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William Rous
politician
William Rousseau
b. 1977
singer
William Roussy
b. 2003
para badminton player
William Routledge
Anglican priest
William Rovida
b. 2003
association football player
William Row
1563 – 1634
William Rowan
1789 – 1879
military personnel
William Rowan Browne
1884 – 1975
geologist
William Rowan Hamilton
1805 – 1865
mathematician
William Rowan
1891 – 1957
ornithologist
William Rowe
William Rowe
1892 – 1972
cricketer
William Rowe
1819 – 1886
politician
William Rowell
1869 – 1916
businessperson
William Rowland
1898 – 1983
film director
William Rowland
1904 – 1942
cricketer
William Rowlands
1802 – 1865
editor
William Rowlands
1883 – 1948
cricketer
William Rowley
1585 – 1626
playwright
William Rowley Elliston
1869 – 1954
military personnel
William Rowley
1690 – 1768
politician
William Roxburgh
1751 – 1815
botanist
William Roxby Beverly
1810 – 1889
painter
William Roy
1726 – 1790
cartographer
William Roy Branch
1946 – 2018
herpetologist
William Roy Hodgson
1892 – 1958
diplomat
William Roy Irwin
1898 – 1969
military personnel
William Roy McGregor
1894 – 1977
zoologist
William Roy Piggott
1914 – 2008
physicist
William Roy Sanderson
1907 – 2008
Christian minister
William Roy Shurtleff
b. 1941
William Roy Smith
1920 – 1993
politician
William Roy Smith
1876 – 1938
teacher
William Roy
1911 – 1977
Spiritualism
William Roy Wallace
1889 – 1983
architect
William Royal Furgeson, Jr.
b. 1941
lawyer
William Royal Stokes
1870 – 1930
mycologist
William Royall
1595 – 1676
William Royce
1858 – 1924
politician
William Royer
1920 – 2013
politician
William Royse
1838 – 1892
businessperson
William Royse Lysaght
1858 – 1945
business magnate
William Rozier
1908 – 1983
swimmer
William Ruane
b. 1985
actor
William Rubenstein
b. 1960
legal scholar
William Rubin
1927 – 2006
art historian
William Rubinstein
1946 – 2024
historian
William Ruck-Keene
1867 – 1935
William Ruckelshaus
1932 – 2019
politician
William Rudd
1880 – 1971
cricketer
William Ruder
1921 – 2011
William Rudolf
1791 – 1859
politician
William Rudolf O'Donovan
1844 – 1920
sculptor
William Rudolph
1886 – 1975
William Rudolph Kanne
1913 – 1985
physicist
William Rudolph Smith
1787 – 1868
lawyer
William Rufane
military leader
William Ruffin Cox
1832 – 1919
politician
William Rufus Blake
1805 – 1863
actor
William Rufus Chetwood
1700 – 1766
novelist
William Rufus Nicholson
1822 – 1901
teacher
William Rufus Rogers Stowell
1822 – 1901
William Rufus Shafter
1835 – 1906
military officer
William Ruger
politician
William Rugg
Catholic priest
William Ruhl
1901 – 1956
actor
William Rule
1839 – 1928
politician
William Rule
William Rumbold
1760 – 1786
politician
William Rumsey
1841 – 1903
lawyer
William Rundell
1848 – 1936
William Rune Liltved
b. 1960
botanist
William Rupert McCourt
1884 – 1947
Public servant
William Rupert Rees-Davies
1916 – 1992
cricketer
William Ruschenberger
1807 – 1895
military officer
William Rush
1919 – 2000
politician
William Rush
1994 – 2025
actor
William Rush Dunton
1868 – 1966
psychiatrist
William Rush Merriam
1849 – 1931
politician
William Rush
1756 – 1833
sculptor
William Rushbrooke Eden
1873 – 1920
military personnel
William Rushby
1888 – 1981
association football player
William Rushworth
1914 – 1966
cricketer
William Rushworth
1594 – 1637
priest
William Rushworth
William Russ
b. 1950
stage actor
William Russel
William Russel Buck
b. 1950
bryologist
William Russel Dudley
1849 – 1911
botanist
William Russel Huber
1903 – 1982
military personnel
William Russell
1884 – 1929
film actor
William Russell
1734 – 1817
William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
1553 – 1613
soldier
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
1616 – 1700
politician
William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford
1809 – 1872
politician
William Russell Birch
1755 – 1834
painter
William Russell
b. 1965
businessperson
William Russell
Catholic priest
William Russell
1866 – 1929
cricketer
William Russell Fansher
1876 – 1957
politician