People — W
William Radcliffe Birt
1804 – 1881
astronomer
William Radclyffe
1783 – 1855
painter
William Radde
1800 – 1884
bookseller
William Radenhurst Richmond Lyon
1820 – 1854
politician
William Radford
1814 – 1870
politician
William Radford Bryden
1851 – 1941
architect
William Radford
1809 – 1890
military officer
William Radford
1888 – 1924
rugby union player
William Radice
1951 – 2024
translator
William Radloff
b. 1963
cricketer
William Radstock
1301 – 1401
politician
William Raduchel
businessperson
William Rae
association football player
William Rae Arthur
William Rae
1924 – 1982
association football player
William Rae
Catholic priest
William Rae
1869 – 1904
Firefighter
William Rae Macdonald
1843 – 1923
actuary
William Rae
1786 – 1873
surgeon
William Rae Thompson
statistician
William Rae Tomlinson
1902 – 1979
lawyer
William Rae Wilson
1772 – 1849
travel writer
William Raeside
1892 – 1964
association football player
William Rafael González
b. 1969
association football player
William Raffles Flint
1855 – 1915
William Raggio
1926 – 2012
lawyer
William Ragsdale
b. 1961
actor
William Rahauser
1902 – 1990
politician
William Railton
1801 – 1877
architect
William Raimond Baird
1848 – 1917
William Rainey
1852 – 1936
painter
William Rainey Harper
1856 – 1906
linguist
William Rainey Marshall
1825 – 1896
politician
William Rainsborough
1587 – 1642
diplomat
William Rainsborowe
1612 – 1673
politician
William Raleigh Hull, Jr.
1906 – 1977
politician
William Ralganal Benson
1862 – 1937
basket weaver
William Ralls Morrison
1824 – 1909
politician
William Ralph Badger
1884 – 1911
aircraft pilot
William Ralph Brody
b. 1944
radiologist
William Ralph Cartwright
1771 – 1847
politician
William Ralph Churton
1837 – 1897
William Ralph Driffill
1870 – 1922
organist
William Ralph Emerson
1833 – 1917
architect
William Ralph Inge
1860 – 1954
writer
William Ralph Martin-Leake
1865 – 1942
rugby union player
William Ralph Maxon
1877 – 1948
botanist
William Ralph Meredith
1840 – 1923
politician
William Ralph Merton
1848 – 1916
entrepreneur
William Ralph Nairn
1873 – 1960
politician
William Ralph Smythe
1893 – 1988
physicist
William Ralph Turner
1920 – 2013
painter
William Ralston Balch
1852 – 1923
encyclopedist
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
1828 – 1889
intellectual
William Ramallo
b. 1963
association football player
William Ramesey
1627 – 1676
astrologer
William Ramsay
1806 – 1865
classical scholar
William Ramsay, 1st Earl of Dalhousie
1650 – 1672
politician
William Ramsay
1852 – 1916
chemist
William Ramsay Hutchison
1889 – 1918
rugby union player
William Ramsay
1796 – 1871
naval officer
William Ramsay
1809 – 1850
politician
William Ramsay
1868 – 1914
real estate agent
William Ramsay Smith
1859 – 1937
surgeon
William Ramsay Young
1894 – 1965
William Ramsey
1779 – 1831
politician
William Ramsey
1250 – 1349
architect
William Ramsey
1943 – 2020
rugby league player
William Rand
1828 – 1915
map publisher
William Rand Kenan Sr.
1845 – 1903
merchant
William Rand
1886 – 1981
middle-distance runner
William Rand
physician
William Randall
1823 – 1877
cricketer
William Randall Lolley
1931 – 2022
clergyman
William Randall Slaughter
1914 – 1978
politician
William Randall
1888 – 1965
weightlifter
William Randell
1824 – 1911
politician
William Randolph
1650 – 1711
politician
William Randolph Barbee
1818 – 1868
lawyer
William Randolph Douglas
1921 – 2003
diplomat
William Randolph Hearst
1863 – 1951
politician
William Randolph Hearst II
b. 1942
William Randolph Hearst III
b. 1949
socialite
William Randolph Hearst Jr.
1908 – 1993
socialite
William Randolph II
1681 – 1741
politician
William Randolph III
1713 – 1745
politician
William Randolph Lovelace II
1907 – 1965
physician
William Randolph Steele
1842 – 1901
lawyer
William Randolph Taylor
1895 – 1990
phycologist
William Raney
1859 – 1933
politician
William Rankin
1898 – 1967
boxer
William Rankin Ballard
1847 – 1929
businessperson
William Rankin Dill
1930 – 2026
William Rankin
1920 – 2009
military officer
William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan
1898 – 1975
judge
William Rankins
1565 – 1609
playwright
William Rann Kennedy
1846 – 1915
judge
William Ranney
1813 – 1857
painter
William Ranson Mortlock
1821 – 1884
politician
William Rant
1603 – 1653
physician