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William Stedman (b. 1999) is a New Zealander Paralympic athlete who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
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William “Bill” Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States.
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William Fitzgerald Harper, known professionally as William Jackson Harper, is an American actor and playwright. He gained acclaim for his role as Chidi Anagonye in the NBC comedy series The Good Place (2016–2020), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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William Dunbar is the name of one of the main characters in the French cartoon Code Lyoko.
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William Thompson is a prominent, exceptionally talented American criminal defense attorney. A member of the iconic “Dream Team”, he defended (and ultimately acquitted) former NFL player O.J. Simpson in his murder trial.
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William Afton.
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There’s a William & Mary university in Williamsburg, VA.
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Shocked no one mentioned him, but William Hanna was a co founder of Hanna Barbera studios, who created some of the most iconic cartoons, such as Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, The Jetsons etc... His cartoons will live on in the archives for many generations to come.
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William Marshall (1924 – 2003) was an American actor, director and opera singer. He played the title role in the 1972 blaxploitation classic Blacula and its sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), and appeared as the King of Cartoons on the 1980s television show Pee-wee's Playhouse and as Dr. Richard Daystrom on the Star Trek television series. He was 6‘5” (1.96 m) tall and was known for his bass voice.
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William Warfield (1920 – 2002) was an American concert bass-baritone singer and actor, known for his appearances in stage productions, Hollywood films, and television programs. A prominent African American artist during the Civil Rights era, he worked with many notable artists, represented the United States during foreign tours, taught at academic institutions, and earned numerous accolades, including a Grammy Award in 1984.
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William is the name of several characters in The X-Files, including Fox Mulder's father (Mulder's middle name is also William), Dana Scully's father, Dana Scully's older brother, as well as being the original name of Mulder and Scully's son.
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William "Billy" Mills, also known as Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown going into the event. He was the first non-European to win the Olympic event and remains the only winner from the Americas. A United States Marine, Mills is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
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William Adam Reid (born 28 October 1958) is a Scottish songwriter, musician and singer. Songwriter, guitarist, co-founder and occasional singer of the Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
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There's a guy from Code Lyoko who also goes by that name. He may have gone evil in season 3, but not by choice.
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Shadowhunter William (Will) Herondale, husband to Tessa, parabatai to Jem, father to James and Lucie, from Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices.
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William from the game Blush Blush.
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William Hill (16 July, 1903 - 15 October, 1971) is an English businessman who founded the eponymous company, William Hill.
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William Wybert Rousby (1835 – 1907) was an English actor, in later years a theatre proprietor and actor in the island of Jersey.
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This is Wilbur Soot's real name!
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There is a song by The Smiths called "William, It Was Really Nothing".
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My 4th comment, but I just had to say. In namesakes I found a saint with my first and last name William Barrow! Wow, that's pretty cool! The three men before me with my name (father, grandfather, great-grandfather) were definitely not saints and neither am I. I like to think that I'm a good person, though. That isn't for me to say, though. That's how others perceive me. Like everyone, I've made mistakes in my life, despite being young (17). Idk if you could call me a saint, tbh.
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William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States. Only was in office for a month because of death from sickness.
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William Stanley (Bear) Rineheart is the lead singer of the band NEEDTOBREATHE.
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William Franklyn Miller was declared the most handsome boy on Instagram.
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William Jack Poulter.
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William Briden is a character in the H. P. Lovecraft story "The Call of Cthulhu". He is one of the crew members aboard the schooner Emma, which sank after encountering the steam yacht Alert, the latter being crewed by Cthulhu cult members. While escaping from Cthulhu and R'lyeh aboard the Alert, Briden looks at Cthulhu's otherworldly appearance and goes insane, laughing at intervals until dying later on.
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William Channing Webb is a character in "The Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft. He is a professor of anthropology at Princeton University who was engaged in an expedition to discover ancient runic inscriptions in Greenland and Iceland. He failed to discover the runic inscriptions, but he encountered a group of Cthulhu cult members comprised of Inuits on the western coast of Greenland.
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Makes me think of William Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean. That's definitely a good thing, haha.
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Sounds a little old and pretentious to me. I prefer it as a middle name.
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William Afton, from Five Nights at Freddy's.
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Thank you for stating exactly what I was thinking. William Afton, (Purple Guy), from the game/books series Five Nights at Freddy's needs to be added to fictional characters from books.
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William is the name of a character in the films Snow White and the Huntsman and the Huntsman: Winter’s War. Portrayed by Sam Claflin.
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Jack William Jones is the son of “Quints By Surprise” stars Ethan and Casey.
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I’m shocked no one has mentioned William Randolph Hearst, the American newspaper magnate.
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William Kumpai Hosokawa was a Japanese American writer and journalist. While interned at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, he was the editor of the concentration camp's newspaper, The Heart Mountain Sentinel. After being freed from the camp in 1943, Hosokawa worked as a columnist and editor at The Denver Post for 38 years. He retired from the newspaper industry in 1992, at the age of 77.
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Willian "Will" Lindsay was a bassist and guitarist for many bands including Wolves in the Throne Room, Nachtmystium, Middian, and Lord Mantis to name a few.
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William Ralph "Will" Wright is an American video game designer and co-founder of the former game development company Maxis, and then part of Electronic Arts. In April 2009, he left EA to run Stupid Fun Club Camp, an entertainment think tank in which Wright and EA are principal shareholders.
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William Murray "Trip" Hawkins III is an American entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company, and Digital Chocolate. Hawkins designed his own undergraduate major at Harvard University in Strategy and Applied Game Theory.
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William "Will" Champion is a British musician and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Coldplay. William Champion was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, on 31 July 1978 and was brought up in the Highfield suburb of the city, close to the University of Southampton, where his father, Timothy Champion, is a professor of archaeology; his mother, Sarah Champion, was also an archaeologist.
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William Lai, also known by his romanised name Lai Ching-te, is a Taiwanese politician and the incumbent mayor of Tainan. He took office on 25 December 2010, after the municipality was created from the merger of Tainan City and Tainan County. He served as a legislator in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2010.
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William Worrall Mayo was a British-American medical doctor and chemist. He is best known for establishing the private medical practice that later evolved into the Mayo Clinic. He was a descendant of a famous English chemist, John Mayow. His sons, William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, established a joint medical practice in Rochester in the U.S. state of Minnesota in the 1880s.
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William Woods.
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Axl Rose was born William Bruce Rose, Jr.
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Sir William Maddock Bayliss was a famous English physiologist who made some important discoveries about the digestive system in the early 1900's. He is actually one of my third or fourth cousins on my father's side, and before I was married we shared a surname!
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In the film "The Patriot", Colonel William Tavington is the tall, dark and handsome villain, played by Jason Isaacs. He is cruel, evil and ruthless, but sexy nonetheless ;) It's one of my favorite films, and the character is intriguing.
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"If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country -- Victory or Death."
Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis wrote this famous letter requesting help at the Alamo in February 24, 1836, which never happened aside from maybe a few soldiers who came under their own will from Sam Houston's fleet.
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Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis wrote this famous letter requesting help at the Alamo in February 24, 1836, which never happened aside from maybe a few soldiers who came under their own will from Sam Houston's fleet.
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William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American writer, known for stream-of-consciousness writing in books such as "The Naked Lunch."
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William Jack "Will" Poulter is an English actor, notable for his role as Eustace Scrubb in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was named William Williams. I don't know what his parents were thinking.
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William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor in Doctor Who and also appeared in several Carry On films (including the first one).
Also, William Russell, who played First Doctor companion Ian Chesterton, who was originally a science teacher, but eventually became chairman of the school's (Coal Hill) board.
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Also, William Russell, who played First Doctor companion Ian Chesterton, who was originally a science teacher, but eventually became chairman of the school's (Coal Hill) board.
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William Dunbar is one of the protagonists in Code Lyoko.
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Louis Tomlinson's middle name is William. He's a member of British boy band One Direction.
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Actors Willem Dafoe (born William J. Dafoe in 1955), Liam Neeson (born William John Neeson in 1952) and Brad Pitt (born William Bradley Pitt in 1963) bear the name. William was the middle name of Fast & Furious star Paul Walker (Paul William Walker IV 1973-2013).
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The Just William books by Richmal Crompton.
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American actor James Marsden welcomed a son named William Luca Marsden on December 14, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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William Hall Macy, Jr. (born 1950 in Miami, Florida) is an American actor.
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William McChord Hurt (born 1950 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor.
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William Clement Frawley (born 1887 in Burlington, Iowa) was an American actor.
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William (1689-1700) was the oldest son of Queen Anne of Great Britain and her husband Prince George of Denmark.
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William (1721-1765) was the son of King George II of Great Britain and his wife Caroline.
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William was the name of one of the sons of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainaut.
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William was the son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainaut.
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William (1765-1837) was the third son of King George III of the UK and his wife Charlotte. He later became King William IV.
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William was the son of King Stephen of England and his wife Matilda.
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William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153-1156) was the oldest son of King Henry II of England and his wife Eleonore of Aquitaine. He died age 2.
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William II (1056-1100), King of England from 1087 until 1100, son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders.
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William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the current chairman of Microsoft.
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William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma) is an American actor.
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William Hurt (born 1950 in Washington, DC) is an American actor.
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William "Bill" Paxton (born 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actor and film director.
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William H. Macy (born 1950 in Miami, Florida) is an American actor.
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William Brodrick is a British author known for the Father Anselm Mysteries.
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William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) was an American painter.
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Sir William Burrel (1861-1958) was a Scottish art collector.
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William de Brailes was an English manuscript illuminator in the 1200s.
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Willaim Bouguereau (1825-1905) was a French painter who in 1850 won the Prix de Rome.
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William Behnes (1795-1864) was an English sculptor who made the statue Sir Henry Havelock, 1861, in Trafalgar Square, London.
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William Baziotes (June 11, 1912 – June 6, 1963) was an American painter influenced by Surrealism and was a contributor to Abstract Expressionism.
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William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) was an English collector, writer and eccentric. At the age of 5 he had piano lessons from the 8 year old Mozart.
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Sir Henry William Beechey (1753-1839) was an English portrait painter.
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Sir William Allan (1782-1850) was a Scottish historical painter.
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William Tell -the Swiss national hero.
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William Moseley. He played Peter in the Narnia films.
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The Duke of Caimbridge (June 21, 1982-)
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Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 1816 – 1 February 1875) was an English composer of the Romantic period.
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William Peter Blatty (b. 7 January 1928) is an American author, best known for his novel "The Exorcist" (1971), which was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1973.
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The real name of the character of the vampire Spike on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Angel' was William (when he was human).
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A famous bearer is American actor William Hurt (born 20 March 1950). He's best known for his Academy Award-winning performance in the film "Kiss of the Spider Woman", as well as addition nominations for "Children of a Lesser God", "Broadcast News", and more recently in "A History of Violence".
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William Kidd (Captain Kidd) was a famous English privateer accused of turning pirate. He was tried and executed for piracy. In the 20th century, evidence that could of cleared him was found mis-filed in London archives. I read this in a book, "The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd" by Richard Zachs.
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One bearer is William Blake, an English poet and artist.
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No one has mentioned William Birkin of the Resident Evil series. He's one of my favorite villains ever. I like the name, too!
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William Žabka, he was born 20th October 1965, New York City, New York, USA. William's surname is pronounced "ZHAB-kah". His surname means "little frog".
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William Pitt was the youngest prime minister in England's history; he worked closely with William Wilberforce for the abolition of the slave trade.
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William Shatner is most famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series of the late 1960's as well as several Star Trek movies later. His dramatic style is simultaneously respected as a classic character performance and parodied as campy and overdone. He currently can be seen in Priceline commercials.
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William Thatcher is the main character in the movie "A Knight's Tale", based on the famed story "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
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A famous bearer of the name is actor William Powell.
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William "Billy" Corgan Jr., the vocalist and guitarist of the Smashing Pumpkins, bears this name.
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William Beckett, lead singer for The Academy Is... (1985-)
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Christa Miller and Bill Lawrence have a son William Lawrence, who was born on 3rd January, 2003.
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In the stage musical 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee', William Barfee is the name of a competitor. In the initial 2005 Broadway production, the character was portrayed by Dan Fogler. Fogler won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the role, the only cast member to win.
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In the movie "The Patriot" the main character's youngest son's name is William, but I do not know who plays him in the movie. I like this name.
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Actors Mary-Louise Parker and Billy Crudup have a son William Crudup, born 7 January 2004.
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Actors Parker Stevenson & Kirstie Allen have a son William Parker (1992).
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William is Bill Weasley's real name. I love this name, in my opinion. It sounds formal, and yet simple. Perfect, really.
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Fitzwilliam Darcy is the man who is madly in love with Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen's Novel "Pride and Prejudice".
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William Bradford (1590-1657) was one of America's founding fathers. He was governor of the colony of Plymouth and had a reputaion for dealing fairly with both colonists and Indians.
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William H. Bonney AKA Henry McCarty AKA Billy The Kid is perhaps the most well known outlaw in American history and his death is still being investigated to this day.
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A famous bearer is William Wilberforce who abolished slavery in Great Britain.
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned William Thomas Riker, first officer of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Riker is a good man, but rather stubborn. He seems to be a woman magnet as well, but he ends up with Deanna Troi.
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Prince William the Silent of Orange-Nassau was born is the 1530s and was said to have liberated the Dutch from Spain. The Holland national anthem is written about him.
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William Beckett is the front man of The Academy Is.
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William is Brad Pitt's real first name.
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Famous Danish-American actor is William Petersen (Grissomek from CSI).
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William Jones is a main character in the obscure manga Victorian Romance Emma.
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William "Will" Turner is from Pirates of the Carribean.
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Another famous bearer is explorer William Clark.
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4 famous bearers are presidents: William H. Taft, William Henry Harrison, William "Bill" Clinton, and William McKinley.
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William Moseley who plays Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a famous bearer of the name.
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William Moseley is a great actor and I hope to see more of him soon!
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Famous bearer is William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States.
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Famous bearer is William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.
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Famous bearer is William Wordsworth, a British romantic poet.
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William was the name of the first Lycan (werewolf) in the "Underworld" movies.
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William is the name of the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas.
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Wilhelm Rontgen, the man who discovered X-Rays, bore a more etymologically correct form of this name.
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William Shakespeare is a famous bearer! I'm proud of my self because I remember that. :-D
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William T. Sherman was a Union General in the American Civil War.
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Clark Gable's birth name was William Clark Gable.
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Famous bearer is Prince William of England of course! The future king.
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William V is probably the name that will be used by the actual Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor), when he becomes King of Canada.
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The great Will Smith is named, "William". He is awesome.
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One very famous person who bore this name was William Wallace the great Scotish hero.
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Justice William Rehnquist, who recently passed away, bore this name. Justice Rehnquist was a United States jurist who served as an associate justice in the U.S. Surpreme Court from 1972 to 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born 1924).
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