William is a very prominent first name for men (#5 out of 1220, Top 1%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#1923 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. Census).hort forms and variants came into being with a common basic meaning of will, determined, or resolute. William has remained a royal name in the UK for nearly one thousand years. The firstborn son of the current Prince of Wales is named William.
The Deliverance Banjo Boy at 56. Rabun County, Georgia resident Billy Redden was 15 when he was discovered at a casting call in Clayton, Georgia and offered the part of the inbred banjo-playing boy in the 1972 Burt Reynolds sodomy classic Deliverance.
Video Premiere: Ella Mae Bowen, 'Holding Out For A Hero'. Do you guys remember that AMAZING scene in 1984's Footloose where Ren (Kevin Bacon) is tractor racing with that DB Chuck (Jim Youngs)? And remember the Bonnie Tyler song Holding Out For A Hero that was playing dramatically while they raced... dramatically?