William Golding was born in Cornwall, England on September 19, 1911.
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William, Duke of Normandy, who become known as William the Conquerer after he became King of England.
Last names (surnames) became more common after the Domesday Book (1087) which William instituted. However, monarchs were and are seldom known by a last name. Had William been given a patronymic name, he might have been known as William Robertson or William Robinson, for his father Robert I. Or the dynastic name William Norman could have been used.
William Rufus
William of Orange (William the Silent)