William Holmes
William, Bill, or Billy Holmes may refer to:
Sports
- Bill Holmes , Canadian ice hockey player
- Bill Holmes , English footballer
- Billy Holmes , English footballer with Manchester City who became manager of Clapton Orient
- Billy Holmes , English footballer with Hereford United, Wimbledon and other clubs
- Billy Holmes , Australian footballer for Collingwood and Fitzroy
- William Holmes , English cricketer
- William Holmes , New Zealand cricketer
- William Holmes , British Olympic cyclist
- William Holmes , footballer who played for Stoke
Politicians
- Bill Holmes , British Labour Party politician and trade unionist
- William Holmes , British Tory politician
Military
- William Holmes , Australian Major General of World War I
- Sir William Holmes , British Lieutenant General of World War II
- William Edgar Holmes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Holmes , Surgeon-General to the British Forces in Canada
- William Norman Holmes, World War I flying ace
- William T. Holmes, Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
Others
- William Holmes , Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1732–1735
- William Holmes, American actor
- William Holmes, anarchist writer and husband of Lizzie Holmes
- William Holmes , American film editor
- William Hardy Holmes, Anglican bishop
- William Henry Holmes, American anthropologist
- William Henry Holmes , English musician
- William E. Holmes, Baptist minister and educator
- William Anthony Holmes, Irish clergyman