Billy (name)

Billy is a 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 Bevan (1887–1957), Australian actor
 * Billy Bland (singer) (1932–2017), American R&B singer and songwriter
 * Billy Boyd (disambiguation)
 * Billy Blue (c. 1767 – 1834), African-American convict transported to Australia
 * Billy Brewer (footballer) (died 1914), English professional footballer
 * Billy Brown (disambiguation)
 * Billy Burke (disambiguation)
 * Billy Butler (singer) (1945–2015), American soul singer and songwriter
 * Billy Cesare (born 1955), American football player
 * Billy Connolly (born 1942), Scottish comedian
 * Billy Corgan (born 1967), American musician, frontman of Smashing Pumpkins
 * Billy Crawford (born 1982), Filipino-American actor and television personality
 * Billy Crook (English footballer) (1926–2011)
 * Billy Crook (American soccer) (born 1964)
 * Billy Crystal (born 1948), American actor
 * Billy Davis (disambiguation)
 * Billy De Wolfe (1907–1974), American actor
 * Billy Edwards Jr., American college football player
 * Billy Eppler (born 1975), American baseball executive
 * Billy Fox (politician) (1939–1974), Irish politician
 * Billy Fox (boxer) (1926–1986), American light-heavyweight boxer
 * Billy Forbes (Scottish footballer)
 * Billy Forbes (footballer, born 1990), Turks and Caicos Islands footballer
 * Billy Gallagher (chef) (1948–2016), South African chef and businessman
 * Billy Gibbons (born 1949), American musician
 * Billy Gilmour (born 2001), Scottish footballer
 * Billy Graham (1918–2018), American evangelist
 * Billy Hahn (1953–2023), American basketball coach
 * Billy Howard, English comedian
 * Billy Howard (gridiron football) (1950–2005), 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)
 * ABilly S. Jones-Hennin (born 1942), American LGBT rights activist
 * Billy Kametz (1987–2022), American voice actor
 * 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 Magnussen (born 1985), American actor
 * 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 McShepard (born 1987), American basketball player in the Israeli National League
 * Billy Meier (born 1937), claims to be in regular contact with extraterrestrial beings
 * Billy Mitchell (gamer) (born 1965), American gamer and restaurateur
 * Billy Murray (disambiguation)
 * Billy Name (1940–2016), American lighting designer
 * Billy Ouattara (born 1992), Ghanaian/French basketball player
 * Billy Parker (disambiguation)
 * Billy Parks (1948–2009), American football player
 * Billy Payne (born 1947), American golf administrator
 * Billy Price (actor) (born 2000), English actor
 * Billy Price (American football) (born 1995), American football player
 * Billy Reid (fashion designer) (born 1964)
 * Billy Rose (1899–1966), American impresario and husband of Fanny Brice
 * Billy Joe Royal (1942–2015), American singer
 * Billy Santoro (born 1975 or 1976), American gay pornographic film actor
 * Billy Sharp (born 1986), English footballer
 * Billy Sheehan (born 1953), American bass player
 * Billy (slave), an African-American slave accused of treason
 * Billy Smart Jr. (1934–2005), British circus performer and impresario
 * Billy Snedden (1926–1987), Australian politician
 * Billy Tauzin (born 1943), American lobbyist and politician
 * Billy Taylor (disambiguation)
 * Billy Unger (born 1995), American actor
 * Billy Wade (cricketer) (1914–2003), South African cricketer
 * Billy Wade (racing driver) (1930–1965), American race car driver
 * Billy West (born 1952), American voice actor
 * Billy Walker (disambiguation)
 * Billy Williams (disambiguation)
 * Billy Wright (disambiguation)
 * Billy Zane (born 1966), American actor
 * Reverend Billy, of Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, New York City-based performance group

Fictional

 * Billy, a minor character from Thomas & Friends
 * Billy, a character in Adventure Time
 * Billy, the title character of Sport Billy, a TV cartoon show
 * Billy Baker, a character in the television series All American
 * Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Billy Batson, the superhero character in the Shazam series
 * Billy Coen, a character in Resident Evil Zero
 * Billy Cranston, the original Blue Ranger from the Power Rangers TV series
 * Billy Dilley, the title character of the animated TV series Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer
 * the title character of Billy Elliot, a film about a boy aspiring to be a ballet dancer
 * Billy Flynn, a lawyer from the play Chicago and its adaptations
 * Billy Grant, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie Showdown
 * Billy Hargrove, a character on Stranger Things
 * Billy Hitchcock, a character from the Final Destination
 * Billy Loomis, a character from the 1996 film Scream
 * Billy Jo Jive, an animated character in Sesame Street
 * Billy K, a character in the Canadian TV series Catwalk
 * Billy Kane, a Fatal Fury character
 * Billy Kessler, a character in the comic book series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
 * Billy Francis Kopecki, a character in the 1988 American fantasy comedy-drama movie Big
 * Billy Lee Black, a character in Xenogears
 * Billy Keikeya, aide to President Laura Roslin in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series
 * Billy Masterson, a character in the 1997 English-language French science fiction action movie The Fifth Element
 * the title character of Billy Budd, a novella by Herman Melville
 * Billy Nolan, a major antagonist in Stephen King's Carrie
 * Billy Peltzer, a character in the 1984 and 1990 American comedy horror film Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch
 * Billy Pilgrim, protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
 * Billy Quinn, a character in the 1989 American-Canadian fantasy drama movie Prancer
 * Billy Tate, a character in TV series Soap
 * Billy Thunderman, from the tv series, The Thundermans
 * Billy Twofeathers, a Native American character on Shining Time Station
 * Billy Whizz, a character in the UK comic The Beano
 * Billy Williams (Coronation Street), fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street
 * Billy (Billy and Mandy), a character on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy