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William Newsom
William Alfred Newsom III (1934–2018) was an American judge on the California Court of Appeal from 1978 to 1995 and the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
William O. Bertelsman
William Odis Bertelsman, born 1936 in Cincinnati, is a senior judge of the Eastern District of Kentucky, appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1979 and chief judge from 1991 to 1998.
William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas (1898–1980), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1939–1975, longest tenure in Court history at over 36 years; FDR appointee, SEC chairman, author of Griswold v. Connecticut, environmental advocate.
William O'Neill (Ohio judge)
William M. O'Neill (born 1947), Ohio judge, nurse, and Army veteran; 156th justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio 2013–2018, earlier Eleventh District appeals judge; distinct from C. William O'Neill, governor and chief justice.
William P. Dimitrouleas
William P. Dimitrouleas (born 1951) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida since 1998, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
William P. Johnson
William Paul Johnson (born 1959) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of New Mexico, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001.
William Pierce (serial killer)
William Joseph "Junior" Pierce Jr., American serial killer of nine victims in Georgia and South Carolina, June 1970 to January 1971, paroled May 1970, convicted of murdering Peg Cuttino, died in prison 2020, portrayed in Mindhunter.
William Poole
William Poole, known as Bill the Butcher, was a New York City butcher and leader of the Bowery Boys gang who was shot dead in 1855.
William Q. Hayes
William Q. Hayes, born 1956, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of California since 2021.
William Rappard
William Emmanuel Rappard (1883–1958), Swiss economist and diplomat, directed the League of Nations Mandates Section, sat on the Permanent Mandates Commission, co-founded the Geneva Graduate Institute, and gave his name to the WTO's Centre William Rappard.
William Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist (1924–2005), 16th Chief Justice of the United States (1986–2005) after serving as associate justice from 1972, known for federalism cases like Lopez and Usery, presiding over the Clinton impeachment trial, and Bush v. Gore.
William S. Hardy
William S. Hardy, full name William Scott Hardy, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 2020.
William S. Sessions
William S. Sessions (William Steele Sessions) was an American judge and the fourth FBI Director, fired by President Clinton in 1993 after an ethics investigation.
William S. Stickman IV
William Shaw Stickman, IV, born 1979, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 2019.
William Savitt
William (Bill) Savitt is an American corporate litigator, former co-chair of Wachtell Lipton's executive committee and litigation department, now co-chairing litigation at Gibson Dunn; known for the Twitter-Musk $44 billion merger suit and OpenAI's 2026 defense against Musk.
William Suff
William Lester Suff, the "Riverside Prostitute Killer," a California death-row serial killer convicted in 1995 of murdering 12 women in Riverside County after serving 10 Texas prison years for his infant daughter's 1973 murder.
William T. Collins
William T. Collins is the name of several unrelated Americans, including a New York attorney, an automotive engineer credited with the Pontiac GTO, and a 19th-century federal pension agent.
William T. Lawrence
William T. Lawrence, born 1947 in Indianapolis, is a retired American federal judge on the Southern District of Indiana, appointed by George W. Bush in 2008 and assuming senior status in 2018.
William Tilghman
William Tilghman (1756–1827), Maryland-born Federalist jurist and chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1806–1827; briefly an Adams 'midnight judge' on the Third Circuit, later APS president.
William Vandiver
William Carl Vandiver, American murderer executed in Indiana's electric chair on October 16, 1985 for the 1983 murder of his father-in-law Paul Komyatti Sr.; his electrocution took 17 minutes and five jolts, a noted botched execution.
William W. Mercer
William Walter Mercer (born 1964) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Montana since 2025, appointed by President Donald Trump.
William Webb (judge)
Sir William Flood Webb (1887–1972), Australian judge: Chief Justice of Queensland, President of the Tokyo International Military Tribunal for the Far East 1946–48, and Justice of the High Court of Australia 1946–58; distinct from other judges named William Webb.
William Wirt (attorney general)
William Wirt (1772-1834), 9th U.S. Attorney General 1817-1829, longest-serving holder of the office; established the Official Opinions record, limited the office to legal advice, argued McCulloch and Gibbons, defended the Cherokee Nation, and was the 1832 Anti-Masonic presidential nominee.
Williams Treaties
The Williams Treaties are two 1923 agreements by which Canada and Ontario obtained over 20,000 km² of south-central Ontario land from seven Chippewa and Mississauga First Nations for one-time payments.
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 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 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 Pye
Willie James Pye (c. 1964–2024), Georgia death row inmate executed March 20, 2024, for the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough; first Georgia execution in over four years, after contested intellectual-disability and ineffective-counsel claims.
Willie Sutton
Willie Sutton (William Francis Sutton, Jr., 1901-1980), 'The Actor' or 'Slick Willie,' American bank robber famed for disguises, six prison escapes, FBI Ten Most Wanted capture in 1952, and the disputed 'where the money is' quote.
Willis B. Hunt, Jr.
Willis B. Hunt, Jr. (born 1932) is an American jurist, a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia since 2005.