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William of Volpiano Saint William of Volpiano (Guillaume de Volpiano; William of Dijon; William of Saint Benignus) (June/July 962—January 1, 1031) was a Burgundo-Italian abbot, monastic reformer, and architect. He was born on the family citadel on the island of San Giulio, Lake Orta, Novara, Piedmont.
William of Ware William of Ware (called the Doctor Fundatus; flourished 1290–1305) was a Franciscan friar and theologian, born at Ware in Hertfordshire. He almost certainly studied at Oxford University and lectured on the Sentences of Pierre Lombard there, but he is not listed among the Oxford masters.
William O'Brien William O'Brien (2 October 1852–25 February 1928) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher and author. He was particularly associated with the campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as his conciliatory approach to attaining Home Rule.
William O'Dea William "Bill" O'Dea represents (District 2 on the Hudson County, New Jersey] [[Board of Chosen Freeholders, one of nine members who serve in a legislative role administering all county business. District 2 includes portions of the City of Jersey City.
William O. Brice General William Oscar Brice, USMC (10 December 1898 - 30 January 1972), a veteran of the Korean conflict, the World War II fight for the Solomon Islands and pre-war expeditionary duty in Haiti and China. He last served at Pearl Harbor as Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, after more than three years at Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington, D.
William O. Douglas William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) was a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. As of 2007, with a term lasting thirty-six years and seven months, he remains the longest-serving justice in the history of the Court.
William O. Wallace Set decorator William Wallace worked throughout the 40s and 50s on several prestigious Hollywood productions. He was Oscar-nominated in 1948 for Jean Negulesco’s Johnny Belinda, and also worked on Young Man with a Horn (1950), Battle Cry (1955) and Nicholas Ray’s seminal Rebel Without a Cause in 1956.
William Oakley William John Oakley (April 27, 1873–September 20, 1934) was a Victorian-era footballer who played as a full back for the renowned amateur clubs Corinthians and Casuals, and captained the England team once, in a match against Ireland in 1901.
William Odgers William Odgers ( February 14, 1834 - December 20, 1873) 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 Olpherts William Olpherts (VC, GCB) (8 March 1822 – 30 April 1902) was born in Dartrey, County Armagh, and 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 Orbit William Orbit (sometimes written as William Ørbit, born on 15 December, 1956 as William Mark Wainwright in Shoreditch, Hackney) is an English musician and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums that were never used.
William Orison Valentine William Orison Valentine (1862 – 1928) was an innovative educator and missionary in service of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. He ministered for some thirty years in Asia, first in Burma starting in 1895 and in the Philippines from 1904 until his death in 1928 at the age of 65.
William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech (March 3, 1819 – June 26, 1904) was an Anglo-Irish peer who had served as a Member of Parliament. Ormsby-Gore was from a Shropshire family and attended Eton College; after leaving, he enlisted in the British Army and became a Major in the 13th Light Dragoons.
William Ormston Backhouse William Ormston Backhouse (1885-1962), was an agriculturalist and geneticist, and a member of the Backhouse family of County Durham in England, several generations of which were influential in the development of horticulture.
William Orpen Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (27 November, 1878 - 29 September, 1931) was an Irish-born British portrait painter. He studied art at the Metropolitan School and at the Slade School in London where, at the time, great emphasis was put on the study of old masters.
William Orr William Orr (1766-1797) was a member of the United Irishmen who was executed in 1797 in what was widely believed to be a judicial murder and whose memory led to the rallying cry “Remember Orr” during the 1798 rebellion.
William Osler Health Centre The William Osler Health Centre (WOHC) is one of the largest hospital corporations in the Canadian province of Ontario. It serves a geographic area of over 2,400 square kilometres including Brampton and Etobicoke.
William Owen Lanyon Sir William Owen Lanyon (1842 - 1887) was a British administrator in South Africa. Specifically, he took over administration of Transvaal from Sir Theophilus Shepstone on 4 March 1879, and remained in that position until 8 August 1881.
William Owen Pughe William Owen Pughe (1759-1835) from Llanaber, Merionethshire, was a Welsh antiquarian, best known for his Welsh and English Dictionary, published in 1803, but also known for his grammar books and 'Pughisms' (neologisms)."The Invention of Tradition", Prys Morgan
William Owsley William Owsley (March 24, 1782 – December 9, 1862) was an American politician and jurist. He was born in Virginia and taken to Kentucky by his father in 1783, where he became a lawyer and a member of the state legislature.
William Oxenham William Oxenham (July 1823 - December 29, 1875) 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 Oxley Thompson William Oxley Thompson (November 5, 1855—December 9, 1933, born in Cambridge, Ohio) was the fifth President of The Ohio State University. Thompson was educated at Muskingum College and Western Theological Seminary.
William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library is considered the Main Library at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. It houses various collections of books, journals, and other types of reference material to aid students, researchers, and professors in their areas of study.
William P. Biddle Major General William Phillips Biddle (15 December 1853—25 February 1923), the 11th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, was a member of the prominent Philadelphia Biddle family, and was educated in private schools in the Philadelphia area, by touring and at the University of Pennsylvania.
William P. Black William Perkins Black (11 November 1842 - 3 January 1916) was a lawyer and veteran of the American Civil War. He was awarded America's highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor - for his actions at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in 1862.
William P. Clark, Jr. William Patrick Clark, Jr (born October 23, 1931), American politician, served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, United States National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 until 1985.
William P. Gottlieb William Paul Gottlieb (January 28, 1917 - April 23, 2006) was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the "Golden Age" of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Gottlieb's photographs are among the most well-known and widely reproduced images of this era of jazz.
William P. Jackson William Purnell Jackson (January 11, 1868 – March 7, 1939) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1912-1914. His father, William Humphreys Jackson was a U.
William P. Kellogg William Pitt Kellogg (December 8 1830 - August 10 1918) was an American politician and a carpetbagger governor of Louisiana from 1873-1877. He was the state's last Republican governor until the inauguration of David C.
William P. Kephart William Perry Kephart, born Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, 9 September 1915, enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve 15 August 1937 and was appointed Aviation Cadet 3 months later. After flight training at Pensacola, Fla.
William P. Longley William Preston Longley also known as Bill Longley (October 6, 1851 - October 11, 1878) was an old west outlaw and gunfighter noted for his ruthless nature, speed with a gun, quick temper, and unpredictable demeanor.
William P. McGivern William Peter McGivern (December 6 1918 - November 18 1982) was an American novelist and television scriptwriter. He published more than 20 novels, mostly mysteries and crime thrillers, some under the pseudonym Bill Peters.
William P. Pollock William Pegues Pollock (December 9, 1870 - June 2, 1922) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born near Cheraw, he attended public and private schools and the University of South Carolina at Columbia.
William P. Robinson William P. "Bill" Robinson is the current president of Whitworth College, an institution of higher learning located in Spokane, Washington that offers bachelor's and master's degrees in a variety of academic disciplines.
William Page Note: This article is about an American painter and portrait artist. For the West Virginia civil engineer and industrialist who co-founded the Virginian Railway, see featured article on William Nelson Page (1854-1932).
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert (1506 – June 9, 1563), English statesman, son of William Paget, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the city of London, was born in London in 1506, and was educated at St Paul's School, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeding afterwards to the university of Paris.
William Paget, 5th Baron Paget William Paget, 5th Baron Paget (1609–1678) was an English peer. A Parliamentarian with land in Buckinghamshire at the outbreak of the English Civil War, he was made the Parliamentarian Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in 1641.
William Pagonis Lieutenant General William Gus Pagonis was the director of Logistics during the Gulf War of 1991 and is widely recognized for his logistical achievements particularly during Desert Storm. After successfully masterminding logistics for the Gulf War and winning high praise from General Norman Schwarzkopf, Pagonis left the Army in 1993 and was elected Executive Vice President of Logistics for Sears Roebuck & Co.
William Paine Sheffield (1820-1907) William Paine Sheffield (August 30, 1820 - June 2, 1907) was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born in New Shoreham (on Block Island), he completed preparatory studies, attended Kingston Academy, and graduated from the law department of Harvard University in 1843; he was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Newport.
William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford William Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford (31 January 1819–19 April 1887), known as William Pakenham before 1860, was a British Conservative politician and nobleman. He succeeded to the earldom in 1860 on the death of the third earl, his brother.
William Paley William Paley (July, 1743 – May 25, 1805) was an English divine, Christian apologist, utilitarian, and philosopher. He is best remembered for his watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of God in his book Natural Theology.
William Parker (18th century admiral) The first Admiral Sir William Parker was born on January 1, 1743 at Harburn, Warwickshire, England, and died on October 31, 1802. His father, Augustine Parker, had been mayor of Queenborough and a commander of one of the king's yachts.
William Parker Caldwell William Parker Caldwell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Christmasville, Tennessee in Carrol County on November 8, 1832.
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle and 11th Baron Morley (1575 - July 1, 1622), was the eldest son of Edward Parker, 10th Baron Morley (d. 1618), and of Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (d.
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton and 1st Earl of Essex KG (c. 1512–October 28 1571) was the son of Sir Thomas Parr and his wife, Matilda or Maud Greene, daughter of Sir Thomas de Greene, of Greenes Norton, and brother of Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII.
William Paterson (jurist) William Paterson (December 24 1745 – September 9, 1806) was a New Jersey statesman, a signer of the United States Constitution, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who served as the 2nd Governor of New Jersey, from 1790 to 1793.
William Paterson University William Paterson University is a public university located in Wayne, New Jersey, an affluent suburb of New York City. It is set on 370 wooded acres in northeast New Jersey, the campus is located just 20 miles west of New York City.
William Patrick Fyfe William Patrick Fyfe, a Canadian handyman, was convicted of killing five elderly women in the Montreal area of Quebec, although he claims to have killed four others. Fyfe's preliminary hearing began on November 6, 2005.
William Patrick, minister The Reverend William Patrick (1791 - 1872) was a 19th Century Minister of the Church of Scotland and a significant contributer to the Second, or New, Statistical Account of Scotland. He seems to have been the prime author of the Parish accounts for Hamilton , Blantyre , Bothwell and Cambuslang.
William Patten Primary School William Patten Primary School is situated in Stoke Newington in London, England. They support other countries and languages and have a variety of special days at which children and parents can come and enjoy: such as international evening.
William Pattison William Pattison (1706- 1727) was a short-lived English poet, now mostly remembered for his erotic poems. He was supported by the London bookseller Edmund Curll, one of Alexander Pope's foes, who printed his collected works in 1728.
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester Sir William Paulet (c. 1483 – 10 March 1572) was an English statesman who attained several peerages throughout his lifetime: Baron St John (9 March 1539), Earl of Wiltshire (19 January 1550), and Marquess of Winchester (11 October 1551).
William Peartree William Peartree was Mayor of New York from 1703 to 1707. He was born about 1643 and married Anna, daughter of Daniel Litsco (1615-1662) (a Lieutenant of Peter Stuyvesant) and Annetje Croesen Litsco, who later for many years entertained at "Mother Litsco's Tavern" on lower Pearl Street near the Brooklyn ferry.
William Peel Captain Sir William Peel VC KCB (2 November 1824–27 April 1858) 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. He was the third son of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, both of whom were educated at Harrow School .
William Pengelly William Pengelly (12 January, 1812 – 16 March, 1894) was a geologist and early archaeologist who was one of the first to contribute proof that the Biblical chronology of the earth calculated by Archbishop James Ussher was wrong.
William Penn (admiral) Sir William Penn (April 23, 1621 – September 16, 1670) was an English admiral, and the father of William Penn, founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. The state of Pennsylvania is named in his honor (and not, as is often supposed, in honor of his son, the Quaker leader.
William Penn Highway The William Penn Highway was an auto trail in the United States, generally running from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania east to New York City. Serving as the eastern end of the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, it is now roughly U.
William Penn Charter School The William Penn Charter School, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was established in 1689 by William Penn as a day school and is the oldest Quaker school in the world. It is also the third oldest grade school in the nation, after Boston Latin School (1635) and Roxbury Latin (1645).
William Penn School District The William Penn School District is a regional public school district located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It comprises eight elementary schools, one middle school, a 9th grade "academy" school, and one high school.
William Pennington William Pennington (May 4, 1796–February 16, 1862) was an American Whig Party and early Democratic-Republican Party politician and lawyer, the 13th Governor of New Jersey, and Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress.
William Pepperell Montague William Pepperell Montague (1873-1953) was a philosopher of the New Realist school. Montague stressed the difference between his philosophical peers as adherents of either "objective" and "critical realism".
William Pepperrell Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet (June 27, 1696 – July 6, 1759) was a merchant and soldier in Colonial Massachusetts. He is most remembered for organising, financing, and leading the expedition that captured the French establishment at Fortress Louisbourg during King George's War.
William Percival Crozier William Percival Crozier (1 August 1879 – 16 April 1944) was a British journalist and editor of the Manchester Guardian from 1932, when he succeeded Ted Scott, who had died in a sailing accident, until his death in 1944.
William Perl William Perl, whose real name was William Mutterperl, was a student at the City College of New York. As a member of the Steinmetz Club, the campus branch of the Young Communist League, he met and befriended Julius Rosenberg, Morton Sobell and Joel Barr.
William Perlberg William Perlberg (22 October, 1900 – 22 October, 1968) was a Hollywood producer Before turning his hand to his own projects in the mid-30's, he worked as a talent agent and personal assistant to Harry Cohn. During his 30-year career, Perlberg produced many box office hits for some of Hollywood's biggest studios.
William Perry (American football) William Perry (born December 16, 1962 in Aiken, South Carolina) is a former professional football player and brother of former professional football player Michael Dean Perry. He is best known for his years as a defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears.
William Peryam William Peryam was born in Exeter in 1534, eldest son of John Peryam, twice mayor of Exeter, and his wife Elizabeth, a daughter and co-heir of Robert Hone of Ottery. Through his mother's sister, Joan Bodley nee Hone, Peryam was cousin to Sir Thomas Bodley.
William Peters Hepburn William Peters Hepburn, born on November 4, 1833 in Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio and raised from the age of seven in Iowa City, was a Republican politician. Grandson of Matthew Lyon, he was first engaged as an apprentice printer, before studying law.
William Petre William Petre was born in 1505 and educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a public servant, probably through the influence of the Boleyns, one of whom, George, he had tutored at Oxford and another of whom, Anne, was married to the king.
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805), known as The Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was a British Whig statesman.
William Phelps Eno William Phelps Eno (1858-1945) was an American businessman responsible for many of the earliest innovations in road safety and traffic control. He is sometimes known as the "Father of traffic safety".
William Phillips (General) William Phillips (1731 - 1781) was an artilleryman and general officer in the British Army who served as a major-general in the American Revolutionary War. Captured at Saratoga in 1777, he was a part of the Convention Army until he was exchanged for American General Benjamin Lincoln in 1780.
William Philo William Philo was a British Middleweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics losing against Reginald Baker in the semi-finals.
William Phineas Browne William Phineas Browne (July 9, 1804 – January 13, 1869), a lawyer by profession, was a leading pioneer in the coal mining business in Alabama, credited with operating that state’s first systematic underground coal mines prior to, and during, the American Civil War.
William Phipps Blake William Phipps Blake (1826-1910) was an American scientist. He was born in New York City, graduated at the Sheffield Scientific School in 1852, was mineralogist and geologist of the Pacific Railroad Exploring Expedition of 1853, and author of several of the reports.
William Pickersgill William Pickersgill (1861 - 2 May 1928) was CME of the Caledonian Railway from 1914 when he replaced John Farqharson McIntosh until grouping in 1923. He was appointed locomotive superintendent of the Northern Division of the LMS but retired in 1925.
William Pinkney Whyte William Pinkney Whyte (August 8, 1824 – March 17, 1908), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the State Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the State Attorney General.
William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, KP, PC (May 31, 1847 –June 6, 1924) was a leading Irish shipbuilder and businessman. Born in Quebec, he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution before entering Harland and Wolff shipyard as a gentleman apprentice in 1862.
William Pitt Ballinger William Pitt Ballinger (September 25, 1825 – January 20, 1888) was a respected and influential Texas lawyer and statesman. His behind-the-scenes life had a major impact on the development of Texas realty and railroad law, furthering the Confederacy during the Civil War, the Reconstruction in Texas, the emancipation of black slaves, and the industrialization of the South.
William Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served as Prime Minister from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 until his death.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November, 1708 – 11 May, 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as Secretary of State during the Seven Years' War (aka French and Indian War) and who was later Prime Minister of Great Britain. He is often known as William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from his son, William Pitt the Younger, who served as Prime Minister from 1783–1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806.
William Pittenger William Alvin Pittenger was a Representative from Minnesota's 8th congressional district; born on a farm near Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, December 29, 1885; attended rural schools; was graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1909, and from Harvard Law School in 1912; was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Duluth, Minnesota; member of the State house of representatives 1917–1920; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929–March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; resumed the practice of law in Duluth, Minnesota; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; elected to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939–January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; resumed the practice o
William Plourde William Alfred Plourde was an American who was allegedly a source of information for Andrey Shevchenko, a Soviet intelligence operative during World War II. Plourde was an engineer who worked at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo, New York.
William Plumer William Plumer (June 25, 1759 – December 22, 1850) was an American lawyer and lay preacher from Epping, New Hampshire. Born in 1759 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, he represented New Hampshire as a Federalist in the United States Senate from June 17, 1802 to March 3, 1807.
William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (August 26, 1828) - (April 1, 1897) was a Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. Born in Dublin, he was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Dublin before being appointed chaplain and private secretary to his uncle, the Bishop of Tuam, in 1857, a post he held for seven years.
William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, GCMG, KCVO, KBE (December 19, 1864 – January 24, 1920) was a British diplomat and administrator. Born in Dublin, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College Dublin before entering the Diplomatic Service, being sent to Rome in 1889 as an attaché to the British Embassy there.
William Poel William Poel (1852-1934) was an English actor and theatrical manager, best known for his presentation of Shakespeare. A son of William Pole, he grew up among pre-raphaelite painters and reportedly sat for William Holman Hunt in his painting Finding The Saviour In The Temple.
William Pokhlyobkin William Pokhlebkin (August 20, 1923 – April 15 (burial date), 2000) () was primarily known in Russia as an author of numerous culinary books. He was also an expert in the history of the diplomacy and international relations of Russia, as well as a geographer and a journalist.
William Porcher Miles William Porcher Miles was a Representative from South Carolina born in Charleston on July 4, 1822. He attended Wellington School in Charleston and graduated from the College of Charleston in 1842 where he studied law.
William Porteous William "Willie" Porteous was born, raised and educated in Canada. He attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia where he attained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Resource Management and Town Planning.
William Porter Payne William Porter "Billy" Payne was named president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG). He was the first person to lead an Olympic bid effort and then to continue as top administrator for the Games.
William Poy William Poy (伍英才 Pinyin: Wǔ Yīngcái) (born 1907 in Chiltern, New South Wales, Australia -February 3,2002 in Toronto) was a Chinese businessman from Australia and amateur jockey in Hong Kong. He serve with the The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (the Volunteers) during World War II as Lance Corporal messenger and worked for the Canadian Trade Commission in Hong Kong.
William Prescott William Prescott (February 20, 1726 – 1795) was an American Colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the rebel forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Prescott became widely known for his famous quote, "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes," an important instruction since his soldiers were very low on ammunition.
William Price (industrialist) Sir William Price (~1860-1938), born in Wales, was a farmer and industrialist, Director of United Dairies Ltd. He was knighted in 1922, on the nomination of Lloyd George, by King George V (grandfather of the present Queen), a fluent speaker of Welsh he was nominated because of his companies delievernces of milk during the General strike.
William Price (Royalist colonel) William Price (1619 - 1691) was MP for Merioneth 1640-44 and 1673-9 and a Royalist colonel in the English Civil War. A member of the Price family of Rhiwlas, he retained the family estate under Oliver Cromwell's protectorate.
William Price (Worcestershire cricketer) William Harry Price (28 May 1900 - 15 April 1982) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Glamorgan at Cardiff Arms Park in 1923. His influence on the game was almost non-existent: he made 0 not out in his only innings, bowled three wicketless overs for 12 runs and did not hold a catch.
William Price Craighill William Price Craighill (July 1, 1833 – January 18, 1909) was born in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was an author, Union Army engineer in the United States Civil War, and later served as Chief of Engineers.
William Prince (actor) William Prince (born January 26, 1913, Nichols, New York; died October 8, 1996, Tarrytown, New York) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous soap operas and made dozens of guest appearances on primetime series.
William Procter (Canadian veteran) William "Duke" Procter (August 18 1899 - December 14 2005) was a Canadian veteran of the First World War and the last remaining veteran of that war from western Canada. At the time of his death, there were only three known remaining Canadian World War I veterans.
William Prosser William Lloyd Prosser (born March 15, 1898, New Albany, Indiana; died 1972) was the Dean of the College of Law at UC Berkeley from 1948 to 1961. Prosser authored several editions of Prosser on Torts, universally recognized as the leading work on the subject of tort law for a generation and still widely used today (now in its 11th Edition).

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