William Williams may refer to:
Authors and artists
- William Williams (artist) (1727–1791), artist, author of first American novel, Penrose
- William Joseph Williams (1759–1823), his son, artist; painted George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- William Williams (Crwys) (bardic name Crwys, 1875–1968), Welsh language poet
- William Appleman Williams (1921–1990), American historian
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), American poet
- Sir William Emrys Williams (1896–1977), British educationalist and editor-in-chief of Penguin Books, 1936–1965
- William Williams (surgeon) (1856–1919), Surgeon General
- William T. Williams (born 1942), New York painter
Military figures
Politicians
- Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Gray's Inn (1634–1700), Welsh lawyer & politician, speaker of the House of Commons
- Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Gray's Inn (c. 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 (c. 1730–1761), MP for New Shoreham, 1758–1751
- William Williams (Continental Congress) (1731–1811), U.S. Continental Congressman; signer of the Declaration of Independence for Connecticut.
- William Williams (Radical politician) (1788–1865), Welsh businessman based in London, Radical MP 1835–1847 and 1850–1865
- William Williams (New York) (1815–1876), US Representative from New York
- William Williams (Indiana) (1821–1896), US Representative from Indiana
- William B. Williams (politician) (1826–1905), US Representative from Michigan
- William E. Williams (1857–1921), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- W. Llewelyn Williams (1867–1922), Welsh journalist, lawyer and Liberal Party politician
- William R. Williams (1884–1972), US Representative from New York
- William Richard Williams (1895–1963), British civil servant and politician
- William Hume-Williams (1863–1947), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
- Sir William Thomas Williams (UK politician) (1915–1986), British Member of Parliament for Warrington
- William Williams (Swansea MP) (1840–1904), British Member of Parliament for Swansea District 1893–1895
- Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet (c. 1668–1696), Welsh politician
- William Williams (Tasmanian politician) (1851–1924), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
- William M. "Buckskin" Williams, member of the First to Fourth and Sixth Texas Legislatures
- William R. Williams (California politician), California State Treasurer, 1907–1911
- William Addams Williams, British Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
Religious figures
Sportsmen
- William Henry Williams (rugby player) (1873–1936), rugby union footballer of the 1900s for Wales, Pontymister RFC, and London Welsh RFC.
- William Williams (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s for Wales, and Halifax.
- William Williams (rugby player) (1866–1945), rugby union footballer of the 1880s and 1890s for Wales, Cardiff RFC, and London Welsh RFC.
- Billy Williams (rugby) (1905–1973), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s for Wales (RU), Cross Keys RFC, Crumlin RFC, Great Britain (RL), Wales, and Salford.
- William Williams (rugby) (1925–2007), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1940s for Wales XV (RU), Monmouthshire, Newport, and Swinton (RL).
- Billy Williams (rugby player), (born 1929) rugby union footballer of the 1950s for Wales, and Swansea RFC.
- William Williams (footballer born 1856), Welsh international footballer of the 1870s and 1880s
- John Williams (footballer born 1960), English soccer player (born William John Williams)
- William M. Williams, Clemson college football program from 1897
- William David Williams, Blackpool and Everton footballer of the 1920s
Others
- Billy Dee Williams (born 1937), American actor
- William Mattieu Williams (1820–1892), English writer on science
- William Williams (doctor) (1855/6–1911), Welsh doctor and writer on sanitation issues
- William Williams (murderer) (1877–1906), last person executed by Minnesota
- William Williams (veterinarian) (1832–1900), Welsh veterinary surgeon
- William Henry Williams (1852–1941), English-born Australian Headmaster and professor
- William B. Williams (DJ) (1923–1986), disk jockey on New York City radio station WNEW
- William Williams (baseball) (1916–2009), co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team
- William S. Williams (1787–1849), mountain man and frontiersman
- William W. Williams, author of the Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
- William Morgan Williams, presenter of a 1969 Frazer Lecture
- William Muir Williams, judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri in 1898
- William M. Williams, IS Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1920–1921
- William Williams (1862-1947), Commissioner of Immigration, 1902-1913, Ellis Island
Characters
- "Clean Willy" Williams, fictional character in Michael Crichton's novel The Great Train Robbery
- William B. Williams, played by John Candy, the babbling, chuckling sycophant sidekick to Sammy Maudlin on SCTV
- Williams Williams, in The Simpsons episode "Bart the Murderer", is the real name of the character Fat Tony
- "William W. Williams", the full name of "Big Billy" from the "Gangreen Gang" in The Powerpuff Girls
See also
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