William Forbes

Billy, Willie or William Forbes may refer to:

Financiers

• Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1739–1806), Scottish banker
• William Forbes of Callendar (1756–1823), Scottish coppersmith and landowner
• William Howell Forbes (1837–1896), American businessman in Hong Kong
• William Hathaway Forbes (1840–1897), American investor in company owned by Alexander Graham Bell

Footballers

• Billy Forbes (Scottish footballer) (before 1895–after 1928), right back who also played in Massachusetts
• Willie Forbes (1922–1999), Scottish wing half
• Billy Forbes (footballer, born 1990), Turks and Caicos Islands striker

Public officials

• William Forbes (Lower Canada politician) (1787–1814), merchant and legislator
• William Forbes (MP) (1806–1855), Scottish MP for Stirlingshire
• William Henry Forbes (1815–1875), American fur trader and territorial legislator
• William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959), American diplomat and investment banker
• William Forbes (Talamancan king), King of Talamanca, Costa Rica between 1872–1880.

Scholars

• William Forbes (bishop) (1585–1634), Scottish churchman, first Bishop of Edinburgh
• William S. Forbes (1831–1905), American physician
• William Alexander Forbes (1855–1883), English zoologist
• William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (1885–1968), American entomologist

Others

• William Nairn Forbes (1796–1855), British military engineer
• William Forbes (railway manager) (1856–1936), British railway manager
• William E. Forbes (1906–1999), member of the University of California Board of Regents

See also

• William Forbes Mackenzie (1807–1862), Scottish Conservative politician
• William Forbes Skene (1809–1892), Scottish historian and antiquary
• William Forbes Gatacre (1843–1906), British general
• William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill (1893–1965), British engineer