William Hughes

William, Will or Bill Hughes may refer to:

Politics

 * Billy Hughes (1862–1952), Prime Minister of Australia during WWI
 * William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben (1767–1852), British industrialist, politician and benefactor
 * William Hughes, Baron Hughes (1911–1999), Scottish Labour Party politician
 * William Hughes (Brooklyn), Assemblyman in the 117th New York State Legislature (1894)
 * William Hughes (U.S. senator) (1872–1918), U.S. Representative and Senator from New Jersey
 * William Hughes (Wisconsin politician) (1841–1899), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * William Bulkeley Hughes (1797–1882), Welsh politician
 * William Clark Hughes (1868–1930), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
 * William Edgar Hughes (1840–1918), member of the Texas House of Representatives
 * William H. Hughes (1864–1903), American businessman and politician from New York
 * William J. Hughes (1932–2019), U.S. Representative from New Jersey and ambassador
 * William M. Hughes, member of the Los Angeles City Council, California

Religion

 * William Hughes (bishop of St Asaph) (died 1600), Welsh Anglican bishop
 * William Hughes (bishop of Covington) (1921–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop
 * William Hughes (Methodist bishop) (1877–1940), American bishop of the Central jurisdiction

Sports

 * Bill Hughes (American football) (1915–1978), American football player
 * Bill Hughes (cricketer) (1859–1934), New Zealand cricketer
 * Bill Hughes (first baseman) (1860–1928), baseball player
 * Bill Hughes (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
 * Bill Hughes (pitcher) (1896–1963), American baseball player in 1921
 * Will Hughes (born 1995), English footballer for Derby County, Watford and Crystal Palace
 * William Hughes (born 1998) (1998–2018), Welsh boxer and child actor
 * William Hughes (1910s footballer) (1889–1955), English footballer for Halifax Town and Bradford City
 * William Hughes (footballer, born 1865) (1865–1919), English footballer for Liverpool
 * William L. Hughes (1895–?), American college football player and coach
 * Willie Hughes (footballer) (1909–1996), Scottish footballer for Celtic and Clyde

Other

 * Bill Hughes (musician) (1930–2018), American jazz musician
 * Bill Hughes (police officer) (born 1950), Director General of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency
 * William Hughes (As the World Turns), a fictional character on the American soap opera As the World Turns
 * William Hughes (geographer) (1818–1876), British mapmaker, professor of geography and author
 * William Hughes (professor), British professor of Gothic studies, and author/editor of several books on Bram Stoker and the Gothic
 * William Hughes (writer) (1803–1861), British writer on law and angling
 * W. A. Hughes (William Alexander Hughes, 1816–1892), town clerk of Adelaide, South Australia
 * William C. Hughes, lawyer in Oklahoma
 * Willie Hughes (16th century), possible dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets