People — W
William Dowsing
1596 – 1668
cleric
William Dowton
1764 – 1851
actor
William Doyle
b. 1991
keyboardist
William Doyle
businessperson
William Doyle
b. 1951
entrepreneur
William Doyle
b. 1942
historian
William Dozier
1908 – 1991
actor
William Dozier Anderson
1862 – 1952
politician
William Drake
1723 – 1801
antiquarian
William Drake
1747 – 1795
politician
William Drake
1723 – 1796
politician
William Drake Westervelt
1849 – 1939
writer
William Dralu
b. 1947
sprinter
William Draper
b. 1620
politician
William Draper Box
1841 – 1904
politician
William Draper Byrne
b. 1964
Catholic priest
William Draper
1848 – 1919
cricketer
William Draper Harkins
1873 – 1951
chemist
William Draper Jr.
1807 – 1886
merchant
William Draper Lewis
1867 – 1949
pedagogue
William Draper
1721 – 1787
military officer
William Drayton
1776 – 1846
politician
William Drayton, Sr.
1732 – 1790
lawyer
William Drea Adams
military personnel
William Drejer
b. 2005
William Drennan
1754 – 1820
physician
William Drennan Andrews
1832 – 1924
judge
William Drenttel
1953 – 2013
graphic designer
William Dressler
1890 – 1969
cardiologist
William Dressler
b. 1826
William Drew
classical composer
William Drew Robeson I
1844 – 1918
priest
William Drew Washburn, Jr.
1863 – 1929
politician
William Dring
1904 – 1990
painter
William Drinkwater
1812 – 1909
judge
William Driscoll
politician
William Driver
1803 – 1886
William Droegemueller
1906 – 1987
athletics competitor
William Dronfield
1826 – 1894
trade unionist
William Drugeth
politician
William Drummond
1617 – 1677
politician
William Drummond
1890 – 1966
William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan
1617 – 1688
military leader
William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan
1690 – 1746
military officer
William Drummond, 7th Viscount Strathallan
1810 – 1886
William Drummond Bone
1907 – 1979
painter
William Drummond Matheson
b. 1890
flying ace
William Drummond of Hawthornden
1585 – 1649
poet
William Drummond of Logiealmond
1770 – 1828
diplomat
William Drummond Stewart
1795 – 1871
military personnel
William Drury
1527 – 1579
politician
William Drury
1534 – 1589
lawyer
William Drury-Lowe
1753 – 1827
merchant
William Drury Lowe
1802 – 1877
William Drury
1550 – 1590
politician
William Drury
1500 – 1558
politician
William Drury
1580 – 1641
writer
William Drysdale
1876 – 1916
cricketer
William Drysdale Piercey
1877 – 1964
politician
William du Pont
1855 – 1928
businessperson
William du Pont, Jr.
1896 – 1965
banker
William Duane
1872 – 1935
physicist
William Duane Benton
b. 1950
lawyer
William Duane
1760 – 1835
journalist
William Duane Morgan
1817 – 1887
politician
William DuBay
1934 – 2022
writer
William Duberry
b. 1944
cricketer
William Dubh MacLeod
1415 – 1480
William Dubilier
1888 – 1969
inventor
William DuBois
1903 – 1997
novelist
William DuBois
1841 – 1910
William Duborgh
1860 – 1929
businessperson
William Duborgh Jensen
1935 – 2017
fashion designer
William Dubreuilh
1857 – 1935
entomologist
William Ducat
1847 – 1922
curate
William Duchman
1809 – 1881
businessperson
William Duckett
1685 – 1749
politician
William Duckett
1768 – 1841
academic
William Duckett Bowie
1803 – 1873
politician
William Duckett
1624 – 1686
politician
William Duckett
1825 – 1887
politician
William Duckett White
1807 – 1893
politician
William Duckworth
1943 – 2012
composer
William Duckworth
association football player
William Duckworth
1884 – 1951
politician
William Duckworth
1879 – 1952
politician
William Duddell
1872 – 1917
physicist
William Dudgeon
b. 1765
philosopher
William Dudgeon
1755 – 1813
poet
William Dudley
1450 – 1483
Catholic priest
William Dudley
1766 – 1813
William Dudley
1947 – 2025
artist
William Dudley
1868 – 1938
British co-operative movement
William Dudley Chipley
1840 – 1897
politician
William Dudley Foulke
1848 – 1935
lawyer
William Dudley Geer
1922 – 2003
William Dudley Haywood
1869 – 1928
socialist
William Dudley Pelley
1890 – 1965
screenwriter
William Dudley
1931 – 1978
swimmer
William Dudley Ward
1877 – 1946
politician