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William BriggsEnglish physician and oculist
William Briggsmathematician
William BriggsCanadian publisher (1836–1922)
William BrightEnglish author and historian (1824–1901)
William BrightAmerican linguist (1928–2006)
William Bright HouchensAmerican musician (1884-1949)
William Bright MorrisBritish painter (1844-1912)
William Brighty RandsEnglish children's writer (1823-1882)
William BrillRAAF officer
William Brimblecombe(1876-1917)
William BrindleAmerican athlete
William BrindleyCricket player (1896-1958)
William BrinkerhoffAmerican politician
William BrinkleyAmerican railway conductor and hero
William BrinkleyAmerican writer and journalist (1917-1993)
William Brinsleycricketer (1887-1959)
William Brinsley NicholsonClerk, local politician, builder, journalist, editor (1877-1957)
William Brinsmade Ramsay MasonPresident of the Somerset County Historical Society
William BrintonBritish doctor (1823–1867)
William BriscoeEnglish politician
William Briscoeassociation football player
William BrissonAmerican politician
William BristolUnited States federal judge
William BristoweEnglish former cricketer born 1963
William Britoroyal chaplain; Archdeacon of Ely
William BritonFrench Franciscan theologian (-1356)
William Brittaincricketer
William BrittainEnglish cricketer, early 19th century
William BrittainBritish Waffen-SS defector
William BrittelleAmerican composer
William Britton EdwardsEnglish schoolteacher (c. 1836-1903)
William Briwere13th-century Bishop of Exeter
William BroadAmerican science and technology writer
William BroadbentEnglish neurologist (1835-1907)
William BroadbentEnglish Unitarian minister
William Broadbent LuddingtonBritish missionary (1843-1888)
William BroadbridgeEnglish cricketer (1790-1860)
William BroadbridgeBritish cyclist
William BroaddusAmerican politician
William Broaddus PritchardAmerican physician (1862–1932)
William BroadfootOfficer in the Royal Engineers, British Army (1841-1922)
William BroadheadBritish trade unionist (1815–1879)
William Broadhurst BrierleyBritish mycologist, teacher, university teacher and botanical collector (1889-1963)
William BrocasIrish painter and cartoonist
William Brociusgunman, rustler, outlaw
William BrockTasmanian politician
William BrockMinister of Bloomsbury Chapel (1807–1875)
William BrockedonBritish artist (1787-1854)
William BrockenbroughAmerican politician
William BrockieBritish songwriter (1811–1890)
William BrocklehurstBritish politician (1818–1900)
William Brocklehurst BrocklehurstBritish politician (1851-1929)
William BrockmanEnglish Member of Parliament
William Brockman BankheadAmerican politician (1874-1940)
William BroderickIrish swimmer
William BroderickIrish politician (1877-1957)
William Broderick CloeteBritish businessman
William BroderipBritish lawyer and naturalist (1789-1859)
William BroderipBritish musician
William Brodiepolitician, died 1863
William BrodieBritish cabinet-maker and thief (1741-1788)
William BrodieCanadian dentist, naturalist and entomologist (1831-1909)
William BrodieScottish sculptor (1815–1881)
William BrodieGuyanese cricketer
William Brodie GurneyBritish philanthropist
William Brodleck HermsAmerican entomologist
William BrodribbAustralian pastoralist and politician (1809-1886)
William BrodrickBritish writer
William BrodrickFebruary 14, 1763 - April 29, 1819 (Hon)
William Brodrick, 7th Viscount MidletonIrish Visount (1798–1870)
William Brodrick, 8th Viscount MidletonBritish politician (1830–1907)
William BrodumBrodum, William (fl. 1767–1824), quack
William BroeCIA operations chief and inspector general
William BroeksmitAmerican private banker
William Brog17th century Scottish colonel
William BroganAustralian rugby league footballer and coach
William BrokeCanon law jurist, academic administrator
William Brokesbycourtier of King Henry IV
William Brometphysician and antiquarian
William BromfieldEnglish surgeon
William BromfieldBritish politician (1868-1950)
William BromleyBritish politician
William BromleyBritish painter (1818–1888)
William BromleyEnglish Member of Parliament (1656-1707)
William BromleyBritish engraver (1769-1842)
William BromleyEnglish politician (1663-1732)
William Bromley ChesterBritish Member of Parliament (1738-1780)
William Bromley-DavenportBritish landowner born 1935
William Bromley-DavenportBritish politician 1821-1884
William Bromley-DavenportBritish army officer and politician (1862-1949)
William BrommeGerman politician
William Bromwell MelishAmerican freemason leader (1852-1927)
William BronderAmerican actor (1930-2015)
William BronkAmerican poet (1918–1999)
William BronstonAmerican psychiatrist (born 1939)
William BronzoniItalian footballer (1927-1987)
William Brook-SmithNew Zealand cricketer (1885-1952)
William Brooke(1565-97) of Cobham Hall; later of Newington, Kent
William Brooke O'ShaughnessyIrish physician and polymath (1809–1889)
William Brooke Smithpainter and friend of Ezra Pound
William Brooke, 10th Baron CobhamEnglish noble and politician
William Brooke, 12th Baron CobhamEnglish politician
William BrookesMember of the Queensland Legislative Council
William BrookesAustralian goldminer, pastoralist and manufacturer
William BrookesNew South Wales politician
William BrookfieldUS businessman and politician from New York (1844–1903)
William BrooksEnglish footballer (1873-?)
William BrooksAustralian politician (1858-1937)
William BrooksBritish architect
William BrooksBritish writing master and accountant
William Brooks CloseBritish rower and businessman
William Brooks Drewbotanist (1908-1997)
William Brooks GreenleeAmerican scholar of Portuguese and Brazilian history (1872-1953)
William Brooks JohnsonEnglish physician and botanist (1763-1830)
William Brooks LucasMississippi politician
William Brooks of BlackburnBritish businessman
William Brooks, 2nd Baron CrawshawBritish peer
William Broomassociation football player (1895-1971)
William BroomeBritish-Indian civil servant and judge
William BroomeBritish painter (1838–1892)
William BroomeBritish writer
William BroomfieldAmerican politician
William Brorson
William BrossAmerican politician (1813–1890)
William Bross LloydAmerican attorney and political activist (1875–1946)
William BroughBritish writer (1826-1870)
William BroughEnglish priest
William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and VauxBritish barrister and Whig politician (1795–1886)
William BroughtonAustralian bishop
William Broughton(1768-1821) public servant and settler
William Broughton CarrBritish beekeeper (1837–1909)
William Broughton DaviesSierra Leonean doctor
William Broughton-Alcockcontributor to the 1926 Encyclopædia Britannica
William BrounckerEnglish politician
William Brounckerpolitician; 1540s-1596)
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount BrounckerEnglish mathematician (c.1620-1684)
William BrowderAmerican mathematician (1934–2025)
William BrowellRoyal Navy officer
William Browell CharltonBritish trade union leader
William BrownRoyal Navy officer (1764-1814)
William BrownBritish Wikimedian and software engineer
William BrownTasmanian politician (1840-1926)
William BrownEnglish cricketer who played for Northamptonshire (1900-1986)
William BrownScottish mycologist and plant pathologist (1888-1975)
William BrownEnglish professional footballer born 1928
William BrownTasmanian cricketer, born 1807
William BrownEnglish footballer, born 1907
William BrownEnglish football player (fl. 1889-1895)
William BrownManitoba politician
William BrownBritish Army officer (1922-1984)
William BrownBritish Columbia politician, born 1838
William BrownBritish trade unionist and politician (1894-1960)
William BrownScottish amateur football inside forward born 1889
William BrownEnglish veterinarian and activist (1861–1931)
William Brownhorticulturist
William BrownIrish Presbyterian minister at Tobermore
William Brown
William BrownMCC cricketer
William BrownBritish academic, author and filmmaker
William BrownScottish professional golfer
William BrownBritish psychologist and psychiatrist (1881–1952)
William BrownU.S. Representative from Kentucky (1779-1833)
William BrownNew Zealand politician
William BrownIllinois politician, born 1819
William BrownEnglish cricketer, born 1876
William BrownAmerican educator, editor, and state superintendent of education (1832–1883)
William Brownbridge designer, born 1928
William BrownPerson; male; Draughtsman, engraver in wood, engraver of reproductions, illustrator. Born in York. M
William BrownScottish clergyman, born 1766
William Brownsailor in the Royal Navy
William BrownBritish curler
William BrownNorthern Ireland politician (1930-2025)
William BrownEnglish association football player born 1865
William Brown(died 1793)
William BrownEnglish amateur footballer and minor counties cricketer (1874–1940)
William BrownCanadian curler
William BrownAmerican baseball player, born 1866 (1866–1897)
William BrownScottish Roman Catholic bishop, born 1862
William Brown18th-century American composer, flutist, and music publisher
William Brownassociation football player
William Brown
William BrownUS tennis player
William BrownScottish footballer (born 1885)
William Brownjournalist, born 1737
William BrownArchdeacon of Northampton
William Brownadmiral in the Argentine Navy
William Brownsoldier, born 1759
William Brownassociation football player (1885-)
William BrownIrish Esperanto teacher
William BrownScottish footballer
William BrownScottish footballer (born 1876)
William BrownAfrican-American operatic tenor
William Brownmining engineer
William Brownminer and trade unionist
William BrownEnglish cricketer, born 1889
William Brownnewfoundland politician
William BrownEnglish cricketer who played for Leicestershire (1888-1964)
William Browncricketer
William BrownAmerican physician (1748-1792)
William BrownAustralian politician
William BrownEnglish headmaster
William BrownAustralian rugby league footballer
William BrownEnglish cricketer (1866-?)
William Brown AndersonAmerican politician
William Brown CooperAmerican painter (1811-1900)
William Brown EwingAmerican physician (1859-1920)
William Brown HodgsonAmerican diplomat
William Brown MacdougallBritish painter and book illustrator (1868-1936)
William Brown MeloneyAmerican journalist (1878-1925)
William Brown MeloneyAmerican writer and theatrical producer (1902–1971)
William Brown PlunkettMillionaire of Adams, MA (1850-1917)
William BrownbillAustralian politician (1864–1938)
William BrowneLord Mayor of London died 1514
William Browne
William BrowneNew South Wales politician
William BrowneAustralian politician (1815–1894)
William BrowneEnglish poet (1590–1645)
William BrowneEnglish politician; (-1659)
William BrowneIrish politician
William BrowneEnglish physician; (1692-1774)
William BrowneChurch of England clergyman (1800-1877)
William BrowneBritish politician (1791–1876)
William BrowneAustralian cricketer (1898-1980)
William BrowneEnglish Lord Mayor of Calais
William BrowneLoyalist colonial American judge, governor of Bermuda
William Browne SargentCanadian politician
William BrownellAustralian politician
William BrownfieldHomosexual diplomatic
William Brownie GardenScottish Inventor
William BrowningPianist Vocal Coach (1924–1997)
William Browningmusical artist (1931-1977)
William Browningphysician
William BrowningEnglish cricketer (1765-?)
William BrowningScottish association football player (fl. 1933-1941)
William Browning Smith
William Browning SpencerAmerican writer
William BrownlowAnglo-Irish politician; (1726-1794)
William Brownlowpolitician; (1755-1815)
William Brownlow(1683 – 1739)
William BrownlowNorthern Irish politician (1921-1998)
William Brownlow FordeBritish politician (1823-1902)
William Brownlow, 3rd Baron LurganAnglo-Irish peer, landowner, hotelier, and sportsman
William BrownriggBritish scientist
William Brownsword ChorleyEnglish writer and translator
William Broyles, Jr.American screenwriter (born 1944)
William BruceSwedenborgian minister in Edinburgh
William BruceIrish Presbyterian minister
William BruceScottish cleric, diplomat and academic in Poland
William BruceAmerican painter (1861–1911)
William BruceAustralian cricketer (1864-1925)
William BruceAmerican sport shooter
William BruceScottish architect (1630-1710)
William BruceCanadian politician
William Brucediplomat
William BruceScottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (1890-1914)
William BruceIrish non-subscribing Presbyterian minister (1790-1868)
William Bruce AlmonCanadian doctor and politician (1787-1840)
William Bruce DickeyAmerican politician
William Bruce Ellis RankenScottish painter (1881-1941)
William Bruce EllisonCanadian politician
William Bruce GingellBritish architect
William Bruce HarveyCanadian politician
William Bruce KnightWelsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator (1785-1845)
William Bruce MumfordAmerican executed for treason
William Bruce of SymbisterScottish landowner, died 1624
William Bruce PitzerUnited States Naval officer (1917-1966)
William Bruce RobertsonBritish clergyman (1820–1886)
William Bruce SutherlandScottish physical trainer and jujutsuka
William Bruce WoodCanadian politician (1848-1928)
William Bruce, 8th Earl of KincardineScottish nobleman
William Bruce-LyleGhanaian jurist and judge
William BruckAmerican politician from Michigan
William BrugesEnglish officer of arms
William BrugesEnglish politician
William Bruhn-MöllerSwedish rower (1887-1964)
William BruiFrench painter (born 1946)
William Brunsdon YappEnglish zoologist (1909–1990)
William BruntCanadian politician (1902–1962)
William BruntonBritish engineer
William BruntonCanadian actor
William Bruntonbotanist (1775-1806)
William BrunyateEnglish civil servant
William BruynincxBelgian politician (1921-1989)
William Bruère OtterArchdeacon of Lewes (1805–1876)
William BryanAmerican politician
William Bryan(1856-1933)
William Bryan RobertsonAmerican aviator (1893–1943)
William Bryan SaulpaughAmerican racing driver
William Bryantfootballer (1874-1918)
William BryantAmerican actor (1924-2001)
William BryantCornish fisherman and convict
William BryantAmerican physician
William BryantEnglish footballer born 1899
William Bryant JohnstonAmerican surgeon
William Bryant MumfordBritish educator
William BryarsNew Zealand cricketer
William BryceCanadian politician (1888–1963)
William Bryce Kendrickbotanist
William Bryce MundieCanadian-American architect (1863–1939)
William BrydenUnited States Army major general
William BrydgesCanadian acquitted of murder
William BrydgesBritish musician
William Brydges, 4th Baron ChandosEnglish politician and Baron
William Brydges, 7th Baron Chandos of SudeleyPeerage person ID=214955
William Brydonassistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army (1811-1873)
William Brydone JackCanadian Academic (1817–1886)
William Brygeman
William BrykAmerican lawyer
William Brymerarchdeacon of Bath from 1840 to 1852
William Brymer
William BrymnerCanadian artist (1855-1925)
William Brynolfssonjournalist, reporter
William Brysonelectrical engineer (1855-1906)
William BrysonIrish non-subscribing Presbyterian minister
William Brysonsurveyor and engineer
William Bryson Smith
William Buabeng Asamoahfrom Takoradi polytechnic, Accra
William BubwithEnglish politician
William BuchanScottish physician (1729-1805)
William Buchan, 3rd Baron TweedsmuirBritish writer and Baron (1916-2008)
William BuchananAustralian pastoralist and gold prospector (1824–1911)
William BuchananCanadian politician from Manitoba (1865-1944)
William Buchananmechanical engineer and locomotive designer
William Buchananassociation football player (1911-1985)
William BuchananBritish art historian and dealer (1777-1864)
William BuchananNew Zealand businessman
William BuchananCanadian politician from Nova Scotia
William Buchanan WherryBritish microbiologist
William BuckAmerican baseball umpire
William BuckAmerican translator of Sanskrit
William Buck Bagbymissionary
William BuckelsDutch fisherman and inventor of herring cleaning on board of ships
William Buckenham16th-century priest and academic
William BuckinghamEnglish-born Canadian newspaper editor, publisher, and biographer
William BuckinghamRecipient of the Victoria Cross (1886-1916)
William Buckinghamcricketer (1798-?)
William BuckinghamAustralian politician (1890–1964)
William Buckingham CurtisFather of American amateur athletics (1837-1900)
William BucklandColonial American architect
William BucklandEnglish clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)
William BucklandNew Zealand land owner, auctioneer and politician
William BucklerEnglish entomologist (1814–1884)
William BuckleyIrish hurler
William BuckleyEnglish convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped
William BuckleyEnglish mathematician
William BuckleyAmerican silent film actor
William Buckley PeckAmerican surgeon
William BuckmasterEnglish cleric and academic
William Bucknall(1633-76) of London and Oxhey, Herts
William BucknellAmerican businessman
William Buckner17th-century English priest and Archdeacon of Sarum
William Buckneranglo-Irish politician
William Buckton AndrewsAnglican clergyman
William BuddEnglish physician and epidemiologist (1811–1880)
William BuddicomEnglish railway engineer
William BudgeAmerican politician (1828-1919)
William BudworthEnglish priest
William BudzinskiGerman costume designer (1875-1950)
William Buel StevensAmerican minister (1862-1943)
William BuellCanadian politician
William Buell Richards1st Chief Justice of Canada (1815-1889)
William Buell SpragueAmerican historian and theologian (1795–1876)
William Buell, Jr.Canadian politician
William Buelow GouldBritish artist and painter in Van Dieman's Land
William BuffeyCanadian snowboarder
William Buffeymilitary personnel
William Buffington Jr.American politician
William BufordAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
William BuickNorwegian, Danish, and British jockey
William Buidhe Ó CellaighIrish king
William BuikAustralian politician
William BulfinIrish journalist and editor
William BulkeleyEnglish Member of Parliament (died 1549)
William BulkeleyWelsh landowner and diarist; (1691-1760)
William BulkeleyWelsh politician (1500–1576)
William BulkeleyAnglican priest
William BulkeleyLiverpool merchant
William Bulkeleymilitary personnel
William Bulkeley HughesBritish politician (1797-1882)
William BullAustralian settler
William BullAmerican politician, 1683-1755
William BullBritish plant hunter, nursery owner and botanist (1828–1902)
William BullBritish diver
William BullBritish minister
William BullAmerican politician Lieutenant Governor of the State of South Carolina 1824-6
William Bull IIAmerican politician, 1710-1791
William Bullardearly resident in Dedham, Massachusetts
William BulleinBritish doctor
William Bullein JohnsonFirst president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1782-1862)
William Bullenpioneer settler of Kenosha, Wisconsin
William BullenBritish cricketer
William Bullen MorrisIrish catholic priest
William BullerEnglish clergyman
William BullerBritish cricketer (1812-1875)
William BullerBritish racing driver
William Buller FaggBritish anthropologist (1914-1992)
William BullerwellEnglish geologist
William Bullitt HowardAmerican slave owner and land owner
William BullmoreCanadian politician (1912-1972)
William BullochScottish bacteriologist and pathologist
William BullockBullock, William (d. 1342/3), administrator, chamberlain of Scotland
William BullockNaturalist and collector from England (1773-1849)
William Bullocknaval officer, Church of England clergyman, and hymn-writer; born 1797; died 1874
William BullockEnglish cricketer, journalist and military historian. (1837-1904)
William BullockAmerican inventor (1813–1867)
William BullockEnglish actor
William Bullock ClarkAmerican geologist (1860–1917)
William Bullock IvesCanadian politician (1841–1899)
William Bullokar16th-century printer
William BulmerEnglish printer
William BulmerEnglish businessman (1920–2012)
William Bulmer(by 1465-1531) of Wilton, Yorks
William BulmerEnglish rugby league footballer
William BumgarnerMedal of Honor recipient
William BunceEnglish footballer (1877-?)
William Buncecricketer (1911-1981)
William BundeyMayor of Adelaide (1826-1889)
William BundeyAustralian politician and judge (1838-1909)
William BundyAmerican Presidential advisor (1917–2000)
William BungeAmerican geographer (1928–2013)
William BuntingEnglish rugby union footballer
William BuntingBritish environmentalist
William Bunting SnowballCanadian politician (1865-1925)
William BurburyAustralian politician
William BurcesterEnglish politician
William BurchellBritish painter
William BurchettEnglish priest
William BurckDutch botanist (1848-1910)
William Burckhardt BarkerBritish orientalist
William BurdenAmerican opera singer
William BurdetEnglish Parliamentary representative for Leicestershire
William Burdett-Couttstheatre director and promoter
William Burdett-CouttsBritish politician (1851-1921)
William BurdonEnglish politician, died 1870
William BurdonEnglish writer
William BurfordAustralian politician and manufacturer (1807-1895)
William BurgatCatholic archbishop
William Burgate(d.1409) of Burgate, Suff
William BurgeBritish politician (1786–1849)
William BurgesAustralian politician
William BurgesEnglish architect (1827–1881)
William BurgessAustralian politician
William BurgessEnglish cricketer (1888-1970)
William BurgessCanadian yacht racer
William BurgessEnglish painter (1749-1812)
William BurgessEnglish rugby league footballer (born 1897)
William BurgessEnglish rugby union and rugby league footballer (born 1939)
William BurgessEnglish engraver
William Burgessartist 1805-1861
William Burgess PryerFounder of Sandakan
William Burgh, 2nd Baron BurghM; born 1522; died 1584 September 10
William BurgisAmerican printmaker, active 1716-1731
William Burgitpolitician (1818-1892)
William BurgoyneEnglish cricketer (born 1942)
William BurgoyneEnglish priest and academic at the University of Cambridge, died 1523
William Burgoyne TavernerNew Zealand politician (1879–1958)
William Burkepirate
William BurkeAmerican actor (1903-1958)
William BurkeBritish murderer (1792–1829)
William Burkemissionary (1864–1947)
William Burke(1841-1919) husband of Margaret Kane
William BurkeIrish prior and academic
William BurkeEnglish pamphleteer, official, and politician
William BurkeAmerican professional baseball pitcher and outfielder
William Burke Belknapentrepreneur
William Burke CritchfieldAmerican botanist and geneticist (1923–1989)
William Burke Kirwanpainter
William Burke Millernewspaper and radio reporter
William Burke, 7th Earl of ClanricardeIrish peer (died 1687)
William Burke, Lord of BealaturyIrish noble and soldier (c.1580s-1616)
William Burke-WhiteAmerican law professor and policy advisor
William BurkhardSwiss writer and politician (1896-1992)
William BurkillEnglish sports cyclist
William BurkittEnglish priest
William BurkittIndian judge
William BurleighAmerican politician (1785-1827)
William BurlestoneEnglish politician
William BurleyAnglican priest in Ireland
William Burleyassociation football player (1899-1976)
William BurleyEnglish politician
William Burley Lockwoodlinguist, Professor of Germanic and Indo-European Philology at the University of Reading (1968-1982)
William BurmanEnglish soldier (1897–1974); recipient of the Victoria Cross
William BurnScottish architect (1789-1870)
William BurnabyEnglish playwright and translator
William BurnellDean of Wells
William BurnesFather of Robert Burns
William BurnetBritish governor of New York and New Jersey
William BurnetAmerican physician, politician
William Burnet KinneyAmerican diplomat (1799–1880)
William Burnet WrightAmerican clergyman
William BurnettBritish physician (1779–1861)
William BurnettAmerican college president and minister (* 1808)
William Burney Bannerman(1858-1924)
William Burnham StevensAmerican jurist (1843–1931)
William Burnham WoodsAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Army general (1824–1887)
William Burnlee CurryEnglish teacher
William BurnleyAustralian politician
William BurnleyBritish slave owner and colonial politician
William Burnsvictim of lynching in Cumberland, Maryland, 1907
William BurnsEnglish cricketer (1883-1916)