List of people with surname Williams

Williams is a common European surname. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname.

• Abi Williams, Welsh nationalist politician
• Abigail Williams (1680–1690s), American accuser in the Salem witch trials
• Abiodun Williams (born 1961), academic in peacekeeping and conflict prevention and management
• Abraham Williams Calderón (1894–1986), Honduran politician
• 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
• Adele Williams (1868–1952), American artist
• Adele Fay Williams (1859–1937), American artist and newspaper writer
• Adim Williams (born 1964), Nigerian film director
• Adin Williams (born 2000), American para swimmer
• Ady Williams (born 1971), Welsh international footballer and football manager
• Aeneas Williams (born 1968), American football player
• Akintola Williams (1919–2023), Nigerian accountant
• Aiden Williams (born 2000), American football 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.
• Alberto Williams (1862–1952), Argentine composer, pianist, pedagogue, and conductor
• Aled Williams (footballer) (1933–2005), Welsh footballer
• Alejandro Williams (born 1969), politician from the Dominican Republic
• Alfie Williams (born 2011), English child actor
• Alfie Williams (born 2003), English footballer
• Ali Williams (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union international
• Alika Williams (born 1999), American baseball player
• Allan Williams (politician) (1922–2011), Attorney-General of British Columbia, 1979–1983
• Allan Williams (1930–2016), businessman, booking agent to The Beatles
• Allyson Williams (born 1947), Trinidadian-British midwife and carnival band organiser
• 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
• Amancio Williams (1913–1989), Argentine architect
• Amanda Williams (judge) (born 1946), American Superior Court Judge
• Amanda Kyle Williams (1957–2018), American crime writer
• Amari Williams (born 2002), British basketball player
• Amaris Williams (born 2005), American football 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
• Andrew Williams (born 1970), English cricketer
• Aneyas Williams (born 2005), American football player
• Angel Kyodo Williams (born 1969), American writer and Buddhist priest
• Angelina Love 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
• Anson Williams (born 1949), American actor
• 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 football player and coach
• Arlene Williams (1946–2017), American TV chef
• Armstrong Williams (born 1959), American political columnist
• 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 (actor) (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

• Barrie Williams (1937–2018), Welsh football manager
• Bart Williams (actor) (1949–2015), American character actor and documentary filmmaker
• Bart Williams (rugby league) (born 1976), Australian rugby league player
• Barton Williams (born 1956), American Olympic-grade hurdler
• Beatrice Williams née Kerr (1887–1971), Australian swimmer and diver
• Beatriz Williams, American author
• Beau Williams (born 1950), American gospel singer
• Becky Williams, American Union activist
• Bedwyr Williams (born 1974), Welsh artist
• Bennett Williams (born 1999), American football player
• Bergen Williams (born 1959), American actress
• Bernice Williams (fl. 1960s), American songwriter
• Beryl Alice Evans née Williams (1922–2006), Australian politician
• 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
• Blanche Wilkins Williams (1876 – 1936) American educator of deaf children.
• Boo Williams (born 1978), American football player
• 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
• Mace (wrestler) Brennan Williams (born 1991), American football player 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
• Brice Williams (born 2001), American basketball player
• 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 (1932-2021), 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. J. Williams (born 1990), American basketball player in Israel
• Cadillac Williams (born 1982), American football player and coach
• Cal Williams, Australian musician, founder member of Yothu Yindi
• Caleb Williams (born 2002), American football player
• Calvin Williams (born 1967), American football player
• Camilla Williams (1919–2012), American operatic soprano
• Cara Williams (1925–2021), American actress
• Carleigh Williams (born 1992), American soccer player
• 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 (electrical engineer), American electrical engineer
• 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
• Cecelie Williams, American politician from Missouri
• Cedric Williams (1913–1999), British cinematographer
• Charley Williams (1928-2009), 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
• 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
• 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 (1947–2023), 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 (New York politician) (1870–1946), American banker and New York State Comptroller 1909–1910
• Clark Williams (North Dakota politician) (1942–2020), American politician
• Claudia Williams (tennis) (born 1996), New Zealand tennis player
• Claudia Williams (artist) (1933–2024), British artist
• Clayton Williams Jr. (1931–2020), American oilman; Republican gubernatorial nominee in Texas, 1990
• 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
• Cody Williams (born 2004), American basketball player
• 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 (1963-2024), American R&B singer
• Curtis C. Williams (1861–1942), American politician and judge from Ohio
• 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 (footballer) (1921–1980), English footballer and manager
• Cyrus J. Williams, film producer

• 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
• Damonic Williams (born 2004), American football player
• Dana Williams (baseball) (born 1963), American baseball player
• Danial Williams (born 1993), Thai-Australian Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• 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 football player
• Darrent Williams (1982–2007), American football player
• Darrin Williams, American politician from Arkansas
• Darrion Williams (born 2003), American basketball player
• Darwyn Williams (born 1960), American businessman
• Das Williams (born 1974), American politician
• David Adam Williams (1974–2025), American YouTuber known as Adam the Woo
• 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 football player
• Debbie Williams (born c.1956), American teacher and parachute incident survivor
• Dee Williams (American football) (born 1999), American football player
• DeJuan Williams (born 2006), American football player
• 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 (1935–2024), American politician from Missouri
• Delores Williams (1937–2022), American theologian
• Delvin Williams (born 1951), American football player
• Delwyn Williams (1938–2024), British Conservative politician
• Demetrius Williams (born 1983), American football wide receiver
• Demond Williams Jr. (born 2006), American football player
• Demorrio Williams (born 1980), American football linebacker
• Deniece Williams (born 1950), American singer-songwriter
• Denis Williams (1923-1998), Guyanese painter, author and archaeologist
• Denis John Williams (1908-1990), Welsh neurologist
• Denny Williams (1896–1929), American baseball player
• Denzil Williams (born 1938), Welsh rugby union international
• Deontai Williams (born 1996), American football defensive back
• Deron Williams (born 1984), American basketball player
• Derwin Williams (born 1961), American football player
• Desai Williams (1959–2022), St. Kitts and Nevis born Canadian Olympic sprinter
• Desi Williams (born 1985), English rugby league footballer
• Dessima Williams (born 1950), 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
• Dexter Williams II (born 2002), American football player
• Diana Williams (born 1958), American television journalist
• Dib Williams (1910–1992), American baseball player
• 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
• 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
• Dorian Williams (American football) (born 2001), American football player
• Dorothy Williams (activist) (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
• Duvall Williams, US Navy rear admiral
• Dyana Williams (born 1953), American radio presenter and journalist
• Dyfri Williams (born 1952), British classical archaeologist

• 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
• 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
• E.J. Williams Jr. (born 2001), American football player
• Eka Esu Williams (born 1950), Nigerian immunologist and activist
• Elbert Williams (1908-1940), African-American civil rights leader
• Elbert Williams (baseball) (1907-1972), American baseball player
• 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
• Ellery Williams (1926–2017), American football player
• 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 (footballer) (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
• Emmitt Williams (born 1998), American basketball player
• Emory Williams (1911–2014), 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
• 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
• Ezra Williams (born 1980), American basketball player

• Faith M. Williams (1893–1958), American economist
• Fara Williams (born 1984), English footballer
• Fenton Williams, American production designer and video director
• 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
• Franklin Williams (diplomat) (1917–1990), lawyer and civil rights leader in the United States
• Franklin Delano Williams (1947–1993), American gospel music singer
• Frederica Williams (born 1958), American health care executive
• Freedom Williams (born 1966), American hip-hop and dance music performer
• Freeman Williams (1956–2022), American basketball player

• G. Mennen Williams (1911–1988), American politician
• Gabby Williams (born 1996), American basketball player
• Gabriel I. H. Williams, Liberian journalist
• Gabrielle Williams (born 1982), Australian politician
• Gail Williams, American director of The WELL
• Gale R. Williams (1922–2007), American politician
• Galmo Williams, Turks and Caicos Islander politician
• Gardner F. Williams (1842–1922), American mining engineer and author
• Garrett Williams (born 2001), American football player
• Garth Williams (1912–1996), American artist
• Geisha Williams (born 1961/62), American businesswoman
• Gemara Williams (born 1983), American and Canadian football player
• Genelle Williams (born 1984), Canadian actress
• Gentry Williams (born 2004), American football player
• Geoffrey Williams (born 1963), English singer-songwriter
• Georgia Williams (born 1993), New Zealand racing cyclist
• Geraint Williams (born 1962), Welsh footballer and manager
• 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 1953), Jamaican-born British singer
• Gizmo Williams (Henry L. Williams, born 1962), American football player
• Glanmor Williams (1920–2005), Welsh historian
• Glyn Williams (footballer) (1918–2011), Welsh footballer
• Glyndwr Williams (1932–2022), 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
• Greta Williams (1869-1964), English opera singer
• Griff Williams (painter) (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. R. Williams, American writer
• Hajj-Malik Williams (born 1999), American football player
• 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
• Hartley Williams (1843–1929), Australian judge
• Hartley Williams (clergyman) (1844–1927), Anglican priest in South Australia
• Harwood Williams (born 1970), Kittitian cricketer
• Hayward Williams (born 1981), American singer-songwriter
• Heathcote Williams (1941–2017), English poet, actor and dramatist
• Heathcote Williams (cricket administrator) (1859–1931), New Zealand cricket administrator
• Helema Williams (born 1991), Cook Islander Olympic sailor
• Henria Leech Williams (1867–1911), British suffragette
• Henrik Williams, Swedish historian and linguist
• Herbie Williams (born 1940), Welsh international footballer
• Hershel W. Williams (1923–2022), 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
• Hiram Smith Williams (1833-1921), American politician and Confederate soldier
• Horace Williams (1900–1960), Welsh professional footballer and manager
• Horatio Burt Williams (1877–1955), American electrophysiologist
• Horton Williams (1933–2020), Australian judge
• Hosea Williams (1926–2000), American civil rights leader
• 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

• Idris Williams (1836–1894), 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
• Iñaki Williams (born 1994), Spanish footballer
• Iolo Williams (born 1962), Welsh nature observer and TV presenter
• Iris Williams (1946–2025), 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, known as Juice Williams
• 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. 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 (rugby union) (1948–2020), Welsh rugby union international and British Lion
• J. Mark G. Williams, British psychologist
• J. P. R. Williams (1949–2024), Welsh rugby union international and British Lion
• J. Terry Williams (1930–2015), film editor
• Jabara Williams (born 1989), American football player
• Jabo Williams (c.1895–1953 or 1954), American boogie-woogie and blues pianist and songwriter
• Jackson Williams (born 1986), American baseball player
• Jacob Williams (born 1991), American wheelchair basketball player
• JaCorey Williams (born 1994), American basketball player
• Jacques Williams (born 1981), English footballer
• Jacquian Williams (born 1988), American football player
• Jade Williams (born 1988), British pop singer
• Jalen Williams (born 2001), American basketball player
• Jamaal Williams (born 1995), American football player
• Jamal Williams (born 1976), American football player
• Jamar Williams (born 1984), American football player
• Jamel Williams (born 1973), American football player
• Jamie Williams (American football) (born 1960), NFL tight end
• Jamye Coleman Williams (1918–2022), American social activist
• Jan Williams (born 1939), American musician, conductor and composer
• Jan-Michael Williams (born 1984), Trinidadian footballer and coach
• 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 player
• Javonte Williams (born 2000), American football player
• Jawad Williams (born 1983), American basketball player and coach
• Jayson Williams (born 1968), American basketball player
• Jean Williams, British sports historian and author
• Jean E. Williams (1876–1965), British composer
• Jed Williams (1952–2003), Welsh jazz journalist
• Jenni Williams (born 1962), Zimbabwean human rights activist
• Jermaine Williams (American football) (born 1973), American football player
• Jermaine Williams (born 1982), American actor and dancer
• Jerrol Williams (1967-2025), American football player
• Jessica Williams (actress) (born 1989), American actress and comedian
• Jessica Williams (musician) (1948–2022), American pianist and composer
• Jett Williams (born 1953), American singer and songwriter
• Jett Williams (baseball) (born 2003), American baseball player
• Jewell Williams (born 1957), American politician
• Jez Williams (born 1970), English guitarist and songwriter
• Jillian Williams (born 1997), American sitting volleyball player
• 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
• Jonas Williams (born 2008), American football player
• Jontez Williams, American football player
• Josiah B. Williams (1810–1883), American politician
• Joss Williams, special effects supervisor
• Juan Williams (born 1954), Panamanian–born American journalist
• Jules Williams (born 1968), British writer, director and producer
• Julia Williams (abolitionist) (1811–1870), American abolitionist
• Julian Williams (American football) (born 1990), American football player
• Julian Williams (boxer) (born 1990), American boxer
• Julie Williams (scientist) (born 1957), Welsh scientist and professor
• Julius Penson Williams (born 1954), American composer and conductor
• Julius Williams (born 1986), American football player
• Jumaane Williams (born 1976), American activist and politician
• Junior Williams (born 1987), Grenadian international footballer
• Junior Williams (cricketer) (born 1950), Jamaican cricketer

• K. D. Williams (born 1973), American football player
• Kingsley O. Harrop-Williams (1947-2019), Guyanese-born poet, author, and civil engineer
• Kaa Williams, New Zealand TV presenter
• Kamiko Williams (born 1991), American basketball player and coach
• 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 player
• Kat Williams (1967-2025), American blues singer
• Kath Williams (1895–1975), Australian women's activist
• Katharine Williams (judge), Australian judge
• Kathryn Williams (born 1974), 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 player
• Keller Williams (born 1970), American musician
• Kelvin Williams (born 1959), Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and national coach
• Kendal Williams (born 1995), American sprinter
• Kendall Williams (born 1991), American basketball player
• Kenroy Williams (1984-2024), Barbadian cricketer for the West Indies
• Keron Williams (born 1984), Jamaican-born player of Canadian football
• Kerwynn Williams (born 1991), American football player
• Ke'Shawn Williams (born 2001), American football player
• Keston Williams (born 1988), Trinidad and Tobago international footballer
• Kid Williams (1893–1963), American boxer
• Kiely Williams (born 1986), American singer, dancer, and actress
• Kimo Williams (born 1950), American composer, musician and professor
• Kip Williams, Australian theatre and opera director and writer
• Kipling Williams, American psychology academic
• Kipper Williams (born 1951), British cartoonist
• Kirk Williams Jr. (born 1986), American basketball player
• Kirsty Williams (born 1971), Welsh politician
• Kirsty Williams (drama), British radio drama director and producer
• Kit Williams (born 1946), English artist, illustrator and author
• Kiyan Williams (born 1991), American visual artist
• Korey Williams (born 1987), American football player
• Korto Reeves Williams, Liberian women's activist
• Kristian Williams (born 1974), American anarchist author
• Kristian Williams (American football) (born 2000), American football player
• K'Waun Williams (born 1991), American football player
• Kylie Williams (Miss Florida) (born 1983), American beauty queen
• Kyren Williams (born 2000), American football player

• 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 (1948–1985), 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 football player
• Leona Williams (born 1943), American country music singer
• Leonardo Williams, American politician
• Leroy Williams (1941–2022), 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 (American football) (1959–2017), American football defensive tackle
• Levi Williams (1794–1860), Illinois militia member and Baptist minister
• Levron Williams (born 1979), US American and Canadian football player
• Lew Williams (1934–2019), American rockabilly singer and songwriter
• Lia Williams (born 1964), English actress
• Liam Williams (rugby union) (born 1991), Welsh rugby union player
• Liam Williams (boxer) (born 1992), Welsh boxer
• Lily Tang Williams (born 1964), American politician
• Lily Williams (artist) (1874-1940), Irish painter
• 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 (canoeist) (born 1946), British Olympic slalom canoeist
• Lionel Williams (born 1937), Barbados cricketer
• Lionel Williams (TV presenter) (1928–2016), from South Australia
• 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
• Loris Elaine Williams (1949–2005), Australian activist and first Aboriginal person from Queensland to earn professional archival qualifications
• Lorraine Williams, American businesswoman
• Lottie Williams, actress born 1866 (1866–1929), American actress
• Lottie Williams, actress born 1874 (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

• Madeleine Williams (born 1983), Canadian cross-country skier
• Madi Williams (born 1999), American basketball player
• 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 Hicks Williams (1899-1972), American government official, writer, political expert
• 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
• Marie Imogene Williams (1870-?), American dentist and teacher
• Marilyn Taylor Williams (1954–2009), American politician
• Mario Williams (born 1985), American football player
• Mario Williams (wide receiver) (born 2003), American football player
• 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
• Martyn Huw Williams (born 1947), Welsh journalist and broadcaster
• 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 football player
• Micah Stephen Williams (born 1991), American actor *Micah Katt Williams (born 1971) American comedian
• 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
• Mikaylah Williams (born 2005), American basketball player
• 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
• Mona Williams (writer, born 1905) (1905–1991), American novelist and poet
• Mona Williams (Guyanese writer) (born 1943), Guyanese-New Zealand storyteller and educator
• 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
• Murray Williams (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union footballer and Japan international
• Mutryce Williams, Kittian ambassador
• Mykel Williams (born 2004), American football player
• Myrna Williams (politician) (1929–2021), American politician in Nevada
• Myron B. Williams (c.1817–1884), American politician and lawyer

• N. D. Williams (born 1942), Guyanese writer
• Nancy Williams, New Zealand cricketer
• Nansi Williams, heroine of Aberfan disaster
• Naomi Williams (footballer) (born 2004), English footballer
• Naomi Williams (figure skater)
• Nardus Williams, British soprano singer
• 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
• Neal H. Williams (1870–1956), American physicist
• Neco Williams (born 2001), Welsh footballer
• Nell Williams (born 1998), English actress
• Nell Hall Williams (1933–2021), American quilter
• 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 (writer) (born 1958), Irish author
• Sir Nicholas Williams, 1st Baronet (1681–1745), British politician
• Nicholas Williams (poet) (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 (soccer) (born 1982), Australian soccer player and coach
• Nikema Williams (born 1978), American politician
• Nikki Williams (born 1988), South African singer-songwriter
• Nohl Williams (born 2002), American football player
• Norma Williams (1928–2017), New Zealand swimmer
• Novlene Williams-Mills (born 1982), Jamaican Olympic 400 metre runner
• Nushawn Williams (born 1976), American sex offender

• 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
• Otha Williams, American politician
• Otis Williams (born 1941), American singer and member of The Temptations
• Owain Williams (politician), Welsh nationalist, convicted bomber–turned–politician

• 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 (wrestling)
• 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

• Quentin Williams (1983–2023), American politician
• Quincy Williams (born 1996), American football player
• Quinnen Williams (born 1997), American football player

• 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 (model) (born 1967), American model
• Rachel Williams (footballer) (born 1988), English international footballer
• Rachel DeLoache Williams, American writer
• Raequan Williams (born 1997), American football player
• Section 8 (record producer) Rai'shaun Williams, American record producer and songwriter
• Randa Williams (born 1962), American heiress
• Randal Williams (born 1978), American football player
• Randy Williams (born 1953), American long jumper
• Randy Williams (baseball) (born 1975), American baseball player
• Raynell Williams (born 1989), American Olympic boxer
• Rebecca Williams (actress) (born 1988), British actress
• Rebecca Chase Williams, American journalist and city mayor
• Rebekah Williams (1950–2023), 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
• Richard Bryn Williams (1902–1981), Welsh-Argentine writer, poet, playwright and historian
• Richard G. Williams (1830–1906), American politician from Ohio
• 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
• Robert Williams (English chemist) (1926–2015), British inorganic chemist
• 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
• Rodric Williams, British solicitor
• 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
• 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 football player
• 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
• Rupert James Williams (1877–1970) Australian Methodist minister
• 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

• Sabra Williams, British actress and TV presenter
• Sammie Williams, American trombonist and bandleader known as Big Sam (musician)
• 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
• Savion Williams (born 2001), American football player
• Scooby Williams (born 2003), American football player
• Scot Williams (born 1972), English actor, writer and producer
• Seante Williams (born 1991), American football player
• 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 football player and coach
• 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 union) (born 1990), Welsh professional rugby player
• Silas Williams (1888–1944), American football player and coach
• Silas J. Williams (died 1908), American politician from Ohio
• 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 football player
• 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
• Steven Williams (snowboarder) (born 1988), Argentine snowboarder
• Stevenson A. Williams (1851–1932), American politician and businessman
• 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. J. Williams (American football) (born 1982), American football tight end
• Tacarra Williams, American comedian
• Tad Williams (born 1957), fantasy and science fiction writer
• Taffy Williams (1933–1996), Welsh mercenary
• Taleah Williams (born 1997), American Paralympic athlete
• 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 football player
• Tara Williams (born 1974), American basketball player
• 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
• Terrie Williams (scientist), American marine biologist and ecophysiologist
• Tex Williams (1917–1985), American musician
• Thelda Williams (1941–2023), 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 (American football) (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 (1951–2023), 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
• Tyleik Williams (born 2003), American football player
• 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

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

• 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
• Vasili Robertovich Williams (1863–1939), Russian and Soviet soil scientist
• 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 (1932–1974), 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. S. Gwynn Williams (1896–1978), Welsh musician
• Wade Williams (born 1961), American actor
• D. Wade Williams (fl. 2022), American politician
• Wal Williams (1895–1982), Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn
• Waldo Williams (1904–1971), Welsh poet
• Wallace Williams (runner), American long-distance runner
• Wallace Williams (politician) (died 1974), American politician from Maryland
• Wally Williams (water polo) (1921–2009), New Zealand water polo player
• Wally Williams (American football) (born 1971), American football player
• Walt Williams (baseball) (1943–2016), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Walt Williams (cornerback) (born 1954), American football player
• Walt Williams (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player
• Walter B. Williams, American politician
• 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 Fresh Wes
• Whit Williams, American saxophonist
• Whitney Williams, American businesswoman and philanthropist
• Willi Williams (born c.1956), Jamaican reggae and dub musician and producer
• Winter Williams (born 1984), American actress
• 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

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

• Zac Williams (Australian footballer) (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
• Zach Williams (musician) (born 1981), American solo artist
• Zack Williams (American football) (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 (writer) (born 1973), English columnist, journalist and author
• Zoe Williams (Gladiators) (born 1980), English TV 'Gladiator' Amazon
• Zoey Williams, Canadian commercial pilot
• Zwelibanzi Moyo Williams (born 1977), Zimbabwean-American chef and restauranteur

• Abigail Williams, from the American soap opera As the World Turns
• Andy Williams, a character in the Jaws movie franchise
• Anna Williams, from the Tekken video game series
• Ash Williams, from the Evil Dead franchise
• Ashley Williams, in the Mass Effect video game
• Becky Williams, a character in the musical drama show Empire
• Ben Williams, in the British soap opera Family Affairs
• Betty Williams, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
• Billy Williams, in Coronation Street; married to Betty Williams
• Brad Williams, from British soap opera EastEnders
• Byron Williams, in the 1996 film Mars Attacks!
• Chrissie Williams, on Holby City
• Christine Williams, on Tangle'
• Christine Blair, née Christine Williams, fictional character on The Young and the Restless
• Cindy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Cindy Williams, from British soap opera EastEnders
• Conrad Williams, in British soap opera Family Affairs
• Dave Williams, on the TV series Desperate Housewives
• Doug Williams, on the soap opera Days of our Lives, played by Bill Hayes
• Edie Williams, from Desperate Housewives
• Gethin Williams minor character from the BBC soap opera Eastenders
• Henry Williams, from the BBC television drama Casualty
• Jane Williams, from British soap opera EastEnders
• Kenny Bruce Williams, in the Left Behind series
• Malcolm Williams, from the animated series Fireman Sam
• Makena Williams, American Girl character
• Mark Williams, in Holby City
• Mary Williams, from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Michael Williams, in William Shakespeare's Henry V
• Michael Williams, from the soap opera Neighbours
• Mitch Williams, in the soap opera General Hospital
• Natasha Williams, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Nathan Williams, from the British soap opera EastEnders
• Nina Williams, from the Tekken video game series
• Patty Williams, fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Paul Williams, on The Young and the Restless
• Reggie Williams, in sitcom Small Wonder
• Rhys Williams, from the British science fiction series Torchwood
• Ricky Williams, from The Young and the Restless
• Rory Williams, from Doctor Who
• Sierra Williams, a character in the Canadian TV series Catwalk
• Shelley Williams, from the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Smash Williams, in the television series Friday Night Lights
• Terry Williams, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Tim Williams, on the TV series Tangle
• Winston Williams, in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why