William Barnes (disambiguation)

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

William or Bill Barnes may also refer to:

Sports

 * William Barnes (boxer) (1924–2006), Irish Olympic boxer
 * William F. Barnes (1917–2009), American football coach
 * William Barnes (sport shooter) (1876–1925), Canadian Olympic sport shooter
 * Bill Barnes (pitcher) (1919–1996), Negro league baseball player
 * Bill Barnes (center fielder) (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 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
 * William Emery Barnes (1859–1939), English Anglican theologian