William Barnes (disambiguation)

William Barnes (1801–1886) was an English writer, poet, minister, and philologist.

William Barnes may also refer to:

Sports

• William Barnes (boxer), Irish Olympic boxer
• William F. Barnes (1917–2009), American football coach
• William Barnes (sport shooter) (1876–1925), Canadian Olympic sport shooter
• William Barnes (baseball) (1919–1996), Negro league baseball player
• Bill Barnes (William H. Barnes, 1858–1945), baseball player
• Billy Barnes (cricketer) (1852–1899), English cricketer
• Bill Barnes (footballer) (born 1939), Scottish footballer

Politicians

• William Barnes (died 1558), MP for East Grinstead, Marlborough, Taunton and Downton
• William Barnes (died 1559), MP for Wigan
• William Barnes (labour leader) (1827–1918), New Zealand blacksmith and labour reformer
• William D. Barnes (1856–1927), New York politician
• William D. Barnes (Florida), Florida Comptroller
• William H. Barnes (jurist) (1843–1904), Illinois politician and Arizona Territorial judge
• William H. Barnes (Wisconsin politician) (1885–1973), Wisconsin politician
• William Barnes Jr. (1866–1930), American journalist and politician
• William Barnes Sr. (1824-1913), American attorney and Republican Party leader
• William G. Barnes, American politician, Democratic candidate in the 2010 United States Senate election in Alabama

Others

• William James Barnes, Lead singer of American rock band Car Seat Headrest
• James William Barnes Steveni (1859–1944), British correspondent in Russia
• William H. Barnes (Medal of Honor) (c. 1840–1866), Union Army soldier
• William Sullivan Barnes (1841–1912), Canadian Unitarian minister
• William Thomas Barnes (1894–1920), English flying ace of World War I
• William Barnes (entomologist) (1860–1930), American physician, butterfly, and moth collector

See also

• William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826), English dramatist
• Ernest Barnes (1874–1953), English mathematician and scientist
• Billy Barnes (disambiguation)
• William Barne (disambiguation)