People — W
William Accambray
b. 1988
handball player
William Acker
1927 – 2018
lawyer
William Acland Douglas Anderson
1829 – 1882
politician
William Acorn
1915 – 1966
politician
William Acquavella
b. 1937
art collector
William Acton
1789 – 1854
politician
William Acton
William Acton
1906 – 1945
painter
William Acton
1813 – 1875
physician
William Acton
1513 – 1567
politician
William Acton
1682 – 1744
politician
William Acton
William Adair
1850 – 1931
military personnel
William Adam
1689 – 1748
architect
William Adam
1796 – 1881
Christian minister
William Adam
1909 – 1988
conservator
William Adam Hulton
1802 – 1887
lawyer
William Adam
1751 – 1839
judge
William Adam
1846 – 1931
painter
William Adam Piper
1826 – 1899
politician
William Adam
1917 – 2013
trumpeter
William Adam Wilson
1926 – 1994
William Adams
association football player
William Adams
1706 – 1789
academic
William Adams
1814 – 1848
author
William Adams Brown
1865 – 1943
Christian minister
William Adams
1650 – 1685
Christian minister
William Adams
1905 – 1971
cricketer
William Adams
1885 – 1957
cricketer
William Adams Dawson
1903 – 1981
politician
William Adams Delano
1874 – 1960
architect
William Adams
1813 – 1897
educator
William Adams
1823 – 1904
engineer
William Adams
1564 – 1620
explorer
William Adams
1585 – 1661
haberdasher
William Adams
1772 – 1851
lawyer
William Adams
1813 – 1886
naturalist
William Adams
naval officer
William Adams
1716 – 1763
naval officer
William Adams Nicholson
1803 – 1853
architect
William Adams
1783 – 1827
ophthalmologist
William Adams
1807 – 1880
pastor
William Adams
1874 – 1966
political scientist
William Adams
1851 – 1936
politician
William Adams
1752 – 1811
politician
William Adams
1811 – 1884
politician
William Adams
1745 – 1805
potter
William Adams Richardson
1821 – 1896
lawyer
William Adams
1864 – 1913
swimmer
William Adams Walker
1805 – 1861
politician
William Adams
1887 – 1939
wrestler
William Adamson
1858 – 1924
politician
William Adamson
1863 – 1936
politician
William Adamson
1834 – 1907
politician
William Adcock
1846 – 1931
journalist
William Adcock
1850 – 1926
politician
William Addams
1777 – 1858
politician
William Addams Reitwiesner
1954 – 2010
historian
William Addams Williams
1787 – 1861
lawyer
William Adderley
politician
William Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth
1824 – 1913
politician
William Addis
1734 – 1808
inventor
William Addis
1901 – 1978
colonial administrator
William Addison
1933 – 2008
chess player
William Addison, 4th Viscount Addison
b. 1945
politician
William Addison Beynon
1877 – 1968
politician
William Addison Duncan
1836 – 1884
politician
William Addison Dwiggins
1880 – 1956
typographer
William Addison Lathrop
1864 – 1925
novelist
William Addison
1803 – 1881
physician
William Addison
1883 – 1962
soldier
William Addo
1953 – 2025
film director
William Adedoyin
1870 – 1952
politician
William Adelin
1103 – 1120
crown prince
William Aden French
1892 – 1980
novelist
William Adetona Ayeni
1912 – 1999
monarch
William Adey
1874 – 1956
William Aditya Sarana
b. 1996
politician
William Adjei Thompson
1928 – 2025
politician
William Adkin
b. 1990
cricketer
William Adlington
translator
William Adlington Barrow Cadbury
1867 – 1957
businessperson
William Adolf Baillie Grohman
1851 – 1921
writer
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825 – 1905
painter
William Adolphus Knell
1801 – 1875
painter
William Adolphus Wheeler
1833 – 1874
linguist
William Adshead
1901 – 1951
cricketer
William Ady
1816 – 1882
William Adyes
1501 – 1550
politician
William Adyn
b. 1501
politician
William Aedan McGrath
1906 – 2000
Catholic theologian
William Affleck
1836 – 1923
politician
William Agada
b. 1999
association football player
William Agar
1814 – 1906
cricketer
William Agar Adamson
1800 – 1868
non-fiction writer
William Agee
1938 – 2017
chief executive officer
William Agee
1905 – 1954
athletics competitor
William Aglionby
1642 – 1705
art historian
William Aglionby
b. 1366
politician
William Agnew
1879 – 1936
association football player