William Holmes

William Holmes may refer to:

• Bill Holmes (William Orser Holmes, 1899–1961), Canadian ice hockey player
• William Edgar Holmes (1895–1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Henry Holmes (1846–1933), American anthropologist
• William Holmes (academic) (1699–1768), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1732–1735
• William Holmes (actor), appeared in the 1952 film The Bushwackers
• William Holmes (anarchist), eminent US anarchist in the late 19th century and contributor to Free Society
• William Holmes (Australian general) (1862–1917), Australian Major General of World War I
• William Holmes (British Army officer) (1892–1969), British Lieutenant General of World War II
• William Holmes (cyclist), Silver medalist: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race
• William Holmes (film editor), 1941 Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Sergeant York)
• William Holmes (MP) (1779–1851), British Tory politician
• William Holmes (Surgeon-General) (1762–1834), Surgeon-General to the British Forces in Canada
• William Holmes (footballer) (1889–1933), footballer who played for Stoke
• William Hardy Holmes (1873–1951), Anglican bishop
• William Norman Holmes (born 1896), World War I flying ace

See also

• William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (1809–1891), British peer and Conservative MP