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Williamson ether synthesis
The Williamson ether synthesis, reported by Alexander Williamson in 1851, forms ethers in two steps: an alcohol is deprotonated to an alkoxide, which displaces halide from an alkyl halide.
Williamson Tunnels
The Williamson Tunnels are a labyrinth of brick-arched and sandstone-vaulted chambers built under Liverpool's Edge Hill district by tobacco merchant Joseph Williamson between 1810 and 1840.
Williamson–Hall analysis
Williamson–Hall analysis is an X-ray diffraction line-broadening method, proposed by G. K. Williamson and W. H. Hall in 1953, that separates peak broadening into size and strain contributions.
Williamsonia (plant)
Williamsonia, an extinct Bennettitales seed-plant genus named by Carruthers in 1870, with slender branching trunks, Ptilophyllum foliage, and flower-like ovulate structures; species include W. gigas and W. sanjuanensis.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is the Lycoming County seat on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, once the nation's lumber capital and now home of the Little League World Series.
Willian (footballer, born 1988)
Willian (Willian Borges da Silva) is a Brazilian footballer known for seven seasons at Chelsea and the most Premier League appearances by a South American player.
Willian José
Willian José (Willian José da Silva), Brazilian striker born 1991 in Porto Calvo; starred for Real Sociedad and Real Betis (Copa del Rey 2022), later Spartak Moscow and Bahia.
Willibald
Willibald (c. 700–787) was a West Saxon pilgrim and monk who, after seven years of travel to Jerusalem, became a missionary associate of Boniface and the first Bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.
Willibald Beyschlag
Willibald Beyschlag (1823–1900) was a German Protestant theologian, professor of practical theology at Halle from 1860 and leading figure of the mediating school, who founded the Evangelischer Bund in 1886.
Willibrord
Willibrord (c. 658–739) was a Northumbrian Benedictine missionary bishop, called the apostle of Friesland, who founded the see of Utrecht and the abbey of Echternach.
Willie Aames
Willie Aames (born 1960, Albert William Upton) is an American actor known as Tommy Bradford on Eight Is Enough, Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, and the Christian superhero Bibleman (1995–2003).
Willie Applegarth
Willie Applegarth (William Reuben Applegarth, 1890–1958), British sprinter, the Guisborough Flyer; 1912 Olympic 4x100m relay gold and 200m bronze, 220 yards world record 21.2 in 1914.
Willie Aucamp
Willie Aucamp is a South African Democratic Alliance politician serving as Minister of Agriculture since 2026, after serving as Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.
Willie Banks
Willie Banks (William Augustus Banks III, born 1956), American triple jumper, 1985-1995 world record holder at 17.97 m, 1983 World Championship silver medallist, sixth at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.
Willie Bester
Willie Bester is a South African artist, born in 1956, known for paintings and assemblages built from scrap metal and found objects that critique apartheid.
Willie Brown (politician)
Willie Brown (born 1934), California politician: first African American Speaker of the State Assembly (1980–1995, longest-serving) and first African American mayor of San Francisco (1996–2004), later a Democratic kingmaker.
Willie Cauley-Stein
Willie Cauley-Stein, born 1993, is a 7-foot American center from Kentucky, drafted sixth overall by Sacramento in 2015; an elite defensive big, All-Rookie honoree, who played 422 NBA games.
Willie Colón
Willie Colón (William Anthony Colón Román, 1950–2026), Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American trombonist, composer, and producer; Fania Records pioneer whose duos with Héctor Lavoe and Rubén Blades (Siembra, 1978) defined salsa.
Willie Crain Jr.
Willie Seth Crain Jr. (born 1946) is a Florida death row inmate convicted in 1999 of the first-degree felony murder of seven-year-old Amanda Brown, whose body was never found; his kidnapping conviction was reduced to false imprisonment on appeal.
Willie D
Willie D (William James Dennis, born 1966, Houston) is a rapper, former Golden Gloves boxer, and member of the Geto Boys, featured on We Can't Be Stopped and "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," later a solo artist.
Willie Davenport
Willie Davenport (Wilbur D. Davenport, 1943-2002), American hurdler and bobsledder; won 110m hurdles gold at Mexico City 1968 (13.3, Olympic record) and bronze at Montreal 1976; five Olympics including four-man bobsled, Lake Placid 1980.
Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon (1915-1992), Chicago blues bassist, songwriter, and Chess Records producer, wrote "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Spoonful," and "Little Red Rooster"; sued Led Zeppelin over "Whole Lotta Love"; founded Blues Heaven Foundation.
Willie E. Gary
Willie E. Gary, or Willie Edward Gary, is an American trial lawyer nicknamed "The Giant Killer" who won a $500 million verdict against the Loewen Group in 1995.
Willie Foster
Willie Foster (William Foster, 1890-1963), English swimmer for Great Britain; 1908 Olympic 4x200 m freestyle relay gold in world record 10:55.6, 1912 bronze; youngest male British Olympic gold medalist through 2016.
Willie Francis
Willie Francis, Louisiana Black teenager who survived a botched 1946 electrocution; his case, Francis v. Resweber (1947), let the state execute him again on May 9, 1947.
Willie Garson
Willie Garson (William Garson Paszamant, 1964-2021), American character actor; Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City and Mozzie on White Collar; died of pancreatic cancer at 57.
Willie Geist
Willie Geist (William Russell Geist, born 1975) is an American broadcast journalist who co-hosts MSNBC's Morning Joe, hosts NBC's Sunday TODAY and the Sunday Sitdown podcast, and writes New York Times bestselling humor books.
Willie Goodsir Cullen
Willie Goodsir-Cullen (William James Goodsir-Cullen, 1907-1994) was an Indian field hockey player, a 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold medallist, brother of 1936 gold medallist Ernie Goodsir-Cullen, later settled in Australia.
Willie Green
Willie Green (William Julius Green, born 1981, Detroit) is a former NBA guard (731 games, 8.3 PPG) and coach; head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans 2021-26 (150-190), later Dallas Mavericks assistant.
Willie Horton
Willie Horton (William R. Horton Jr.), Massachusetts life-sentence convict whose 1986 furlough escape and 1987 Maryland rape became the infamous 1988 National Security PAC 'Weekend Passes' ad against Michael Dukakis, a landmark of racialized attack advertising.