People — W
William Beetham
1809 – 1888
painter
William Begg
1821 – 1889
sea captain
William Begg
1870 – 1950
businessperson
William Behnes
1795 – 1864
sculptor
William Beidelman
1840 – 1903
politician
William Beier
b. 1982
figure skater
William Beik
1941 – 2017
historian
William Beilby
1783 – 1849
physician
William Beilby Avery
1854 – 1908
philatelist
William Beilby
1740 – 1819
glass artist
William Beinart
b. 1951
historian
William Belbin
1825 – 1892
politician
William Belcher
1860 – 1926
trade unionist
William Belden
1949 – 2025
rower
William Beldue
1889 – 1955
inventor
William Belfield
1856 – 1929
urologist
William Belford
1709 – 1780
military leader
William Bell
b. 1939
singer
William Bell
1591 – 1624
William Bell Allen
1812 – 1869
politician
William Bell
b. 1971
American football player
William Bell
1789 – 1865
architect
William Bell
b. 1859
association football coach
William Bell
1905 – 1937
association football player
William Bell
1897 – 1969
baseball player
William Bell
1806 – 1844
businessperson
William Bell
1945 – 2016
children's writer
William Bell Clark
1889 – 1968
military historian
William Bell
1625 – 1683
cleric
William Bell
1780 – 1857
diarist
William Bell Dinsmoor
1886 – 1973
anthropologist
William Bell Dinsmoor Jr.
1923 – 1988
anthropologist
William Bell Jr.
1930 – 2021
baseball player
William Bell
jurist
William Bell Macdonald
1807 – 1862
linguist
William Bell
1740 – 1804
painter
William Bell
1830 – 1910
photographer
William Bell
1828 – 1902
politician
William Bell
politician
William Bell
presbyter
William Bell
William Bell
1731 – 1816
religious person
William Bell Riley
1861 – 1947
journalist
William Bell Scott
1811 – 1890
painter
William Bell
1902 – 1971
tubist
William Bell Waddell
1828 – 1897
politician
William Bell Wait
1839 – 1916
educator
William Bell Walton
1871 – 1939
politician
William Bellairs
1823 – 1913
politician
William Bellenden
1550 – 1633
historian
William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden
1604 – 1671
William Bellenden Ker, 4th Duke of Roxburghe
1728 – 1805
aristocrat
William Bellers
painter
William Bellinger Bulloch
1777 – 1852
politician
William Belmont Parker
1871 – 1934
editor
William Belo
1579 – 1635
William Beloe
1756 – 1817
writer
William Beloe
1909 – 1966
naval officer
William Belsham
1752 – 1827
historian
William Belt
1827 – 1892
barrister
William Belter
1926 – 1999
lawyer
William Belton Murrah
1852 – 1925
presbyter
William Bemister
1948 – 2008
journalist
William Bemrose
1831 – 1908
writer
William Benajah Taylor
1794 – 1853
politician
William Benbow
1784 – 1841
William Benbow Humphreys
1889 – 1965
art collector
William Bence Jones
1812 – 1882
William Bendeck
1934 – 1971
engineer
William Bender
1930 – 2014
journalist
William Bendings
judge
William Bendix
1906 – 1964
comedian
William Bendlowes
1516 – 1584
politician
William Benedict
1917 – 1999
actor
William Benedict Friend
1931 – 2015
Catholic priest
William Benet
1381 – 1463
politician
William Benet
diplomat
William Bengen
b. 1947
financial adviser
William Benger
1894 – 1917
flying ace
William Bengo' Collyer
1782 – 1854
Christian minister
William Benham
1831 – 1910
writer
William Benham
1860 – 1950
zoologist
William Benjamin Baker
1840 – 1911
politician
William Benjamin Bashford
1875 – 1955
politician
William Benjamin Carpenter
1813 – 1885
botanist
William Benjamin Craig
1877 – 1925
politician
William Benjamin Dearborn Simmons
1823 – 1876
organ builder
William Benjamin Kean
1897 – 1981
military personnel
William Benjamin Polk
1930 – 2014
politician
William Benjamin Robinson
1797 – 1873
politician
William Benjamin Ross
1855 – 1929
politician
William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor
1781 – 1850
author
William Benjamin Scandrett
1840 – 1917
politician
William Benjamin Smith
1850 – 1934
mathematician
William Benjamin Taylor
1875 – 1932
farmer
William Benjamin Wells
1809 – 1881
judge
William Benn
banker
William Benn
1600 – 1680
chaplain
William Benner Enright
1925 – 2020
lawyer
William Bennet
1767 – 1833
composer