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.
Shelby Fredrick Sheb Wooley was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty song The Purple People Eater. He played Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller, in the film High Noon; played Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales; and also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who produced the Wilhelm scream sound effect.