I picked, but I’d rather go with:
Bill Withers
Bill Hicks
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Bill the Cat
Other: Roger Williams
Messers Murray, Rogers, Shatner and the Conqueror.
Willy Sutton, who, when asked why he robbed banks, replied “That’s where the money was.”
There was a thread a time back about how everyone in history was racist, sexist, or otherwise deplorable and it was unfair to classify them according to our standards. But William Blake is the one exception. By all accounts, he’d still be relatively progressive even in the modern day.
Even disregarding his art and poetry, that’s no mean feat.
William Butler Yeats, four times.
William F Buckley, Jr.
Where are the women?
Willie Nelson’s birth name is actually Willie (like Mays mentioned above.) So he’s not a William.
That would be cool, but he spent most of his career being Steven and his real name is Darren.
I almost boycotted this thread because of this. My “other” is Willie Nelson.
Billie Holiday FTW.
And Willie Nelson.
I ended up with this, with the William of Orange substitution.
And Billy Martin’s first name is Alfred. His Italian grandmother used to call him “Bellissimo” (the handsomest), and the nickname “Billy” was short for that.