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William Harper is a Chicago photographer and composer. His photography is concerned with natural form and line and his music is theatrical, technology-based work sourced from liturgical and folk traditions. Harper first earned critical acclaim for his work defining a Chicago style of new music theater and opera as the creator and producer of many full-length original works for the American Ritual Theater Company (ARTCO). Concurrent with these projects, and subsequently, Harper’s opera, music theater, dance, orchestra, chorus, and electro-acoustic works have been commissioned and performed by companies including The Minnesota Opera Company, The New Music Theater Ensemble of Minneapolis, INTAR Hispanic American Cultural Center, The Goodman Theater, Hartford Stage and The Music Theatre Group. Harper’s recently completed Unquiet Myths, a suite of electro-acoustic pieces was commissioned by The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company for Spill Out!, which premiered in 2006 and is scheduled to begin a national tour this year. William Harper received a PhD in music composition from the Eastman School of Music, and has received support from many foundations including the National Institute for Music Theater, the Djerassi Foundation, the Yaddo Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois and New York State Arts Councils and The MacArthur Foundation.

William Henry Robinson was a New Zealand scientist and seismic engineer who invented the lead rubber bearing seismic isolation device. He grew up in West Auckland, New Zealand. He earned a master's degree at the Ardmore School of Engineering, then a PhD in physical metallurgy at the University of Illinois. Robinson was director of the DSIR's Physics and Engineering Laboratory between 1985 and 1991. He continued to invent and develop seismic isolation devices, travel and lecture until his early 70s.

William Marrion Branham fue un ministro cristiano estadounidense y sanador por la fe que inició el avivamiento de sanación posterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Dejó un impacto duradero en el teleevangelismo y el movimiento carismático moderno y es reconocido como el "principal arquitecto del pensamiento restauracionista" para los carismáticos por algunos historiadores cristianos y ha sido llamado el "individuo líder en la segunda ola del pentecostalismo "

William Harold Coltman, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the most decorated rank and file soldier of the First World War.

William Cooley (1783–1863) fue uno de los primeros americanos colonos, y un dirigente regional, en lo que se llama ahora Broward Condado en el estado de Florida. Su familia fue asesinada por Seminoles en 1836, durante el Segundo Guerra seminola. El ataque, sabido como la "Masacre de Río Nueva", abandono inmediato causado del área por blancos.

William Pitt, fue un político y estadista británico, primer ministro del Reino Unido en dos períodos por un total de dos décadas, además de la persona más joven en ocupar dicho cargo de premier británico. Además fue Ministro de Hacienda del Reino Unido en tres ocasiones y permaneció desde 1781 hasta 1800 como Miembro de la Cámara de los Comunes del Reino Unido.

William George Heirens fue un homicida estadounidense confeso de haber perpetrado tres homicidios en 1946. Fue más conocido como "El asesino del lápiz Labial". Heirens posiblemente ha sido la persona que más tiempo ha estado privada de su libertad, tras haber pasado 65 años en prisión.

Sir William Gascoigne was Chief Justice of England during the reign of King Henry IV.

William Jackson Harper, es un actor estadounidense. Encarnó a Chidi Anagonye en la comedia de NBC The Good Place.

William Hart Pitsenbarger was a United States Air Force Pararescueman who flew on almost 300 rescue missions during the Vietnam War to aid downed soldiers and pilots.