William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 - August 12, 1989) was a British-born American physicist and inventor.

Along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, Shockley co-invented the transistor, for which all three were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's "Silicon Valley" becoming a hotbed of electronics innovation. In his later life, Shockley was a professor at Stanford, and he also became a staunch advocate of eugenics.

William Shockley (born September 17, 1963) is an actor and musician.

Shockley was born in Lawrence, Kansas and found his love for music at the age of seven. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in political science.

Shockley has appeared in many movies and TV shows including Welcome to Paradise, In Justice, Showgirls, The Joyriders, and most famously Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman in which he played Hank Lawson.

He is currently filming Treasure Raiders. He is also in a band called Kanan Dume, where he is a vocalist and plays rhythm guitar.