Shockley vs William Shockley

Shockley and William Shockley both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Shockley	Yes	No	No	No
William Shockley	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Shockley and William Shockley are synonyms defined as:

Shockley and William Shockley: United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)

Other synonyms of Shockley include William Bradford Shockley.

Shockley (noun)	William Shockley (noun)
United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)	United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)