# William Williams

William Williams may refer to:

## Art and literature

* William Williams (artist) (1727–1791), artist and author of American novel Penrose
* William Williams (antiquary) (Gwilym Ddu o Arfon, 1739–1817), Welsh historian and poet
* William Williams (Carw Coch) (1808–1872, bardic name Carw Coch), Welsh literary figure
* William Williams (Creuddynfab) (1814–1869), Welsh poet and literary critic
* William Williams (Crwys) (1875–1968, bardic name Crwys), Welsh-language poet
* William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), American poet
* William T. Williams (born 1942), New York painter

## Military

* William Williams (printer and publisher) (1787–1850), printer, publisher and colonel during the War of 1812
* William Williams (soldier) (died 1814), soldier killed in defense of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812
* William Orton Williams (1839–1863), Confederate officer executed as a spy
* William Williams (Medal of Honor) (1840–1893), Medal of Honor recipient of the American Civil War
* William Haliday Williams (1845–1916), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* William Charles Williams (1880–1915), Victoria Cross recipient of the First World War
* William Williams (VC) (1890–1965), Victoria Cross recipient of the First World War
* William Fenwick Williams (1800–1883), Canadian-born British military leader
* William Williams (naval officer), American naval officer in the American Revolution

## Politics
### U.S.

* William Williams (Connecticut politician) (1731–1811), US Continental Congressman
* William M. Williams (Texas politician) (1809–1859), politician in the Texas House and Senate
* William Williams (New York politician) (1815–1876), US Representative from New York
* William Williams (Indiana politician) (1821–1896), US Representative from Indiana
* William B. Williams (Michigan politician) (1826–1905), US Representative from Michigan
* William M. Williams Jr. (1846–?), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* William E. Williams (1857–1921), U.S. Representative from Illinois
* William R. Williams (1884–1972), US Representative from the state of New York
* William Reid Williams (1866–1931), United States Assistant Secretary of War
* William Williams (surgeon) (1856–1919), Surgeon General
* William Williams (commissioner) (1862–1947), Commissioner of Immigration, Ellis Island
* William R. Williams (California politician), California State Treasurer, 1907–1911
* William B. Williams (Mississippi politician), served 1870-1871

### UK

* Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet (died 1696), Welsh politician
* Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn (1634–1700), Welsh lawyer and politician, speaker of the House of Commons
* Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn (1665–1740), Welsh politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Denbigh, 1708–1710
* William Peere Williams (1664–1736), MP for Bishop's Castle, 1722–1727
* Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Clapton (1730–1761), MP for New Shoreham, 1758–1751
* William Addams Williams (1787–1861), British Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
* William Williams (Radical politician) (1788–1865), Welsh businessman based in London, Radical MP 1835–1847 and 1850–1865
* William Williams (Swansea MP) (1840–1904), British Member of Parliament for Swansea District 1893–1895
* William Williams (Labour politician) (1895–1963), British civil servant and politician
* Thomas Williams (Warrington MP) (William Thomas Williams, 1915–1986), British Member of Parliament for Warrington
* William Williams (Weymouth MP) (1774–1839), British Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
* W. Llewelyn Williams (1867–1922), Welsh journalist, lawyer and Liberal Party politician

### Other countries

* William Williams (New South Wales politician) (1856–1947), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* William Williams (Tasmanian politician) (1851–1924), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council

## Religion

* William Williams (Archdeacon of Cashel) (fl. 17th century), Irish Anglican clergyman
* William Williams of Wern (1781–1840), Welsh Independent minister, promoter of the General Union movement of 1834
* William Williams (bishop) (1800–1878), bishop of Waiapu in New Zealand
* William Williams (Caledfryn) (1801–1869), Welsh Congregational minister, poet and literary critic
* Leonard Williams (bishop) (William Leonard Williams, 1829–1916), of Waiapu in New Zealand
* William Augustine Williams, African-American linguist, librarian, Catholic seminarian
* William Williams (priest) (1848–1930), Dean of St David's, 1919–1931
* William Williams (Methodist) (1848–1913), minister and naturalist in Victoria, Australia
* William A. Williams (creationist) (1854–1938), American Presbyterian clergyman
* William Williams (missionary) (1859–1892), Welsh missionary to East Khasi Hills, India
* William J. Williams (Methodist) (1884–1956) in Victoria, Australia
* William Richard Williams (theologian) (1896–1962), principal of the United Theological College Aberystwyth

## Sports
### Football and rugby

* William Williams (footballer, born 1856) (1856–?), Welsh international footballer in the 1870s and 1880s
* William Williams (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1926), English footballer
* William Williams (rugby union) (1866–1945), Welsh rugby union footballer in the 1880s and 1890s
* William Henry Williams (rugby union) (1873–1936), Welsh rugby union footballer who played in the 1900s for Wales, Pontymister RFC, and London Welsh RFC
* Billy Williams (rugby, born 1925) (1925–2007), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer in the 1940s
* William Williams (Halifax RLFC) (20th century), Welsh rugby league footballer in the 1900s and 1910s
* William M. Williams (American football) (1877–1932), head coach of the Clemson college football program in 1897
* J. William Williams (1880–1908), American football player and coach
* John Williams (footballer, born 1960) (William John Williams), English footballer

### Other sports

* William Williams (baseball) (1916–2009), co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team
* William Williams (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1885), English cricketer
* Will Williams (born 1992), New Zealand cricketer
* Will Williams (long jumper) (born 1995), American long jumper

## Other

* William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), Welsh composer of hymns
* William S. Williams (1787–1849), mountain man and frontiersman
* William S. Williams, travelled to South Australia on the Cygnet in the First Fleet of South Australia in 1836
* William Mattieu Williams (1820–1892), English writer on science
* William Williams (veterinary surgeon) (1832–1900), Welsh veterinary surgeon
* William Owen Williams (1860–1911), British veterinarian
* William Aubrey Williams (1834–1891), bardic name Gwilym Gwent), Welsh composer
* William Muir Williams, judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri in 1898
* William Henry Williams (1852–1941), English-born Australian headmaster and professor
* William Williams (doctor) (1855/6–1911), Welsh doctor and writer on sanitation issues
* William Williams (murderer) (1877–1906), last person executed by Minnesota
* William M. Williams, US Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1920–1921
* William Emrys Williams (1896–1977), British educationalist and editor-in-chief of Penguin Books
* William Williams (surveyor) (1901–1995), British academic at Cambridge
* W. T. Williams (William Thomas Williams, 1913–1995), English and Australian botanist and plant taxonomist
* William Appleman Williams (1921–1990), American historian
* William B. Williams (DJ) (1923–1986), disc jockey on New York City radio station WNEW
* William Williams (metallurgist) (1927–2011), Canadian metallurgical engineer
* William T. B. Williams, dean at the Tuskegee Institute
* William Williams (brewer), settler and brewer in the Province of South Australia
* William Morgan Williams, presenter of a 1969 Frazer Lecture
* William Williams, character in 2006 film American Dreamz
* W. Roger Williams (1854–1948), English pathologist, surgeon, cancer researcher and medical writer