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This page collects genealogy for the Williams Family:

Overview[]

Williams is a patronymic form of the name William that originated in medieval England, Wales, France, and Italy.[1]

The meaning is derived from son or descendant of William, the Northern French form that also gave the English name William. Derived from an Old French given name with Germanic elements; will = desire, will; and helm = helmet, protection.[2] It can be an Anglicised form of the Dutch surname Willems. It is the second most common surname in New Zealand; third most common in Wales and the United States and fourth most common in Australia.[3][4]

Surname history[]

The Welsh name Williams is a patronymic surname, derived from the personal name Williams and is takes its names from the Old German words Willihelm and Willelm (the Norman French version was Guillaume). In the aftermath of 1066 Norman invasion of England, Williams became the most popular surname in Britain during that period.

In the United States, Williams ranks as 3rd most common surname.

Earliest recorded usage[]

  • Willam is from 1279 in Oxfordshire.[5]
  • William is from 1299 in Whitby, Yorkshire.[1]
  • Williames is from 1307 in Staffordshire.[6]


Notable Williams Families[]

Common combinations of given name and surname Williams[]

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  • Aaron Williams
  • Alan Williams
  • Albert Williams
  • Alex Williams
  • Alexander Williams
  • Alfred Williams
  • Allison Williams
  • Andrew or Andy Williams
  • Angela Williams
  • Ann, Anna, or Anne Williams
  • Annie Williams
  • Anthony or Antony Williams
  • Arnold Williams
  • Arthur or Art Williams
  • Ashley Williams
  • Athol Williams
  • Avery Williams
  • Barbara Williams
  • Barney Williams
  • Barry Williams
  • Basil Williams
  • Ben Williams
  • Benjamin Williams
  • Bernard Williams
  • Bernie Williams
  • Bill Williams
  • Billy Williams
  • Bob, Bobbie, or Bobby Williams
  • Brad Williams
  • Brandon Williams
  • Brett Williams
  • Brian Williams
  • Bruce Williams
  • Bryan Williams
  • Carl Williams
  • Chad Williams
  • Charles or Charlie Williams
  • Chris Williams
  • Christopher Williams
  • Chuck Williams
  • Clarence Williams
  • Claude Williams
  • Clifford Williams
  • Colin Williams
  • Connor Williams
  • Corey Williams
  • Craig Williams
  • Darryl Williams
  • Daryl Williams
  • Dave Williams
  • Davey Williams
  • David Williams
  • Dean Williams
  • Dennis or Denis Williams
  • Derek Williams
  • Desmond Williams
  • Devon Williams
  • Dick Williams
  • Don Williams
  • Donald Williams
  • Doug or Douglas Williams
  • Earl Williams
  • Edward, Ed, or Eddie Williams
  • Edwin Williams
  • Eric or Erik Williams
  • Eugene Williams
  • Evan Williams
  • Francis Williams
  • Frank Williams
  • Fred Williams
  • Frederick Williams
  • Freddie Williams
  • Gareth Williams
  • Gary or Garry Williams
  • Geoff Williams
  • George Williams
  • Gerald Williams
  • Gordon Williams
  • Graham Williams
  • Grant Williams
  • Greg Williams
  • Gus Williams
  • Guy Williams
  • Hank Williams
  • Harold Williams
  • Harry Williams
  • Harvey Williams
  • Heather Williams
  • Helen Williams
  • Henry Williams
  • Hugh Williams
  • Ian Williams
  • Isaac Williams
  • Isaiah Williams
  • Jack Williams
  • Jackie Williams
  • James Williams
  • Jane Williams
  • Jarren Williams
  • Jason Williams
  • Jay Williams
  • Jeff or Jeffrey Williams
  • Jeremy Williams
  • Jerry Williams
  • Jesse Williams
  • Jim, Jimmy, or Jimy Williams
  • Jody Williams
  • Joe Williams
  • Joel Williams
  • John, Johnnie, or Johnny Williams
  • Jonah Williams
  • Jonathan Williams
  • Jordan Williams
  • Joseph Williams
  • Josh or Joshua Williams
  • Keith Williams
  • Ken Williams
  • Kenneth Williams
  • Kenny Williams
  • Kent Williams
  • Kevin Williams
  • Kimberley or Kim Williams
  • Kyle Williams
  • Larry Williams
  • Lauren Williams
  • Laurie Williams
  • Lawrence Williams
  • Lee Williams
  • Leo Williams
  • Leon Williams
  • Leonard Williams
  • Leslie Williams
  • Linda Williams
  • Lloyd Williams
  • Lorenzo Williams
  • Louis Williams
  • Luke Williams
  • Lynn Williams
  • Malcolm Williams
  • Marcus Williams
  • Mark Williams
  • Martin Williams
  • Marvin Williams
  • Mary Williams
  • Matthew or Matt Williams
  • Maurice Williams
  • Max Williams
  • Melvin Williams
  • Michael Williams
  • Mike Williams
  • Morgan Williams
  • Nathan Williams
  • Neil Williams
  • Nelson Williams
  • Nick Williams
  • Nicole Williams
  • Nigel Williams
  • Norman Williams
  • Oscar Williams
  • Owen Williams
  • Patrick or Pat Williams
  • Paul Williams
  • Peter or Pete Williams
  • Phil Williams
  • Philip Williams
  • Ralph Williams
  • Ray or Raymond Williams
  • Reg or Reginald Williams
  • Reggie Williams
  • Rhys Williams
  • Richard Williams
  • Ricky or Rick Williams
  • Robert, Rob, or Robbie Williams
  • Robin Williams
  • Rodney or Rod Williams
  • Roger Williams
  • Ronald or Ron Williams
  • Rowland Williams
  • Roy Williams
  • Russell Williams
  • Ryan Williams
  • Sam Williams
  • Samuel Williams
  • Sandra Williams
  • Sarah Williams
  • Scott Williams
  • Sean Williams
  • Seth Williams
  • Shannon Williams
  • Shaun Williams
  • Sid, Syd, or Sidney Williams
  • Simon Williams
  • Stan or Stanley Williams
  • Stephen or Steven Williams
  • Steve Williams
  • Stuart Williams
  • Susan Williams
  • Ted Williams
  • Terry Williams
  • Thomas Williams
  • Tim Williams
  • Timothy Williams
  • Todd Williams
  • Tom, Tommie, or Tommy Williams
  • Tony Williams
  • Travis Williams
  • Trevor Williams
  • Victoria Williams
  • Vince Williams
  • Walter Williams
  • Warren Williams
  • Wendy Williams
  • William Williams
  • Willie Williams


Early American Immigrants (pre-1700)[]

A[]

  • Abi Williams, Welsh nationalist politician
  • Abigail Williams (1680–1???), American accuser in the Salem witch trials
  • Abiodun Williams (born 1961), academic in peacekeeping and conflict prevention and management
  • Abraham J. Williams (1781–1839), American politician, 3rd Governor of Missouri
  • Ace Williams (1917–1999), American baseball pitcher
  • A. D. Williams (1933–2019), American football player
  • Adam Williams (actor) (1922–2006), American film and television actor
  • Adam Williams (basketball) (born 1983), British basketball player
  • Adele Williams (1868–1952), American artist
  • Adele Fay Williams (1859–1937), American artist and newspaper writer
  • Adim Williams, Nigerian film director
  • Ady Williams (born 1971), Welsh international footballer and football manager
  • Aeneas Williams (born 1968), American football player
  • Akintola Williams (born 1919), Nigerian accountant
  • Al Williams (1930s pitcher) (1914–1969), American baseball pitcher
  • Al Williams (basketball) (1948–2007), American basketball player
  • Alain Williams (born 1954), British Olympic sprint canoer
  • Alaina Williams (born 1990), American trampolinist
  • Alberta Williams King (1904–1974), American; mother of Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Aled Williams (1933–2005), Welsh footballer
  • Alejandro Williams (born 1969), politician from the Dominican Republic
  • Ali Williams (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union international
  • Allan Williams (politician) (1922–2011), Attorney-General of British Columbia, 1979–1983
  • Allan Williams (1930–2016), businessman, booking agent to The Beatles
  • Alun Williams (1920–1992), Welsh radio presenter
  • Alvin Williams (American football) (born 1965), American football player
  • Alvin Williams (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Alwyn Williams (bishop) (1888–1968), Bishop of Durham, 1939–52, and Bishop of Winchester, 1952–61
  • Alwyn Williams (geologist) (1921–2004), Welsh geologist
  • Alyson Williams (born 1962), American R&B singer
  • Amanda Williams (born 1946), American Superior Court Judge
  • Amanda Kyle Williams (1957–2018), American crime writer
  • Amy Williams (tennis) (1872–1969), American tennis player
  • Amy Williams (born 1982), English skeleton racer and Olympic gold medalist
  • Amy Williams (rugby union) (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Anastasia P. Williams (born 1957), American politician in Rhode Island
  • Anne Williams-Isom (born 1967), American government official, academic, lawyer, and former nonprofit executive
  • Andrae Williams (born 1983), Bahamian Olympic sprint athlete
  • Andre Williams (musician) (born Zephire Andre Williams 1936–2019), American R&B and rock and roll musician
  • Andre Williams (American football) (born 1992), American football running back
  • Angel Kyodo Williams (born 1969), American writer and Buddhist priest
  • Angel Williams (born 1981), Canadian female pro wrestler
  • Anita Álvarez de Williams (born 1931), American anthropologist, photographer and historian
  • Annabelle Williams (born 1988), Australian Paralympic swimmer
  • Annette Polly Williams (1937–2014), American politician
  • Annie Williams (suffragette) (c. 1860–1943), British women's rights activist
  • Anson Williams (born 1949), American actor
  • Antonio Williams (Medal of Honor) (1825–1908), American Medal of Honor recipient
  • Archibald Williams (judge) (1801–1863), United States federal judge
  • Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams (1842–1895), Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
  • Archie Williams (1915–1993), American athlete
  • Archie Williams (footballer) (1927–1985), Scottish footballer
  • Arena Williams (born 1990), New Zealand politician
  • Aric Williams (born 1982), American footballer
  • Arlene Williams (1946–2017), American TV chef
  • Armstrong Williams (born 1959), American political columnist
  • A. S. Williams (born 1970), English cricketer
  • Athol Williams (born 1970), South African poet and social philosopher
  • Audrey Williams (1923–1975), American country musician
  • Audrey Williams (archaeologist) (1902–1978), Welsh archaeologist
  • Augustine Podmore Williams (1852–1916), English mariner
  • Austin Williams (born 1996), American actor
  • Avondale Williams (born 1977), British Virgin Islands footballer and manager
  • Avril Williams (born 1961), South African rugby union international
  • Axel Williams (born 1983), Tahitian international footballer

B[]

  • Barrie Williams (born 1955), English football manager
  • Bart Williams (actor) (1949–2015), American character actor and documentary filmmaker
  • Bart Williams (rugby league), rugby league player
  • Barton Williams (born 1956), American Olympic-grade hurdler
  • Beatrice Williams née Kerr (1887–1971), Australian swimmer and diver
  • Beau Williams (born 1950), American gospel singer
  • Becky Williams, American Union activist
  • Bedwyr Williams (born 1974), Welsh artist
  • Benny Williams (footballer) (born 1951), English former footballer
  • Bergen Williams (born 1959), American actress
  • Bernice Williams (fl. 1960s), American songwriter
  • Bert Williams (1874–1922), American comedian and entertainer
  • Bert Williams (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1974), Welsh professional footballer
  • Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920) (1920–2014), English international goalkeeper
  • Bertie Williams (1907–1968), Welsh football international
  • Beryl Alice Evans née Williams (1922–2006), Australian politician
  • Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) (1943–2020), Nobel Peace Prize recipient from Northern Ireland
  • Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh Labour Party politician and MP
  • Betty Smith Williams, American nurse
  • Beverly Williams (born 1947), American TV news anchor
  • Bianca Williams (born 1993), British sprint athlete
  • Bisa Williams (born 1954), American diplomat, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
  • Blake Williams (basketball) (1924–2003), American basketball player
  • Blake Williams (born 1985), Australian motorsports competitor
  • Bo Williams (born 1938), American politician
  • Boo Williams (born 1978), American footballer
  • Boris Williams (born 1957), English drummer (The Cure)
  • Boyce Courtney Williams (born 1954), American educator
  • Brackette Williams, American anthropologist
  • Brady Williams (born 1979), American baseball player and manager
  • Brandi Williams (born 1982), American actress and singer-songwriter
  • Brenda Williams (born 1949), South African cricketer
  • Brendan Williams (politician) (born 1968), American politician in Washington State
  • Brendan Williams (rugby union) (born 1978), Australian rugby union footballer
  • Brennan Williams (born 1991), American footballer and professional wrestler better known by his ring names Dio Maddin and Mace
  • Brent Williams (American football) (born 1964), NFL footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
  • Brent Williams (Australian footballer) (born 1978), Australian rules footballer for Adelaide
  • Brinley Williams (1895–1987), Welsh rugby union and rugby league international
  • Briony Williams, Australian actress
  • Britain J. Williams, American computer scientist
  • Brock Williams (born 1979), American football cornerback
  • Brooke Williams (born 1984), New Zealand actress
  • Brooks Williams (born 1958), American guitarist and singer-songwriter
  • Bryce Williams (rugby union) (born 1990), New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • Bryce Williams (American football) (born 1993), American football player
  • Bryn Williams (born 1977), Welsh chef
  • Brynle Williams (1949–2011), Welsh politician
  • Brynmor Williams (born 1951), Welsh rugby union international and British Lion & rugby league international
  • Buck Williams (born 1960), American basketball player
  • Buddug Williams, Welsh actress
  • Buddy Williams (country musician) (1918–1986), Australian country musician, singer and songwriter
  • Buddy Williams (jazz drummer) (born 1952), American jazz drummer
  • Buffy-Lynne Williams (born 1977), Canadian rower
  • Butch Williams (born 1952), American ice hockey player
  • Buzz Williams (born 1972), American basketball coach
  • Byron Williams (American football) (born 1960), American football wide receiver
  • Byron Williams (shooter) (born 1965), American responsible for the 2010 shootout with California Highway Patrol officers in Oakland

C[]

  • Cadillac Williams (born 1982), American footballer
  • Cal Williams, Australian musician, founder member of Yothu Yindi
  • Calvin Williams (born 1967), American football wide receiver; Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens
  • Cameron Williams (born 1963), Australian journalist
  • Camilla Williams (1919–2012), American operatic soprano
  • Cara Williams (1925–2021), American actress
  • Carleigh Williams (born 1992), American soccer player
  • Carol Williams (disco musician), American disco musician
  • Carol Williams (politician) (born 1949), majority leader of the Montana State Senate
  • Carol Williams (organist) (born 1962), American organist and composer
  • Caroline Williams (born 1957), American actress
  • Caroline Randall Williams (born 1987), American writer
  • Carroll Williams (1916–1991), American entomologist
  • Carroll Williams (Canadian football), American player of gridiron football
  • Carson Williams, American electrical engineer
  • Carter Williams (born 1980), American boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist
  • Carwyn Williams (born 1965), Welsh surfer
  • Cary Williams (born 1984), American football cornerback
  • Casey Kopua née Williams (born 1985), New Zealand netball international
  • Cathy Williams, Trinidad-born British novelist
  • Cathay Williams (1844–1892), African–American female who posed as a man and enlisted in the US Army
  • Cecil Williams (pastor) (born 1929), pastor, community leader and author
  • Cecil Williams (anti-apartheid activist) (1909–1979), English-South African theatre director and anti-apartheid activist
  • Cedric Williams (1913–1999), British cinematographer
  • Charley Williams (born 1928), American boxer
  • Charlotte Williams-Wynn (aristocrat) (c. 1754–1830), British aristocrat, daughter of the P.M. George Grenville
  • Charlotte Williams-Wynn (diarist) (1807–1869), her granddaughter, British letter-writer and diarist
  • Charonda Williams (born 1987), American sprint athlete
  • Chavis Williams (born 1989), American football linebacker
  • Chaz Williams (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Chester Sidney Williams (1907–1992), American educator and author
  • Chester Williams (1970–2019), South African rugby union international
  • Chester Williams (police officer) (born 1973), Belizean police officer
  • Cheswin Williams (born 1987), South African rugby union footballer
  • Chino 'Fats' Williams (1933–2000), American actor
  • Christina Marie Williams (1985–1998), Filipino–American murder victim
  • Christine Williams (model) (1945–2017), English model and actress
  • Christine Williams (nutritionist), British professor of nutrition
  • Christy Williams (born 1980), Canadian motorcycle trials rider
  • Chuckie Williams (born 1953), American basketball player
  • Ciaran Williams (born 1987), British Olympic handball player
  • Cindy Williams (born 1947), American actress
  • Cindy Williams (journalist) (born 1964), American journalist
  • C. K. Williams (1936–2015), American poet, critic and translator
  • Claire Williams (motorsport) (born 1976), deputy team principal of the Williams Formula One racing team
  • Claire Williams (athlete) (born 1987), Welsh Paralympian athlete
  • Clara Williams (1888–1928), American actress
  • Clara Belle Williams (1885–1994), first African-American graduate of New Mexico State University
  • Clark Williams (1870–1946), American banker and New York State Comptroller 1909–1910
  • Clark Williams (politician) (born 1946), American politician
  • Claudia Williams (born 1996), New Zealand tennis player
  • Claudia Williams (artist) (born 1933), British artist
  • Clayton Williams Jr. (1931–2020), American oilman; Republican gubernatorial nominee in Texas, 1990
  • Cliff Williams (rugby player) (1898–1930), Welsh rugby union international
  • Cliff Williams (born 1949), English bassist for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC
  • Clive Williams (professor) (born 1945), British-born Australian Military Intelligence Officer and academic
  • Clive Williams (rugby union) (born 1948), Welsh international rugby union player and British Lion
  • Clyde Williams (Missouri politician) (1873–1954), U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Clyde Williams (American football) (1879–1938), American football player, coach, and administrator
  • Clyde Williams (New York politician)
  • Cole Williams (born 1981), American actor
  • Colleen Williams (born 1955), American news anchor
  • Colleen Williams (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player
  • Conrad Williams (athlete) (born 1982), British 400m athlete
  • Constance H. Williams (born 1944), American politician in Pennsylvania
  • Cora Lenore Williams (1865–1937), American educator and author
  • Cory T. Williams, American attorney and Democratic politician in Oklahoma
  • Cory Williams (born 1981), YouTube personality also known as "Mr. Safety"
  • Courtney Carl Williams (born 1991), Vincentian Olympic sprinter
  • Cress Williams (born 1970), German-born American actor
  • Cunnie Williams (born 1963), American R&B singer
  • Curtley Williams (born 1990), English footballer
  • Cy Williams (1887–1974), American baseball player
  • Cy Williams (American football) (1903–1965), American football player
  • Cynda Williams (born 1966), American actress
  • Cyndi Williams, American voice actress
  • Cyril Williams (1921–1980), English footballer and manager
  • Cyrus J. Williams, film producer

D[]

  • Dafydd Williams (born 1954), Canadian astronaut
  • Daley Williams (born 1986), English rugby league footballer and Jamaican international
  • Dallas Williams (born 1958), American baseball outfielder and coach
  • Damarion Williams (born 1998), American football player
  • Damian Williams (wide receiver) (born 1988), American football wide receiver
  • Damien Williams (running back) (born 1992), American football running back
  • Damion Williams (born 1981), Jamaican international footballer
  • Damon Williams (born 1973), American basketball player
  • Damond L. Williams (born 1980), American basketball player
  • Dana Williams (baseball) (born 1963), American baseball player
  • Danielle Williams (softball), American softball player
  • Dar Williams (born 1967), American pop–folk singer–songwriter
  • Darious Williams (born 1993), American football player
  • Darnell Williams (born 1955), British actor
  • Darrel Williams (born 1995), American footballer
  • Darren Williams (Australian rules footballer) (born 1960), Australian rules footballer with Essendon
  • Darren Williams (author) (born 1967), Australian novelist
  • Darren Williams (born 1977), English soccer player
  • Darrent Williams (1982–2007), American football player
  • Darrin Williams, American politician from Arkansas
  • Darwyn Williams (born 1960), American businessman
  • Das Williams (born 1974), American politician
  • David Henry Williams (1819–1891), American railroad surveyor, civil engineer, writer and volunteer army officer
  • David Hiram Williams (1812–1848), Welsh geological surveyor
  • Davida Williams (born 1986), American actress, singer and photographer
  • Davina Williams (born 1985), Australian Olympic freestyle skier
  • Davon Williams (born 1972), Montserratian cricketer
  • Dawn Williams (born 1973), Olympic middle-distance runner for Dominica
  • Dawn Monique Williams (born 1978), American theatre director
  • DeAngelo Williams (born 1983), American footballer
  • Debbie Williams (born c.1956), American teacher and parachute incident survivor
  • Del Williams (1945–1984), American football offensive guard
  • Delaney Williams (born 1962), American actor
  • Delano Williams (born 1993), sprinter from the Turks and Caicos Islands who represents Great Britain
  • Deleta Williams (born 1935), American politician from Missouri
  • Delores Williams (born 1937), American theologian
  • Delvin Williams (born 1951), American footballer
  • Delwyn Williams (born 1938), British Conservative politician
  • Demetrius Williams (born 1983), American football wide receiver
  • Demion Williams (born 1992), Caymanian international footballer
  • Demorrio Williams (born 1980), American football linebacker
  • Deniece Williams (born 1950), American singer-songwriter
  • Denny Williams (1896–1929), American baseball player
  • Denzil Williams (born 1938), Welsh rugby union international
  • Deron Williams (born 1984), NBA basketball player
  • Derrick Williams (American football) (born 1986), American football wide receiver
  • Derrick Williams (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball forward
  • Derrick Williams (footballer) (born 1993), German-born Irish association footballer
  • Derwin Williams (born 1961), American footballer
  • Desai Williams (born 1959), St. Kitts and Nevis born Canadian Olympic sprinter
  • Desi Williams (fl.2004), English rugby league footballer
  • Dessima Williams, Grenadian diplomat
  • Destiny Williams (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Deunta Williams (born 1987), American football defensive back
  • DeWitt Williams (1919–2016), American politician in South Carolina
  • Dexter Williams (born 1997), American football player
  • D'haquille Williams (born 1993), American football wide receiver
  • Diana Williams (born 1958), American television journalist
  • Diane Williams (author) (born 1946), American writer
  • Diane Williams (athlete) (born 1960), American sprinter
  • Diane Wray Williams (born 1938), American politician, teacher, and businesswoman
  • Dib Williams (1910–1992), American Major League Baseball player in the 1930s
  • Dicoy Williams (born 1996), Jamaican international footballer
  • Dillwyn Williams (born 1929), British medical scientist
  • Dino Williams (born 1990), Jamaican international footballer
  • Dioh Williams (born 1984), Liberian international footballer
  • Dion Williams (1869–1952), American Marine Corps officer
  • Doc Williams (racing driver) (1912–1982), American racecar driver
  • Doc Williams (singer) (1914–2011), American country music bandleader and vocalist
  • Dokie Williams (born 1960), American football wide receiver
  • Dolly Williams, American businesswoman
  • Domanick Williams (born 1980), American football running back
  • Dominique Williams (born 1990), American football running back
  • Donna Williams (born 1963), Australian writer, artist, singer-songwriter and screenwriter
  • Donnie Williams (born 1983), American singer-songwriter
  • Donnie Williams (American football) (born 1948), American football player
  • Donte Williams (born 1982), American football coach
  • Dootsie Williams (Walter Williams, 1911–1991), American record executive and producer
  • Dorothy Williams (1928–2011), South African anti-apartheid activist
  • Duane Williams (1861–1912), American lawyer fundamental in the foundation of the International Tennis Federation
  • Dub Williams (1927–2014), American politician
  • Duck Williams (born 1956), American basketball player for the New Orleans Jazz
  • Dudley Williams (biochemist) (1937–2010), British biochemist
  • Dudley Williams (judge) (1889–1963), Australian judge
  • Dudley Williams (MP) (1908–1987), British aeronautical engineer and Conservative Party politician
  • Dudley Williams (physicist) (1912–2004), president of the Optical Society of America in 1979
  • Duke Williams (American football) (born 1990), American football safety
  • Duke Williams, American musician
  • Duncan Williams (born 1986), Irish rugby union footballer for Munster
  • Duvall Williams, US Navy rear admiral
  • Dyana Williams (born 1953), American radio presenter and journalist
  • Dyfri Williams (born 1952), British classical archaeologist

E[]

  • E. Stewart Williams (1909–2005), American architect
  • Earle Williams (1880–1927), silent film actor
  • Earnest Williams (born 1949), American politician in Georgia
  • Ederyn Williams (born 1946), British academic and businessman
  • Edlorn Williams, Antigua and Barbudan international footballer
  • Edson Williams (born 1966), visual effects supervisor
  • Eduardo Williams (born 1987), Argentine film director
  • Edy Williams (born 1942), American actress
  • Eifion Williams (born 1975), Welsh footballer
  • Eirian Williams (born 1955), Welsh snooker referee
  • Eka Esu Williams (born 1950), Nigerian immunologist and activist
  • Elijah Williams (chess player) (1809–1854), British chess player
  • Elijah Williams (American football) (born 1975), American footballer
  • Elisha Williams (1694–1755), Congregational minister, legislator, soldier, jurist, and rector of Yale
  • Elisha Williams (basketball) (born 1978), Canadian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
  • Eliud Williams (born 1948), President of Dominica 2012–2013
  • Elizabeth Williams (artist), American illustrator, courtroom artist and author
  • Ellen D. Williams, American actress
  • Ellen D. Williams (chemist) (born 1953), American chemist
  • Ellery Williams (1926–2017), American footballer
  • Elliot Williams (born 1989), American basketball player
  • Ellis E. Williams (born 1951), American TV actor and comedian
  • Elmer Williams (born 1964), Puerto Rican Olympic long jumper
  • Elmo Williams (1913–2015), American film and TV editor, producer, director and executive
  • Elton Williams (born 1973), Montserratian international footballer
  • Emily Williams (architect) (1869–1942), American architect
  • Emily Williams (born 1984), New Zealand–born Australian singer–songwriter
  • Emlyn Williams (1905–1987), Welsh actor and dramatist
  • Emma Vyssotsky (1894–1975), née Williams, American astronomer
  • Emma Kennedy (born 1967), British comedian
  • Emma Williams (actress) (born 1983), British actress who starred in The Parole Officer
  • Emma Williams (gymnast) (born 1983), British gymnast who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Emmitt Williams (born 1998), American basketball player
  • Emory Williams (1911–2014), a Chicago businessman
  • Enda Williams (born 1985), Irish Gaelic footballer
  • Envis Williams (born 1962), West Indian cricketer from Tobago
  • Ephraim S. Williams (1802–1890), American politician
  • Erika Monroe Williams, American news anchor and TV host
  • Esther Williams (1921–2013), American movie star and competitive swimmer
  • Evelyn Williams (politician), American politician in New Jersey
  • Evelyn Williams (artist) (1929–2012), British artist

F[]

  • Faith M. Williams (1893–1958), American economist
  • Fara Williams (born 1984), English football international
  • Fenton Williams, American production designer and video director
  • Fimbar Williams (born 1976), Grenadian football international
  • Finty Williams (born 1972), English actress
  • Floyd Williams (born 1939), American mathematician
  • Fly Williams (born 1953), American basketball player
  • Fos Williams (1922–2001), Australian rules footballer and coach from South Australia
  • Foy Williams (born 1973), Jamaican-born Canadian Olympic sprinter
  • Frances Williams (1904–1978), Welsh-born American composer and conductor
  • Franklin Williams (diplomat) (1928–1990), lawyer and civil rights leader in the United States
  • Franklin Delano Williams (1947–1993), American Gospel music singer
  • Frederic Calland Williams (1911–1977), English electrical engineer
  • Frederic Wanklyn Williams (1854–1940), New Zealand business proprietor, director and community leader
  • Frederica Williams (born 1958), American health care executive
  • Freedom Williams (born 1966), American hip-hop and dance music performer
  • Freeman Williams (born 1956), American basketball player

G[]

  • G. Williams, West Indian cricket umpire
  • G. Mennen Williams (1911–1988), Democratic governor of Michigan
  • Gabby Williams (born 1996), American basketball player
  • Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberian journalist
  • Gabrielle Williams (born 1982), Australian politician
  • Gail Williams, director of The WELL
  • Gale R. Williams (1922–2007), American politician
  • Galmo Williams, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (2009)
  • Gardner F. Williams (1842–1922), American mining engineer and author
  • Garth Williams (1912–1996), American artist
  • Gavin Williams (rugby union) (born 1979), New Zealand rugby player
  • Gavin Williams (footballer) (born 1980), Welsh footballer
  • Geisha Williams (born 1961/62), American businesswoman
  • Gemara Williams (born 1983), American and Canadian football player
  • Gene Williams (basketball) (born 1947), American basketball player
  • Gene Williams (American football) (born 1968), US American football player
  • Genelle Williams (born 1984), Canadian actress
  • Geoffrey Williams (born 1963), English singer-songwriter
  • Georgia Williams (born 1993), New Zealand racing cyclist
  • Geraint Williams (born 1962), Welsh footballer and manager
  • Gerard Williams (American football) (born 1952), American football player
  • Gerard Williams (footballer) (born 1988), Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer
  • Germaine Williams (born 1974), Jamaican-American rapper and actor better known as Canibus
  • Gerry Williams (footballer) (1877–1901), Australian footballer
  • Gilly Williams (1719–1805), English official, wit and letter writer
  • Ginger Williams (singer) (born 1956), Jamaican-born British singer
  • Gizmo Williams (Henry L. Williams, born 1962), American football player
  • Glanmor Williams (1920–2005), Welsh historian
  • Glen Morgan Williams (1920–2012), United States federal judge
  • Glen Williams (basketball) (1954–2017), American basketball player
  • Glenn Williams (born 1977), Australian baseball player
  • Glenn Williams (sound engineer), American sound engineer
  • Glyn Williams (footballer) (1918–2011), Welsh footballer
  • Glyndwr Williams (born 1932), professor of history at Queen Mary, University of London
  • Glynn Williams (born 1939), British sculptor
  • Gord Williams (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Grace Williams (1906–1977), Welsh composer
  • Greedy Williams (born 1997), American football player
  • Gregg Williams (born 1958), American football coach
  • Gregory Alan Williams (born 1956), American actor and author
  • Gregory H. Williams, American academic
  • Greta Williams, English opera singer
  • Griff Williams (born 1966), American artist
  • Guinn Williams (Texas politician) (1871–1948), American state senator and congressman from Texas
  • Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (1899–1962), American actor
  • Gwendoline Williams (1922–2013), British novelist
  • Gwilym Williams (1913–1990), Anglican Archbishop of Wales 1971–1982
  • Gwyn Williams (rugby), Welsh rugby player
  • Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995), Welsh historian
  • Gwyn Williams (football manager), Leeds United's technical director and manager
  • Gwyneth Williams (born 1953), controller of BBC Radio 4
  • Gwynfor Williams (born 1956), Welsh rugby footballer
  • Gwynne Williams (born 1937), Welsh poet and translator

H[]

  • H. Williams (Worcestershire cricketer) (fl. 1927), English cricketer
  • H. R. Williams, American writer
  • Hal Williams (born 1938), American actor
  • Hardy Williams (1931–2010), American politician
  • Harland Williams (born 1962), Canadian-American comedian, actor, and radio personality
  • Harper Williams (born 1971), American basketball player
  • Harrison Williams (entrepreneur) (1873–1953), American entrepreneur who made millions in public utilities
  • Harrison A. Williams (1919–2001), U.S. Senator from New Jersey
  • Harry H. Williams (1879–1922), American composer, lyricist, and publisher of popular music
  • Hartley Williams (1843–1929), judge in Victoria, Australia, not related to the priest
  • Hartley Williams (clergyman) (1844–1927), Anglican priest who founded a private school in Mount Gambier, South Australia
  • Harwood Williams (born 1970), Kittitian cricketer
  • Hayley Williams (born 1988), American lead singer of the band Paramore
  • Hayley J Williams, English actress
  • Hayward Williams, American singer-songwriter
  • Heathcote Williams (1941–2017), English poet, actor and dramatist
  • Heathcote Williams (cricket administrator) (1859–1931), New Zealand cricket administrator
  • Heimar Williams (born 1991), South African rugby union player
  • Helema Williams (born 1991), Cook Islander Olympic sailor
  • Henria Leech Williams (1867 –1911), British suffragette
  • Henrik Williams, Swedish historian and linguist
  • Herb Williams (born 1958), American basketball player
  • Herbie Williams (born 1940), Welsh international footballer
  • Hershel W. Williams (born 1923), US Marine; Medal of Honor recipient
  • Hilda May Williams (1899–1972), American nurse
  • Hillary Williams (born 1988), American grappler and Brazilian jiu–jitsu practitioner
  • Hiram D. Williams (1917–2003), painter and University of Florida professor
  • Holly Williams (born 1981), American country music artist; granddaughter of Hank Williams
  • Horace Williams (1900–1960), Welsh professional football player and manager
  • Horatio Burt Williams (1877–1955), American electrophysiologist
  • Horton Williams (born 1933), Australian judge
  • Hosea Williams (1926–2000), American civil rights leader
  • Howard Williams (humanitarian) (1837–1931), author of The Ethics of Diet
  • Howie Williams (basketball) (1927–2004), American basketball player
  • Howie Williams (born 1936), American football safety
  • Hugo Williams (born 1942), British poet, journalist and travel writer
  • Hype Williams (born 1970), American music video and film director
  • Hywel Williams (born 1953), Welsh politician and Plaid Cymru MP

I[]

  • Idris Williams (1834–1894), Welsh Liberal politician
  • Ieuan Williams (1909–1964), Welsh cricketer
  • Ieuan Rhys Williams (1909–1973), Welsh actor
  • Ifor Williams (1881–1965), Welsh scholar of Old Welsh
  • Ike Williams (1923–1994), American boxer
  • Illtyd Williams (fl. 1930s), Welsh rugby league footballer for Castleford
  • Iñaki Williams (born 1994), Spanish footballer
  • Iolo Williams (born 1962), Welsh nature observer and TV presenter
  • Iris Williams (born 1944), Welsh singer
  • Irv Williams (1919–2019), American jazz saxophonist and composer
  • Isadora Williams (born 1996), American-Brazilian Olympic figure skater
  • Isiah Williams (born 1987), American football quarterback
  • Isiah Williams (basketball), American basketball player
  • Ivor Williams (1908–1982), Welsh artist
  • Ivory Williams (born 1985), American sprinter
  • Ivy Williams (1877–1966), English lawyer; first woman to be called to the bar
  • Izaac Williams (born 1989), New Zealand basketball player

J[]

  • J. Williams (singer) (born 1986), New Zealand R&B singer
  • J. Williams (cinematographer) (1948–2005), Indian cinematographer in Malayalam movies
  • J. Allen Williams (born 1960), American animator
  • J. D. Williams (born 1978), American actor
  • J. H. Williams III (born 1965), American comic book writer and artist
  • J. Henry Williams (1831–1889), British born Episcopal minister and Virginia politician
  • J. J. Williams (born 1948), Welsh rugby union international and British Lion
  • J. Lloyd Williams (1854–1945), Welsh botanist, author, and musician
  • J. Mark G. Williams, British psychologist
  • J. P. R. Williams (born 1949), Welsh rugby union international and British Lion
  • J. Terry Williams (1930–2015), film editor
  • Jabara Williams (born 1989), American footballer
  • Jackson Williams (born 1986), American baseball player
  • Jacob Williams (born 1991), American wheelchair basketball player
  • Jacques Williams (born 1981), English footballer
  • Jacquian Williams (born 1988), American basketball player
  • Jade Williams (born 1988), British pop singer
  • Jalen Williams (born 2001), American basketball player
  • Jamal Williams (born 1976), American footballer
  • Jamaal Williams (born 1995), American football player
  • Jamar Williams (born 1984), US American and Canadian football player
  • Jamel Williams (born 1973), American footballer
  • Jamie Williams (American football) (born 1960), former NFL tight end
  • Jamie Williams, (born 1976), American musician known as Jamie Pressnall
  • Jamye Coleman Williams (1918-2022), American social activist
  • Jan Williams (born 1939), American musician, conductor and composer
  • Jan-Michael Williams (born 1984), Trinidad and Tobago international footballer
  • Janet Williams (basketball) (born 1953), Australian basketball player
  • Janet Williams (soprano), American operatic soprano and voice teacher
  • Janice Savin Williams, Jamaican-born American businesswoman
  • JaQuitta Williams, American TV journalist
  • Jarrett Williams (born 1984), American comic book creator
  • Jarvis Williams (wide receiver) (born 1987), American football player
  • Javarris Williams (born 1986), American football running back
  • Javonte Williams (born 2000), American football player
  • Jawad Williams (born 1983), American basketball player
  • Jayson Williams (born 1968), American basketball player
  • Jean Williams (born 19??), British sports historian and author
  • Jed Williams (1952–2003), Welsh jazz journalist
  • Jeenathan Williams (born 1999), American basketball player
  • Jenni Williams (born 1962), Zimbabwean human rights activist; founder of 'Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
  • Jenny Williams (born 1939), Irish author and academic
  • Jenny Williams (sportsperson) (born 1957), Australian sportswoman
  • Jermaine Williams (American football) (born 1973), American football running back
  • Jermaine Williams (born 1982), American actor and dancer
  • Jerome Williams (basketball) (born 1973), basketball player
  • Jerome Williams (baseball) (born 1981), Major League Baseball player
  • Jerrol Williams (born 1967), American football linebacker
  • Jessica Williams (actress) (born 1989), American actress, comedian, and correspondent
  • Jessica Williams (musician) (born 1948), American pianist and composer
  • Jett Williams (born 1953), American country music performer
  • Jewell Williams (born 1957), American politician in Pennsylvania
  • Jez Williams (born 1970), English guitarist and songwriter
  • Jerry Michael Williams (1969–2000), American male murder victim
  • Jo Williams (born 1948), British civil servant
  • Joan C. Williams (born 1952), American psychologist and academic
  • JoBeth Williams (born 1948), American actress
  • Jodie Williams (born 1993), British sprinter
  • Joejuan Williams (born 1997), American football player
  • Joey Williams (1902–1978), English footballer
  • Josiah B. Williams (1810–1883), New York politician
  • Joss Williams, special effects supervisor
  • Joy Williams (Australian writer) (1942–2006), Australian author of poetry
  • Joy Williams (singer), Christian music singer and songwriter
  • Joy Williams (American writer), American author of fiction
  • Juan Williams (born 1954), Panamanian–born American journalist
  • Jules Williams (born 1968), British writer, director and producer
  • Julia Williams (abolitionist) (1811–1870), American abolitionist
  • Julia Williams (academic), British paramedic science academic
  • Julian Williams (American football) (born 1990), American football wide receiver
  • Julian Williams (boxer) (born 1990), American boxer
  • Julie Williams (scientist) (born c.1957), Chief Scientific Officer for Wales
  • Julius Penson Williams (born 1954), American composer and conductor
  • Julius Williams (born 1986), American Arena footballer
  • Jumaane Williams (born 1976), American politician in New York City
  • Junior Williams (born 1987), Grenadian international footballer
  • Justin Williams (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Justin Williams (basketball) (born 1985), American basketball player
  • Justin Williams (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball player

K[]

  • K. D. Williams (born 1973), American footballer
  • Kaa Williams, New Zealand TV presenter
  • Kamiko Williams (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Karen Williams (soprano), American concert and opera soprano
  • Karen Hastie Williams (born 1944), American lawyer and company director
  • Karen J. Williams (1951–2013), American judge of the US Court of Appeals of the Fourth Circuit
  • Karen Lynn Williams (born 1952), American writer of children's literature
  • Karl Williams (born 1971), American football player
  • Karlos Williams (born 1993), American football player
  • Karyn Williams (born 1979), American Christian musician
  • Kasen Williams (born 1992), American football wide receiver
  • Kat Williams (born 1964), American blues singer
  • Kate Williams (1875–1946), stage name Vulcana, Welsh strongwoman
  • Kate Williams (historian) (born 1978), British author, historian and TV presenter
  • Kate Williams (actress) (born 1941), English actress
  • Kath Williams (1895–1975), Australian women's activist
  • Katharine Williams (judge), Australian judge
  • Kathleen M. Williams (born 1956), American judge
  • Kathleen Williams (politician) (born 1963), American politician
  • Kathryn Williams (born 1974), an English singer-songwriter
  • Katie Williams (footballer) (born 1984), Welsh international footballer
  • Katt Williams (born 1971), American comedian, actor, rapper and singer
  • Kayla Williams (author) (born 1976), U.S. Army linguist
  • Kayla Williams (gymnast) (born 1993), American gymnast
  • Keiland Williams (born 1986), American football running back
  • Keller Williams (born 1969), American musician
  • Kelli Williams (born 1970), American actress
  • Kelli Williams (musician) (born 1978), American gospel musician
  • Kellie Shanygne Williams (born 1976), American actress
  • Kelly Williams (born 1982), Filipino–American basketball player
  • Kelly Glenn Williams, American filmmaker
  • Kelvin Williams (born 1959), Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and national coach
  • Kendal Williams (born 1995), American sprinter
  • Kendall Williams (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Kenji Williams, American filmmaker and musician
  • Kenroy Williams (born 1984), Barbadian cricketer for the West Indies
  • Keron Williams (born 1984), Jamaican-born player of Canadian football
  • Kerry Williams, American voice actress
  • Kerwynn Williams (born 1991), American football running back
  • Keston Williams (born 1988), Trinidad and Tobago international footballer
  • Kid Williams (1893–1963), Danish boxer; bantamweight world champion
  • Kiely Williams (born 1986), American singer/actress, Member of girl groups The Cheetah Girls and 3LW
  • Kimo Williams (born 1950), American composer, musician and professor
  • Kip Williams (born 1968), American director, producer and screenwriter
  • Kipling Williams, American psychology academic
  • Kipper Williams (born 1951), British cartoonist
  • Kirk Williams (born 1986), American basketball player
  • Kirsty Williams (born 1971), Welsh politician, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats
  • Kirsty Williams (drama), British radio drama director and producer
  • Kit Williams (born 1946), English artist, illustrator and author
  • Kiyan Williams (born 1991) American multidisciplinary artist
  • Korey Williams (born 1987), American football player
  • Korto Reeves Williams, Liberian activist
  • Kris Williams (filmmaker) (born 1980), American filmmaker and high school teacher
  • K'Waun Williams (born 1991), American football player
  • Kylie Williams (born 1983), American beauty queen
  • Kyren Williams (born 2000), American football player

L[]

  • L. D. Williams (born 1988), American basketball player
  • Lamanzer Williams (born 1974), American football defensive end
  • Lance Williams (graphics researcher) (1949–2017), American graphics researcher
  • Lance Williams (basketball) (born 1980), American basketball player
  • LaQuan Williams (born 1988), American football wide receiver
  • Laron Williams (1949–1985), American serial killer
  • Latavious Williams (born 1989), American basketball player
  • LaToy Williams (born 1988), Bahamian sprinter
  • Latoya Williams (born 1987), American basketball player
  • Lauryn Williams (born 1983), Trinidadian-born American Olympic sprinter and bobsleigh athlete
  • Layton Williams (born 1994), English stage and TV actor
  • Lefty Williams (born 1974), American guitarist
  • Leila Williams (born 1937), British beauty queen and TV presenter (Blue Peter 1958–62)
  • Leighton Williams (born 1977), Welsh chess master
  • Len Williams (speedway rider) (1921–2007), English international speedway rider
  • Len Williams (Canadian football) (born 1971), Canadian football quarterback
  • Lenae Williams (born 1979), American basketball player
  • Lenny Williams (born 1945), American singer
  • Lenny Williams (Canadian football) (born 1981), US Canadian footballer
  • Leona Williams (born 1943), American country music singer
  • Leroy Williams (born 1937), American jazz drummer
  • Lester Williams (musician) (1920–1990), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
  • Lontrell Williams (born 1999), American rapper known as Pooh Shiesty
  • Lester Williams (1959–2017), American football defensive tackle
  • Levi Williams (1794–1860), Illinois militia member and Baptist minister
  • Levron Williams (born 1979), US American and Canadian footballer
  • Lew Williams (1934–2019), American rockabilly singer and songwriter
  • Lewis Williams (born 1987), Welsh rugby union player
  • Lia Williams (born 1964), English actress
  • Liam Williams (rugby player) (born 1991), Welsh rugby union player
  • Liam Williams (boxer) (born 1992), Welsh boxer
  • Lily Williams (cyclist) (born 1994), American professional racing cyclist
  • Lincoln Williams (born 1993), Australian volleyball player
  • Lindon Williams (1932–1989), American Democratic Texan politician
  • Lindsay Williams (born 1946), British Olympic slalom canoeist
  • Lisa Williams (poet) (born 1966), American poet
  • Liz Williams (born 1965), British sci–fi writer
  • Lizaad Williams (born 1993), South African cricketer
  • Lizzie Williams (born 1983), Australian racing cyclist
  • W. Llewelyn Williams (1867–1922), Welsh journalist, lawyer and Liberal politician
  • Llŷr Williams (born 1976), Welsh pianist
  • Llywelyn Williams (1911–1965), Welsh Labour party politician
  • Lon Williams (1890–1978), American author, teacher and lawyer
  • Lona Williams (born 1966), American TV producer, writer and actress
  • Lori Williams (born 1946), American actress
  • Lorraine Williams, American businesswoman
  • Lottie Williams (1874–1962), American character actress
  • Lucinda Williams (born 1953), American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter
  • Lucinda Williams (athlete) (born 1937), American runner
  • Lucy Williams (born 1976), Australian paralympic swimmer
  • Lucy Gwendolen Williams (1870–1955), British artist
  • Lukyn Williams (1853–1943), Christian author
  • Lydia Williams (born 1988), Australian soccer player
  • Lyle Williams (1942–2008), American politician
  • Lynda Williams (born 1958), Canadian sci-fi writer and blogger

M[]

  • Madeleine Williams (born 1983), Canadian cross-country skier
  • Madieu Williams (born 1981), American football player
  • Maggie Williams (born 1954), American management consultant and campaign manager for Hillary Clinton
  • Maisie Williams (born 1997), English actress
  • Maiya Williams (born 1962), American author, TV producer and screenwriter
  • Maizie Williams (born 1951), Montserratian-born British singer
  • Malinda Williams (born 1976), American actress
  • Malique Williams (born 1988), Antiguan Olympic swimmer
  • Mandisa Williams (born 1984), South African rugby union player
  • Marc Lloyd Williams (born 1973), Welsh footballer
  • Marc Williams (born 1988), Welsh footballer
  • Marco Williams, American documentary filmmaker
  • Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), Welsh artist
  • Margot Williams (botanist), American botanist
  • Margot Williams, American journalist
  • Marianne Williams (1793–1879), British pioneering educator in New Zealand
  • Marilyn Taylor Williams (1954–2009), American politician from Missouri
  • Mario Williams (born 1985), American football defensive end; Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills
  • Marion Williams (1927–1994), American gospel singer
  • Marion Vernese Williams, Barbadian economist, banker, accountant and diplomat
  • Marjorie Williams (1958–2005), American writer, reporter and columnist
  • Marley Williams (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
  • Marmaduke Williams (1772–1850), American politician
  • Marquez Williams (born 1994), American football player
  • Marquise Williams (born 1992), American football player
  • Mars Williams (born 1955), American jazz and rock saxophonist
  • Marsha Garces Williams (born 1956), American film producer
  • Marsha Rhea Williams (born 1948), American computer scientist, researcher, and educator.
  • Marshall Williams (born 1989), Canadian actor, model and musician
  • Marty Williams (born 1951), American politician in Virginia
  • Martyn Williams (born 1975), Wales and British Lions international rugby union player
  • Mason Williams (born 1938), American guitarist, composer, poet and comedy writer
  • Mason Williams (baseball) (born 1991), American baseball player
  • Matilda Alice Williams (1875–1973), New Zealand Methodist deaconess
  • Maxx Williams (born 1994), American football tight end
  • Medwyn Williams, Welsh vegetable gardener
  • Megan Williams (actress) (1956–2000), Australian actress and singer
  • Megan Williams-Stewart (born 1987), American figure skater
  • Mekeil Williams (born 1990), Trinidadian international footballer
  • Melanie Williams (born 1964), British singer
  • Mentor Williams (1946–2016), American songwriter and producer
  • Mercy Williams (c.1947–2014), Indian politician
  • Meritzer Williams (born 1989), Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter
  • Merriwether Williams (born 1968), American TV writer
  • Meshak Williams (born 1991), American footballer
  • Micah Stephen Williams (born 1991), American actor
  • Michelle Williams (singer) (born 1980), American singer and actress, member of group Destiny's Child
  • Michelle Williams (actress) (born 1980), American actress
  • Midge Williams (1915–1952), American swing and jazz vocalist
  • Miller Williams (1930–2015), American poet, translator, editor
  • Milt Williams (born 1945), American basketball point guard
  • Milton Williams (born 1999), American football player
  • Mitch Williams (politician) (born 1953), South Australian Liberal politician and farmer
  • Mitch Williams (baseball) (born 1964), known as "Wild Thing", Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Mo Williams (born 1982), American basketball player
  • Moe Williams (born 1974), American football running back
  • Molly Williams (fl.1818), former slave and first female firefighter in New York
  • Monk Williams (1945–2003), American football player
  • Montel Williams (born 1956), American television talk show host
  • Monty Williams (born 1971), American basketball player and coach
  • Morris Williams (1809–1874), Welsh clergyman and writer
  • Morris Meredith Williams (1881–1973), British painter and illustrator
  • Morris Williams (politician) (1924–1995), Australian politician
  • Murray Williams (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union footballer and Japan international
  • Myrna Williams (politician) (born 1929), American politician in Nevada
  • Myron B. Williams (c.1817–1884), American politician and lawyer

N[]

  • N. D. Williams (born 1942), Guyanese writer
  • Nancy Williams, New Zealand cricketer
  • Nansi Williams, heroine of Aberfan disaster
  • Nar Williams, American TV and film writer and media personality
  • Nat Williams (born 1956), American law-enforcement officer
  • Natalie Williams (born 1970), American basketball player
  • Natasha Williams (actress) (born 1971), Jamaican actress based in Britain
  • Nate Williams (born 1950), American basketball player
  • Neal H. Williams (1870–1956), American physicist
  • Nell Williams (born 1998), English actress
  • Nelly Williams (born 1980), West Indian cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago
  • Neville Williams (born c.1940), elder of the Wiradjuri nation in Western New South Wales
  • Nia Williams (born 1990), American soccer player
  • Niall Williams (born 1958), Irish author
  • Sir Nicholas Williams, 1st Baronet (1681–1745), British politician
  • Nicholas Williams (born 1942), English linguist and expert on the Cornish language
  • Nicholas Charles Williams (born 1961), English painter and draughtsman
  • Nicko Williams (born 1989), Grenadian footballer
  • Nico Williams (born 2002), Spanish soccer player and coach
  • Nicola Williams (born 1982), Australian soccer player and coach
  • Nikema Williams, US Representative
  • Nikki Williams (born 1988), South African singer-songwriter
  • Noel Williams, Northern Irish politician
  • Norma Williams (1928–2017), New Zealand swimmer
  • Novlene Williams-Mills (born 1982), Jamaican Olympic 400 metre runner
  • Nushawn Williams (born 1976), American sex offender

O[]

  • Olajide Williams (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
  • Oliver Williams (cricketer) (born 1983), English cricketer
  • Olivia Williams (born 1968), British actress
  • Olly Williams, British artist working as one half of Olly and Suzi
  • O'Neill Williams (born 1943), American angler and TV presenter
  • Oren Williams (born 1992), American actor
  • Orrin J. Williams (1844–1913), American businessman and politician
  • Orrin T. Williams (1845–1928), American judge and politician
  • Oritsé Williams (born 1986), English singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer ('JLS')
  • Osbert Edwin Williams Jr. (1875–1917), pioneer aviator
  • Oshor Williams (born 1958), English footballer
  • Otis Williams (born 1941), American singer and member of The Temptations
  • Owain Williams, Welsh nationalist, convicted bomber–turned–politician

P[]

  • P. J. Williams (born 1993), American football cornerback
  • Palmer Williams Jr. (born 1965), American actor
  • Pamela Williams, American jazz saxophonist, songwriter, producer and artist
  • Parker Williams (1873–1958), Welsh–born Canadian politician
  • Patricia J. Williams (born 1951), American legal scholar
  • Patti Williams (born 1955), American wrestler known as Precious
  • Peggy R. Williams, US/Canadian college president
  • Pendarvis Williams (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Penny Williams (1937–2018), American politician in Oklahoma
  • Percy Williams (sprinter) (1908–1982), Canadian athlete
  • Percy G. Williams (1857−1923), American vaudeville performer and vaudeville theater owner/manager
  • Pernal Williams (born 1991), St Lucian international footballer
  • Pharrell Williams (born 1973), American singer/rapper/producer
  • Pierre Williams (born 1975), British murderer
  • Pip Williams (born 1947), British record producer
  • Pip Williams (author), Australian author, writer of The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020)
  • Pointer Williams (born 1974), American basketball player
  • Pooka Williams Jr. (born 1998), American football player
  • Pop Williams (1874–1959), American baseball player
  • Pop Williams (American football) (1906–1979), American football player
  • Porsha Williams (born 1981), American TV personality, model and singer
  • Poto Williams (born 1961/62), New Zealand politician
  • Preston Williams (born 1997), American football player

Q[]

  • Quincy Williams (born 1996), American football player
  • Quinnen Williams (born 1997), American football player

R[]

  • R. J. Williams (born 1978), American actor, TV host and producer
  • R. Norris Williams (1891–1968), American tennis player
  • R. Owen Williams, American education executive
  • R. Sanders Williams (born 1948), American academic
  • R. Seth Williams (born 1967), American attorney
  • R. Stanley Williams (born 1951), American research scientist
  • Rachel Williams (born 1967), American model
  • Rachel Williams (footballer) (born 1988), English international footballer
  • Rachel DeLoache Williams, American writer
  • Raequan Williams (born 1997), American football player
  • Rai'shaun Williams, American record producer and songwriter
  • Randa Williams (born 1962), American heiress
  • Randal Williams (born 1978), American footballer
  • Randy Williams (born 1953), American long jumper
  • Randy Williams (baseball) (born 1975), American baseball player
  • Raynell Williams (born 1989), American Olympic boxer
  • Rebecca Williams (born 1988), British actress
  • Rebecca Chase Williams, American journalist and city mayor
  • Rebekah Williams (born 1950), Canadian politician in Nunavut
  • Redaric Williams (born 1981), American actor
  • Reece Williams (born 1985), Australian rugby league player
  • Rees Williams (1900–1963), Welsh footballer
  • Reid Williams, American TV and film director and producer
  • Renauld Williams (born 1981), US Canadian football linebacker
  • Reva Williams, American astrophysicist
  • Rex Williams (born 1933), English snooker and billiards player
  • Rheinallt Nantlais Williams (1911–1993), Welsh professor of Philosophy of Religion
  • Rhoda Williams (1930–2006), American actress
  • Rhodri Williams (born 1968), Welsh sports journalist
  • Rhodri Williams (born 1993), Welsh rugby union international
  • Rhydwen Williams (1916–1997), Welsh poet, novelist, editor, minister and television presenter
  • Rhyne Williams (born 1991), American tennis player
  • Ricardo Williams (cricketer) (born 1968), English cricketer
  • Ricardo Williams (athlete) (born 1976), Jamaican Olympic athlete
  • Ricardo Williams (boxer) (born 1981), American boxer
  • Rickey Williams Jr. (born 1975/1976), American mayor
  • Rip Williams (1882–1933), American baseball player
  • Riquna Williams (born 1990), American basketball player
  • Rita Williams (born 1976), American basketball player
  • Robina Williams, English author
  • Robyn Williams (born 1944), British–born Australian science journalist and broadcaster
  • Robley C. Williams (1908–1995), American biophysicist
  • Rodarius Williams (born 1996), American football player
  • Roderick Williams, opera singer (born 1965), English operatic baritone and composer
  • Rodwell Williams (born 1956), Belizean lawyer
  • Roland Williams (born 1975), American football tight end
  • Roley Williams (1927–1999), Welsh footballer
  • Rollin Williams (1922–2012), American social work educator
  • Rolston Williams (born 1965), Antiguan and Barbudan football player and manager
  • Romario Williams (born 1994), Jamaican footballer
  • Ronnie Williams (1939–1997), Welsh actor and comedian
  • Ronnie Williams (American football) (born 1966), American footballer
  • Ronnie Williams (footballer) (1907–1987), Welsh footballer
  • Ronwen Williams (born 1992), South African footballer
  • Roosevelt Williams (1903–1996), American blues pianist
  • Roosevelt Williams (gridiron football) (born 1978), American football cornerback
  • Roshumba Williams (born 1968), American model
  • Ross Williams (computer scientist) (born 1962), Australian computer scientist and entrepreneur
  • Rowan Williams (born 1950), Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Rowan Anthony Williams (born 1968), English boxer
  • Roydell Williams (born 1981), American footballer
  • Rozz Williams (1963–1998), American rock vocalist
  • Rubberlegs Williams (Henry Williams, 1907–1962), American blues/jazz singer and dancer
  • Rubin Williams (born 1976), American boxer
  • Ruby Williams, American folk artist
  • Rudy Williams (saxophonist) (1919-1954), American jazz saxophonist
  • Rudy Williams (footballer) (born 1965), Honduran footballer
  • Rugg Williams, American actor
  • Rushbrook Williams (1890–1978), British historian and civil servant
  • Russ Williams (DJ) (born 1962), English radio DJ
  • Ruth Williams (1926–2005), American baseball player
  • Ruth J. Williams, American statistician

S[]

  • Sabra Williams, British actress and TV presenter
  • Sammie Williams, American trombonist and bandleader known as Big Sam
  • Sammy Williams (1948–2018), American actor
  • Sammy Williams (American football) (born 1974), American football offensive lineman
  • Sandy Williams (1906–1991), American jazz trombonist
  • Sascha Williams (born 1980), British journalist and news reader
  • Saul Williams (born 1972), American singer, musician, poet, writer and actor
  • Scot Williams (born 1972), English actor, writer and producer
  • Seante Williams (born 1991), American footballer
  • Serena Williams (born 1981), US pro tennis player and sister of Venus Williams
  • Shad Williams (born 1971), American baseball pitcher
  • Shammond Williams (born 1975), American-born Georgian basketball player
  • Shane Williams (Australian footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
  • Shane Williams (born 1977), Welsh rugby union player
  • Shanice Williams (born 1993), Turks and Caicos Islands beauty pageant titleholder
  • Shanthi Williams (born 1958), Indian actress
  • Sharon A. Williams, Canadian lawyer and legal scholar
  • Sharrie Williams (born 1965), American singer-songwriter
  • Shaud Williams (born 1980), American footballer
  • Shawn Williams (lacrosse) (born 1974), Canadian lacrosse player
  • Shawn Williams (American football) (born 1991), American football player
  • Shawne Williams (born 1986), US pro basketball player
  • Sheanon Williams (born 1990), American soccer player
  • Sheila Williams (born 1956), American editor of Asimov's Science Fiction
  • Shelden Williams (born 1983), US pro basketball player
  • Shellene Williams (born 1981), Jamaican track and field sprinter
  • Shelton Williams, American political scientist
  • Shericka Williams (born 1985), Jamaican Olympic sprinter
  • Shermaine Williams (born 1990), Jamaican hurdler
  • Sherman Williams (boxer) (born 1972), Bahamian boxer
  • Sherman Williams (American football) (born 1973), American football running back
  • Shirley Williams (1930–2021), Baroness Williams of Crosby, United Kingdom politician
  • Shomari Williams (born 1985), Canadian football defensive end
  • Sian Williams (born 1964), Welsh journalist and TV presenter
  • Sian Williams (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer and football manager
  • Sian Williams (rugby player) (born 1990), Welsh professional rugby player
  • Silas Williams (1888–19??), American footballer and coach
  • Siobhan Williams, English–Canadian actress
  • Siraj Williams (born 1984), Liberian Olympic sprinter
  • Skilly Williams (1890–1959), English footballer
  • Skip Williams, American games designer
  • Slim Williams (1881–1974), American frontiersman
  • Sly Williams (born 1958), American basketball player
  • Sonia Williams (born 1979), Antiguan sprinter
  • Sonny Bill Williams (born 1985), New Zealand rugby league and rugby union player
  • Sophie Williams (born 1991), British fencer
  • Spin Williams (born 1956), American baseball coach
  • Stacey Williams (born 1968), American fashion model
  • Stacey Williams (swimmer) (born 1981), Australian Paralympic swimmer
  • Stepfret Williams (born 1973), American footballer
  • Stephanie Williams (dancer), Australian ballet dancer
  • Stephanie Williams (Miss District of Columbia) (born 1987), Miss District of Columbia, 2010
  • Stephon Williams (born 1993), American ice hockey goaltender
  • Stevie Williams (born 1979), American professional skateboarder
  • Stewart Williams (born c.1958), English rugby league footballer
  • Stokley Williams (born 1967), American singer and musician
  • Sue Williams (artist) (born 1956), Welsh visual artist
  • Sunita Williams (born 1965), American astronaut
  • Suzanne Williams, American politician
  • Syd Williams (1918–1976), Welsh dual code rugby union and rugby league player
  • Sylvester Williams (American football) (born 1988), American football player
  • Sylvia Williams (1936–1996), American museum director, curator and art historian

T[]

  • T. J. Williams (born 1982), American football tight end
  • Tad Williams (born 1957), fantasy and science fiction writer
  • Taffy Williams (1933–1996), Welsh mercenary
  • Taliesin Williams (1787–1847), Welsh poet and author
  • Talcott Williams (1849–1928), American journalist and educator
  • Tamati Williams (born 1984), New Zealand footballer and fashion model
  • Tameka Williams (born 1989), St Kitts and Nevis sprinter
  • Tamika Williams (born 1980), American basketball player and coach
  • Tammy Williams (born 1987), American softball player
  • Tank Williams (born 1980), American footballer
  • Tarvis Williams (born 1978), American basketball player
  • Tasha Williams (athlete) (born 1973), New Zealand Olympic hammer thrower
  • Taylor John Williams (born June, 1991), American singer-songwriter
  • Taylor Williams (born July, 1991), American baseball pitcher
  • Tedd Williams (born 1969), American mixed martial arts fighter
  • Teddy Williams (American football) (born 1988), American football cornerback
  • Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), American playwright
  • Teran Williams (born 1984), Antiguan international footballer
  • Terrance Williams (born 1989), American football player
  • Terrell Williams (born 1974), American football player and coach
  • Terrence Williams (born 1987), American basketball player
  • Terrick Williams (1860–1936), British painter
  • Terrie Williams (born 1954), American author
  • Tex Williams (1917–1985), American musician
  • Thelda Williams (born 1941), American politician
  • Theodore J. Williams (1923–2013), American engineer
  • Theresa Williams (born 1956), American writer
  • Tiffany Williams (born 1983), American hurdler
  • Tiger Williams (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Timmy Williams (born 1981), American actor
  • Tip Williams (1900–1974), Welsh cricketer
  • Toby Williams (born 1959), American football player
  • Toccara Williams, American basketball player
  • Tod Williams (filmmaker) (born 1968), film director and screenwriter
  • Toni Williams (1939–2016), New Zealand pop singer
  • Tonya Lee Williams (born 1958), Canadian actress
  • Torri Williams (born 1986), American football player
  • Tourek Williams (born 1991), American football player
  • Trae Williams (born 1985), American football player
  • Tramon Williams (born 1983), American football player
  • Trayveon Williams (born 1997), American football player
  • Tre Williams, American singer
  • Treat Williams (born 1951), American actor and children's author
  • Trent Williams (born 1988), American football player
  • Trevardo Williams (born 1990), American football player
  • Trevion Williams (born 2000), American basketball player
  • Trey Williams (born 1992), American football player
  • Trill Williams (born 1999), American football player
  • Troy Williams (born 1994), American football player
  • Trudi Williams (born 1953), Florida politician
  • True Williams (1839–1897), American illustrator
  • Tucky Williams, American actress
  • Ty Williams (actor) (born 1966), American actor
  • Ty Williams (born 1980), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Tylen Jacob Williams (born 2001), American actor
  • Tyler James Williams (born 1992), American rapper and actor
  • Tyrel Jackson Williams (born 1997), American actor
  • Tyrone Williams (wide receiver) (born 1970), American football player
  • Tyrone Williams (defensive tackle) (born 1972), American football player
  • Tyrone Williams (cornerback) (born 1973), American football player
  • Ty'Son Williams (born 1996), American football player

U[]

  • Ulis Williams (born 1941), American Olympic sprinter
  • Ursula Williams (1896–1979), British Liberal Party politician
  • Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006), English children's author

V[]

  • Van Williams (1934–2016), American actor
  • Van Williams (American football) (born 1959), American football running back
  • Van Williams (musician) (born 1966), American drummer
  • Vanessa Williams (born 1963), American singer, actress, and fashion designer
  • Vanessa Estelle Williams (born 1963), American actress
  • Vanessa R. Williams (born 1960), American gospel singer, began recording in the 2000s
  • Venetia Williams (born 1960), British jockey and racehorse trainer
  • Venus Williams (born 1980), pro tennis player and sister of Serena Williams
  • Vera Williams (1927–2015), American children's writer and illustrator
  • Vern Williams (1930–2006), American bluegrass singer and musician
  • Vern S. Williams (born 1949), American teacher and National Advisor on Mathematics
  • Vesta Williams (1957–2011), American singer-songwriter, also recorded as Vesta
  • Vicki Williams (born 1956), American wrestler
  • Victor Williams (Canadian Army officer) (1867–1949), Canadian general and Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police
  • Victor Williams (born 1970), American actor
  • Vin Williams (born 1932), Australian rules footballer
  • Virgil Williams, American TV writer and producer
  • Virginia Williams (born 1978), American actress
  • Vogue Williams (born 1986), Irish model and TV and radio personality

W[]

  • W. S. Gwynn Williams (1896–1978), Welsh musician
  • Wade Williams (born 1961), American actor
  • Wal Williams (1895–1982), Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn
  • Waldo Williams (1904–1971), Welsh poet
  • Wally Williams (water polo) (1921–2009), New Zealand water polo player
  • Wally Williams (American football) (born 1971), American footballer
  • Walt Williams (baseball) (1943–2016), Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Walt Williams (cornerback) (born 1954), American football player
  • Walt Williams (born 1970), American basketball player
  • Wayne Williams (born 1958), American murderer
  • Wendell Craig Williams (born 1965), American lawyer and politician
  • Wendell Williams (born 1968), Trinidadian sprinter and Olympic long jumper
  • Wesley Williams (born 1968), Canadian rapper and actor known as Maestro
  • Whit Williams, American saxophonist
  • Whitney Williams, American businesswoman and philanthropist
  • Willi Williams (born c.1956), Jamaican reggae and dub musician and producer
  • Woody Williams (infielder) (1912–1995), American baseball player
  • Woody Williams (born 1966), American baseball pitcher
  • Worrell Williams (born 1986), American football linebacker
  • Wyn Williams (born 1951), Welsh justice of the High Court

Y[]

  • Yorick Williams (born 1975), British basketball player
  • Yvette Williams (1929–2019), New Zealand field athlete

Z[]

  • Zac Williams (Australian footballer) (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
  • Zach Williams (musician), born 1981, American solo artist
  • Zack Williams (born 1988), American football center
  • Zane Williams (born 1977), American country singer
  • Zelda Williams (born 1989), American actress
  • Ziaire Williams (born 2001), American basketball player
  • Zoe Williams (born 1973), English columnist, journalist and author
  • Zoe Williams (Gladiators) (born 1980), English TV 'Gladiator' Amazon


Notable Landmarks[]

Williams Genealogy by Region[]

  • Williams in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  • Williams in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • Williams in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  • Williams in Salt Lake County, Utah

See Also[]

Non-SMW Family Name Pages[]

The following list of Williams family person articles should be upgraded to SMW format.

Williams on Wikipedia[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Reaney & Wilson p.493
  2. ^ "The Meaning and Origin of the Surname Williams"
  3. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named fb
  4. ^ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 25 February 2008.
  5. ^ Reaney & Wilson p.493, sourced from the Rotuli Hundredorum 1812, 1818
  6. ^ Reaney & Wilson p.493, sourced from the Staffordshire Assize Rolls
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