Namesakes
William of Hirsau
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) ?-1091 
Saints
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(m) 1646-1716
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Friedrich Wilhelm I
(m) 1688-1740
Other Royalty 1713-1740 Prussia (king)
August Wilhelm of Prussia
(m) 1722-1758
Other Royalty 1722-1758 Prussia (prince)
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
(m) 1742-1786
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia
(m) 1744-1797
Other Royalty 1786-1797 Prussia (king)
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
(m) 1770-1840
Other Royalty 1797-1840 Prussia (king)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
(m) 1770-1831
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
August of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1779-1843
Other Royalty 1779-1843 Prussia (prince)
Wilhelm of Prussia
(m) 1783-1851
Other Royalty 1783-1851 Prussia (prince)
Adam Wilhelm Moltke
(m) 1785-1864
Danish Prime Ministers 1848-1852
Wilhelm Grimm
(m) 1786-1859
Notable Writers
Friedrich of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1794-1863
Other Royalty 1794-1863 Prussia (prince)
Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia
(m) 1795-1861
Other Royalty 1840-1861 Prussia (king)
Wilhelm I
(m) 1797-1888
Other Royalty 1861-1888; 1871-1888 Prussia; German Empire (king/emperor)
Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
(m) 1802-1881
Swiss Presidents 1853
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
(m) 1804-1891
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Adalbert of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1811-1873
Other Royalty 1811-1873 Prussia (prince)
Richard Wagner
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) 1813-1883
Notable Musicians
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1817-1905
Other Royalty 1890-1905 Luxembourg (grand duke)
Waldemar of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1817-1849
Other Royalty 1817-1849 Prussia (prince)
Hermann Kolbe
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1818-1884
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Alexander of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1820-1896
Other Royalty 1820-1896 Prussia (prince)
Wilhelm Hertenstein
(m) 1825-1888
Swiss Presidents 1888
Georg of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1826-1902
Other Royalty 1826-1902 Prussia (prince)
Adolf Bastian
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1826-1905
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Adolf Deucher
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1831-1912
Swiss Presidents 1886; 1897; 1903; 1909
Friedrich III
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1831-1888
Other Royalty 1888 German Empire; Prussia (emperor/king)
Wilhelm Wundt
(m) 1832-1920
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff
(m) 1834-1913
Notable Businesspeople
Adolf von Baeyer
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1835-1917
Nobel Prize Winners 1905 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Wilhelm Steinitz
(m) 1836-1900
Notable Athletes (chess)
Albrecht of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1837-1906
Other Royalty 1837-1906 Prussia (prince)
Wilhelm Röntgen
(m) 1845-1923
Nobel Prize Winners 1901 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Wilhelm Maybach
(m) 1846-1929
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Pieter Cort van der Linden
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1846-1935
Dutch Prime Ministers 1913-1918
Wilhelm Ostwald
(m) 1853-1932
Nobel Prize Winners 1909 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Emil Kraepelin
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1856-1926
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Wilhelm von Gloeden
(m) 1856-1931
Notable Artists
Wilhelm II
(m) 1859-1941
Other Royalty 1888-1918 German Empire; Prussia (emperor/king)
Carl of Sweden
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1861-1951
Other Royalty 1861-1951 Sweden (prince)
Heinrich of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1862-1929
Other Royalty 1862-1929 Prussia (prince)
Wilhelm Marx
(m) 1863-1946
German Chancellors and Presidents 1923-1925; 1926-1928 (chancellor)
Wilhelm Wien
(m) 1864-1928
Nobel Prize Winners 1911 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1865-1931
Other Royalty 1865-1931 Prussia (prince)
Maximilian of Baden
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1867-1929
German Chancellors and Presidents 1918 (chancellor)
Gustav Mie
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1868-1957
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Wilhelm Miklas
(m) 1872-1956
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents 1928-1938 (president)
Friedrich Heinrich of Prussia
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) 1874-1940
Other Royalty 1874-1940 Prussia (prince)
Rainer Maria Rilke
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1875-1926
Notable Writers
Wilhelm Cuno
(m) 1876-1933
German Chancellors and Presidents 1922-1923 (chancellor)
Joachim Albrecht of Prussia
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) 1876-1939
Other Royalty 1876-1939 Prussia (prince)
Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
(m) 1880-1925
Other Royalty 1880-1925 Prussia (prince)
Wilhelm of Prussia
(m) 1882-1951
Other Royalty 1882-1918; 1882-1951 German Empire; Prussia (prince)
Gustaf VI Adolf
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1882-1973
Swedish Kings and Queens 1950-1973
Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) 1883-1942
Other Royalty 1883-1942 Prussia (prince)
Wilhelm of Sweden
(m) 1884-1965
Other Royalty 1884-1965 Sweden (prince)
Jean Arp
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1886-1966
Notable Artists
August Wilhelm of Prussia
(m) 1887-1949
Other Royalty 1887-1949 Prussia (prince)
F. W. Murnau
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1888-1931
Notable Filmmakers
Waldemar of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1889-1945
Other Royalty 1889-1945 Prussia (prince)
Adolf Busch
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1891-1952
Notable Musicians
Otto Dix
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) 1891-1969
Notable Artists
Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1891-1927
Other Royalty 1891-1927 Prussia (prince)
Wilhelm Lützow
(m) 1892-1916
Olympic Medalists 1912 swimming - 200 m breaststroke (silver)
Friedrich Karl of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1893-1917
Other Royalty 1893-1917 Prussia (prince)
Jukka Rangell
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1894-1982
Finnish Presidents and Prime Ministers 1941-1943 (prime minister)
Anton Walbrook
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1896-1967
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sigismund of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1896-1978
Other Royalty 1896-1978 Prussia (prince)
Ludwig Erhard
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1897-1977
German Chancellors and Presidents 1963-1966 (chancellor)
Wilhelm Reich
(m) 1897-1957
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Ville Pörhölä
(m) 1897-1964
Olympic Medalists 1920; 1932 shot put; hammer throw (gold/silver)
Erik Wilén
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1898-1982
Olympic Medalists 1924 400 m hurdles (silver)
Arne Tiselius
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1902-1971
Nobel Prize Winners 1948 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Willy Schärer
(m) 1903-1982
Olympic Medalists 1924 1500 m (silver)
Wilhelm of Prussia
(m) 1906-1940
Other Royalty 1906-1940 Prussia (prince)
Hubertus of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1909-1950
Other Royalty 1909-1950 Prussia (prince)
Gaius de Gaay Fortman
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) 1911-1997
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Wilhelm Leichum
(m) 1911-1941
Olympic Medalists 1936 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Friedrich of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1911-1966
Other Royalty 1911-1966 Prussia (prince)
Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1912-1985
Other Royalty 1912-1985 Prussia (prince)
Karl Franz of Prussia
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1916-1975
Other Royalty 1916-1975 Prussia (prince)
Norbert Schmelzer
(a.k.a. Wilhelm) (m) 1921-2008
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Hans Andreus
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1926-1977
Notable Writers
Claus of the Netherlands
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1926-2002
Other Royalty 1980-2002 Netherlands (prince consort)
Friedrich Wilhelm Braun
(m) 1941-
Olympic Medalists 1964 basketball (bronze)
Franz Wilhelm of Prussia
(m) 1943-
Other Royalty 1943- Prussia (prince)
Wim Wenders
(m) 1945-
Notable Filmmakers
Christian Wulff
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1959-
German Chancellors and Presidents 2010-2012 (president)
Alexander of Liechtenstein
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1972-
Other Royalty 1972- Liechtenstein (prince)
Bismarck du Plessis
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Freddie Stroma
(middle name Wilhelm) (m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)