Bill (given name)

Bill is a masculine given name, generally a short form (hypocorism) of William. It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name Vasilis or Vasileios (Basil), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, probably due to similarly in the sound.

People named Bill include:

• Bill Barr (born 1950), Attorney General of the United state
• Bill Barretta (born 1964), American actor and puppeteer
• Bill Burr (born 1968), American comedian
• Bill Bennett (1932-2015), Canadian politician
• Bill Belichick (born 1952), American National Football League head coach
• Bill Bixby (1934–1993), American actor and director
• Bill Bowman (racing driver), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Bill Bradley (born 1943), American politician and basketball player
• Bill Buckner (1949-2019), American baseball player
• Bill Clinton (born 1946), 42nd president of the United States
• Bill Cosby (born 1937), American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and author who was convicted of sexual assault
• Bill Cowher (born 1957), American retired National Football League head coach and player
• Bill de Blasio (born 1961), American politician, Mayor of New York City
• Bill Elliott (born 1955), American retired NASCAR driver
• Bill Evans (1929-1980), American jazz pianist
• Bill Graham (born 1939), Canadian politician
• Bill Fagerbakke (born 1957), American voice actor
• Bill Farmer (born 1952), American voice actor
• Bill Foster (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bill Frist (born 1952), American politician
• Bill Gates (disambiguation)
  • Bill Gates (born 1955), American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist
• Bill Goldberg (born 1966), American professional NFL football player and professional wrestler
• Bill Hanson (basketball) (born c. 1940), basketball player
• Bill Hader (born 1978), American comedian
• Bill Hicks (1961-1994), American comedian
• Bill James (born 1949), American baseball writer
• Bill Kurtis (born 1940), American TV personality
• Bill Lear (1902–1978), American inventor and businessman, founder of the Lear Jet Corporation
• Bill Maher (disambiguation)
  • Bill Maher (born 1956), American comedian, political commentator and television host
• Bill Medley (born 1940), American singer and songwriter, half of The Righteous Brothers
• Bill Mitchell (born 1960), American politician
• Bill Miner (c. 1847-1913), American Old West stagecoach and train robber

• Bill Murray (disambiguation)
  • Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor, comedian, and writer
• Bill Nelson, American politician, former US Senator
• Bill Nighy (born 1949), British actor
• Bill Nye (disambiguation)
  • Bill Nye (born 1955), American science communicator, television presenter and mechanical engineer, known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy"
• Bill O'Reilly (disambiguation)
• Bill Oberst Jr., an American stage, film, and television actor
• Bill Owen (1914-1999), English actor
• Bill Parcells (born 1941), American former National Football League head coach
• Bill Paxton (1955–2017), American actor and director
• Bill Peet (1915-2002), American author and animator
• Bill Potts (disambiguation) (multiple persons)
• Bill Pullman (born 1953), American actor
• William Robinson (disambiguation), which includes several Bills
  • Bill Robinson (1878–1949), African-American tap dancer and actor nicknamed "Bojangles"
• Bill Russell (born 1934), American Hall-of-Fame retired National Basketball Association player
• Bill Schwarz British historian, academic and writer
• Bill Shankly (1913-1981), British Soccer Manager
• Bill Skarsgård (born 1990), Swedish actor known for portraying Pennywise the dancing clown
• Bill Sweek (born 1946/1947), American basketball player and coach
• Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934), Canadian politician
• Bill W. (1895-1971), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
• Bill Walsh (1931-2007), American National Football League head coach
• Bill Walker (born 1987), American basketball player
• Bill Walton (born 1952), American Hall-of-Fame retired National Basketball Association player
• Bill Ward (born 1948), English musician, drummer for Black Sabbath
• Bill Watterson (born 1958), American cartoonist, author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
• Bill Weld (born 1945), American attorney, 68th governor of Massachusetts
• Bill Wold, American basketball player
• Bill Wurtz (born 1989) American musician and video creator.
• Bill Wyman (born William George Perks Jr. in 1936), English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer, former bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones

Fictional characters

• Bill Cipher, a character in Gravity Falls.
• Bill Denbrough, a character in the novel and film It (2017 film)
• Bill Potts (Doctor Who), a character in Doctor Who.
• Bill Sikes, main antagonist from Oliver Twist
• Bill Standall, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why

See also

• Buffalo Bill (1846-1917), American Old West scout, bison hunter and showman
• "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-1876), American Old West folk hero
• William T. Anderson (1840-1864), pro-Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War known as "Bloody Bill"
• Major “Bloody Bill” Cunningham (1756-1787), American Revolutionary War loyalist
• William "Bible Bill" Aberhart (1878-1943), Canadian politician
• Big Bill (disambiguation)
• Little Bill (disambiguation)
• Billy (name)