clifford	English	Mathematician	1845 - 1879
	William Kirby	English	Scientist	1759 - 1850
	William Kraft	American	Musician
	William Kunstler	American	Activist	1919 - 1995
	William L. Jenkins	American	Politician	1936
	William Labov	American	Writer	1927
	William Lamb Melbourne	British	Politician	1779 - 1848
	William Langewiesche	American	Journalist
	William Laud	English	Clergyman	1573 - 1645
	William Law	English	Clergyman	1686 - 1761
	William Least Heat-Moon	American	Writer	1939
	William Lilly	English	Celebrity	1602 - 1681
	William Lloyd Garrison	American	Journalist	1805 - 1879
	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Canadian	Politician	1874 - 1950
	William Lyon Phelps	American	Educator	1865 - 1943
	William M. Daley	American	Politician	1948
	William Makepeace Thackeray	British	Novelist	1811 - 1863
	William Manchester	American	Historian	1922 - 2004
	William Masters	American	Scientist	1915 - 2001
	William Maxwell Aitken	Canadian	Businessman	1879 - 1964
	William McFee	American	Writer	1881 - 1966
	William Merritt Chase	American	Artist	1849 - 1916
	William Minto	Scottish	Writer	1845 - 1893
	William Morris	English	Designer	1834 - 1896
	William Moulton Marston	American	Psychologist	1893 - 1947
	William O. Douglas	American	Judge	1898 - 1980
	William Odom	American	Soldier	1932 - 2008
	William Osler	Canadian	Scientist	1849 - 1919
	William P. Bundy	American	Historian	1917 - 2000
	William P. Leahy	American	Educator
	William Penn	English	Leader	1644 - 1718
	William Pennington	American	Politician	1796 - 1862
	William Pepper	American	Scientist	1843 - 1898
	William Peter Blatty	American	Writer	1928 - 2017
	William Petersen	American	Actor	1953
	William Petty	English	Economist	1623 - 1687
	William Pitt	British	Leader	1759 - 1806
	William Plomer	South African	Writer	1903 - 1973
	William Pollard	English	Clergyman	1828 - 1893
	William Powell	American	Actor	1892 - 1984
	William Proxmire	American	Politician	1915 - 2005
	William R. Alger	American	Writer	1822 - 1905
	William R. Benet	American	Writer	1886 - 1950
	William Ralph Inge	English	Clergyman	1860 - 1954
	William Ramsay	Scottish	Scientist	1852 - 1916
	William Randolph	American	Politician	1650 - 1711
	William Randolph Hearst	American	Publisher	1863 - 1951
	William Redington Hewlett	American	Businessman	1913 - 2001
	William Robertson Smith	Scottish	Scientist	1846 - 1894
	William Rowley	English	Dramatist	1585 - 1626
	William Ruckelshaus	American	Lawyer	1932 - 2019
	William S. Burroughs	American	Writer	1914 - 1997
	William S. Hart	American	Actor	1864 - 1946
	William S. Paley	American	Businessman	1901 - 1990
	William Safire	American	Author	1929 - 2009
	William Sanderson	American	Actor	1948
	William Scott		Writer
	William Scranton	American	Politician	1917 - 2013
	William Shakespeare	English	Dramatist	1564 - 1616
	William Shatner	Canadian	Actor	1931
	William Shenstone	English	Poet	1714 - 1763
	William Shirley	British	Politician	1694 - 1771
	William Stafford	American	Poet	1914 - 1993
	William Standish Knowles	American	Scientist	1917 - 2012
	William Strunk, Jr.	American	Writer	1869 - 1946
	William Styron	American	Novelist	1925 - 2006
	William Taylor	British	Writer
	William Tecumseh Sherman	American	Soldier	1820 - 1891
	William Temple	British	Priest	1881 - 1944
	William Thomas	American	Athlete	1968
	William Throsby Bridges	Australian	Soldier	1861 - 1915
	William Trevor	Irish	Writer	1928 - 2016
	William Trogdon	American	Author
	William Turner	British	Scientist	1509 - 1568
	William Tyndale	English	Clergyman
	William Vickrey	Canadian	Educator	1914 - 1996
	William Wallace	Scottish	Revolutionary
	William Warburton	English	Critic	1698 - 1779
	William Watson
	William Weaver	English	Author	1923 - 2007
	William Weld	American	Politician	1945
	William Wells Brown	American	Activist	1814 - 1884
	William Westmoreland	American	Soldier	1914 - 2005
	William Whewell	English	Philosopher	1794 - 1866
	William Whipple	American	Politician	1730 - 1785
	William Whitelaw	British	Politician	1918 - 1999
	William Wilberforce	English	Politician	1759 - 1833
	William Wiley	American	Soldier
	William Winwood Reade	Scottish	Historian	1838 - 1875
	William Wirt	American	Statesman	1772 - 1834
	William Wordsworth	English	Poet	1770 - 1850
	William Wycherley	English	Dramatist	1641 - 1716
	William Wyler	American	Director	1902 - 1981
	Willie Aames	American	Actor	1960
	Willie Dixon	American	Musician	1915 - 1992
	Willie Green	American	Athlete	1981
	Willie Herenton	American	Politician	1940
	Willie Mays	American	Athlete	1931
	Willie Morris	American	Writer	1934 - 1999
	Willie Nelson	American	Musician	1933
	Willie Stargell	American	Athlete	1940 - 2001
	Willy Ley	German	Writer	1906 - 1969
	Wilma Mankiller	Cherokee	Statesman	1945 - 2010
	Wilma Rudolph	American	Athlete	1940 - 1994
	Wilmer Valderrama	American	Actor	1980
	Wilson Greatbatch	American	Inventor	1919 - 2011
	Wilson Mizner	American	Dramatist	1876 - 1933
	Wilt Chamberlain	American	Athlete	1936 - 1999
	Wim Wenders	German	Director	1945
	Winfield Scott Hancock	American	Soldier	1824 - 1886
	Winifred Holtby	English	Novelist	1898 - 1935
	Wink Martindale	American	Entertainer	1934
	Winona Ryder	American	Actress	1971
	Winston Churchill	English	Statesman	1874 - 1965
	Winston Graham	English	Novelist	1908 - 2003
	Winthrop Rockefeller	American	Politician	1912 - 1973
	Wislawa Szymborska	Polish	Poet	1923 - 2012
	Witold Pilecki	Polish	Soldier	1901 - 1948
	Wojciech Jaruzelski	Polish	Leader	1923 - 2014
	Wolcott Gibbs	American	Writer	1902 - 1958
	Wole Soyinka	Nigerian	Dramatist	1934
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Austrian	Musician	1756 - 1791
	Wolfgang Hildesheimer	German	Author	1916 - 1991
	Wolfgang Petersen	German	Director	1941
	Wolfgang Staudte	German	Director	1906 - 1984
	Wolfman Jack	American	Entertainer	1938 - 1995
	Woodrow Wilson	American	Politician	1856 - 1924
	Woody Allen	American	Director	1935
	Woody Guthrie	American	Musician	1912 - 1967
	Woody Harrelson	American	Actor	1961
	Woody Hayes	American	Coach	1913 - 1987
	Woody Herman	American	Musician	1913 - 1987
	Wu Yi	Chinese	Politician	1938
	Wyclef Jean	American	Musician	1972
	Wyndham Lewis	English	Author	1882 - 1957
	Wynn Bullock	American	Photographer	1902 - 1975
	Wynonna Judd	American	Musician	1964
	Wynton Marsalis	American	Musician	1961