People — W
William Blair
1766 – 1822
surgeon
William Blaisdell
1865 – 1931
film actor
William Blake
1859 – 1895
cowboy
William Blake
1774 – 1852
economist
William Blake Fisher
1853 – 1926
William Blake
b. 1826
geologist
William Blake Herron
b. 1901
film director
William Blake
1757 – 1827
painter
William Blake Richmond
1842 – 1921
painter
William Blakeley
1830 – 1897
actor
William Blakely Jones
1907 – 1979
lawyer
William Blakeney
1735 – 1804
politician
William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney
1672 – 1761
military personnel
William Blamire
1790 – 1862
politician
William Blanchard
1889 – 1963
association football player
William Blanchard
1769 – 1835
comedian
William Blanchard Jerrold
1826 – 1884
journalist
William Bland
politician
William Bland
1789 – 1868
surgeon
William Blandowski
1822 – 1878
zoologist
William Blane
1750 – 1835
William Blaney Richardson
1868 – 1927
naturalist
William Blankenship
1928 – 2017
opera singer
William Blankpayn
politician
William Blassingame
b. 1836
politician
William Blathwayt
1649 – 1717
diplomat
William Blattner
editor
William Blatz
1895 – 1964
psychologist
William Blaxton
1595 – 1675
chaplain
William Bleakes
2000 – 2021
politician
William Bleasdell Cameron
1862 – 1951
editor
William Blease, Baron Blease
1914 – 2008
politician
William Bleckwenn
1895 – 1965
military physician
William Bleloch
1906 – 1991
engineer
William Blencowe
1683 – 1712
cryptographer
William Blenkins
1852 – 1942
William Blenkiron
1805 – 1871
horse trainer
William Blethyn
1501 – 1591
Anglican priest
William Blezard
1921 – 2003
composer
William Bligh
1754 – 1817
military officer
William Blight
1785 – 1862
naval officer
William Blinn
1937 – 2020
screenwriter
William Bliss Baker
1859 – 1886
painter
William Bliss Sanders
1841 – 1896
William Blizard
1743 – 1835
surgeon
William Blois
1600 – 1673
politician
William Blomfield
1866 – 1938
cartoonist
William Blood Smyth
1853 – 1940
William Bloomfield
1873 – 1954
William Bloomfield Douglas
1822 – 1906
naval officer
William Blosseville
1050 – 1200
military personnel
William Blount
1749 – 1800
politician
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy
1478 – 1534
aristocrat
William Blount, 7th Baron Mountjoy
1561 – 1594
William Blount
1799 – 1885
barrister
William Blount Carter
1792 – 1848
politician
William Blount
b. 1514
politician
William Blount Rodman
1817 – 1893
lawyer
William Blount Rodman Jr.
1889 – 1976
lawyer
William Blowers Bliss
1795 – 1874
politician
William Bloye
1890 – 1975
sculptor
William Bluett
1834 – 1885
politician
William Blum
1933 – 2018
historian
William Blumberg
b. 1998
tennis player
William Blume Levy
b. 2001
sport cyclist
William Blund of Lincoln
William Blundell
1866 – 1946
cricketer
William Blundell
1625 – 1698
large estate owner
William Blundell
1947 – 2023
painter
William Blundell Spence
1814 – 1900
painter
William Blunt
1800 – 1889
civil servant
William Blyth Gerish
1864 – 1921
biographer
William Blyton
1301 – 1401
politician
William Boakye Akoto
politician
William Boardman
1810 – 1886
writer
William Boardman Armstrong
1883 – 1954
politician
William Boaventura
b. 1980
association football player
William Bochter
police officer
William Bodde Jr
1931 – 2020
diplomat
William Boddie
b. 1977
politician
William Boddington
1910 – 1996
field hockey player
William Bodham Donne
1807 – 1882
librarian
William Bodiford
b. 1955
writer
William Bodkin
1883 – 1964
politician
William Bodrugan
1398 – 1441
politician
William Bodrugan
1201 – 1307
William Bodrugan
1301 – 1401
politician
William Bodrugan
1301 – 1416
politician
William Bodrugan the elder
politician
William Boeing
1881 – 1956
entrepreneur
William Boericke
1849 – 1929
homeopath
William Bogert
1936 – 2020
actor
William Boggs Whitt
1867 – 1926
politician
William Boissevain
1927 – 2023
painter
William Bokenham
politician
William Bolcom
b. 1938
pianist
William Bold
1873 – 1953
landscape architect
William Boleyn
1482 – 1571
William Boleyn
1451 – 1505
William Bolitho
1862 – 1919
banker