People — W
William Sheer
1889 – 1933
actor
William Sheffield
lawyer
William Sheffield
1730 – 1795
keeper
William Sheffield Paul
1832 – 1902
politician
William Shelbye
1541 – 1584
composer
William Sheldon
1907 – 1999
politician
William Sheldon Hadley
1859 – 1927
classical scholar
William Sheldrick Conover
1928 – 2022
politician
William Shelford
William Shelford
1834 – 1905
civil engineer
William Shell
1942 – 2017
cardiologist
William Shellabear
1862 – 1948
translator
William Sheller
b. 1946
singer
William Shelton
1869 – 1938
William Shelton
b. 1942
academic administrator
William Shemin
1896 – 1973
military personnel
William Shenners, Jr.
1902 – 1952
politician
William Shenstone
1714 – 1763
horticulturist
William Shenton
1885 – 1967
solicitor
William Shepard
1737 – 1817
politician
William Shepard Bryan
1827 – 1906
judge
William Shepard Bryan, Jr.
1859 – 1914
politician
William Shepard Wetmore
1801 – 1862
businessperson
William Shepesheved
chronicler
William Shepherd
1837 – 1907
politician
William Shepherd
1837 – 1899
William Shepherd Allen
1831 – 1915
politician
William Shepherd
1768 – 1847
Christian minister
William Shepherd
1873 – 1955
cricketer
William Shepherd
1840 – 1919
cricketer
William Shepherd
b. 1949
military officer
William Shepherd
1910 – 2002
politician
William Sheppard
1595 – 1674
barrister
William Sheppard
baseball player
William Sheppard
1855 – 1932
horse trainer
William Sheppard
1602 – 1660
painter
William Shepperd Ashe
1814 – 1862
politician
William Sherard
1659 – 1728
botanist
William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard
1588 – 1640
William Sheraton
cricketer
William Sheret
1928 – 2025
William Sheridan
1635 – 1711
Anglican priest
William Sheridan Allen
1932 – 2013
historian
William Sheridan
1858 – 1931
politician
William Sheringham
politician
William Sherlock
1641 – 1707
Anglican priest
William Sherlock
1881 – 1937
cricketer
William Sherlock
1738 – 1806
engraver
William Sherman
b. 1999
American football player
William Sherman Jennings
1863 – 1920
lawyer
William Shernoff
b. 1949
lawyer
William Sherrard
1878 – 1895
association football player
William Sherwen
curate
William Sherwin
1839 – 1873
cricketer
William Sherwin
1763 – 1822
William Sherwin
1607 – 1687
civil servant
William Sherwin
1645 – 1711
engraver
William Sherwood
Catholic priest
William Sherwood
1641 – 1688
William Sherwood Fox
1878 – 1967
classical philologist
William Shew
1820 – 1903
photographer
William Shew
1805 – 1883
miller
William Shey
politician
William Shi-Yuan Wang
b. 1933
linguist
William Shieh
electrical engineer
William Shield
1748 – 1829
composer
William Shiels
1848 – 1904
politician
William Shija
1947 – 2014
politician
William Shilling
1848 – 1939
maritime pilot
William Shimell
b. 1952
actor
William Shipley
1714 – 1803
painter
William Shipley
1921 – 2011
linguist
William Shipman
1831 – 1894
William Shippen
1673 – 1743
politician
William Shippen
1736 – 1808
military physician
William Shippen
1712 – 1801
physician
William Shipton
1861 – 1941
cricketer
William Shipway
1862 – 1925
politician
William Shirley
1694 – 1771
politician
William Shirley
1900 – 1970
cricketer
William Shirley Mathews
1848 – 1915
William Shirreffs
1846 – 1902
sculptor
William Shockley
1910 – 1989
physicist
William Shockley
b. 1963
film actor
William Shone
1850 – 1938
military officer
William Shone
b. 1857
association football player
William Shoobridge
1846 – 1940
politician
William Shore
1846 – 1910
politician
William Short
1759 – 1849
diplomat
William Short
association football player
William Short
1866 – 1926
lawyer
William Short
priest
William Shortt
1881 – 1971
horologist
William Shotton
1840 – 1909
cricketer
William Shreve Bailey
1806 – 1886
abolitionist
William Shrewsbury
1795 – 1866
missionary
William Shrewsbury
1854 – 1931
cricketer
William Shropshire
politician
William Shrubsole
1760 – 1806
composer
William Shrubsole
1729 – 1797
writer