# William Roberts

William, Will or Bill Roberts may refer to:

## Entertainment

* William Roberts (biographer) (1767–1849), English barrister and legal writer
* William Harris Lloyd Roberts (1884–1955), Canadian writer, poet, and playwright
* William Roberts (painter) (1895–1980), British painter and war artist
* Will Roberts (1907–2000), British painter
* William Roberts (screenwriter) (1913–1997), American screenwriter
* Billy Roberts (1936–2017), American songwriter and musician
* William Owen Roberts (born 1960), Welsh language novelist and playwright
* Rick Ross (born 1976), American rapper, born William Leonard Roberts II
* Will Roberts (fiction), fictional character in the TV soap opera Days of Our Lives

## Politics

* William Roberts (Parliamentarian) (1605–1662), British MP and father of Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet
* William Roberts (Australian politician) (1821–1900), New South Wales politician
* William R. Roberts (1830–1897), U.S. Representative from New York
* W. F. Roberts (William Francis Roberts, 1869–1938), Canadian politician and Minister of Health, New Brunswick
* William Roberts (Alberta politician) (born 1954), Canadian politician, Alberta, 1986–1993
* William Y. Roberts, state representative in Pennsylvania

## Religion

* William Roberts (priest) (16th century), Welsh priest
* William Roberts (bishop of Bangor) (1585–1665), Anglican bishop
* William C. Roberts (pastor) (1832–1903), American pastor and academic administrator
* William Page Roberts (1836–1928), Church of England clergyman, Dean of Salisbury, 1907–1919
* William Henry Roberts (1847–1919), American Baptist missionary in Burma
* William P. Roberts (bishop) (fl. 1909–1950), American Episcopal bishop of Shanghai
* William A. Roberts (born 1946), 25th Chief of the Staff of the Salvation Army

## Sports
### Cricket

* William Roberts (MCC cricketer) (1795–1843), English cricketer
* William Roberts (Australian cricketer), Australian cricketer, played in the 1880s
* William Roberts (Lancashire cricketer) (1914–1951), English cricketer

### Football and rugby

* William Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–?), Llangollen F.C., Berwyn Rangers F.C. and Wales international footballer
* William Roberts (footballer, born 1863) (1863–?), Rhyl F.C. and Wales international footballer
* William Roberts (footballer, born 1907) (1907–?), Cardiff City F.C. footballer
* Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–1945), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer
* Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1960), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne
* Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1976), Welsh footballer
* Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1973), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
* Billy Roberts (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English footballer
* Billy Roberts (Australian footballer) (1908–1998), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
* Bill Roberts (American football) (1929–2007), American football player
* William Roberts (rugby union) (1871–1937), New Zealand rugby union player
* Bill Roberts (rugby union) (1906–1965), Welsh rugby international
* William Roberts (American football) (born 1962), former NFL offensive lineman
* Will Roberts (footballer) (born 1994), Welsh footballer

### Other sports

* Bill Roberts (athlete) (1912–2001), British runner, gold medal winner in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1936 Olympics
* Bill Roberts (basketball) (1925–2016), American basketball player
* William Roberts (cyclist) (born 1998), British and Welsh cyclist

## Other

* Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet (1638–1688), British landowner
* William Hayward Roberts (baptised 1734–died 1791), English schoolmaster and poet
* William Prowting Roberts (1806–1871), Chartist who became known as "attorney-general" of the coal miners in the 1840s
* William Milnor Roberts (1810–1881), American civil engineer
* William Roberts (physician) (1830–1899), British scientist
* William Paul Roberts (1841–1910), brigadier general in the Confederate Army
* William Roberts (engineer) (1848-1918), Engineer in Chief of the Highland Railway
* Bill Roberts (businessman) (1898–1962), British founder of the JET brand of petrol
* William Roberts (veteran) (1900–2006), British veteran of the First World War
* William C. Roberts (1932–2023), cardiovascular physician and pathologist
* William Clare Roberts, Canadian political theorist
* William Roberts & Co of Nelson, English steam engine manufacturer