Bill (given name)
Bill is a masculine given name, generally a short form of William. It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name Vasilis or Vasileios, especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, probably due to similarity in the sound.
People named Bill include:
- Bill Ackman, American billionaire hedge fund manager
- Bill Allen, multiple people
- Bill Allison, multiple people
- Bill Anderson, American singer, songwriter, and television host
- Bill Ayers, American professor and militant organizer
- Bill Bailey, British actor, comedian, presenter and musician.
- Bill Barr, Former Attorney General of the United States
- Bill Barrett, multiple people
- *Bill Barrett, American politician
- Bill Barretta, American actor and puppeteer
- Bill Belichick, head coach/general manager of the NFL's New England Patriots since 2000
- Bill Bennett, Canadian politician
- Bill Berry, multiple people
- *Bill Berry, American musician
- Bill Bixby, American actor and director
- Bill Bowerman, American co-founder of Nike, Inc
- Bill Bowman (racing driver), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Bill Bradley, American politician and basketball player
- Bill Browder, American-born English financier and political activist
- Bill Bruford, English drummer and percussionist
- Bill Bryson, Australian politician
- Bill Bryson, UK-based American author
- Bill Bryson Sr., American journalist
- Bill Buckner, American baseball player
- Bill Buford, American author and journalist
- Bill Burr, American comedian
- Bill Callahan (American football coach), American football coach
- Bill Camp, American actor.
- Bill Carson, multiple people
- Bill Cassidy, American physician and politician
- Bill Champlin, American musician
- Bill Charlap, American jazz pianist
- Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
- Bill Conti, American composer and conductor
- Bill Cosby, American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and author who was convicted of sexual assault
- Bill Cowher, American retired National Football League head coach and player
- Bill Craver, American baseball player
- Bill Croskey-Merritt, American football player
- Bill Cullen, American radio and television personality
- Bill de Blasio, American politician, Mayor of New York City
- Bill DeMott, American professional wrestler, road agent, and trainer
- Bill Doran, multiple people
- Bill Duke, American actor and filmmaker
- Bill DuLac, American football player
- Bill Edwards, multiple people
- Bill Elliott, American retired NASCAR driver
- Bill Engvall, American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host
- Bill Evans, American jazz pianist
- Bill Fagerbakke, American voice actor
- Bill Farmer, American voice actor
- Bill Finger, American comic strip, comic book, film and television writer, best known for co-creating Batman.
- Bill Foster, multiple people
- Bill Frist, American politician
- Bill Gaither, American singer and songwriter
- Bill Gates
- *Bill Gates, American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft
- Bill Goldberg, American professional NFL football player and professional wrestler
- Bill Graham, multiple people
- Bill Gray, birth name of American gay pornographic actor Billy Santoro
- Bill Gustoff, American politician and attorney
- Bill Hader, American comedian
- Bill Haley, American musician
- Bill Hanson (basketball), basketball player
- Bill Harris, multiple people
- Bill Haslam, American businessman and politician
- Bill Haywood, American labor organizer
- Bill Hemmer, American journalist
- Bill Hickman, American actor, stunt driver, stunt coordinator
- Bill Hicks, American comedian
- Bill Hybels, American church figure and author
- Bill Iffrig, American marathon runner
- Bill Irwin, American actor, best known for playing Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street
- Bill Ivey, American folklorist and author
- Bill James
- *Bill James, American baseball writer
- Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician
- Bill Kaulitz, German singer and songwriter
- Bill Kelliher, American guitarist for heavy metal band Mastodon
- Bill Kerr, Australian actor, comedian, and vaudevillian
- Bill Knowlton, American baseball player
- Bill Kristol, American political writer
- Bill Kurtis, American TV personality
- Bill Laimbeer, American professional basketball coach and player
- Bill Lane, multiple people
- Bill Larsen, American magician
- Bill Larson, multiple people
- Bill Lear, American inventor and businessman, founder of the Lear Jet Corporation
- Bill Lennon, American baseball player
- Bill Maher
- *Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator and television host
- Bill McKibben, American environmentalist, author, and journalist
- Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter, half of The Righteous Brothers
- Bill Miller, multiple people
- Bill Miner, American Old West stagecoach and train robber
- Bill Mitchell, American politician
- Bill Morgan, multiple people
- Bill Moyers, American journalist and political commentator
- Bill Murray
- *Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, and writer
- Bill Nelson, American politician, former US Senator
- Bill Nicholson, multiple people
- Bill Nighy, British actor
- Bill Nunn, multiple people
- Bill Nye
- *Bill Nye, American science communicator, television presenter and mechanical engineer, known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy"
- Bill O'Reilly
- Bill Oakley, American TV writer and producer
- Bill Oberst Jr., an American stage, film, and television actor
- Bill Oddie, English conservationist, entertainer, and ornithologist
- Bill Owen, English actor
- Bill Parcells, American former National Football League head coach
- Bill Paxton, American actor and director
- Bill Peet, American author and animator
- Bill Potts, multiple people
- Bill Prady, American television writer and producer
- Bill Pullman, American actor
- Bill Pulte, American businessman
- Bill Putnam, American audio engineer
- Bill Putnam (basketball), American basketball player
- Bill Ramsey, German-American singer and actor
- William Robinson, which includes several Bills
- *Bill Robinson, African-American tap dancer and actor nicknamed "Bojangles"
- Bill Russell, American Hall-of-Fame retired National Basketball Association player
- Bill Schuette, American lawyer and politician
- Bill Schwarz British historian, academic and writer
- Bill Shankly, British Soccer Manager
- Bill Shirley, American actor and singer
- Bill Shorten, Australian politician and former trade unionist
- Bill Simmons, American podcaster, sportswriter, and cultural critic
- Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor known for portraying Pennywise the dancing clown
- Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
- Bill Stearns, American baseball player
- Bill Stemmyer, American professional baseball player
- Bill Stevenson, multiple people
- Bill Sweek, American basketball player and coach
- Bill Thompson, multiple people
- Bill Tilden, American tennis player
- Bill Vander Zalm, Canadian politician
- Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Bill Walker, American basketball player
- Bill Walsh, multiple people
- *Bill Walsh, American football coach
- Bill Walton, American Hall-of-Fame National Basketball Association player and broadcaster
- Bill Ward, English musician, drummer for Black Sabbath
- Bill Watterson, American cartoonist, author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
- Bill Weld, American attorney, 68th governor of Massachusetts
- Bill White, multiple people
- Bill Wiggin, British Member of Parliament
- Bill Williams, multiple people
- Bill Williamson, Australian jockey
- Bill Williamson (footballer), English footballer
- Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
- Bill Wold, American basketball player
- Bill Wurtz American musician and video creator.
- Bill Wyman, English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer, former bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones
- Bill Young, American politician
- Bill Zonnon, Canadian ice hockey player
Fictional characters
- Bill, a duck character in Sitting Ducks
- Bill Thompson, character in Postman Pat
- "Lightning" Bill Carson, a fictional character portrayed by actor Tim McCoy in a series of films, see Straight Shooter
- Bill Carson, a character in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Bill the Cat, fictional cat appearing in the works of cartoonist Berkeley Breathed
- Bill Cipher, a character in Gravity Falls
- Bill Dauterive, a character from King of the Hill
- Bill Denbrough, a character in the novel and film It (2017 film)
- Bill Foster, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Bill Hawks, the British prime minister that appeared in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
- Bill Henrickson, the lead character from the HBO series Big Love
- Bill Kemp, a character from the 1984 apocalyptic war drama television film Threads
- Bill, Ben's twin brother in The Railway Series and the spinoff TV series Thomas and Friends
- Bill, character in the Flower Pot Men
- Bill Newton, a character from the Hill Climb Racing franchise
- Bill Potts (Doctor Who), a character in Doctor Who
- Bill S. Preston, Esq, a character in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and its sequels
- Bill Sikes, main antagonist from Oliver Twist
- Bill Spencer, fictional character from the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
- Bill Spencer Jr., fictional character from the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
- Bill Standall, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Bill the Lizard, a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Little Bill, an American animated educational television series created by Bill Cosby
- Mr. Bill, clay figurine star of a parody of children's movies shows created by Walter Williams
- Bootstrap Bill Turner, father of Will Turner in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films
- Bill Williamson, character in the video game Red Dead Redemption and its prequel Red Dead Redemption 2
- Bill Woodward, a character in Team StarKid's The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
- Mr. Bill Beasley, character in ''Bob the Builder''