# Who is on your Mt. Rushmore of Williams? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646 "2015-05-23T11:42:06Z")\ **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 23, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/1 "2015-05-23T11:42:06Z")
Please select only four names. Use your own criteria. After all, it’s your mount. mmm ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/2 "2015-05-23T11:46:49Z")
I’d have to know what you mean by ‘Williams.’ Williams College? Can’t say I’d have any idea who their four greatest figures are. Not sure what other ‘Williams’ you might have in mind. ETA: You might’ve either said ‘poll coming’ or included a link to the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/3 "2015-05-23T12:00:23Z")
You forgot Red Sox player Ted Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/4 "2015-05-23T12:03:05Z")
Shakespeare, Faulkner, Gates, and Clinton. Now _that’s_ a weird grouping of names. 😃 Clinton could be subbed for William of Orange, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/5 "2015-05-23T12:08:32Z")
Willie Mays’ first name is not William, it is Willie. ---
**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, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/6 "2015-05-23T12:20:23Z")
Sorry, should have linked to the original [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757548). > [@](#): > > 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. Also, first names only. mmm ---
**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, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/7 "2015-05-23T12:40:29Z")
Just popped by to note that this is thread number 757575. Which is a fun number. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/8 "2015-05-23T13:03:42Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Just popped by to note that this is thread number 757575. Which is a fun number. and your post was #7. 1. Fun \*and \*palindromic. (or whatever the word is for numbers). My post #7575758 is, unfortunately, rather unmemorable. ---
**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, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/9 "2015-05-23T13:10:09Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > and your post was #7. > > 1. Fun \*and \*palindromic. (or whatever the word is for numbers). > > My post #7575758 is, unfortunately, rather unmemorable. To report your post, however, you’d have to call it: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18385692#post18385692](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18385692#post18385692) Here’s a link to the one you cited: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7575758](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7575758) ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/10 "2015-05-23T13:24:16Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > To report your post, however, you’d have to call it: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18385692#post18385692](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18385692#post18385692) > > Here’s a link to the one you cited: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7575758](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7575758) A very informative post about the merits of various stocks. Still not a fun number though… \*\*VOTE WILLY JOHNSTON \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/11 "2015-05-23T15:29:35Z")
You left out Willie Nelson. The man is an American Icon. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/12 "2015-05-23T15:40:39Z")
I would add Bill Nye and Willem Dafoe. ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/13 "2015-05-23T15:45:13Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > You left out Willie Nelson. The man is an American Icon. > [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > I would add Bill Nye and Willem Dafoe. Agree to all. Also just thought of Bill Cosby. Wonder if he would get any votes. mmm ETA: I love it that the current lead is a tie between Bill Murray and Shakespeare ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/14 "2015-05-23T17:39:55Z")
You forgot Bill Cosby. He’d fit very nicely next to Bill Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/15 "2015-05-23T21:11:53Z")
Yeah, remember that time that Bill Clinton raped all those people? That was awful. He raped me and I wasn’t even in the same state at the time. My Mt Rushmore is Bill Gates, Bill Murray, William Shakespeare, and Willie Dixon. Should be a party. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/16 "2015-05-23T21:31:32Z")
William Regal. Just William Regal. Four Williams Regal if you must have four. ---
**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 24, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/17 "2015-05-24T03:51:16Z")
I’m glad to see 2 votes for Ruger. (I am so sorry for what I’m about to say) I would feel badly about the Dope if I was the only one to recognize a man of his caliber. (I said I was sorry.) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/18 "2015-05-24T04:00:48Z")
William James ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/19 "2015-06-11T18:46:04Z")
As a proud William, I’m very glad to see this poll! For additional names, I would also suggest William Seward, Lincoln’s masterful Secretary of State; William McKinley, a pretty good President; and will.i.am (William James Adams Jr., of the Black Eyed Peas), but none of them would’ve had my vote compared to the other biggies on offer. My votes were for Clinton, Shakespeare, the Conqueror and Wilberforce, all of whom had an outsize influence in their day and since, almost all for the best. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646/20 "2015-06-11T18:53:16Z")
William Shakespeare, William the Conqueror, Willie Dixon and Other (for Bill Russell). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-on-your-mt-rushmore-of-williams/720646.md?page=2)