Politicians, Noblemen and Military Leaders
- William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146–1219), Anglo Norman nobleman and crusader
- William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1190–1231), English nobleman, son of the above
- William Marshall (1796–1872), British politician
- William Marshall (Australian politician)
- William Marshall (British Army officer) (1865–1939), British military commander
- William Louis Marshall (1846–1920), scion of the family of Chief Justice John Marshall
- William Rainey Marshall (1825–1896), American politician; Republican governor of Minnesota, 1866–1870
- William Thomas Marshall (1854–1920), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Bill Marshall (lawyer), former Solicitor General of Ohio
- Billy Marshall (1672–1792), King of the Gypsies
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