Famous People with Name William

William Louis-Dreyfus            Origin/Culture/Country: French

William Louis-Dreyfus: is a French-born American businessman. With his family's net worth estimated at $2.9 billion by Forbes, he is one of the richest men in the world.[1] He is the chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services and the great grandson of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, founder of Louis Dreyfus Group.[2] He is the father of Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

William Philo            Origin/Culture/Country: French

William Philo: was a British Middleweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics losing against Reginald Baker in the semi-finals. He served in the British Army with the Royal Fusiliers

William Sheller            Origin/Culture/Country: French

William Sheller: is a french classical composer and singer. He left school at 16 to study composition with teacher Yves Margat (himself a student of Gabriel Fauré) and later harmony, fugue and counterpoint at the Paris conservatoire. He turned to pop music after hearing the Beatles. Since then, he has had a successful career both as a classical composer and as a pop singer. His works often mix both genres. For example, some of his songs include carefully crafted orchestral passages (the Baroque introduction to Le nouveau monde) as well as instruments that are seldom found in pop music (such as a horn in Les miroirs dans la boue and a clarinet in Fier et fou de vous).

William Tchamba            Origin/Culture/Country: French

William Tchamba: is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-1 4 x 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

William Servat            Origin/Culture/Country: French

William Servat: is a French international rugby union footballer, who plays at hooker for Toulouse in the French Top 14. He played for Mazères-Cassagne until 1998, when he was signed by Toulouse. In his first season at Toulouse, Servat helped the club to their fifth Top 14 title in six years. He has since been involved with just one more Top 14 title victory (in 2001), but he has helped the club to two Heineken Cup titles in 2002-03 and 2004-05.