Bill Horton
1965 Days of Our Lives
Jack Deveraux (a.k.a. William)
1965 Days of Our Lives
Mike Horton (a.k.a. William)
1965 Days of Our Lives
Will Horton
1965 Days of Our Lives
William Hodges
1968 Dad's Army
Bill Spencer Sr.
1987 The Bold and the Beautiful
Bill Spencer Jr.
1987 The Bold and the Beautiful
Liam Spencer
1987 The Bold and the Beautiful
Will Riker
1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
Will Smith
1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Randy Taylor (a.k.a. William)
1991 Home Improvement
Jack Frost (a.k.a. William)
1992 A Touch of Frost
Fox Mulder (a.k.a. William)
1993 The X-Files
Will McCorkle
1994 Party of Five
William
1994 William's Wish Wellingtons
Bill Dauterive (a.k.a. William)
1997 King of the Hill
Billy Thomas
1997 Ally McBeal
Will Truman
1998 Will & Grace
Will Tippin
2001 Alias
William Rawls
2002 The Wire
Sam Winchester (a.k.a. William)
2005 Supernatural
Will Pope
2005 The Closer
Bill Henrickson
2006 Big Love
Dell Parker (a.k.a. William)
2005; 2007 Grey's Anatomy; Private Practice
Bill Compton
2008 True Blood
William Bell
2008 Fringe
Will Gardner
2009 The Good Wife
Will Schuester
2009 Glee
(baseball) Candy Cummings (a.k.a. William)
1939
(baseball) Buck Ewing (a.k.a. William)
1939
(baseball) Willie Keeler
1939
(ice hockey) Hod Stuart (a.k.a. William)
1945
(ice hockey) Bill Cook
1952
(baseball) Harry Wright (a.k.a. William)
1953
(baseball) Bill Terry
1954
(baseball) Bill Dickey
1954
(ice hockey) Sprague Cleghorn (a.k.a. William)
1958
(baseball) Billy Hamilton
1961
(ice hockey) Billy McGimsie
1962
(ice hockey) Riley Hern (a.k.a. William)
1962
(baseball) Bill McKechnie
1962
(football) William R. "Link" Lyman
1964
(ice hockey) Bill Durnan
1964
(ice hockey) Bill Mosienko
1965
(football) Bill Dudley
1966
(ice hockey) Bill Cowley
1968
(ice hockey) Bill Gadsby
1970
(baseball) Rube Marquard (a.k.a. William)
1971
(football) Bill Hewitt
1971
(football) Bill George
1974
(basketball) Bill Russell
1974
(baseball) Judy Johnson (a.k.a. William)
1975
(baseball) Billy Herman
1975
(basketball) William "Skinny" Johnson
1976
(football) Bill Willis
1977
(basketball) Bill Bradley
1982
(football) Willie Brown
1984
(basketball) Billy Cunningham
1986
(basketball) William "Pop" Gates
1989
(football) Willie Wood
1989
(ice hockey) Bill Barber
1990
(football) Bill Walsh
1993
(ice hockey) Billy Smith
1993
(basketball) Bill Walton
1993
(baseball) Bill Foster
1996
(football) Billy Shaw
1999
(baseball) Bill Mazeroski
2001
(basketball) Bill Sharman
1975; 2004
(baseball) Billy Southworth
2008
(basketball) Bill Davidson
2008
(football) Willie Roaf
2012
(basketball) Bobby Leonard (a.k.a. William)
2014
(football) Ray Guy (a.k.a. William)
2014
(football) Bill Polian
2015
(basketball) Bill Fitch
2019
(football) Bill Cowher
2020
(football) Bill Nunn
2021
(basketball) Tony Parker (a.k.a. William)
2023
(peace) Randal Cremer (a.k.a. William)
1903
(physics) John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (a.k.a. William)
1904
(chemistry) William Ramsay
1904
(chemistry) Theodore William Richards
1914
(physics) William Henry Bragg
1915
(physics) William Lawrence Bragg
1915
(chemistry) Francis William Aston
1922
(literature) William Butler Yeats
1923
(medicine) William P. Murphy
1934
(chemistry) William Giauque
1949
(literature) William Faulkner
1949
(physics) William Shockley
1956
(chemistry) William Howard Stein
1972
(chemistry) William Lipscomb
1976
(economics) Theodore Schultz (a.k.a. William)
1979
(economics) Arthur Lewis (a.k.a. William)
1979
(physics) William Alfred Fowler
1983
(literature) William Golding
1983
(economics) William F. Sharpe
1990
(economics) Robert Fogel (a.k.a. William)
1993
(economics) William Vickrey
1996
(physics) William Daniel Phillips
1997
(chemistry) William Standish Knowles
2001
(economics) Clive Granger (a.k.a. William)
2003
(medicine) Jack W. Szostak (a.k.a. William)
2009
(chemistry) William E. Moerner
2014
(medicine) William C. Campbell
2015
(economics) William Nordhaus
2018
(medicine) William Kaelin Jr.
2019
"Buffalo" Bill Cody
1846-1917
Will Rogers
1879-1935
W. C. Fields (a.k.a. William)
1880-1946
True Boardman (a.k.a. William)
1882-1918
Billie Burke
1884-1970
Lionel Atwill (a.k.a. William)
1885-1946
Raymond Hatton (a.k.a. William)
1887-1971
Robert Armstrong (a.k.a. William)
1890-1973
William Powell
1892-1984
Gareth Hughes (a.k.a. William)
1894-1965
Clark Gable (a.k.a. William)
1901-1960
William Gargan
1905-1979
William Bendix
1906-1964
Chips Rafferty (a.k.a. William)
1909-1971
Leif Erickson (a.k.a. William)
1911-1986
Dabbs Greer (a.k.a. William)
1917-2007
William Holden
1918-1981
Richard Farnsworth (a.k.a. William)
1920-2000
Jack Elam (a.k.a. William)
1920-2003
William Windom
1923-2012
Bob Barker (a.k.a. William)
1923-2023
Bill Hayes
1925-2024
Johnny Carson (a.k.a. William)
1925-2005
Leslie Nielsen (a.k.a. William)
1926-2010
William Daniels
1927-
Bill Daily
1927-2018
Stanley Baker (a.k.a. William)
1928-1976
Adam West (a.k.a. William)
1928-2017
Ronnie Barker (a.k.a. William)
1929-2005
William Shatner
1931-
Stephen Boyd (a.k.a. William)
1931-1977
Will Sampson
1933-1987
Jeremy Brett (a.k.a. William)
1933-1995
Bill Cobbs
1934-
James Stacy (a.k.a. William)
1936-2016
William Gaunt
1937-
Billy Dee Williams (a.k.a. William)
1937-
Bill Cosby
1937-
James Fox (a.k.a. William)
1939-
Corin Redgrave (a.k.a. William)
1939-2010
William Lucking
1941-2021
Scott Wilson (a.k.a. William)
1942-2018
Billy Connolly
1942-
Peter Mayhew (a.k.a. William)
1944-2019
Tom Selleck (a.k.a. William)
1945-
Pete Postlethwaite (a.k.a. William)
1946-2011
Bill Smitrovich (a.k.a. William)
1947-
Dwight Schultz (a.k.a. William)
1947-
Ted Lange (a.k.a. William)
1948-
Billy Crystal
1948-
Anson Williams (a.k.a. William)
1949-
Caitlyn Jenner (a.k.a. William)
1949-
Bill Nighy
1949-
William H. Macy
1950-
William Hurt
1950-2022
William Sadler
1950-
Bill Murray
1950-
Jeff Conaway (a.k.a. William)
1950-2011
William Katt
1951-
Liam Neeson
1952-
William Petersen
1953-
Bill Nunn
1953-2016
Bill Pullman
1953-
James Remar (a.k.a. William)
1953-
Will Patton
1954-
William Hope
1955-
Bill Paxton
1955-2017
William Forsythe
1955-
William Fichtner
1956-
Richard Burgi (a.k.a. William)
1958-
Billy Campbell
1959-
Billy Warlock (a.k.a. William)
1961-
William Baldwin
1963-
William Shockley
1963-
Brad Pitt (a.k.a. William)
1963-
Linus Roache (a.k.a. William)
1964-
Willie Garson (a.k.a. William)
1964-2021
Todd Field (a.k.a. William)
1964-
James Nesbitt (a.k.a. William)
1965-
Peter Krause (a.k.a. William)
1965-
Billy Zane
1966-
Billy Burke
1966-
Will Ferrell
1967-
Bill Burr
1968-
Billy Crudup
1968-
Julian McMahon (a.k.a. William)
1968-
Billy Boyd
1968-
Naveen Andrews (a.k.a. William)
1969-
Will Keen
1970-
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (a.k.a. William)
1970-
Josh Hopkins (a.k.a. William)
1970-
Rupert Penry-Jones (a.k.a. William)
1970-
Dylan Moran (a.k.a. William)
1971-
Paul Walker (a.k.a. William)
1973-2013
Will Sasso
1975-
Seann William Scott
1976-
James Van Der Beek (a.k.a. William)
1977-
Matthew Goode (a.k.a. William)
1978-
Bill Hader
1978-
Jonas Armstrong (a.k.a. William)
1981-
Tom Hiddleston (a.k.a. William)
1981-
Rupert Friend (a.k.a. William)
1981-
Jason Dohring (a.k.a. William)
1982-
Dane DeHaan (a.k.a. William)
c. 1985-
Will Peltz
1986-
William Moseley
1987-
Seán William "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin
1990-
Jeremy Irvine (a.k.a. William)
1990-
Jonathan Lipnicki (a.k.a. William)
1990-
Will Poulter
1993-
Isaac Hempstead-Wright (a.k.a. William)
1999-
(cricket) W. G. Grace (a.k.a. William)
1848-1915
(baseball) Willie Keeler
1872-1923
(ice hockey) Hod Stuart (a.k.a. William)
1879-1907
(tennis) Bill Tilden
1893-1953
(boxing) Jack Dempsey (a.k.a. William)
1895-1983
(ice hockey) Bill Cook
1896-1986
(baseball) Bill Dickey
1907-1993
(golf) Ben Hogan (a.k.a. William)
1912-1997
(ice hockey) Bill Durnan
1916-1972
(basketball) Bill Sharman
1926-2013
(ice hockey) Bill Gadsby
1927-2016
(basketball) Bill Russell
1934-2022
(baseball) Bill Mazeroski
1936-
(football) Willie Wood
1936-2020
(driving) Chris Bristow (a.k.a. William)
1937-1960
(soccer) Billy McNeill
1940-2019
(basketball) Billy Cunningham
1943-
(basketball) Bill Bradley
1943-
(boxing) Joe Frazier (a.k.a. William)
1944-2011
(track) Caitlyn Jenner (a.k.a. William)
1949-
(football) Ray Guy (a.k.a. William)
1949-2022
(ice hockey) Billy Smith
1950-
(ice hockey) Bill Barber
1952-
(basketball) Bill Walton
1952-
(rugby) Steve Hansen (a.k.a. William)
1959-
(wrestling) Mark William "The Undertaker" Calaway
1965-
(soccer) Liam Miller (a.k.a. William)
1981-2018
(rugby) Dan Carter (a.k.a. William)
1982-
(rugby) Mike Phillips (a.k.a. William)
1982-
(rugby) Wyatt Crockett (a.k.a. William)
1983-
(soccer) Alex Wilkinson (a.k.a. William)
1984-
(rugby) James Hook (a.k.a. William)
1985-
(rugby) Sonny Bill Williams
1985-
(soccer) Edwin Hernández (a.k.a. William)
1986-
(rugby) Will Genia
1988-
(handball) William Accambray
1988-
(tennis) John Peers (a.k.a. William)
1988-
(rugby) Gareth Anscombe (a.k.a. William)
1991-
(driving) Will Stevens
1991-
(soccer) Will Grigg
1991-
(soccer) William Carvalho
1992-
(rugby) Will Skelton
1992-
(gold) William Hoyt
1896 pole vault
(bronze) Bill Burgess
1900 water polo
(silver) Bill Holland
1900 400 m
(silver) William Clark
1904 archery - team round
(bronze/gold) William Thompson
1904 archery - American round; archery - team round; archery - York round
(gold) Louis W. Maxson (a.k.a. William)
1904 archery - team round
(gold) William Dickey
1904 diving - plunge for distance
(bronze) William Merz
1904 athletics triathlon
(silver) Wesley Coe Jr (a.k.a. William)
1904 shot put
(silver) Fred Englehardt (a.k.a. William)
1904 triple jump
(gold) Frederick Schule (a.k.a. William)
1904 110 m hurdles
(bronze) William R. Orthwein
1904 swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay
(silver) Bill Tuttle
1904 swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay
(silver) Frank Verner (a.k.a. William)
1904 1500 m; 4 mile team
(bronze) Emil Breitkreutz (a.k.a. William)
1904 800 m
(bronze/silver) William Hogenson
1904 100 m; 200 m; 60 m
(gold) William Dod
1908 archery - York round
(silver) William Robinson
1908 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) William Hamilton
1908 medley relay
(bronze) George Gaidzik (a.k.a. William)
1908 diving - springboard
(gold) William Coales
1908 3 mile team
(bronze) William Halpenny
1912 pole vault
(bronze) Joe Cottrill (a.k.a. William)
1912 3000 m team
(bronze) Martin Hawkins (a.k.a. William)
1912 110 m hurdles
(silver) Christian Gitsham (a.k.a. William)
1912 marathon
(bronze) George Hutson (a.k.a. William)
1912 3000 m team; 5000 m
(bronze) William Moore
1912 3000 m team
(bronze/gold) Willie Applegarth
1912 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold/bronze) William Foster
1908; 1912 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) William Henry Dean
1920 water polo
(gold) William Peacock
1920 water polo
(silver) Earl Eby (a.k.a. William)
1920 800 m
(bronze/gold) William Petersson
1920 4x100 m relay; long jump
(bronze) Bill Harris
1920 swimming - 100 m freestyle
(silver) William Seagrove
1920; 1924 3000 m team
(silver) William Herald
1920 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold/silver) Charley Paddock (a.k.a. William)
1920; 1924 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Joie Ray (a.k.a. William)
1924 3000 m team
(gold) Nick Winter (a.k.a. William)
1924 triple jump
(gold) Beattie Ramsay (a.k.a. William)
1924 ice hockey
(gold) William Stevenson
1924 4x400 m relay
(silver) Wilfred Nichol (a.k.a. William)
1924 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Bill Kirschbaum
1924 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) DeHart Hubbard (a.k.a. William)
1924 long jump
(bronze) William Cox
1924 3000 m team
(bronze) Cyril Gill (a.k.a. William)
1928 4x100 m relay
(gold) Sabin Carr (a.k.a. William)
1928 pole vault
(silver) William Droegemueller
1928 pole vault
(gold) Tommy Green (a.k.a. William)
1932 50 km walk
(gold) Ivan Fuqua (a.k.a. William)
1932 4x400 m relay
(gold) Bill Carr
1932 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(gold) Bill Miller
1932 pole vault
(gold) Bill Wheatley
1936 basketball
(gold) Bill Roberts
1936 4x400 m relay
(gold) Ken Carpenter (a.k.a. William)
1936 discus throw
(gold) Ran Laurie (a.k.a. William)
1948 rowing
(gold) Lew Beck (a.k.a. William)
1948 basketball
(gold) Willie Steele
1948 long jump
(silver) Bill Bruce
1948 long jump
(gold) Bill Smith Jr.
1948 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Bill Porter
1948 110 m hurdles
(gold) Harrison "Bones" Dillard (a.k.a. William)
1948; 1952 100 m; 110 m hurdles; 4x100 m relay
(gold) William Smith
1952 freestyle wrestling
(gold) Bill Lienhard
1952 basketball
(silver) Bill Miller
1952 javelin throw
(gold/silver) Andy Stanfield (a.k.a. William)
1952; 1956 4x100 m relay; 200 m
(gold) Chris Brasher (a.k.a. William)
1956 3000 m steeplechase
(gold) Bill Hougland
1952; 1956 basketball
(gold) Billy Evans
1956 basketball
(gold) Jesse Mashburn (a.k.a. William)
1956 4x400 m relay
(gold) William Albert Yorzyk Jr.
1956 swimming - 200 m butterfly
(gold) Tom Courtney (a.k.a. William)
1956 4x400 m relay; 800 m
(gold) Bill Russell
1956 basketball
(gold/silver) Bill Woolsey
1952; 1956 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Dave Power (a.k.a. William)
1960 10000 m
(gold/silver) Parry O'Brien (a.k.a. William)
1952; 1956; 1960 shot put
(silver/gold) Bill Nieder
1956; 1960 shot put
(silver) Dave Sime (a.k.a. William)
1960 100 m
(silver) Willie May
1960 110 m hurdles
(gold) Bill Mulliken
1960 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Paul Hait (a.k.a. William)
1960 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Bill Dellinger
1964 5000 m
(bronze) Ron Clarke (a.k.a. William)
1964 10000 m
(gold) Billy Mills
1964 10000 m
(silver) Bill Crothers
1964 800 m
(gold) Bill Bradley
1964 basketball
(gold) Bill Craig
1964 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Dick Roth (a.k.a. William)
1964 swimming - 400 m medley
(gold) Bill Toomey
1968 decathlon
(bronze) Steven Barnett (a.k.a. William)
1972 water polo
(bronze) Bill Schmidt
1972 javelin throw
(bronze) Bill Mahony
1972 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Ed Ratleff (a.k.a. William)
1972 basketball
(gold/bronze) Willie D. Davenport
1968; 1976 110 m hurdles
(gold) Caitlyn Jenner (a.k.a. William)
1976 decathlon
(gold) Quinn Buckner (a.k.a. William)
1976 basketball
(bronze) Bill Forrester
1976 swimming - 200 m butterfly
(silver) Bobby Hackett (a.k.a. William)
1976 swimming - 1500 m freestyle
(gold) Buzz Schneider (a.k.a. William)
1980 ice hockey
(gold) Joe Kleine (a.k.a. William)
1984 basketball
(bronze) Willie Anderson
1988 basketball
(gold) William Tanui
1992 800 m
(bronze) William Mutwol
1992 3000 m steeplechase
(bronze) Brent Hilliard (a.k.a. William)
1992 volleyball
(gold) Bill Kirby
2000 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) John Steffensen (a.k.a. William)
2004 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Dexter Fowler (a.k.a. William)
2008 baseball
(gold) Reid Priddy (a.k.a. William)
2009 volleyball
(bronze/silver) William Fox-Pitt
2004; 2008; 2012 equestrian
(gold) William Accambray
2012 handball
(bronze) William Satch
2012 rowing
(silver) Loui Eriksson (a.k.a. William)
2014 ice hockey
Saint William of Gellone
?-812
Saint William of Volpiano
962-1031
Saint William Firmatus
1026-1103
Saint William of Penacorada
?-1042
Saint William
?-1067
Saint William of Vercelli
1085-1142
Blessed William of Hirsau
?-1091
Saint William of Eskhill
1125-1203
Saint William Breteuil
?-1130
Saint William of Bourges
1149-1209
Saint William
?-1154
Blessed William of Maleval
?-1157
Saint William Pinchon
1175-1234
Saint William of Pontoise
?-1192
Blessed William Tempier
?-1197
Blessed William of Fenoli
?-1205
Blessed William of Brussels
?-1237
Blessed William Arnaud
?-1242
Blessed Guillaume of Toulouse (a.k.a. William)
1297-1369
Blessed William Exmew
?-1535
Blessed William Greenwood
?-1537
Blessed William Horne
?-1540
Blessed William Carter
1548-1584
Blessed Guillaume Saultemouche (a.k.a. William)
1555-1593
Blessed William Freeman
1558-1595
Blessed William Thomson
1560-1586
Blessed William Harrington
1566-1594
Blessed William Ward
1568-1641
Blessed William Southerne
1579-1618
Blessed William Filby
?-1582
Blessed William Lacey
?-1582
Blessed William Hart
?-1583
Blessed William Marsden
?-1586
Blessed William Dean
?-1588
Blessed William Gunter
?-1588
Blessed William Hartley
?-1588
Blessed William Way
?-1588
Blessed William Spenser
?-1589
Blessed William Pike
?-1591
Blessed William Patenson
?-1592
Blessed William Davies
?-1593
Blessed William Andleby
?-1597
Blessed William Richardson
?-1603
Blessed William Browne
?-1605
Blessed William Tirry
1608-1654
Blessed Maurus Scott (a.k.a. William)
?-1612
Blessed William Howard
1614-1680
Blessed William Ireland
1636-1679
Blessed John Plessington (a.k.a. William)
1637-1679
Blessed William Barrow
?-1679
Blessed Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade (a.k.a. William)
1761-1850