Champeaux, William of

• William (name), a masculine given name

Royalty

British

• William I of England (1027-1087), a.k.a. William the Conqueror, William the Bastard
• William II of England (1056-1100), a.k.a. William Rufus
• William I of Scotland (c. 1142-1214), a.k.a. William the Lion
• William, Count of Poitiers (1153-1156), first son of Henry II of England
• William III of England (1650-1702), also William II of Scotland, a.k.a. William of Orange
• William IV of the United Kingdom (1765-1837)
• Prince William of Wales (b. 1982), son of Charles, Prince of Wales

French

• William of Gellone (c.755-814), Count of Toulouse, canonized a saint
• William I, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), a.k.a. William the Silent
• William II, Prince of Orange (1626-1650)
• William IV, Prince of Orange (1711-1751)
• William V, Prince of Orange (1748-1806)

Germany and The Netherlands

• William I, Count of Holland (1167-1222)
• William II of Holland (1228-1256), also King of Germany
• William I, Count of Hainaut (1286-1337)
• William II, Count of Hainaut (1307-1345)
• William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330-1389)
• William II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (d. 1417)
• Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516-1592)
• William I of the Netherlands (1772-1843)
• William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849)
• Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1797-1888), a.k.a. Wilhelm the Great
• William III of the Netherlands (1817-1890)
• Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859-1941), last German emperor and King of Prussia

Sicily

• William I of Sicily (1131-1166), a.k.a. William the Bad or William the Wicked
• William II of Sicily (1155-1189), a.k.a. William the Good
• William III of Sicily (1190-1198)

Cameroon

• William I of Bimbia, 19th century king of the Isubu people
• William II of Bimbia (d. 1882), king of the Isubu people

Other royalty

• William II of Villehardouin (d. 1278), Prince of Achaea
• William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852-1912)
• William, Prince of Albania (1876-1945)

Other historical people

British

• William de Corbeil (c.1070-1136), Archbishop of Canterbury
• William of Malmesbury (c.1080-c.1143), English historian and monk
• William of Tyre (c.1130-1185), Archbishop of Tyre, chronicler of the Crusades
• William of Norwich (c.1132-1144), saint and martyr
• William of York (d.1154), Archbishop of York and saint
• William of Ramsey, 13th century monk and hagiographer
• William of Ockham (c.1288-c.1348), English friar and philosopher, originator of Occam's Razor
• William of Wykeham (1320-1404), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
• William Waynflete (c.1398-1486), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Magdalen College, Oxford

French

• William of Poitiers (c.1020-1090), Norman chronicler, chaplain to William the Conqueror
• William de St-Calais (d. 1096), a.k.a. William of St. Carilef, Norman abbot, Bishop of Durham
• William of Champeaux (1070-1121), French philosopher and theologian
• William of Conches (c.1090-c.1154), French scholastic philosopher, tutor of Henry II of England
• William of Donjeon (c.1155-1209), a.k.a. St. William of Bourges and St. William the Confessor, French archbishop
• William the Clerk 13th century Scoto-Norman poet, writer of the Old French Roman de Fergus
• William the Clerk of Normandy, 13th century Norman cleric and Old French poet
• William of Auxerre (d. 1231), French theologian

Others

• William, Archbishop of Mainz (929-968), German bishop, son of Emperor Otto the Great
• William of St-Thierry (c.1085-1148), theologian and mystic, abbot of St. Thierry
• William of Moerbeke (1215-1286), Flemish bishop, translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts

Other contemporary people

• will.i.am, American musician, member of the Black Eyed Peas

Fictional characters

• William Brown (fictional boy), main character of the Just William novel series
• Baby William, son of Dana Scully in the American television and movie series, The X-Files

See also