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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Top 500 #500 Initials WS #1 Hamlet
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William Saliba
William Saliba
French footballer (born 2001)
Initials WS #2
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William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror
King of England | Duke of Normandy (c. 1028-1087)
Initials WC #2
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William Shatner
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
Initials WS #4
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William McKinley
William McKinley
president of the United States from 1897 to 1901 (1843-1901)
Initials WM #3
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William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
president of the United States in 1841
Initials WH #3
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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 (1857–1930)
Initials WT #1
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William Hurt
William Hurt
American actor (1950–2022)
Initials WH #4 Avengers: Endgame
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William Franklyn-Miller
William Franklyn-Miller
British actor
Initials WF #2
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William Daniels
William Daniels
American actor (born 1927)
Initials WD #3 The Blue Lagoon
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William Wallace
William Wallace
Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
Initials WW #5
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William H. Macy
William H. Macy
American actor
Initials WM #5 The Running Man
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William Fichtner
William Fichtner
American actor (born 1956)
Initials WF #5 The Dark Knight
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William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American writer (1897-1962)
Initials WF #6 The Sound and the Fury
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William Baldwin
William Baldwin
American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)
Initials WB #6 Born on the Fourth of July
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William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
American novelist | short story writer | essayist | painter | and spoken word performer (1914–1997)
Initials WB #8 Naked Lunch
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William Perry
William Perry
American football player (born 1962)
Initials WP #7
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William Holden
William Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
Initials WH #8
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William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
United States Army general (1820–1891)
Initials WS #11
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William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper publisher (1863–1951)
Initials WH #11
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William Blake
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
Initials WB #10 And did those feet in ancient time
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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman (1146-1219)
Initials WP #9
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William Friedkin
William Friedkin
American director and producer (1935–2023)
Initials WF #8
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William Katt
William Katt
American actor and musician (born 1951)
Initials WK #6 Carrie
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
Initials WW #10
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William Franklin
William Franklin
American soldier | attorney | and colonial administrator
Initials WF #9
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William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
Initials WY #2 The Second Coming
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William Zabka
William Zabka
American actor
Initials WZ #4 The Karate Kid
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William Gibson
William Gibson
American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder of the cyberpunk subgenre
Initials WG #7 Neuromancer
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William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger
British statesman (1759–1806)
Initials WY #3
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William Petersen
William Petersen
American actor
Initials WP #11 Manhunter
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William F. Buckley Jr.
William F. Buckley Jr.
American public intellectual | conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)
Initials WJ #7
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William Mapother
William Mapother
American actor
Initials WM #16 Minority Report
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William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist
chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005
Initials WR #6
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William Sadler
William Sadler
American actor (born 1950)
Initials WS #21 The Shawshank Redemption
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William Halsey Jr.
William Halsey Jr.
United States admiral (1882–1959)
Initials WJ #8
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William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)
Initials WG #8
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William Eklund
William Eklund
Swedish ice hockey player
Initials WE #2
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
English Romantic poet (1770–1850)
Initials WW #13
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William Kidd
William Kidd
Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean
Initials WK #7
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William Devane
William Devane
American actor
Initials WD #6 Interstellar
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William Penn
William Penn
English real estate entrepreneur | philosopher | early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
Initials WP #13
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William Clark
William Clark
American explorer | soldier | Indian agent | and territorial governor
Initials WC #13
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William Joyce
William Joyce
British fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906-1946)
Initials WJ #9
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William Forsythe
William Forsythe
American actor
Initials WF #11 Once Upon a Time in America
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
British politician (1779–1848)
Initials WM #19
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William Powell
William Powell
American actor (1892–1984)
Initials WP #14
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William Conrad
William Conrad
American World War II fighter pilot | actor | producer | and director (1920-1994)
Initials WC #15
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William Morris
William Morris
British textile artist | author | and socialist (1834–1896)
Initials WM #20
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
American politician (1860–1925)
Initials WB #17
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William Atticus Parker
William Atticus Parker
American filmmaker and actor
Initials WP #16
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William Calley
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai | Vietnam (1943–2024)
Initials WC #16
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William Heirens
William Heirens
American criminal (1928–2012)
Initials WH #17
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William Bonin
William Bonin
American serial killer (1947–1996)
Initials WB #19
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William H. Seward
William H. Seward
American lawyer and politician (1801-1872)
Initials WS #26
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William Earl Brown
William Earl Brown
American actor
Initials WB #20 The Unforgivable
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William Frawley
William Frawley
American actor (1887–1966)
Initials WF #12
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William Hanna
William Hanna
American animator (1910–2001)
Initials WH #18
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William Hague
William Hague
British politician (born 1961)
Initials WH #19
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William Jackson Harper
William Jackson Harper
American actor
Initials WH #20 Midsommar
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William Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
Initials WM #22 Of Human Bondage
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William Roache
William Roache
English actor
Initials WR #10
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William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann
Novelist | short story writer | essayist
Initials WV #3
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William Devino
William Devino
American mobster (1921-1970)
Initials WD #7
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William Contreras
William Contreras
Venezuelan baseball catcher
Initials WC #17
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William Gallas
William Gallas
French footballer (born 1977)
Initials WG #10
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William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
British General in the American War of Independence
Initials WH #22
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William Hopper
William Hopper
American actor (1915–1970)
Initials WH #24
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William Wyler
William Wyler
Swiss-German-American director and producer (1902–1981)
Initials WW #17
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William James
William James
American philosopher | psychologist | and pragmatist (1842–1910)
Initials WJ #11
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William Gaunt
William Gaunt
English actor
Initials WG #12
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William Patrick Stuart-Houston
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
Initials WS #32
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William H. McRaven
William H. McRaven
United States admiral
Initials WM #29
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William Asher
William Asher
American director | producer | screenwriter (1921-2012)
Initials WA #9
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William Goldman
William Goldman
American novelist | screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018)
Initials WG #13 The Prince
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William Atherton
William Atherton
American actor
Initials WA #10 Die Hard
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William Stirling
William Stirling
British Army officer of the Special Air Service
Initials WS #38
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William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas
US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975
Initials WD #10
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William Luther Pierce
William Luther Pierce
American white supremacist and neo-Nazi (1933–2002)
Initials WP #18 The Turner Diaries
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William James Sidis
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
Initials WS #40
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William Sanderson
William Sanderson
American actor
Initials WS #41 Blade Runner
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William Poole
William Poole
American boxer and a founder of the street gang the Bowery Boys (1821–1855)
Initials WP #20
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William Walker
William Walker
American filibuster
Initials WW #21
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William Chaney
William Chaney
American historian
Initials WC #24
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William Fairfax
William Fairfax
American politician
Initials WF #17
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William Moseley
William Moseley
English actor (born 1987)
Initials WM #30
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William Reynolds Archer
William Reynolds Archer
American politician
Initials WA #12
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William Bligh
William Bligh
officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)
Initials WB #30
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William Wallace Lincoln
William Wallace Lincoln
third son of Abraham Lincoln
Initials WL #2
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William Henry Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt
American businessman and philanthropist (1821–1885)
Initials WV #6
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William Hickey
William Hickey
American actor (1927–1997)
Initials WH #30
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William Compton
William Compton
American football player (born 1989)
Initials WC #26
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William III of the Netherlands
William III of the Netherlands
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817–1890)
Initials WN #6
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William Windom
William Windom
American actor (1923–2012)
Initials WW #23
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William Dorsey Swann
William Dorsey Swann
drag queen
Initials WS #43
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William I of the Netherlands
William I of the Netherlands
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815–1840
Initials WN #7
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William Golding
William Golding
British novelist | poet | playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993)
Initials WG #14 Lord of the Flies
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William Hartnell
William Hartnell
English actor (1908-1975)
Initials WH #31
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William Ruto
William Ruto
President of Kenya since 2022
Initials WR #17
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William Rees-Mogg
William Rees-Mogg
former editor of The Times (1928-2012)
Initials WR #19
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William Westmoreland
United States Army general (1914-2005)
Initials WW #25
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William Buick
British jockey
Initials WB #35
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William Christopher
American actor (1932-2016)
Initials WC #30
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)
Initials WK #12
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William DuVall
American musician
Initials WD #14
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William Regal
British professional wrestler
Initials WR #20
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
British politician
Initials WC #32
#108
William Shockley
American physicist and inventor
Initials WS #47
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William Moulton Marston
American psychologist | lawyer | inventor and comic book writer
Initials WM #33
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William Makepeace Thackeray
novelist
Initials WT #3 Vanity Fair
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William Magear Tweed
American politician (1823-1878)
Initials WT #4
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William Kissam Vanderbilt I
American railroad manager and horse breeder (1849–1920)
Initials WI #6
#113
William Schallert
actor from the United States
Initials WS #48
#114
William Quantrill
Confederate Army officer
Initials WQ #1
#115
William Guarnere
United States Army paratrooper during World War II
Initials WG #16
#116
William Carvalho
Portuguese association football player
Initials WC #34
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William Clay Ford
American businessman
Initials WF #22
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William Kristol
American writer
Initials WK #15
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William McNamara
American actor
Initials WM #34
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William Harvey Carney
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Initials WC #35
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William Bufalino
American attorney
Initials WB #40
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William Stephens Smith
American politician
Initials WS #53
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William Averell Harriman
American businessman | politician and diplomat
Initials WH #36
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William Peter Blatty
American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)
Initials WB #45 The Exorcist The Exorcist
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William Kamkwamba
Malawian inventor and author
Initials WK #16
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William S. Paley
American television executive
Initials WP #29
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William B. Davis
Canadian actor
Initials WD #15
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William Hale
American murderer (1874–1962)
Initials WH #38
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William McMaster Murdoch
British sailor (1873–1912)
Initials WM #37
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William the Lion
King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214
Initials WL #5
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William Brocius
gunman | rustler | outlaw
Initials WB #47
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William Demarest
actor
Initials WD #17
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William Borah
American politician
Initials WB #48
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William Lee
George Washington's servant
Initials WL #6
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William R. King
vice president of the United States from March to April 1853 (1786–1853)
Initials WK #18
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William J. Donovan
United States Army General | Medal of Honor recipient | and civil servant
Initials WD #18
#137
William B. Travis
Alamo defender
Initials WT #5
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William T. Anderson
American guerrilla fighter
Initials WA #15
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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman
Initials WB #49
#140
William of Ockham
English medieval Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher and theologian
Initials WO #7
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William Talman
American actor
Initials WT #6
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William R. Moses
actor
Initials WM #41
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William Troost-Ekong
Nigerian association football player
Initials WT #7
#144
William Orbit
English musician | composer and record producer
Initials WO #8
#145
William Cohen
American politician
Initials WC #37
#146
William Gao
British actor | singer and model
Initials WG #19
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William M. Branham
American Christian minister
Initials WB #51
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William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Former Governor-General of Australia
Initials WS #56
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William Saroyan
Armenian-American novelist | playwright | and short story writer (1908-1981)
Initials WS #58
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William H. Gates, Sr.
American attorney and philanthropist (1925–2020)
Initials WS #61
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William Osula
Danish footballer
Initials WO #9
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William Levy
Cuban actor
Initials WL #10
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William Russ
actor | television director
Initials WR #25 American History X
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William Kennedy Smith
American physician; younger son of Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen Edward Smith
Initials WS #63
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William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington
British photographer
Initials WB #54
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William Lloyd Garrison
American journalist
Initials WG #24
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William Lee Scott
American actor
Initials WS #65 Pearl Harbor
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William McMahon
Australian politician | 20th Prime Minister of Australia (1908–1988)
Initials WM #42
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William Herschel
German-born British astronomer | technical expert | and composer
Initials WH #41
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William Richard Bradford
American serial killer
Initials WB #55
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William Rockefeller, Sr.
American con artist
Initials WS #67
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William I, German Emperor
19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia
Initials WE #8
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William Francis Buckley
United States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut
Initials WB #57
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William Whipple
American signatory of the Declaration of Independence
Initials WW #34
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William Hootkins
American actor (1948–2005)
Initials WH #46 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
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William J. Brennan
U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990
Initials WB #59
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William Steig
American cartoonist | children's illustrator and writer
Initials WS #74 Shrek!
#168
William Bendix
American actor (1906-1964)
Initials WB #60
#169
William Goldsmith
American musician
Initials WG #25
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William Colby
American intelligence agent (1920–1996)
Initials WC #47
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William Byron
American racecar driver
Initials WB #61
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William Caxton
English merchant | diplomat | writer and printer
Initials WC #48
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William Abadie
French actor
Initials WA #19 Greenland: Migration
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William Hogarth
English painter | printmaker | pictorial satirist | social critic | and editorial cartoonist
Initials WH #47
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William Brewster
Religious emigrant to North America and leader there
Initials WB #62
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William F. Garrison
United States Army officer
Initials WG #26
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William Ernest Henley
English poet | critic and editor
Initials WH #48 Invictus
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William Lane Craig
American Christian apologist and evangelist
Initials WC #49
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William McGonagall
weaver | actor | poet
Initials WM #45
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William D. Leahy
United States admiral | ambassador to France | Chief of Staff (1875-1959)
Initials WL #12
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William C. Durant
American businessman
Initials WD #23
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William Henry Sleeman
British colonial administrator
Initials WS #78
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William Carlos Williams
American poet
Initials WW #38
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William Boyd
British writer
Initials WB #64
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William Catlett
actor
Initials WC #52
#186
William C. Rogers III
United States Navy Captain
Initials WI #7
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William Clay Ford, Sr.
American football executive
Initials WS #81
#188
William Petit
American physician and politician
Initials WP #35
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William Leonard Pickard
writer and researcher
Initials WP #36
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William Stanford Davis
American actor
Initials WD #27
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William DeWitt, Jr.
American businessman
Initials WJ #31
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William Godwin
English journalist | political philosopher and novelist
Initials WG #29
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William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
English politician and soldier
Initials WH #51
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William F. Dean
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Initials WD #29
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William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor
English businessman and politician
Initials WA #23
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William L. Shirer
American journalist (1904–1993)
Initials WS #83
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William Nylander Altelius
Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
Initials WA #24
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
British politician
Initials WP #38
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William Jefferson Blythe, Jr.
birth father of 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton
Initials WJ #33
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William Poon
British chef
Initials WP #39