William Bailey
William Bailey is the name of:
Politicians
- William Bailey (MP), MP for Salisbury
- William J. Bailey, British-born physician and politician in the Oregon Country
- William Henry Bailey, American author, lawyer, and statesman
- William Gill Bailey, politician in Queensland, Australia
- William Francis Bailey, American politician and judge
- William Bailey Lamar, American politician and lawyer
- William Bailey (Canadian politician), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1930–1935
- William B. Bailey, American politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Bill Bailey (Indiana politician), American businessman and politician
- Billy Wayne Bailey, former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate
- William Bailey (South Carolina politician), Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Sportsmen
- William Heap Bailey, amateur footballer
- William Bailey (cricketer, born 1870), English cricketer and footballer
- William Bailey (cricketer, born 1898), Australian cricketer
- William Bailey (cyclist), British Olympic cyclist
- Bill Bailey (pitcher), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bill Bailey (American football), American football player
- William Craig Bailey, Scottish footballer
Artists and entertainers
- Buster Bailey, American jazz musician
- William H. Bailey (artist), American artist
- William Bailey (actor), American actor
- Axl Rose, lead singer of Guns N' Roses, known as William Bailey when his mother changed his name after she remarried
Other people
- William Trist Bailey, land developer in Queens, New York City
- William Bailey (engineer), British engineer, businessman, and local politician
- William Frederick Bailey, Irish lawyer and writer
- William J. A. Bailey, Harvard University dropout who falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine
- William Bailey (British Army officer), British military officer
- Bill Bailey (activist), Irish-American communist labor activist and participant in the Spanish Civil War
- William Bailey (Royal Navy officer), British recipient of the George Medal
- William Bailey (trade unionist), British trade unionist born in Saint Helena
- William Shreve Bailey, Kentucky abolitionist and printer
Fictional characters
- William Bailey, a character in All Over Town, a 1937 American film