William Richards

William, Bill, or Billy Richards may refer to:

Sportspeople

 * Dicky Richards (William Henry Matthews Richards, 1862–1903), South African cricketer
 * Billy Richards (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1926), West Bromwich Albion football player
 * Billy Richards (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1947), Bury FC football player, see 1903 FA Cup Final
 * Billy Richards (footballer, born 1905) (1905–?), Welsh international footballer, played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham
 * Will Richards (footballer) (born 1991), footballer for Shrewsbury Town F.C
 * Bill Richards (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer; see List of Sydney Roosters players
 * Billy Richards (rugby union) (c. 1878–c. 1928), Australian rugby union player
 * William M. Richards (1873–?), American college football player and coach

Other people

 * William Richards (priest) (1643–1705), English clergyman and author
 * William Richards (minister) (1749–1818), Welsh Baptist minister
 * William Richards (college administrator), president of Orange County Community College, Orange County, NY
 * William Richards (missionary) (1793–1847), missionary and politician in Hawaii
 * William Richards (politician) (1819–?), political figure in Prince Edward Island
 * William A. Richards (1849–1912), American surveyor, rancher and politician, Governor of Wyoming
 * William Buell Richards (1815–1889), Canadian judge, Chief Justice of Canada
 * William L. Richards (1881–?), Wisconsin State Senator
 * William Trost Richards (1833–1905), American landscape artist
 * William Westley Richards (1789–1865), English gunmaker
 * Bill Richards (musician) (1923–1995), Canadian violinist, composer, arranger, and editor
 * G. William Richards (1918–2005), American Latter-day Saint composer and organist
 * William Richards (Archdeacon of Berkshire) (1643–1712)
 * William Upton Richards (1811–1873), Tractarian priest in the Church of England