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 Allen (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bill Allison (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bill Bailey (born 1965), British actor, comedian, presenter and musician.
 * Bill Barr (born 1950), Former Attorney General of the United States
 * Bill Barrett (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bill Barrett (1929–2016), American politician
 * Bill Barretta (born 1964), American actor and puppeteer
 * Bill Belichick (born 1952), head coach/general manager of the NFL's New England Patriots since 2000
 * Bill Bennett (1932–2015), Canadian politician
 * 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 Burr (born 1968), American comedian
 * Bill Charlap (born 1966), American jazz pianist
 * 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 Craver (1844–1901), American baseball player
 * Bill DuLac (born 1951), American football player
 * Bill Elliott (born 1955), American retired NASCAR driver
 * Bill Evans (1929–1980), American jazz pianist
 * Bill Fagerbakke (born 1957), American voice actor
 * Bill Farmer (born 1952), American voice actor
 * Bill Finger (1914-1974), American comic strip, comic book, film and television writer, best known for co-creating Batman.
 * Bill Foster (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bill Frist (born 1952), American politician
 * Bill Gates (disambiguation)
 * Bill Gates (born 1955), American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft
 * Bill Goldberg (born 1966), American professional NFL football player and professional wrestler
 * Bill Graham (1939–2022), Canadian politician
 * Bill Gray (born 1975 or 1976), birth name of American gay pornographic actor Billy Santoro
 * Bill Gustoff (born 1968), American politician and attorney
 * Bill Hader (born 1978), American comedian
 * Bill Haley (1929–1981), American musician
 * Bill Hanson (basketball) (born c. 1940), basketball player
 * Bill Haslam (born 1958), American businessman and politician
 * Bill Hicks (1961–1994), American comedian
 * Bill Iffrig (1934–2024), American marathon runner
 * Bill Irwin (born 1950), American actor, best known for playing Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street
 * Bill James (disambiguation)
 * Bill James (born 1949), American baseball writer
 * Bill Kelliher (born 1971), American guitarist for heavy metal band Mastodon
 * Bill Knowlton (1898–1944), American baseball player
 * Bill Kurtis (born 1940), American TV personality
 * Bill Lear (1902–1978), American inventor and businessman, founder of the Lear Jet Corporation
 * Bill Lennon (1845–1910), American baseball player
 * 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 Miner (c. 1847 – 1913), American Old West stagecoach and train robber
 * Bill Mitchell (born 1960), American politician
 * 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 Oakley (born 1966), American TV writer and producer
 * 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
 * Bill Putnam (1920–1989), American audio engineer
 * Bill Putnam (basketball) (1922–1992), American basketball player
 * Bill Ramsey (1931–2021), German-American singer and actor
 * William Robinson (disambiguation), which includes several Bills
 * Bill Robinson (1878–1949), African-American tap dancer and actor nicknamed "Bojangles"
 * Bill Russell (1934–2022), American Hall-of-Fame retired National Basketball Association player
 * Bill Schwarz British historian, academic and writer
 * Bill Shankly (1913–1981), British Soccer Manager
 * Bill Shirley (1921–1989), American actor and singer
 * Bill Skarsgård (born 1990), Swedish actor known for portraying Pennywise the dancing clown
 * Bill Stearns (1853–1898), American baseball player
 * Bill Stemmyer (1865–1945), American professional baseball player
 * 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 Walker (born 1987), American basketball player
 * Bill Walsh (1931–2007), American National Football League head coach
 * Bill Walton (1952–2024), American Hall-of-Fame National Basketball Association player and broadcaster
 * 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 Wiggin, British Member of Parliament
 * 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 Dauterive, a character from King of the Hill
 * Bill Denbrough, a character in the novel and film It (2017 film)
 * Bill Hawks, the British prime minister that appeared in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.
 * Bill, Ben's twin brother in The Railway Series and the spinoff TV series Thomas and Friends
 * Bill Potts (Doctor Who), a character in Doctor Who
 * Bill S. Preston, Esq, a character in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and its sequels
 * Bill Sikes, main antagonist from Oliver Twist
 * Bill Standall, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
 * Bill the Lizard, a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
 * Little Bill, an American animated educational television series created by Bill Cosby
 * Bootstrap Bill Turner, father of Will Turner in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films