William Williams - Authors and Artists

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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