William is a masculine given name which may refer to:

Contents

• Saints
• Royalty and nobility
• British
• Dutch
• French
• German
• Sicilian
• Cameroon
• Other
• Pre-modern era commoners
• British 2
• French 2
• Other 2
• Modern era
• Several people
• Others
• Fictional characters
• See also

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2017)

Saints

• Saint William (disambiguation), lists several saints named William

Royalty and nobility

Ordered chronologically

Pre-modern era commoners

Ordered chronologically

Modern era

Fictional characters

• William "Will", a character in Veronica Roth's Divergent
• William, a flying eyeball in The Amazing World of Gumball
• William, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
• Sir William, Rapunzel's husband in Chris Colfer's The Land of Stories
• William Afton, the major antagonist in the Five Nights at Freddy's game, book and movie franchise
• William Baker (nicknamed "Flint Marko"), also known as Sandman from Marvel Comics
• William Birkin, in the Resident Evil game franchise
• B.J. Blazkowicz is the main character in most of the Wolfenstein video game series.
• William "Bill" Bracken from Castle
• William Brown, the main character of the children's book series Just William by Richmal Crompton
• William "Will" Byers, from Stranger Things
• William "Will" Turner, Pirates of the Caribbean
• William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, Pirates of the Caribbean
• William "Will" Colbert, a guest star in NBC sitcom Friends , played by Brad Pitt
• William Collins, a character in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
• William "Will" Darnell, a character in Christine
• William "Bill" Denbrough, main protagonist in Stephen King's novel It
• William Ellis, a survivor in the video game Identity V
• Will Graham, in Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon , the film adaptations Manhunter (1986) and Red Dragon (2002), and the television series Hannibal (2013–2015)
• William "Billy" Hargrove, from Stranger Things
• William Herondale, one of the main characters in the young adult book series The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
• William Sherlock Scott Holmes, from the biography novel about the titular detective Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective by William S. Baring Gould
• William Kane, main character in High Noon
• William Kaplan from Marvel comics
• William "Billy" Loomis, main villain in Scream
• William "Will" McKenzie, from The Inbetweeners
• Billy Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• William Murdoch, a main protagonist in the Canadian television series Murdoch Mysteries
• William "Billy" Nolan, one of the main antagonists in Stephen King's Carrie and its adaptations
• William "Bill" Overbeck, one of the main playable protagonists in Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2
• William Riker, first officer on the Enterprise-D in the Star Trek franchise
• William "Bill" Sikes, one of the main antagonists in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
• William Solace, head healer and son of Apollo in Percy Jackson & the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus
• William Somerset, main character in Se7en, played by Morgan Freeman
• William Suarez, one of the main characters of Philippine television series Widows' Web , portrayed by Bernard Palanca
• William T. Spears, a reaper in the manga Black Butler by Yana Toboso
• William Thacker, main character in Notting Hill, played by Hugh Grant
• William Toughbutt, a character in Ninjago
• William Traynor, in Me Before You and its film adaptation
• William Anthonio Zeppeli, a major character in Phantom Blood , the first part of the Japanese manga series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
• William Maryblood a character in the anime Faraway Paladin

See also

• List of people named Liam

Name list

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