# Who is on your Mount Rushmore of Williams? - nominees for poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620 "2015-05-22T23:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/1 "2015-05-22T23:05:48Z")
Who are your top four Williams? Use whatever criteria you like to define your four. All forms of the name are acceptable (Bill, Billy, Will, Willy, Liam, etc.). Real people, living or dead, only. Please limit your nominees to four or less. I’ll put up a poll in a few days, then we’ll get this settled once and for all. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/2 "2015-05-22T23:39:41Z")
Reading the title I expecting you to be asking which characters played by Robin Williams would I nominate… That said, the only one coming to mind is Robin Williams. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/3 "2015-05-22T23:42:27Z")
Williams Pinball Company, Williams Formula One Team. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/4 "2015-05-22T23:54:52Z")
William Faulkner William Shakespeare Billy Joel Bill Clinton That was harder than I thought. The first two were easy for me. The others were tough. I like Billy Joel and Bill Clinton well enough, but maybe not so much as to carve them into a mountain. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/5 "2015-05-23T00:19:27Z")
William Faulkner William Blake Willie Mays Willie Dixon ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/6 "2015-05-23T00:32:07Z")
Well, instead of echo some others let me add some alternatives: William Shatner Prince William William Wallace That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/7 "2015-05-23T00:38:48Z")
William Shatner William Shakespeare Willie Mays Billy Dee Williams ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/8 "2015-05-23T00:44:51Z")
William of Ockham William Howard Taft William Rehnquist William of Orange Billy Idol Billy Martin Bill DeBlasio Billy Jo McAlester (not a real person) Not suggesting these are all serious contenders, just some alternative noteworthy Bills/Wills. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/9 "2015-05-23T00:46:19Z")
Bill Murray ETA: There, I complete my four nominees. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/10 "2015-05-23T00:55:25Z")
William the Conqueror Bill Gates William Shatner Willie Mays ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/11 "2015-05-23T01:06:28Z")
I should have specified in the OP: First names only. No Robin, no Andy, no Venus, no Hank. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/12 "2015-05-23T01:06:30Z")
I went last name Williams David Marshall (Carbine) Williams Hank Williams Sr Wendy O Williams Ted Williams First name: William Harley William Ruger William S Burroughs ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/13 "2015-05-23T01:07:45Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I should have specified in the OP: > > First names only. No Robin, no Andy, no Venus, no Hank. > mmm Damn, you _are_ mean! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/14 "2015-05-23T01:16:51Z")
Bill Murray \*\*\* Bill Withers Billy The Kid Will Rogers \*\*\* William Carlos Williams William Boyd (Hopalong) William Bendix Bill Evans \*\*\* Bill Cullen Billy Bob Thornton \*\*\* The \*\*\* guys are the ones I’d pick if limited to four. Others as they came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/15 "2015-05-23T02:04:52Z")
William Tell ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/16 "2015-05-23T02:14:04Z")
Will Smith Will Ferrell ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/17 "2015-05-23T02:28:17Z")
William Stafford. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/18 "2015-05-23T02:33:35Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > William Tell Fiction. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/19 "2015-05-23T03:01:00Z")
I apologize in advance to all of the probable much more deserving Williams I’ve never heard of. Bill Murray William Shakespeare Bill Clinton William Shatner That’s the best I can do without research. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620/20 "2015-05-23T03:05:01Z")
Now let’s do a thread for people named Shaquille. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mount-rushmore-of-williams-nominees-for-poll/720620.md?page=2)