William may refer to: [edit] Royalty [edit] British - William I of England (1027-1087), aka William the Conqueror, William the Bastard
- William II of England (1056-1100), aka William Rufus
- William I of Scotland (c. 1142-1214), aka William the Lion
- William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153-1156), first son of Henry II of England
- William III of England (1650-1702), also William II of Scotland, aka William of Orange
- William IV of the United Kingdom (1765-1837)
- Prince William of Wales (b. 1982), son of Charles, Prince of Wales
[edit] French [edit] The Netherlands [edit] Sicily [edit] Cameroon [edit] Other royalty [edit] Other historical people [edit] British - William de Corbeil (c.1070-1136), Archbishop of Canterbury
- William of Malmesbury (c.1080-c.1143), English historian and monk
- William of Tyre (c.1130-1185), Archbishop of Tyre, chronicler of the Crusades
- William of Norwich (c.1132-1144), saint and martyr
- William of York (d.1154), Archbishop of York and saint
- William of Ramsey, 13th century monk and hagiographer
- William of Ockham (c.1288-c.1348), English friar and philosopher, originator of Occam's Razor
- William of Wykeham (1320-1404), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
[edit] French - William I, Duke of Normandy (r. 927–942), second Duke of Normandy
- William of Poitiers (c.1020-1090), Norman chronicler, chaplain to William the Conqueror
- William de St-Calais (d. 1096), a.k.a. William of St. Carilef, Norman abbot, Bishop of Durham
- William of Champeaux (1070-1121), French philosopher and theologian
- William of Conches (c.1090-c.1154), French scholastic philosopher, tutor of Henry II of England
- William of Donjeon (c.1155-1209), a.k.a. St. William of Bourges and St. William the Confessor, French archbishop
- William the Clerk 13th century Scoto-Norman poet, writer of the Old French Roman de Fergus
- William the Clerk of Normandy, 13th century Norman cleric and Old French poet
- William of Auxerre (d. 1231), French theologian
[edit] Others [edit] Other contemporary people [edit] Fictional characters - William Brown (fictional boy), main character of the Just William novel series
- Baby William, son of Dana Scully in the American television and movie series, The X-Files
- William Zilla (Often shortened to Willy), the main protagonist in the cartoon My Dad The Rock Star
- William Dunbar, secondary character in Code Lyoko
- William "Stuttering Bill" Denbrough, fictional character in Stephen King's It, leader of the Looser's Club.
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