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First name William
July 23, 2025 to August 12, 2025

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

Initials WS #3 A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shatner

Canadian actor (born 1931)

Initials WS #5

William the Conqueror

King of England | Duke of Normandy (c. 1028-1087)

Initials WC #2

William McKinley

president of the United States from 1897 to 1901

Initials WM #2

William Hurt

American actor (1950–2022)

Initials WH #3 Avengers: Endgame

William Wallace

Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence

Initials WW #4

William Holden

American actor (1918–1981)

Initials WH #4 Sunset Boulevard

William H. Macy

American actor

Initials WM #5 Magnolia

William Fichtner

American actor

Initials WF #4 The Dark Knight

#10

William Howard Taft

president of the United States from 1909 to 1913

Initials WT #1

#11

William Kissam Vanderbilt I

American railroad manager and horse breeder (1849–1920)

Initials WI #2

#12

William Henry Harrison

president of the United States in 1841

Initials WH #7

#13

William Randolph Hearst

American newspaper publisher (1863–1951)

Initials WH #9

#14

William S. Burroughs

American novelist | short story writer | essayist | painter | and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Initials WB #6 Naked Lunch

#15

William Mapother

American actor

Initials WM #8 Vanilla Sky

#16

William Faulkner

American writer (1897-1962)

Initials WF #5 The Sound and the Fury

#17

William Baldwin

American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)

Initials WB #8

#18

William Tecumseh Sherman

United States Army general (1820–1891)

Initials WS #12

#19

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

Initials WB #9 And did those feet in ancient time

#20

William F. Buckley Jr.

American public intellectual | conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)

Initials WJ #4

#21

William Henry Vanderbilt

American businessman and philanthropist (1821–1885)

Initials WV #2

#22

William Powell

American actor (1892–1984)

Initials WP #3

#23

William Daniels

American actor (born 1927)

Initials WD #4 The Blue Lagoon

#24

William H. Webster

first Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

Initials WW #9

#25

William Zabka

American actor

Initials WZ #4 The Karate Kid

#26

William Saliba

French footballer (born 2001)

Initials WS #13

#27

William Friedkin

American director and producer (1935–2023)

Initials WF #6

#28

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

Initials WY #1

#29

William Devane

American actor

Initials WD #6 Interstellar

#30

William Jackson Harper

American actor

Initials WH #15 Midsommar

#31

William Bonin

American serial killer (1947–1996)

Initials WB #14

#32

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet (1770–1850)

Initials WW #11

#33

William Jennings Bryan

American politician (1860–1925)

Initials WB #16

#34

William H. Gates, Sr.

American attorney and philanthropist (1925–2020)

Initials WS #18

#35

William Sadler

American actor

Initials WS #19 The Green Mile

#36

William Backhouse Astor, Jr.

American businessman | yachtsman | and racehorse owner/breeder

Initials WJ #6

#37

William Petersen

American actor

Initials WP #6

#38

William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

Initials WY #2

#39

William Kissam Vanderbilt II

American racing driver (1878-1944)

Initials WI #2

#40

William Morris

British textile artist | author | and socialist (1834–1896)

Initials WM #18

#41

William Somerset Maugham

English playwright and author (1874–1965)

Initials WM #19 Of Human Bondage

#42

William Forsythe

American actor

Initials WF #7 Once Upon a Time in America

#43

William Katt

American actor and musician (born 1951)

Initials WK #5 Super

#44

William Penn

English real estate entrepreneur | philosopher | early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

Initials WP #7

#45

William McMahon

Australian politician | 20th Prime Minister of Australia (1908–1988)

Initials WM #20

#46

William Kennedy Smith

American physician

Initials WS #22

#47

William McNamara

American actor

Initials WM #21

#48

William Calley

American army officer convicted for leading massacre at My Lai | Vietnam (1943–2024)

Initials WC #7

#49

William Moseley

English actor (born 1987)

Initials WM #22

#50

William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder of the cyberpunk subgenre

Initials WG #8 Neuromancer

#51

William Regal

British professional wrestler

Initials WR #9

#52

William Osula

Danish footballer

Initials WO #2

#53

William Joyce

British fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906-1946)

Initials WJ #9

#54

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

Initials WW #16

#55

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

Initials WG #9

#56

William Frawley

American actor (1887–1966)

Initials WF #11

#57

William James Sidis

American child prodigy (1898-1944)

Initials WS #24

#58

William Hanna

American animator (1910–2001)

Initials WH #17

#59

William Perry

American football player (born 1962)

Initials WP #9

#60

William Poole

American boxer and a founder of the street gang the Bowery Boys (1821–1855)

Initials WP #11

#61

William Hopper

American actor (1915–1970)

Initials WH #18

#62

William DuVall

American musician

Initials WD #9

#63

William Ash

English actor

Initials WA #8

#64

William Kidd

Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean

Initials WK #8

#65

William Devino

American mobster (1921-1970)

Initials WD #10

#66

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman

Initials WP #12

#67

William Luther Pierce

American white supremacist and neo-Nazi (1933–2002)

Initials WP #13 The Turner Diaries

#68

William Tyndale

English Bible translator and reformer

Initials WT #3

#69

William Roache

English actor

Initials WR #11

#70

William Compton

American football player (born 1989)

Initials WC #13

#71

William Patrick Stuart-Houston

Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler

Initials WS #30

#72

William Heirens

American criminal (1928–2012)

Initials WH #21

#73

William James

American philosopher | psychologist | and pragmatist (1842–1910)

Initials WJ #11

#74

William Fox

American film producer

Initials WF #12

#75

William Ruto

President of Kenya since 2022

Initials WR #12

#76

William Halsey Jr.

United States admiral (1882–1959)

Initials WJ #13

#77

William Atherton

American actor

Initials WA #10 Die Hard

#78

William Carvalho

Portuguese association football player

Initials WC #14

#79

William Smith

American actor (1933-2021)

Initials WS #32 The Outsiders

#80

William H. Seward

American lawyer and politician (1801-1872)

Initials WS #34

#81

William Bligh

officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)

Initials WB #24

#82

William Kristol

American writer

Initials WK #10

#83

William H. McRaven

United States admiral

Initials WM #26

#84

William Conrad

American World War II fighter pilot | actor | producer | and director (1920-1994)

Initials WC #16

#85

William Christopher

American actor (1932-2016)

Initials WC #17

#86

William Byron

American racecar driver

Initials WB #28

#87

William Clay Ford

American businessman

Initials WF #14

#88

William Westmoreland

United States Army general (1914-2005)

Initials WW #23

#89

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

British politician (1779–1848)

Initials WM #27

#90

William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor

English businessman and politician

Initials WA #14

#91

William Goldman

American novelist | screenwriter and playwright

Initials WG #13 The Prince

#92

William Rehnquist

chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005

Initials WR #16

#93

William M. Branham

American Christian minister

Initials WB #32

#94

William Lee Scott

American actor

Initials WS #38

#95

William III of the Netherlands

King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817–1890)

Initials WN #7

#96

William Guarnere

United States Army paratrooper during World War II

Initials WG #15

#97

William Windom

American actor (1923–2012)

Initials WW #26

#98

William Levy

Cuban actor

Initials WL #3

#99

William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor

American politician

Initials WA #16

#100

William Sanderson

American actor

Initials WS #40 Blade Runner

#101

William Backhouse Astor, Sr.

American businessman (1792-1875)

Initials WS #41

#102

William Lyon Mackenzie King

10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)

Initials WK #14

#103

William Asher

American director | producer | screenwriter (1921-2012)

Initials WA #17

#104

William Hale

American murderer (1874–1962)

Initials WH #28

#105

William R. Moses

actor

Initials WM #32

#106

William Makepeace Thackeray

novelist

Initials WT #4 Vanity Fair

#107

William Wyler

American film director | producer and screenwriter (1902-1981)

Initials WW #30

#108

William Moulton Marston

American psychologist | lawyer | inventor and comic book writer

Initials WM #33

#109

William I, German Emperor

19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia

Initials WE #5

#110

William I of the Netherlands

King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815–1840

Initials WN #8

#111

William John Tell

American rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist

Initials WT #5

#112

William Wallace Lincoln

third son of Abraham Lincoln

Initials WL #5

#113

William Magear Tweed

American politician (1823-1878)

Initials WT #6

#114

William Franklin

American soldier | attorney | and colonial administrator

Initials WF #18

#115

William Hague

British politician (born 1961)

Initials WH #30

#116

William Golding

British novelist | poet | playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate

Initials WG #18 Lord of the Flies

#117

William Averell Harriman

American businessman | politician and diplomat

Initials WH #31

#118

William Hartnell

English actor (1908-1975)

Initials WH #32

#119

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman

Initials WB #37

#120

William Earl Brown

American actor

Initials WB #38 Vanilla Sky

#121

William Stewart Halsted

American surgeon

Initials WH #35

#122

William Hickey

American actor (1927–1997)

Initials WH #36

#123

William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Former Governor-General of Australia

Initials WS #50

#124

William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington

British photographer

Initials WB #43

#125

William Brocius

gunman | rustler | outlaw

Initials WB #44

#126

William F. Garrison

United States Army officer

Initials WG #20

#127

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

Initials WS #51

#128

William Rockefeller, Sr.

American con artist

Initials WS #52

#129

William Quantrill

Confederate Army officer

Initials WQ #1

#130

William of Ockham

English medieval Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher and theologian

Initials WO #11

#131

William T. Anderson

American guerrilla fighter

Initials WA #20

#132

William Clark

American explorer | soldier | Indian agent | and territorial governor

Initials WC #30

#133

William Contreras

Venezuelan baseball catcher

Initials WC #31

#134

William Schallert

actor from the United States

Initials WS #55

#135

William Newsom

American judge

Initials WN #10

#136

William McMaster Murdoch

British sailor (1873–1912)

Initials WM #38

#137

William O. Douglas

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975

Initials WD #15

#138

William B. Travis

Alamo defender

Initials WT #7

#139

William Clay Ford, Sr.

American football executive

Initials WS #58

#140

William Gallas

French footballer

Initials WG #22

#141

William Cohen

American politician

Initials WC #35

#142

William Russ

actor | television director

Initials WR #22 American History X

#143

William Greer

American Secret Service agent (1909–1985)

Initials WG #23

#144

William B. Davis

Canadian actor

Initials WD #17

#145

William Steig

American cartoonist | children's illustrator and writer

Initials WS #61 Shrek!

#146

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

British aristocrat and politician

Initials WD #18

#147

William R. King

American politician

Initials WK #18

#148

William Jefferson Blythe, Jr.

birth father of 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton

Initials WJ #24

#149

William Hogarth

English painter | printmaker | pictorial satirist | social critic | and editorial cartoonist

Initials WH #40

#150

William Stirling

British Army officer of the Special Air Service

Initials WS #64

#151

William McInnes

Australian actor

Initials WM #43

#152

William Orbit

English musician | composer and record producer

Initials WO #13

#153

William Walker

American filibuster

Initials WW #37

#154

William Colby

American intelligence agent

Initials WC #39

#155

William J. Donovan

United States Army General | Medal of Honor recipient | and civil servant

Initials WD #19

#156

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

British politician

Initials WC #40

#157

William Atticus Parker

American filmmaker and actor

Initials WP #25

#158

William of Tyre

Medieval prelate and chronicler | archbishop of Tyre

Initials WT #9

#159

William Desmond Taylor

Irish-American film director | actor and murder victim

Initials WT #10

#160

William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and evangelist

Initials WC #41

#161

William Kemmler

American murderer

Initials WK #22

#162

William S. Paley

American television executive

Initials WP #26

#163

William Borah

American politician

Initials WB #54

#164

William Herschel

German-born British astronomer | technical expert | and composer

Initials WH #44

#165

William Talman

American actor

Initials WT #11

#166

William D. Leahy

United States admiral | ambassador to France | Chief of Staff (1875-1959)

Initials WL #10

#167

William C. Durant

American businessman

Initials WD #21

#168

William Dunlop

British motorcycle racer

Initials WD #22

#169

William Bendix

American actor (1906-1964)

Initials WB #56

#170

William H. Pitsenbarger

United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient

Initials WP #29

#171

William Lloyd Garrison

American journalist

Initials WG #26

#172

William Peter Blatty

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

Initials WB #57 The Exorcist The Exorcist

#173

William Thomas

African American actor

Initials WT #13

#174

William Wrigley

American businessman (1861-1932)

Initials WW #40

#175

William Kamkwamba

Malawian inventor and author

Initials WK #23

#176

William Packer

American film producer

Initials WP #33

#177

William Carey

English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister

Initials WC #45

#178

William Saroyan

American writer

Initials WS #70

#179

William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

English politician and soldier

Initials WH #45

#180

William Godwin

English journalist | political philosopher and novelist

Initials WG #28

#181

William Hung

American singer

Initials WH #48

#182

William Suff

American serial killer

Initials WS #71

#183

William Demarest

actor

Initials WD #27

#184

William J. Hochul, Jr.

United States Attorney

Initials WJ #33

#185

William David Powell

screenwriter

Initials WP #35

#186

William Dawson

American football player

Initials WD #28

#187

William L. Shirer

American journalist (1904–1993)

Initials WS #73

#188

William Lee Golden

American musician

Initials WG #29

#189

William Boyd

British writer

Initials WB #61

#190

William Brewster

Religious emigrant to North America and leader there

Initials WB #63

#191

William Chan

Hong Kong singer

Initials WC #48

#192

William Bennett

American politician

Initials WB #64

#193

William Carlos Williams

American poet

Initials WW #45

#194

William Friese-Greene

British photographer and inventor

Initials WF #28

#195

William Rees-Mogg

former editor of The Times (1928-2012)

Initials WR #29

#196

William Gao

British actor | singer and model

Initials WG #33

#197

William Stanford Davis

American actor

Initials WD #29

#198

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

British noble

Initials WD #30

#199

William the Lion

King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214

Initials WL #13

#200

William Bufalino

American attorney

Initials WB #67

First name WilliamJuly 23, 2025 to August 12, 2025

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First name William
July 23, 2025 to August 12, 2025