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William Levada His Eminence William Joseph Cardinal Levada (born 15 June 1936) is an American Roman Catholic cardinal, currently serving in the Roman Curia as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Levada was elevated to Cardinal on 24 March 2006.
William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville William Spencer Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, KG, GCVO, CB, DSO (July 11, 1880–June 25, 1953) was a British sailor and governor. The younger son of Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, he became a naval cadet in 1894 and went to serve in the China station two years later.
William Levi Dawson (politician) William Levi Dawson (April 26, 1886 - November 9, 1970) was an African American politician, lawyer and veteran of World War I. He was involved in local politics in Illinois and also represented that state for over twenty-seven years in the United States House of Representatives.
William Levitt William Jarid Levitt (February 11, 1907 - January 28, 1994), is the real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia. He certainly did not invent the building of communities of affordable single-family homes within driving distance of major areas of employment; yet his innovations in providing affordable housing popularized this type of planned community in the years following World War II.
William Levy William Levy (born January 10, 1939), known as the Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam and Dr. Doo-Wop, is the author of such works as The Virgin Sperm Dancer, Wet Dreams, Certain Radio Speeches of Ezra Pound and Natural Jewboy.
William Lewis Herndon Commander William Lewis Herndon (25 October 1813 – 12 September 1857) was one of the United States Navy's outstanding explorers and seamen. He chose to go down with his ship while other lives were still aboard and while in command of the steamer Central America's 44th trip, which sank in a three day and night hurricane off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
William Lewis Lockwood William Lewis Lockwood, born in New York City, was one of seven founding members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was the only one of the seven Founders who was not a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and was 18 years old at the time of the founding of Sigma Chi.
William Light Colonel William Light (1786 - October 6 1839) was a distinguished military officer and latterly Surveyor-General of South Australia. He was born in Kuala Kedah, Malaya in 1786, an illegitimate son of Captain Francis Light, the Governor of Penang, and Martina Rozells, the "Princess of Kedah", of mixed Siamese and Portuguese descent.
William Liley Sir Alfred William Liley (1929-1983) was a pioneering New Zealand fetal surgeon, as well as one of the founders of the New Zealand Society for Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC- now Voice for Life.) Liley graduated from Otago Medical School at the University of Otago in Dunedin in 1954.
William Lillywhite Frederick William Lillywhite (born 13 June 1792 in Westhampnett, Sussex; died 21 August 1854 in Islington, London) was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era. Indeed, he was one of the main protagonists in the legalisation of roundarm.
William Lindeman Wilhelm Lindeman (born March 28 1794 in Jöhstadt, Germany, on the Bohemian border) was a 19th century piano manufacturer who wroked in New york City. The third son of Karl Gotthilf Lindemann, a preacher who was rector of the municipal school, Wilhelm learned cabinetmaking, and in 1812 moved to Vienna where he worked as a fancy cabinetmaker, and later moved to Munich working as a pianomaker for about a year, and subsequently for piano manufacturers Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig and Rosenkranz in Dresden before establishing his own shop.
William Lindsay Gresham William Lindsay Gresham (August 20, 1909 – September 14, 1962) was an American novelist and non-fiction author particularly regarded among readers of noir. His best-known work is Nightmare Alley (1946), which was adapted into a 1947 film starring Tyrone Power.
William Lindsay White William Lindsay White (1900 - 1973), American journalist, was the son of newspaper editor William Allen White. White grew up in Emporia, went to the nearby University of Kansas, and then transferred to and graduated from Harvard College.
William Link William Link (born December 15, 1933) is a film and television writer and producer who often worked in collaboration with Richard Levinson. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania prior to serving in the United States Army from 1956-1958.
William Lithgow (Auditor General of New South Wales) William Lithgow was born in Scotland in 1784 and educated at the University of Edinburgh, graduating as a Licentiate of the Church of Scotland. William Lithgow was the Auditor General of the colony of Sydney in Australia.
William Lithgow (shipbuilder) William Todd Lithgow (1854–1908) was a Scottish ship-designer who became sole owner of an extremely successful shipbuilding company. For much of the 20th century its name was Lithgows, as it was developed further by William's sons Sir James Lithgow (1883–1952) and Henry Lithgow (1886–1948), and then by his grandson Sir William Lithgow (born 1934).
William Livingston William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) served as the Governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolution and was a signer of the United States Constitution. His grandfather, Robert Livingston the Elder, was a son of the Rev John Livingston a lineal descendant of the fifth Lord Livingston.
William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805–May 24, 1879) was a prominent United States abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
William Locker William Locker (born February 16, 1866 in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and died August 15, 1952 in California, Derbyshire) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1894 and 1903.
William Lockhart of Lee Sir William Lockhart of Lee (1621-1675), after fighting on the side of Charles I in the English Civil War, attached himself to Oliver Cromwell, whose niece he married, and who later appointed Lockhart commissioner for the administration of justice in Scotland in 1652. He was also the English ambassador at the French court in 1656, where he greatly distinguished himself by his successful diplomacy.
William Lockhart of Tarbrax William Lockhart of Tarbrax was the son of George Lockhart of Tarbrax and Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax, and had a sister Anne, who became Countess of Aberdeen. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, a current member of the British Royal Family, is a descendant of his sister.
William Lockwood William 'Bill' Lockwood (William Henry Lockwood; born March 25, 1868, Old Radford, Nottingham; died April 26, 1932, Old Radford, Nottingham was a fast bowler and the unpredictable, occasionally devastating counterpart to the amazingly hard-working Tom Richardson for Surrey in the early County Championship. A capable enough batsman against weaker bowling sides who scored over 10,000 runs in first-class cricket, stronger bowling tended to show flaws in his technique.
William Loeb William Loeb (b. 1905 - September 14, 1981) was publisher of the Manchester Union Leader newspaper (later The New Hampshire Union Leader) in Manchester, New Hampshire for more than three decades up until his death.
William Longchamp William Longchamp (died 1197), chancellor of England and bishop of Ely, entered public life at the close of Henry II's reign as official to the king's son Geoffrey, for the archdeaconry of Rouen. Henry II, who disliked him, called him the son of two traitors.
William Lonsdale (colonist) William Lonsdale (2 October 1799 – 28 March 1864) was a soldier and an administrator. The most noteworthy years of his life were 1836-39 when he supervised the new settlement of Port Phillip later to become Melbourne.
William Loren Katz William Loren Katz is an American author, educator, and historian. He is famous for having written extensively on the 500-year history of relations between African-Americans and Native Americans in the New World.
William Lort Mansel Bishop William Lort Mansel (2 April 1753 Pembroke – 27 June 1820 Trinity College, Cambridge) was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1798 to his death in 1820. He was also Bishop of Bristol from 1808 to 1820.
William Lount William Lount (March 3 1840 – April 24 1903) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Simcoe North in the 1st Parliament of Ontario and Toronto Centre in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1896 to 1897.
William Low William Low (known informally as Willie Low's, latterly marketed as Wm Low) was a chain of supermarkets based in Dundee, in Scotland. As a supermarket it was smaller than most of its competitors and often served small towns.
William Lowe William Walter Lowe (17 November 1873 – 26 May 1945) was an English cricketer: a Cambridge University and Worcestershire all-rounder who bowled right-arm fast and batted right-handed, generally in the lower middle order.
William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, often abbreviated to Putnam Competition, is an annual mathematics competition for undergraduate college students, awarding scholarships and cash prizes ranging from $250 to $2,500 for the top students and $5,000 to $25,000 for the top schools. The competition was funded in 1927 by Elizabeth Lowell Putnam in memory of her husband William Lowell Putnam (Harvard 1882), who while alive was an advocate of intercollegiate intellectual competition.
William Lowndes William Lowndes (1782–1822) was an American lawyer, planter, and statesman from South Carolina who was the son of Rawlins Lowndes, an American Revolutionary War leader from South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the U.
William Lowndes Yancey William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 – July 27, 1863) was an American leader of the Southern secession movement as a journalist, politician and orator. He was seen by many as one of the most effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery.
William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale, PC, FRS (21 July 1787– 4 March 1872), was an English politician. Born William Lowther, he was known by the courtesy title Viscount Lowther from 1807 until 1844, when he succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father.
William Lubbeck William Lubbeck is the author of [[At Leningrad's Gates, The Story of a Soldier with Army Group North'Lubbeck served with the German Army Group North] during [[World War 2. He was present at the Siege of Leningrad.
William Lubbock The Reverend William Lubbock (baptized 17 January, 1701, died 20 April, 1754) was an English divine, Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, and Norfolk clergyman. He founded the famous English family of Lubbock (see below).
William Lucombe William Lucombe (xxxx-xxxx) is renown as a nurseryman for giving his name to the Lucombe Oak (Quercus x hispanica 'Lucombeana') he breed at his nursery in St. Thomas, Exeter which he founded in 1720 (now Pinces Gardens).
William Ludlow William Ludlow (1843–1901) was an officer in the Corps of Engineers and a Major General in the United States Army who served in the Civil War, Plains Indian campaigns, and led a scientific expedition examining the natural wonders of Yellowstone National Park.
William Lutz William Lutz is an American linguist specialising in doublespeak and the use of plain language. Lutz is widely published on the topic of doublespeak, or the manipulation of language, and has also worked with corporations and government in the use of 'plain language'.
William Lychack William Lychack is the author of the novel, The Wasp Eater, and a forthcoming collection of stories, The Architect of Flowers. Among other places, his stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, Life Magazine, and on Public Radio's This American Life.
William Lyman (congressman) William Lyman (December 7, 1755–September 22, 1811) was an American politician from Northampton, Massachusetts. He served in the both houses of the state legislature and represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1793 to March 3, 1797.
William Lyman Underwood William Lyman Underwood (1864–January 24 1929) was an American photographer who was also involved in the research of time-temperature canning research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) during 1895-96.
William Lynch Speech The William (or Willie) Lynch Speech (or Letter) is a text of unknown origin which drew widespread attention when it circulated throughout the Internet during the 1990s. It purports to be an address given to an audience on the bank of the James River in Virginia in 1712 regarding control of slaves within the colony.
William Lyon Mackenzie (fireboat) William Lyon Mackenzie is the main fireboat for the City of Toronto's Toronto Fire Services. Built by Russell Brothers Limited, it is backed by the Sora to deal with fire and rescue operations off Lake Ontario.
William Lyons Sir William Lyons (1901-1985) was, with fellow motorcycle enthusiast William Walmsley, the co-founder in 1922 of the Swallow Sidecar Company, maker of motorcycle sidecars, and which became Jaguar Cars Limited after the Second World War.
William M'Culloch The Rev Mr William M'Culloch (1691 – 18 December 1771) was Minister of Cambuslang during the extraordinary events of the Cambuslang Work (1742) when 30,000 people gathered in the hillsides near his church for preaching and communion. Many were there struck by their own depravity and horrified at the probably punishment after death.
William M. Branham William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909, Kentucky – December 24 1965) was an influential Bible minister sometimes credited with founding the Latter Rain Movement within American Pentecostal churches, elements of which are present in most modern Pentecostal and Charismatic churches (although William Branham denied any specific connection with the movement). There are some who consider him a false prophet who taught heretical doctrines because he did not agree with their particular denomonational dogmas, although many today still acknowledge him as a true prophet.
William M. Bulger William Michael Bulger (born February 2, 1934) to James Joseph Bulger and Jean (McCarthy), was the third of their six children. He is a retired politician from South Boston, Massachusetts who rose to become President of the Massachusetts State Senate and president of the University of Massachusetts.
William M. Evarts William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of author, editor, and Indian removal opponent Jeremiah Evarts, and the grandson of Declaration of Independence signer Roger Sherman.
William M. Jennings Trophy The William M. Jennings Trophy is an annual award given to the goaltender(s) having played a minimum of 25 games (14 games during the lockout-shortened 1994-95 NHL season) for the team in the National Hockey League with the fewest goals scored against it.
William M. Rainach William Monroe "Willie" Rainach, Sr. (July 13, 1913 -- January 26, 1978) was a state legislator from the town of Summerfield in Claiborne Parish who led Louisiana's "Massive Resistance" to desegregation during the last half of the 1950s.
William M. Ramsey Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (March 15, 1851 - April 20, 1939) was a Scottish writer, New Testament scholar and archaeologist. He was the first Professor of Classical Archaeology at Oxford University and pioneered the study of antiquity in what is today western Turkey.
William M. Tuck William Munford Tuck (September 28, 1896 - June 9, 1983) served as Governor of Virginia from 1946 to 1950 as a Democrat. Tuck graduated from the College of William and Mary and was a Halifax, Virginia attorney who also served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
William M. Tweed William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) was an American politician and head of Tammany Hall, the name given to the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in New York City politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. He was convicted and eventually imprisoned for stealing millions of dollars from the city through graft.
William Macarthur Hon Sir William Macarthur was born at Parramatta in December 1800, the fifth son of John and Elizabeth Macarthur, pioneers of the Australian wool industry. He was educated in England at Rugby School, returned to Australia with his father in 1817, and assisted in the management of his estates.
William MacCormac Sir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet (January 17, 1836-December 4, 1901), Irish surgeon, was born at Belfast, being the son of Dr Henry MacCormac. He studied medicine and surgery at Belfast, Dublin and Paris, and graduated in arts, medicine and surgery at the Queen's University, Belfast.
William MacEwen Sir William MacEwen (June 22, 1848-March 22, 1924) was a Scottish surgeon who was a pioneer in modern brain surgery. He also contributed to the first development of bone graft surgery, the surgical treatment of hernia and of pneumonectomy (removal of the lungs).
William Mackay Mackenzie William Mackay Mackenzie (1871-1952) was a Scottish historian, archaeologist and writer, who was Secretary of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland between 1913 and 1935, and also an expert on folk-lore. He was born in Cromarty, graduated MA at Edinburgh University and taught at Glasgow Academy between 1896 and 1912.
William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree PC (1860–1942) was a British Labour, later National Labour, politician who served as Secretary of State for Air under Ramsay MacDonald. He was one of the few Labour politicians to follow MacDonald into the National Government, where he retained his post for the first two months of the government's life.
William Mackergo Taylor William Mackergo Taylor (1829-95) was an American Congregational minister, born at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. He graduated at the University of Glasgow (1849), and at the divinity hall of the United Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh (1852).
William Mackey William Mackey was an American citizen and resident of Portland, Oregon, who worked for Soviet intelligence West coast operations during World War II. Mackey's main contact with Soviet inteliigence was Isaac Folkoff, the senior Communist Party West Coast liaison with the KGB.
William Mackie William Henry Mackie (November 19 1799 - November 24 1860) was an early settler of the Swan River Colony holding a number of public positions including that of the first Judge of the colony. Mackie was born at Cochin, India and as a child returned to live in Derry before attending school in Twickenham, Middlesex.
William Mackinnon Sir William Mackinnon, 1st Baronet (13 March 1823 - 22 June 1893) was a Scottish ship-owner and businessman who built up substantial commercial interests in India and East Africa. He established the British India Steam Navigation Company and the Imperial British East Africa Company.
William MacKay William Andrew MacKay was the creator of one of five camouflage schemes approved by the US Naval Consulting Board during World War I for use on civilian vessels. He was Chief of the New York District Emergency Fleet Corporation MacKay described the philosophy of his design:
William Maclay Awl William Maclay Awl, (May 24, 1799 - November 19, 1876), was an alienist, a politician and a mental health hospital administrator. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Mary (Maclay) Awl and lawyer and senator Samuel Awl.
William Macmahon Ball William Macmahon Ball AC (August 29, 1901 - December 26, 1986) was an Australian academic and diplomat. Educated at Caulfield Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree, Ball studied both psychology and political science as a research fellow at Melbourne and the London School of Economics respectively.
William MacQuitty William MacQuitty (May 15, 1905 - February 4, 2004) was a British film producer and also a writer and photographer. He is most noted for his production of the 1958 Rank Organisation / Pinewood Studios film, A Night to Remember, which recreates the story of the sinking of RMS Titanic, based on the book of the same name by Walter Lord.
William Mactavish William Mactavish or McTavish (29 March, 1815 – 23 July, 1870) was a Scottish-born representative of the Hudson's Bay Company, who acted as governor of Rupert's Land and Assiniboia prior to the transfer of Rupert's Land to Canada and the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870.
William MacTaggart Sir William MacTaggart (1903-1981) was a Scottish painter known for his landscapes of East Lothian, France, Norway and elsewhere. He is sometimes called William MacTaggart the Younger to distinguish him from his grandfather, the painter William McTaggart.
William Madocks William Alexander Madocks (1773–1828) was a landowner and Member of Parliament for the town of Boston, Lincolnshire from 1802 to 1820. He is best known, however, for his activities as an agricultural improver in north Wales, especially around the towns of Portmadoc and Tremadog, both of which he founded.
William Magee William Magee (1766 – 18 August 1831), Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, was born at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected fellow in 1788. He was ordained in 1790.
William Maginn William Maginn (1794‑1842), journalist and miscellaneous writer, born at Cork, became a contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, and after moving to London in 1824 became for a few months the Paris correspondent to The Representative, a paper started by J. Murray, the publisher.
William Mahony William Mahony (born September 16, 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1968 in Mexico City. In Munich (1972) he won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay, alongside Erik Fish, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting.
William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July, 1811 – 24 December, 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.
William Malet (Norman conquest) William Malet (died 1071) fought at the Battle of Hastings. He had substantial property in Normandy, chiefly in the Pays de Caux, with a castle at Graville-Ste-Honorine, at the mouth of the Seine near Harfleur (and nowadays a suburb of Le Havre).
William Mandel William "Bill" Mandel is a former fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institute, broadcast journalist, political activist, and author of many books including "Soviet Marxism and Social Science," "Soviet Women," "Soviet But Not Russian," and "Saying No To Power."
William Mangion William Mangion (born on August 24, 1958 in Malta) is a Maltese singer, best known for presenting Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 and placing 8th out of 25 countries with This Time. He is one of Malta's leading vocalist musician.
William Manchester William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American historian and biographer, notable as the author of 18 books that have been translated into 20 languages. Many became best sellers, but as one critic points out, "Scholars generally disliked the biographies by Manchester.
William Mann (cricketer) William Horace Mann (28 July 1878 - 24 February 1938) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Hampshire in July 1924. Batting near the bottom of the order he made 4 in the first innings and 3 in the second.
William March William March (born "William Edward Campbell" September 18, 1893 in Mobile, Alabama; died 15 May 1954) was an American World War I veteran, short-story writer and novelist cited as being "the unrecognized genius of our time."From the introduction by Alistair Cooke in the 1956 A William March Omnibus : with an introduction by Alistair Cooke.
William Mariner (VC) William Mariner (29 May 1882- 1 July 1916) 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 Mariner (writer) William Mariner was an Englishman who lived in the Tonga Islands from 29 November 1806 to (approximately) 8 November 1810. He wrote an account of his experiences, Tonga Islands, that is now one of the major sources of information on pre-Christian Tonga.
William Marks (Mormonism) William Marks (November 15, 1792 – May 22, 1872) was an American, born in Rutland, Vermont to Cornwall (or Cornell) and Sarah Goodrich Marks. He married Rosannah Robinson on May 2, 1813 and was the father of five children.
William Marks (Pennsylvania) William Marks (October 13, 1778–April 10, 1858) was an American lawyer and politician from Beaver, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and was the Speaker for the House from 1813 to 1819.
William Marsden (surgeon) William Marsden (Sheffield, 1796 - London, 1867) was an English surgeon whose main achievements are the founding of two presently well-known hospitals, the Royal Free Hospital (in 1828) and the Royal Marsden Hospital (in 1851).
William Marsh Rice William Marsh Rice (March 14, 1816 – September 23, 1900) was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and made his fortune in Texas by trading cotton, and investing in land and railroads. He left the bulk of his estate to the founding of a free institute of higher learning in Houston, Texas.
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146–1219), also called William the Marshal (Guillaume le Maréchal), was an English soldier and statesman. He has been described as the "greatest knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton).
William Marshall (commander) Sir William Raine Marshall (1865–1939) was a British military officer who in November 1917 succeeded Sir Frederick Stanley Maude (upon the latter's death from cholera) as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Mesopotamia. He kept that position until the end of World War One.
William Marshall Swayne William Marshall Swayne worked at the Treasury Department in the United States during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Swayne sculpted a bust of Lincoln while he posed for him and recited poetry to visitors.
William Martens William Martens (born August 1964) is a computer engineer and magazine editor. He is primarily a programmer who dabbles in the hardware realm and enjoys writing science fiction in addition to writing articles for the magazine Call-A.
William Martin (Manitoba politician) William George Martin (born September 13, 1886 in Milton Abbot, England; died December 19, 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Martin was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966.
William Martin Beauchamp William Martin Beauchamp (March 1830-1925) was an American ethnologist and clergyman, born in Coldenham, Orange County, New York He graduated at the DeLaney Divinity School and from 1865 to 1900 was rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville, N. Y.
William Martin Cafe William Martin Cafe (March 26, 1826 - August 6, 1906) 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 Marwood William Marwood (1820 – 1883), a cobbler, of Church Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England at the age of 54 persuaded the governor of Lincoln prison to allow him to conduct an execution. The efficient way in which he conducted the hanging of William Frederick Harry (or Horry) without a hitch on 1 April 1874 assisted him in being appointed hangman by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, for which he was paid a retainer of £20 a year plus £10 per execution.
William Mason (founder) On June 1, 1803, Revolutionary War veteran William Mason paid $1,700 at auction to purchase 640 acres of land in what is now downtown Mason. In 1815, he platted 16 lots on this land and named the village "Palmira.
William Mason (mayor) William Mason (1810-1897) architect, born in Ipswich, EnglandWilliam Mason: The First New Zealand Architect,1971 John Stacpoole, he learnt his profession under various architects: Thomas Telford, Peter Nicholson & Edward Blore. He practised architecture in his native town before emigrating to New South Wales in 1838, where he was employed by the colonial architect.
William Massey William Ferguson Massey (often known simply as Bill Massey or "Farmer Bill") served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party. He is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time, and was known for the particular support he showed towards rural interests.
William Mastrosimone William Mastrosimone is an American playwright (born 1947), he attended high school at The Pennington School and received a graduate degree in playwrighting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, a part of Rutgers University. His plays include The Woolgatherer, Extremities, Shivaree, and Cat's Paw.
William Matteuzzi William Matteuzzi is an Italian operatic tenor renowned for his impressive vocal range and prominent upper register, reaching a high F (above the tenor high C) in full voice. He is also admired as a fine musician and elegant vocalist.
William Matthew Currey William Matthew Currey (September 19, 1895 - April 30, 1948) was an Australian 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.

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