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William C. Lawe William Clare Lawe—born on 26 January 1910 at Carson City, Michigan—enlisted in the United States Navy on 27 April 1928, at Detroit, and attained the rate of aviation metalsmith third class (AM3c). Lawe was assigned to a part of Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) which received the new Grumman TBF-1 (Avenger) torpedo plane.
William C. Marland William Casey Marland (March 26, 1918–November 26, 1965), a Democrat, was governor of West Virginia from 1953 to 1957. He is best known for being employed as a taxi driver in Chicago, Illinois after his term.
William C. Menninger William Claire Menninger (1899-1966) is a co-founder with his brother Karl and his father of The Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, which is an internationally known center for treatment of behavioral disorders.
William C. Preston William Campbell Preston (December 27, 1794 – May 22, 1860) was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties. He was also the cousin of William Ballard Preston and William Preston.
William C.Harvey school William C.Harvey is a day school, specialising in meeting the needs of children and young people with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties - those pupils who are showing signs of very marked developmental delay.
William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, KT, PC (1675–1726) was a noted military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession. He commanded the prestigious Grenadier Guards for some time.
William Cameron McCool William Cameron "Willie" McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle pilot of Columbia mission STS-107. He was killed when the craft disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
William Cameron Menzies William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 - March 5, 1957) was an American Academy Award-winning and versatile art director. He earned acclaim on silent films and later pioneered the use of color in film for dramatic effect.
William Cameron Townsend William Cameron Townsend (July 9, 1896 – April 23, 1982) was a prominent Christian missionary whose ministry began in the early twentieth century. The organizations he founded, Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International), remain active, and focus on producing translations of the Bible in minority languages, and on facilitating literacy in minority languages.
William Campbell (film actor) William Campbell (born October 30, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor. He has appeared in supporting roles in major film productions, but also starred in several low-budget b-movies, including two cult horror films.
William Campbell (jurist) Sir William Campbell (2 August 1758 – 18 January 1834) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Upper Canada and a resident of Toronto. He also held political appointments in both Nova Scotia and Upper Canada.
William Campion Colonel Sir William Robert Campion (3 July 1870 – 2 January 1951) was Governor of Western Australia from 1924 to 1931. Born in England in 1870, he was educated at Eton and Oxford University, and was the Conservative MP for Lewes between 1910 and 1924, when he was knighted and given the governorship of Western Australia.
William Cannon William Cannon (March 15 1809 – March 1 1865) was an American merchant and politician from Bridgeville, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and later the Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware during much of the Civil War.
William Canton William Canton (1845 - 1926) was a British journalist and writer, now best known for his contributions to children's literature. These include his series of three books, beginning with The Invisible Playmate written for his daughter Winifred Vida (1891-1901).
William Cardinal Baum William Wakefield Cardinal Baum (born November 21, 1926 in Dallas, Texas) is the senior living Roman Catholic Cardinal from the United States and was the senior Cardinal Priest to participate in the 2005 Papal conclave.
William Carey William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English Protestant missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society.
William Carey University William Carey University is a university in southern Mississippi, in the United States. The main campus is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; there are two subsidiary campuses in Gulfport, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana.
William Carmichael William Carmichael (died 1795) was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat from Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779 and was the principal diplomat for the United States to Spain from 1782 to 1794.
William Carpenter (Australian politician) William Henry Carpenter (5 April 1863–11 September 1930) was an Australian politician. He held seats in three parliaments: the South Australian Legislative Assembly, the Australian House of Representatives and the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
William Carpenter Bompas William Carpenter Bompas (20 January 1834 – 9 June 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican bishop of the Athabasca diocese, then of the Mackenzie river diocese and then of the Selkirk (Yukon) diocese as these dioceses were successively carved out of the original Rupert's Land diocese. Born in London, England, he died in Carcross, Yukon.
William Carruthers Will Carruthers (born 9 November 1967 in Chesterfield, England) is a musician, most well known for playing bass in the highly influential experimental rock bands Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized. He is currently performing under the name Freelovebabies.
William Carson Sir William Carson (baptised 4 June, 1770 – 26 February, 1843), often called "The Great Reformer", was an important doctor and businessman in Newfoundland. Carson's primary contribution to Newfoundland was the application of modern agricultural principles.
William Carter Love William Carter Love (1784 - 1835) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Norfolk, Virginia, in 1784; moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina; was tutored at home; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1802-1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1806; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); resumed the practice of law in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C.
William Case William Case (August 10, 1818–April 19, 1862) was an American politician of the Republican party and served as the 12th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1850 and 1851. He was the first Cleveland-born citizen to become mayor.
William Caslon William Caslon, also known as William Caslon I (1692–1766) was an English gunsmith and designer of typefaces. He was born at Cradley, Worcestershire, and in 1716 started business in London as an engraver of gun locks and barrels, and as a bookbinder's tool cutter.
William Catesby Sir William Catesby (1450-1485) was a prominent member of the group that supported Richard III of England during his brief reign. He was a member of the Council that ruled during the reign of Edward V, serving as a spy for the Duke of Gloucester (soon to be Richard III).
William Cavendish (courtier) Sir William Cavendish (1505 - 25 October 1557) was an English courtier who became one of Thomas Cromwell's "visitors of the monasteries" when King Henry VIII annexed the property of the Catholic Church at the end of the 1530s, in the dissolution of the monasteries. This followed from his successful career as a financial expert holding public office in the Exchequer, which led to his wealth.
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (April 14, 1738 – October 30, 1809) was a British Whig and Tory statesman and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield.
William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland William John Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (12 September 1800–6 December 1879), styled Lord William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British aristocratic eccentric who preferred to live in seclusion. He had an underground maze excavated under his estate at Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire.
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC, (25 January, 1640 – 18 August, 1707) was a soldier and statesman, the son of William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Cecil. A Whig under Charles II of England and James II of England, he was leader of the anti-court and anti-Romanist party in the House of Commons, where he served as Lord Cavendish.
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (1672 – June 4 1729) was a British nobleman and politician, the eldest son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary Butler. He married The Hon.
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (26 September 1698 – 5 December 1755) was a British nobleman and Whig politician, the son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire and Lady Rachel Russell.
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (c. 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish of Hardwick before 1729 and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman who was briefly titular Prime Minister of Great Britain.
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, KG (December 14, 1748 – July 29, 1811), was the eldest son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire by his wife the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford of Lanesborough, who brought in considerable money and estates to the Cavendish family. The 5th Duke is best known for his first wife Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), known as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and 2nd Earl of Burlington of the 2nd creation between 1834 and 1858, was the great-grandson of the 4th Duke of Devonshire, grandson of the 1st Earl of Burlington, and son of William Cavendish. He succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Burlington (2nd creation) in 1834 before succeeding his cousin as Duke of Devonshire in 1858.
William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (December 10, 1917 – September 10, 1944) was the eldest son of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire and the husband of Kathleen Kennedy, sister of American President John F. Kennedy.
William Cawley William Cawley (1602—January 1667, Vevey, Switzerland) was a politician in seventeenth century England. He was born in 1602, the son of a wealthy brewer in Chichester, and was educated at Oxford University and Gray's Inn.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign (17 November 1558–24 March 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.
William Clamp William Clamp (October 28, 1891- October 9, 1917) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
William Clapp House The William Clapp House (1806) is a historic house located at 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts. It is the headquarters of the Dorchester Historical Society, and contains many items from the society's collections.
William Clark William Clark (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838) was a Scottish-American explorer who accompanied Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He was the youngest brother of Revolutionary War figure George Rogers Clark.
William Clark Falkner William Clark Falkner (July 6, 1825 or 1826 – November 6, 1889) was a soldier, lawyer, politician, businessman, and author in northern Mississippi. He is most notable for the influence he had on the work of his great-grandson, author William Faulkner.
William Clarke (apothecary) William Clarke (c. April, 1609 (records show he was baptised April 23) - 1682) was an apothecary who provided lodgings for a young Isaac Newton whilst he attended the King's Grammar school in Grantham (Newton's mother remained in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, which is eight miles away).
William Clarke (cricketer) William Clarke (born 24 December 1798 in Nottingham; died 25 August 1856 in Wandsworth, Surrey) was a famous English cricketer and team manager. As the founder and organiser of the All-England Eleven he is one of the most significant figures in the sport's history.
William Clarke College It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
William Clarke Quantrill Society William Clarke Quantrill Society is a 300-member organization dedicated to the study and remembrance of William Quantrill, leader of the famous Confederate guerrilla band Quantrill's Raiders. Many members of the society claim to be direct descendants of either Quantrill or his men.
William Clarkson Stanfield Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (Dec 3,1793 – May 18, 1867), English marine painter, was born at Sunderland, the son of James Field Stanfield (1749/50-1824) an Irish-born author, actor and former seaman, including in the slave trade against which he wrote in the abolitionist cause. Clarkson was named after Thomas Clarkson, the abolitionist, whom his father knew, and this was the only forename he used, although there is reason to believe Frederick was a second one.
William Claxton (photographer) William Claxton is a photographer and author born in Pasadena, California in 1927. His works include a book of photographs of Steve McQueen, and Jazz Life, a book of photographs depicting jazz artists in the 1960s.
William Clayton (Mormon Pioneer) William Clayton (1814 - 1879) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and acted as a clerk and scribe to the Mormon religious leader Joseph Smith, Jr. Clayton, originally born in England, is recognized as an American pioneer journalist, scribe, inventor, lyricist and musician.
William Cleaver Francis Robinson Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (born January 14 1834 – May 2 1897) was a British colonial administrator and a musical composer, being the author of several well known songs. He was the fifth son of Admiral Hercules Robinson.
William Cliff William Cliff (of his true name Albert Inberechts) is a Belgian poet of French language, born in Gembloux on December 27, 1940. Its poems have the chance to be noticed quickly by Raymond Queneau, and it will be systematically published by Gallimard until 1986.
William Clito William Clito (October 25, 1102 – July 28, 1128) was the son of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, by his marriage with Sibylla of Conversano. He had a claim on both Normandy and England, and became count of Flanders.
William Clubb *William Reid (Billy) Clubb (October 7, 1884—August 11, 1962) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.
William Clyde Caldwell William Clyde Caldwell (May 14 1843 – January 7 1905) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1875, 1879 to 1886, 1888 to 1894 and 1898 to 1905.
William Coates William Coates of Maryland died February 23, 2004, precipitating widely distributed news stories calling him the oldest man in the United States though noting his claim to have been born June 2, 1889 had not been verified.
William Cobbold William Nevill Cobbold (4 February 1862-8 April 1922), familiarly known as "Nuts" Cobbold, was one of the leading footballers of the Victorian period and on several occasions an England international. As late as 1922, at the time of his death, he could be described as "the most famous Association Football forward of all time", and certainly - in the words of his Times obituary - "he was the most individually brilliant dribbler, the player who could most often put in those thrusts that no skill could parry.
William Cockayne Sir William Cockayne (Cokayne) (1561 – 20 October 1626) was a seventeenth-century London merchant, alderman, and, in 1619, Lord Mayor. In 1614, while serving as alderman in the City of London and as governor of the Eastland Company of English merchants, Cockayne devised a plan to dye and dress English cloth, England's main export at the time, before shipping it abroad.
William Cocke William Cocke (September 6, 1747–August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman. He has the distinction of having served in the state legislature of four different states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and was one of the first two United States senators for Tennessee.
William Cockerill William Cockerill (1759–1832) was a British entrepreneur who settled in France. By using some of British industrial inventions (not covered by patents in France), he built one of the greatest companies in Europe dealing in textiles, steam engines, iron, mining, cannons, bridge materials, locomotives, and more.
William Coffey William Coffey VC, DCM, (August 5, 1829 - July 13, 1875) born Knocklong, County Limerick, he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
William Colepaugh William Curtis Colepaugh (March 25, 1918 - March 16, 2005) was an American traitor of World War II who, following his 1943 discharge from the US Naval Reserve ("for the good of the service", according to official reports), defected to Nazi Germany in 1944. When the Merchant Marine ship he was a crewman on stopped off in Lisbon, Colepaugh defected at the German consulate.
William Collins Whitney William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841 - February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and founder of the prominent Whitney family. A conservative reformer, he was considered a Bourbon Democrat.
William Collis William Collis is Chief Executive and Secretary of the International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science and is a founder member of Speleogroup. He holds an MSc in biochemistry from the University of Oxford, and is a computer programmer.
William Colt MacDonald Allen William Colt MacDonald, who used the name William Colt MacDonald for his writing, was an American writer of westerns whose work appeared both in books and on film. His many film writing credits, all for character writing, include Santa Fe Stampede (1938).
William Colvig William (Bill) Colvig (1917–2000) was an electrician and amateur musician who was the partner for 33 years of composer Lou Harrison, whom he met in San Francisco, California in 1967. Colvig helped construct the so-called "American gamelan" used in works such as the puppet opera Young Caeser [sic] (1971), La Koro Sutro (1972), and the Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (1974).
William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton William Bingham Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton DSO (August 6 1885 - 30 January 1978), born to William George Spencer Scott and Mary Florence Baring (daughter of William Bingham Baring and .. born 1860 (died 1902).
William Comstock William Alfred Comstock (July 2, 1877–June 19, 1949) was an American politician. Born in 1877 in Alpena, Michigan, he attended the University of Michigan, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity, graduating in 1899.
William Comyns Beaumont William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont, (1873-1956) was a British eccentric with several unusual beliefs, many of which were later mirrored by Immanuel Velikovsky's works. Beaumont was a staff writer for the Daily Mail.
William Condon Captain William (Billy One-Hand) Condon was an English pirate. His ship was called the Fiery Dragon and was found by Barry Clifford off the coast of Sainte-Marie, Madagascar, where it had caught fire and sunk in 1721.
William Congdon William Grosvenor Congdon (April 15, 1912, Providence, Rhode Island – April 15, 1998, Milan) was an American painter who focused on religious themes. He gained notoriety as an artist in New York City in the 1940s, but lived most of his life in Europe.
William Connolley William Michael Connolley (April 12, 1964 - ) is a climate modeller. Connolley is a Senior Scientific Officer in the Physical Sciences Division in the Antarctic Climate and the Earth System project at the British Antarctic Survey.
William Connolly William Connolly(May 1817 - December 31, 1891), was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
William Conor Celebrated for his warm and sympathetic portrayals of working-class life in Ulster, William Conor studied at the Government School of Design in Belfast in the 1890s. He initially worked as a commercial artist, before being commissioned during WWI by the British government to produce official records of soldiers and munitions workers.
William Conrad Reeves William Conrad Reeves, born in Saint Joseph, Barbados in 1821 was an important nineteenth century lawyer, academic and legal figure on the island of Barbados. He represented Saint Joseph in the Barbados Barbados House of Assembly in Bridgetown and was appointed Solicitor-General of Barbados in 1875.
William Cook (computer scientist) William Cook is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. His research is focused on object-oriented programming, programming languages, modeling languages, and the interface between programming languages and databases.
William Cook (street vendor) William (Billy) Cook is the brother of Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook), convicted on July 3, 1982 for the murder of Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) officer Daniel Faulkner. He was a key figure both in the events that led directly to Jamal's arrest for the murder of Officer Faulkner on December 9, 1981, and has figured prominently in his brother's legal defense in the years since.
William Cookworthy William Cookworthy (12 April, 1705 – 17 October, 1780) was an English chemist and a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) from Kingsbridge, Devon. He discovered china clay in Cornwall and devised a way of making porcelain, which previously had needed to be imported from China.
William Cooper (judge) Judge William Cooper (December 2, 1754 – December 22, 1809) was the founder of Cooperstown, New York and father of writer James Fenimore Cooper, who apparently used his father as the pattern for the Judge Marmaduke Temple character in his book The Pioneers.
William Cooper Procter William Cooper Procter (1862–1934) was the grandson of William Procter, the co-founder of Procter & Gamble Company. He was notable for creating a profit-sharing program for employees, the first in America.
William Copeland Borlase William Copeland Borlase MA, FSA, MP (1848 - March 31 1899) born at Castle Horneck, near Penzance in Cornwall, was a well known antiquarian and member of Parliament for the St Austell Division, Cornwall. http://www.
William Corbett William Corbett ("Bill") (born in 1942) is an American poet, essayist, editor, and educator. He has served as Writer-in-Residence in the Program of Writing and Humanistic Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has taught classes at MIT focusing on the craft of the personal essay and the creation of poetry.
William Corbett (composer) William Corbett (1680-1748) was an English composer, violinist, and concert performer. The Director of New Theater (Lincoln's Inn Fields, London) from 1700, Corbett was appointed orchestra director of King's Theatre, Haymarket in 1705 and became a member of the Royal Orchestra in 1709.
William Corkery William Corkery is an American voice actor who was the voice of Miles "Tails" Prower in the video games Sonic Heroes and Sonic Battle in 2003, along with Sonic Advance 3 in 2004. In an email, Ryan Drummond, the voice of another character in the games, has said William Corkery was about 8 or 9 years old (Drummond did not remember at the time) when he started voicing Tails in Sonic Heroes, which makes him the youngest actor in the Sonic game series.
William Cornwallis Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, RN (10 February 1744 - 5 July 1819) was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He was the brother of Charles Cornwallis, the 1st Marquess Cornwallis, governor-general of India.
William Cornwallis Symonds Capt William Cornwallis Symonds (1810–41) was an officer of the 96th Regiment of Foot of the British Army. He came to New Zealand in the early 1830s as agent of the Waitemata and Manukau Land Company and was instrumental in the founding of Auckland and the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
William Cornysh William Cornysh the Younger (1465 – 1523) was an English composer, dramatist, actor, and poet, and much more. In his only surviving poem, which was written in the Fleet prison, he claims that he has been convicted by false information and thus wrongly accused, though it is not known what the accusation was.
William Cosgrove William Cosgrove (VC, MSM) (1 October 1888 – 14 July 1936) born in Upper Aghada, County Cork, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
William Coulter Celtic guitarist William Coulter is a renowned performer, teacher, and recording artist. Since 1981 he has been exploring the world of traditional music as soloist and with ensembles including Isle of Skye, Orison, and the Coulter-Phillips Ensemble.
William Couper William Couper, who was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1853, returned from the studios of Munich and Florence and established himself in New York in 1897 as a portraitist and sculptor of busts in the modern Italian manner. He was the son-in-law of sculptor Thomas Ball (1819-1911) and colleague of Daniel Chester French.
William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, PC (April 14, 1807-November 18, 1888), known as Lord Courtenay from 1835 to 1859, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1866 to 1867 and as President of the Poor Law Board from 1867 to 1868.
William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple (December 13, 1811 – October 16, 1888), known as William Francis Cowper before 1869, was a British Liberal Party politician and statesman. The son of the 5th Earl Cowper, he was also a nephew of Prime Minister Lord Melbourne, and eventually became stepson to another Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston.
William Craik William Craik (October 31, 1761 - 1814) was a United States Representative from Maryland. Born near Port Tobacco, Maryland, he attended Delameve School in Frederick County, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Port Tobacco and Leonardtown.
William Craven, 6th Baron Craven William Craven, 6th Baron Craven (September 11 1738 – September 26 1791), was an English nobleman. It was he who, in 1780, built the original Cottage at what is now Premiership stadium Craven Cottage, in Fulham.
William Crawford (soldier) William Crawford (1732 – 11 June 1782) was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
William Crawford (Scottish knight) Sir William Crawford (born ~1260 - died ~1310) son of Sir Ronald and cousin to William Wallace, was motivated by the murder of his father to join the revolt as a captain to Wallace. He became second-in-command in the Wars for Scottish Independence after John Graham was killed at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298.
William Critchlow Harris William Critchlow Harris (30 April, 1854-1913) was an architect noted mainly for his ecclesiastical and domestic projects in Maritime Canada. He was born near Liverpool, England but moved to Prince Edward Island with his family as a young child.
William Cronon William Cronon (Born September 11, 1954, New Haven, Connecticut) is the at the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a noted
William Crowther William ("Willie" or "Will") Crowther (born 1936) is a computer programmer and caver. He is best known as the co-creator of Adventure, a seminal computer game that influenced the first decade of game design and created a new game genre, text adventures.
William Crozier (artillerist) William Crozier, American artillerist and inventor, born at Carrollton, Ohio on February 19 1855, was the son of Robert Crozier (1827-1895), chief justice of Kansas in 1863-1866, and a United States senator from that state from December 1873 to February 1874.
William Cruikshank (painter) William Cruikshank (December 25, 1848, Broughty Ferry, Scotland — May 19, 1922, Kansas City, Missouri) was a British painter and the grand-nephew of George Cruikshank. He studied art at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, at the Royal Academy in London, and in Paris.

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