#1
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Top 500 #294 Initials WS #1 Hamlet
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William Shatner
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
Initials WS #3
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William Fichtner
William Fichtner
American actor (born 1956)
Initials WF #2 The Dark Knight
#4
William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror
King of England | Duke of Normandy (c. 1028-1087)
Initials WC #2
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William Hurt
William Hurt
American actor (1950–2022)
Initials WH #3 Avengers: Endgame
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William H. Macy
William H. Macy
American actor
Initials WM #2 Fargo
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William Wallace
William Wallace
Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence
Initials WW #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 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 Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
president of the United States in 1841
Initials WH #6
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William Orbit
William Orbit
English musician | composer and record producer
Initials WO #2
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William Holden
William Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
Initials WH #7 The Bridge on the River Kwai
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William Baldwin
William Baldwin
American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)
Initials WB #7
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William Daniels
William Daniels
American actor (born 1927)
Initials WD #4 The Graduate
#15
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American writer (1897-1962)
Initials WF #5 The Sound and the Fury
#16
William Saliba
William Saliba
French footballer (born 2001)
Initials WS #8
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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 #9 Naked Lunch
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William Friedkin
William Friedkin
American director and producer (1935–2023)
Initials WF #6
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William Blake
William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
Initials WB #10 The Tyger
#20
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
United States Army general (1820–1891)
Initials WS #10
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William Osula
William Osula
Danish footballer
Initials WO #3
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William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper publisher (1863–1951)
Initials WH #12
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William Calley
William Calley
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai | Vietnam (1943–2024)
Initials WC #7
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William Petersen
William Petersen
American actor
Initials WP #4 Manhunter
#25
William F. Buckley Jr.
William F. Buckley Jr.
American public intellectual | conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)
Initials WJ #4
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William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
Initials WY #1 The Second Coming
#27
William Sadler
William Sadler
American actor (born 1950)
Initials WS #17 The Shawshank Redemption
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William Mapother
William Mapother
American actor
Initials WM #14 World Trade Center
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William Roache
William Roache
English actor
Initials WR #6
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William Powell
William Powell
American actor (1892–1984)
Initials WP #5
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William Gibson
William Gibson
American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder of the cyberpunk subgenre
Initials WG #6 Neuromancer
#32
William Zabka
William Zabka
American actor
Initials WZ #3
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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 #6
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William F. Sullivan
William F. Sullivan
judge in Massachusetts | US
Initials WS #20
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William Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
Initials WM #17 Of Human Bondage
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William Katt
William Katt
American actor and musician (born 1951)
Initials WK #7 Carrie
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William Jackson Harper
William Jackson Harper
American actor
Initials WH #14 Midsommar
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William Hopper
William Hopper
American actor (1915–1970)
Initials WH #15
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William Hanna
William Hanna
American animator (1910–2001)
Initials WH #16
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William Forsythe
William Forsythe
American actor
Initials WF #8 Once Upon a Time in America
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William James
William James
American philosopher | psychologist | and pragmatist (1842–1910)
Initials WJ #6
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William Franklyn-Miller
William Franklyn-Miller
British actor
Initials WF #9 Young Washington
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
English Romantic poet (1770–1850)
Initials WW #13
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William Morris
William Morris
British textile artist | author | and socialist (1834–1896)
Initials WM #18
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William Devino
William Devino
American mobster (1921-1970)
Initials WD #7
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William Beck
William Beck
Welsh born actor
Initials WB #20 Snatch
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William Devane
William Devane
American actor
Initials WD #8 Interstellar
#48
William Penn
William Penn
English real estate entrepreneur | philosopher | early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
Initials WP #9
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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 Herschel
William Herschel
German-born British astronomer | technical expert | and composer
Initials WH #20
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William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)
Initials WG #9
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William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger
British statesman (1759–1806)
Initials WY #2
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
Initials WW #14
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William Joyce
William Joyce
British fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906-1946)
Initials WJ #9
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William Atticus Parker
William Atticus Parker
American filmmaker and actor
Initials WP #12
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William H. Gates, Sr.
William H. Gates, Sr.
American attorney and philanthropist (1925–2020)
Initials WS #27
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William Frawley
William Frawley
American actor (1887–1966)
Initials WF #13
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
American politician (1860–1925)
Initials WB #23
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William Halsey Jr.
William Halsey Jr.
United States admiral (1882–1959)
Initials WJ #11
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William Windom
William Windom
American actor (1923–2012)
Initials WW #17
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William H. McRaven
William H. McRaven
United States admiral
Initials WM #23
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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 #9
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William Joyce
William Joyce
American children's writer
Initials WJ #9
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William Earl Brown
William Earl Brown
American actor
Initials WB #26 Deep Impact
#65
William Conrad
William Conrad
American World War II fighter pilot | actor | producer | and director (1920-1994)
Initials WC #17
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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 #7
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William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
novelist
Initials WT #2 Vanity Fair
#68
William Westmoreland
William Westmoreland
United States Army general (1914-2005)
Initials WW #21
#69
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
Initials WS #31
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William Christopher
William Christopher
American actor (1932-2016)
Initials WC #19
#71
William James Sidis
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
Initials WS #32
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William Regal
William Regal
British professional wrestler
Initials WR #13
#73
William Golding
William Golding
British novelist | poet | playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993)
Initials WG #14 Lord of the Flies
#74
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman
Initials WB #29
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William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist
chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005
Initials WR #14
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William Gomes
William Gomes
Brazilian footballer
Initials WG #15
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William Luther Pierce
William Luther Pierce
American white supremacist and neo-Nazi (1933–2002)
Initials WP #15 The Turner Diaries
#78
William Atherton
William Atherton
American actor
Initials WA #11 The Last Samurai
#79
William Gallas
William Gallas
French footballer (born 1977)
Initials WG #16
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William Goldman
William Goldman
American novelist | screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018)
Initials WG #17 The Prince
#81
William Asher
William Asher
American director | producer | screenwriter (1921-2012)
Initials WA #12
#82
William H. Seward
William H. Seward
American lawyer and politician (1801-1872)
Initials WS #34
#83
William Perry
William Perry
American football player (born 1962)
Initials WP #16
#84
William Poole
William Poole
American boxer and a founder of the street gang the Bowery Boys (1821–1855)
Initials WP #17
#85
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)
Initials WK #11
#86
William Moseley
William Moseley
English actor (born 1987)
Initials WM #29
#87
William Contreras
William Contreras
Venezuelan baseball catcher
Initials WC #21
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William Bonin
William Bonin
American serial killer (1947–1996)
Initials WB #32
#89
William Bligh
William Bligh
officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)
Initials WB #33
#90
William I of the Netherlands
William I of the Netherlands
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815–1840
Initials WN #9
#91
William Henry Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt
American businessman and philanthropist (1821–1885)
Initials WV #4
#92
William Stirling
William Stirling
British Army officer of the Special Air Service
Initials WS #37
#93
William Wyler
William Wyler
Swiss-German-American director and producer (1902–1981)
Initials WW #25
#94
William DuVall
William DuVall
American musician
Initials WD #11
#95
William Sanderson
William Sanderson
American actor
Initials WS #39 Blade Runner
#96
William B. Davis
William B. Davis
Canadian actor
Initials WD #12
#97
William Hickey
William Hickey
American actor (1927–1997)
Initials WH #26
#98
William Ruto
William Ruto
President of Kenya since 2022
Initials WR #16
#99
William Franklin
William Franklin
American soldier | attorney | and colonial administrator
Initials WF #17
#100
William DeMeo
William DeMeo
American actor
Initials WD #13
#101
William Hale
American murderer (1874–1962)
Initials WH #30
#102
William Guarnere
United States Army paratrooper during World War II
Initials WG #19
#103
William Clay Ford
American businessman
Initials WF #18
#104
William Compton
American football player (born 1989)
Initials WC #27
#105
William Clark
American explorer | soldier | Indian agent | and territorial governor
Initials WC #28
#106
William Lane Craig
American Christian apologist and evangelist
Initials WC #29
#107
William Abadie
French actor
Initials WA #14
#108
William Hartnell
English actor (1908-1975)
Initials WH #31
#109
William Schallert
actor from the United States
Initials WS #46
#110
William Shockley
American physicist and inventor
Initials WS #47
#111
William Magear Tweed
American politician (1823-1878)
Initials WT #3
#112
William R. Moses
actor
Initials WM #33
#113
William Peter Blatty
American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)
Initials WB #38 The Exorcist The Exorcist
#114
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
British aristocrat and politician
Initials WD #14
#115
William O. Douglas
US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975
Initials WD #16
#116
William Hague
British politician (born 1961)
Initials WH #33
#117
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Former Governor-General of Australia
Initials WS #48
#118
William Rees-Mogg
former editor of The Times (1928-2012)
Initials WR #17 The Sovereign Individual
#119
William Kristol
American writer
Initials WK #17
#120
William of Ockham
English medieval Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher and theologian
Initials WO #9
#121
William Moulton Marston
American psychologist | lawyer | inventor and comic book writer
Initials WM #36
#122
William Averell Harriman
American businessman | politician and diplomat
Initials WH #35
#123
William S. Paley
American television executive
Initials WP #25
#124
William Wallace Lincoln
third son of Abraham Lincoln
Initials WL #6
#125
William Kissam Vanderbilt I
American railroad manager and horse breeder (1849–1920)
Initials WI #4
#126
William Chan
Hong Kong singer
Initials WC #33
#127
William Bufalino
American attorney
Initials WB #46
#128
William Walker
American filibuster
Initials WW #31
#129
William Kamkwamba
Malawian inventor and author
Initials WK #18
#130
William Kassebaum
Kansas politician
Initials WK #19
#131
William McMahon
Australian politician | 20th Prime Minister of Australia (1908–1988)
Initials WM #37
#132
William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington
British photographer
Initials WB #48
#133
William Boyd
British writer
Initials WB #50
#134
William T. Anderson
American guerrilla fighter
Initials WA #18
#135
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
British politician
Initials WC #36
#136
William Talman
American actor
Initials WT #5
#137
William McMaster Murdoch
British sailor (1873–1912)
Initials WM #38
#138
William Caxton
English merchant | diplomat | writer and printer
Initials WC #39
#139
William Gao
British actor | singer and model
Initials WG #21
#140
William Francis Buckley
United States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut
Initials WB #51
#141
William Eubank
American film director
Initials WE #7
#142
William Saroyan
Armenian-American novelist | playwright | and short story writer (1908-1981)
Initials WS #56
#143
William Quantrill
Confederate Army officer
Initials WQ #1
#144
William J. Donovan
United States Army General | Medal of Honor recipient | and civil servant
Initials WD #20
#145
William Brocius
gunman | rustler | outlaw
Initials WB #53
#146
William M. Branham
American Christian minister
Initials WB #54
#147
William Hope
Canadian stage | film | television and voice actor
Initials WH #41 Aliens
#148
William Elliott
actor
Initials WE #8
#149
William I, German Emperor
19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia
Initials WE #9
#150
William John Tell
American rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist
Initials WT #8
#151
William Russ
actor | television director
Initials WR #22 American History X
#152
William Jefferson Blythe, Jr.
birth father of 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton
Initials WJ #26
#153
William R. King
vice president of the United States from March to April 1853 (1786–1853)
Initials WK #21
#154
William T. Vollmann
Novelist | short story writer | essayist
Initials WV #6
#155
William Levy
Cuban actor
Initials WL #9
#156
William Benter
American gambler
Initials WB #58
#157
William Mueller
American professional wrestler
Initials WM #41
#158
William Lee Scott
American actor
Initials WS #62 The Magnificent Seven
#159
William Godwin
English journalist | political philosopher and novelist
Initials WG #24
#160
William Hogarth
English painter | printmaker | pictorial satirist | social critic | and editorial cartoonist
Initials WH #44
#161
William the Lion
King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214
Initials WL #10
#162
William Clay Ford, Sr.
American football executive
Initials WS #63
#163
William Colby
American intelligence agent (1920–1996)
Initials WC #43
#164
William Close
American surgeon
Initials WC #44
#165
William Stanford Davis
American actor
Initials WD #24
#166
William Demarest
actor
Initials WD #25
#167
William Rockefeller, Sr.
American con artist
Initials WS #66
#168
William Heirens
American criminal (1928–2012)
Initials WH #48
#169
William Steig
American cartoonist | children's illustrator and writer
Initials WS #68 Shrek!
#170
William Langer
American politician
Initials WL #11
#171
William Junior Pierce
American serial killer
Initials WP #29
#172
William F. Garrison
United States Army officer
Initials WG #25
#173
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Initials WW #41
#174
William Cohen
American politician
Initials WC #46
#175
William Bendix
American actor (1906-1964)
Initials WB #61
#176
William Goldsmith
American musician
Initials WG #27
#177
William Lloyd Garrison
American journalist
Initials WG #28
#178
William Byron
American racecar driver
Initials WB #62
#179
William Lucking
American actor
Initials WL #13
#180
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
British noble
Initials WD #30
#181
William J. Hochul, Jr.
American attorney and First Gentleman of New York
Initials WJ #31
#182
William C. Durant
American businessman
Initials WD #31
#183
William D. Leahy
United States admiral | ambassador to France | Chief of Staff (1875-1959)
Initials WL #14
#184
William Ernest Henley
English poet | critic and editor
Initials WH #51 Invictus
#185
William Carey
English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister
Initials WC #48
#186
William H. Masters
American gynecologist
Initials WM #49
#187
William Brewster
Religious emigrant to North America and leader there
Initials WB #64
#188
William Kennedy Smith
American physician; younger son of Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen Edward Smith
Initials WS #73
#189
William B. Travis
Alamo defender
Initials WT #11
#190
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
British General in the American War of Independence
Initials WH #54
#191
William Marshall
American actor | director | and opera singer
Initials WM #50
#192
William Hung
American singer
Initials WH #55
#193
William Ash
English actor
Initials WA #28
#194
William Reynolds
American television and film actor
Initials WR #26
#195
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
English politician and Earl
Initials WD #32
#196
William Compton
English courtier at the court of Henry VIII of England (1482-1528)
Initials WC #51
#197
William D. Swenson
medal of Honor recipient and former U.S. Army captain
Initials WS #77
#198
William Clouston
politician
Initials WC #52
#199
William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth
British peer and politician
Initials WD #33
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William McNamara
American actor
Initials WM #56