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Gluyas Williams

Gluyas Williams was one of America's most popular cartoonists between the World Wars. His specialty was gentle satire of big-city suburban life: commuter trains, cigar-wielding businessmen, meek…

Hank Williams

Name at birth: Hiram King WilliamsHank Williams was one of the superstars of modern country music when he died in 1953, at the age of 29. He began his career as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama and…

Jayson Williams

Jayson Williams played nine seasons (1990-99) in the National Basketball Association, but is now better known as the guy from the New Jersey Nets who shot his limo driver. A 6'10" power forward,…

John Williams

John Williams is the biggest name in the history of movie music and, probably, the most widely-heard composer of the last one hundred years. Williams began composing for television in the late 1950s…

Barry Williams

Barry Williams played eldest son Greg Brady on the TV series The Brady Bunch. The show ran in prime time from 1969-1974 and then continued for decades in reruns; by the 1990s the show and its cast…

Dar Williams

Dar Williams is a graduate of Wesleyan University and a star of the East Coast folk music scene, famed for her evocative tunes and frequent tours. She appeared in Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair and…

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams has been Oscar nominated many times: for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Blue Valentine (2010), My Week With Marilyn (2011), Manchester by the Sea (2016) and The Fablemans (2022).…

Prince William

Name at birth: William Arthur Philip Louis WindsorPrince William is next in line to the British throne now held by his father, King Charles III. Prince William is the first son of Charles and the…

Robin Williams

Comedian and actor Robin Williams was a manic prankster and lovable loose cannon on TV and in film from his 1970s breakthrough until his untimely death in 2014. Robin Williams first became a star on…

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King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, was called by his detractors Kaiser Tartuffe. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…