Wilhelm Karl August Drumann was a German classical historian.

Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.

Wilhelm Endemann (24 April 1825, in Marburg – 13 June 1899, in Cassel) was a German jurist.

Wilhelm Fraenger (5 June 1890 – 19 February 1964) was a German art historian.

Wilhelm Gass was a German theologian born in Breslau. He was the son of theologian Joachim Christian Gass (1766–1831).

Wilhelm Genazino was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine pardon and for Lesezeichen. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became known by a trilogy of novels, Abschaffel-Trilogie, completed in 1979. It was followed by more novels and two plays. Among his many awards is the prestigious Georg Büchner Prize.

Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher was a German economist from Hanover.

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker was a German art historian, numismatist, and author.

Wilhelm Gottlieb Tennemann was a German historian of philosophy.

Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author and anthropologist. He was the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm.