Authors and Artists
- William Williams (artist) (1727–1791), artist, author of first American novel, ''Penrose''
- William Joseph Williams (1759–1823), his son, artist; painted George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- William Williams (Crwys) (bardic name Crwys, 1875–1968), Welsh language poet
- William Appleman Williams (1921–1990), American historian
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), American poet
- Sir William Emrys Williams (1896–1977), British educationalist and editor-in-chief of Penguin Books, 1936–1965
- William Williams (surgeon) (1856–1919), Surgeon General
- William T. Williams (born 1942), New York painter
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