William Woods

William, Bill or Billy Woods may refer to:

Politicians

 * William Woods (congressman) (1790–1837), American lawyer from New York, served 1823–1825
 * William Burnham Woods (1824–1887), American jurist and Civil War general from Ohio
 * William Cleaver Woods (1852–1943), Australian pioneering physician
 * William Carlton Woods (1891–1965), Canadian farmer from Saskatchewan
 * William Woods (Irish politician) (before 1935—1966), independent member of Seanad Éireann

Sportsmen

 * Bill Woods (Australian footballer) (1890–1972), player with Geelong in VFL
 * Willie Woods (1898–1927), American baseball outfielder in 1920s Negro leagues
 * Billy Woods (New Zealand footballer), international level player in 1947
 * Billy Woods (1926–1980), English footballer who played in 1949–50 Rochdale A.F.C. season
 * Billy Woods (Irish footballer) (born 1973), winger, later coach with Cork City
 * William Woods (baseball) (born 1998), American professional baseball pitcher

Others

 * William Woods (officer of arms) (1785–1842), British Clarenceux King of Arms in 1831, promoted to Garter in 1838
 * William Allen Woods (1837–1901), American federal judge
 * William Maitland Woods (1864–1927), English Anglican minister and military chaplain in Australia
 * William Aaron Woods (born 1942), American researcher in natural language processing and semantics
 * William E. Woods (1949–2008), American gay rights activist in Hawaii
 * Bill Woods (born 1962), Australian television broadcaster
 * Billy Woods, American hip-hop artist, active since 1990s