There are several men named William Rogers (and similar spellings), among them:

1. William P. Rogers, U.S. Attorney General under Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State under Richard Nixon.
2. Will Rogers, the cowboy humorist.
3. Will Rogers, Jr. , his son, a congressman from Oklahoma from 1933 to 1942.
4. William C. Rogers III, commander of the U.S.S. Vincennes when it shot down an Iranian airliner.
5. William Barton Rogers, founder of MIT.
6. William D. Rogers, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and subsequently Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs under Gerald Ford.
7. William Findlay Rogers , a congressman from New York from 1883 to 1884.
8. William Nathaniel Rogers , a congressman from New Hampshire from 1923 to 1924 and 1931 to 1936.
9. William Vann Rogers, Jr. , a congressman from California from 1943 to 1944.
10. William "Buck" Rogers from science-fiction.
11. Bill Rodgers, British member of parliament and cabinet officer.
12. Bill Rogers, a golfer.

There was also a nuclear submarine named USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659) and there is Will Rogers State Historic Park and Will Rogers World Airport.