Billy (name)
Appearance
Billy is a masculine given name and a common nickname for William. Notable people with the name include:
- Billy the Kid (1859–1881), American Old West gunfighter born Henry McCarty, also known as William H. Bonney
- Billy Baldwin (decorator) (1903-1983), American interior decorator
- Billy Baldwin (baseball) (1951–2011), American Major League Baseball outfielder
- Billy Barnes (disambiguation)
- Billy Boyd (disambiguation)
- Billy Blue (c. 1767-1834), African-American convict transported to Australia
- Billy Brown (disambiguation)
- Billy Burke (disambiguation)
- Billy Connolly (born 1942), Scottish comedian
- Billy Corgan (born 1967), American musician, frontman of Smashing Pumpkins
- Billy Crook (English footballer) (1926–2011)
- Billy Crook (American soccer) (born 1964)
- Billy Crystal (born 1948), American comedian
- Billy Davis (disambiguation)
- Billy Fox (politician) (1939-1974), Irish politician
- Billy Fox (boxer) (born 1923), American light-heavyweight boxer
- Billy Forbes (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1911-1926)
- Billy Forbes (footballer, born 1990), Turks and Caicos Islands footballer
- Billy Gibbons (born 1949), American musician
- Billy Graham (1918–2018), American evangelist
- Billy Guin (born 1927), American politician
- Billy Hahn (born 1953), American basketball coach
- Billy Howard (gridiron football) (born 1950), American football player
- Billy Howerdel (born 1970), American musician, founding member of A Perfect Circle, frontman of ASHES dIVIDE
- Billy Herrington (1969-2018), American actor
- Billy Idol (born 1955), English rock musician
- Billy Joel (born 1949), American musician
- Billy Johnson (disambiguation)
- Billy Jones (disambiguation)
- Billy Knight (born 1952), American basketball player and executive
- Billy Knight (basketball, born 1979) (1979–2018), American basketball player
- Billy Knight (tennis) (born 1935), British tennis player
- Billy Martin (1928-1989), American baseball player and manager
- Billy Masters (columnist) (born 1969), American gossip columnist
- Billy Masters (American football) (born 1944), former American Football League and National Football League player
- Billy Rush Masters (1950–1981), American composer and rock guitarist
- Billy Mays (1958-2009), American television salesperson
- Billy Mays (footballer) (1902–1959), Welsh footballer
- Billy Murray (disambiguation)
- Billy Name (1940-2016), American Lighting Designer
- Billy Ouattara (born 1992), Ghanaian/French basketball player
- Billy Parker (disambiguation)
- Billy Price (American football) (born 1995), American football player
- Billy Reid (fashion designer)
- Billy Smart Jr. (1934–2005), British circus performer and impresario
- Billy Sneddon (1926-1987), Australian politician
- Billy Tauzin (born 1943), American lobbyist and politician
- Billy Taylor (disambiguation)
- Billy Wade (cricketer) (1914–2003), South African cricketer
- Billy Wade (racing driver) (1930–1965), American race car driver
- Billy Walker (disambiguation)
- Billy Williams (disambiguation)
- Billy Wright (disambiguation)
- Billy Zane (born 1966), American actor
- Billy (slave), an African-American slave accused of treason
See also
- Billie (disambiguation)
- Billy (disambiguation)
- Bertrand de Billy (born 1965), French conductor
- Jacques de Billy (1602-1679), French Jesuit mathematician
- Jacques de Billy (abbot) (1535-1581), French patristic scholar, theologian, jurist, linguist and Benedictine abbot