Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

58072 persons found

William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot

British politician (1710–1782)

William Talman (actor)

American actor (1915–1968)

William Tate (painter)

English painter (1747–1806)

William Tebeau

American engineer and educator

William Temple (bishop)

English archbishop (1881–1944)

William the Conqueror

King of England from 1066 to 1087

William the Silent

b. 1533

Dutch revolt leader (1533–1584)

William Thomas Walsh

b. 1891

American Catholic historian and author (1891–1949)

William Thompson (archer)

American archer (1848–1918)

William Thompson (boxer)

Boxer from Nottingham, England

William Thomson Sloper

William Thornton

b. 1759

American inventor and architect (1759–1828)

William Thurston

American mathematician (1946–2012)

William Tierney Clark

b. 1783

English civil engineer (1783–1852)

William Tilbury Fox

English dermatologist

William Tite

English architect (1798–1873)

William Tolbert

b. 1913

President of Liberia from 1971 to 1980

William Trevor

b. 1928

Irish writer (1928-2016)

William Turner (naturalist)

English Protestant reformer, physician and natural historian (c. 1509–1568)

William Turner Dannat

b. 1853

American artist (1853–1929)

William Tyndale

English biblical scholar, translator, and reformer (1494–1536)

William Ungar

Polish-American author and philanthropist (1913–2013)

William V of Bavaria

b. 1548

Duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597

William V of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel