William Williams

William Williams may be:

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• Sir William Williams (1634-1700), Welsh lawyer & politician
• William Williams Pantycelyn (1717-1791), religious leader & musician
• William Williams (signer) (1731-1811), U.S. Continental Congresssman, signer of the Declaration of Independence for Connecticut.
• William Williams of Wern (1781-1840) was an Independent minister, the promoter of the "General Union" movement of 1834. He was one of three "giants of the Welsh pulpit", along with John Elias and Christmas Evans.
• William Williams (1788-1865) was a Welsh businessman based in London. As Radical MP for Coventry (1835-1847) and Lambeth (1850-1865), he was critical of the state of Welsh education and instigated the Commission which made its controversial report in 1847 (the Treason of the Blue Books). His own bequest was used to promote university education in Wales.
• Sir William Fenwick Williams (1800-1883) was a Canadian-born British military leader.
• William Williams (1808-1872), known as "Red Stag" (in Welsh, "Carw Coch") was proprietor of the Stag Inn at Trecynon, from which he derived his nickname. He was a local politician, one of the society of "Free Enquirers" at Aberdare, subsequently known as the "Cymreigyddion of Carw Coch".
• William Williams (1832-1900) was a Welsh veterinary surgeon, founder of the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh (1871) and author of several standard works on veterinary science.
• William Williams (bardic name, "Crwys") (1875-1968) was a Welsh language poet, three times winner of the Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and later Archdruid (1939-1947). His best-known works include "Ednyfed Fychan" (1910) and "Dysgub y Dail".
• William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963) was an American poet.
• William Williams (fur trader) (d. 1837) was a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in western Canada

Victoria Cross recipients:

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• William Williams (VC)
• William Charles Williams

See Also

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• William Appleman Williams (1921 - 1990) was a prominent American historian.
• William Edward Williams (1943 - ) is an American Naval aviator.