William Shockley vs Shockley

William Shockley and Shockley both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of William Shockley include William Bradford Shockley.

William Shockley (noun)	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)