William Beaumont, n.
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
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William Benjamin Hogan, n.
United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)
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William Blake, n.
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
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William Bligh, n.
British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
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William Bradford, n.
United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)
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William Bradford Shockley, n.
United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
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William Burroughs, n.
United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
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William Butler Yeats, n.
Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
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William Butterfield, n.
English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900)
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William Byrd, n.
English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
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William Carlos Williams, n.
United States poet (1883-1963)
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William Caxton, n.
English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
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William Chambers, n.
English architect (1723-1796)
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William Christopher Handy, n.
United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
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William Claire Menninger, n.
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966)
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William Clark, n.
United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838)
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William Clark Gable, n.
United States film actor (1901-1960)
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William Claude Dukenfield, n.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
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William Congreve, n.
English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729)
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William Cowper, n.
English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800)
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English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709)
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William Crawford Gorgas, n.
United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)
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William Crookes, n.
English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
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William Curtis, n.
English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
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William Cuthbert Faulkner, n.
United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
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William Dawes, n.
American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
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William Dean Howells, n.
United States writer and editor (1837-1920)
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William Dudley Haywood, n.
United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928)
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, n.
United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)
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William Ewart Gladstone, n.
liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)
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William F. Cody, n.
United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
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