Friedrich Wilhelm

The German name Friedrich Wilhelm usually refers to several monarchs of the Hohenzollern dynasty:

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620–1688)
Frederick William I (1688–1740), King in Prussia
Frederick William II (1744–1797), King of Prussia
Frederick William III (1770–1840), King of Prussia
Frederick William IV (1795–1861), King of Prussia

Other people with the name Friedrich Wilhelm include:

Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (1771–1815)
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799–1875), Prussian astronomer
Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (born 1942), politician
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784–1846), mathematician and astronomer
Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792–1850), Prussian general and politician
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755–1816), Prussian general
Friedrich Wilhelm Buxhoeveden (1759–1811), Russian general
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (Friedrich Fröbel)(1782 – 1852), educationist
Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard (1795–1867), archaeologist
Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746–1797), poet
Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer (1816–1877), writer
Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich (1796–1825), naturalist and explorer
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner (1784–1849), pianist and composer
Friedrich Wilhelm Kasiski (1805–1881), officer, cryptologist, and archaeologist
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (1840–1910), physicist
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890–1947), Nazi politician
Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (1894–1945), Nazi officer
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–1848?), explorer
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1888–1931), silent film director
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900), philologist and philosopher
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), cooperative leader
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (1806–1876), scholar
Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow (1821–1878), Swiss soldier
Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789–1862), painter
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854), philosopher
Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer (1802–1866), artist
Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin (1810–1856), classicist
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721–1773), Prussian cavalry general
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), Prussian officer
Friedrich Wilhelm Thiersch (1784–1860), educationist
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (1663–1712), composer
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (1882–1951)
Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819–1904)
Wilhelm Friedrich (Brandenburg–Ansbach), brother of Caroline of Ansbach

Other uses:

SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, Imperial German ship
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, an older name of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn am Rhein, the German name of the University of Bonn

See also