# William Lee

William, Will, Bill, or Billy Lee may refer to:

## People
### Entertainment

* Bill Lee (singer) (1916–1980), American singer who voiced many Disney characters
* Bill Lee (musician) (1928–2023), American jazz musician
* Bill Lee (author) (born 1954), Chinese-American writer and ex-gang member
* Billy Lee (actor) (1929–1989), American child actor
* Billy Lee, in the beat 'em up video game series Double Dragon
* Bill Lee (Stargate), in the military science fiction adventure TV series Stargate SG-1
* Will Lee (bassist) (born 1952), American bassist on David Letterman show
* Will Lee (1908–1982), American actor and comedian
* Will Yun Lee (born 1971), American actor
* William Franklin Lee III (1929–2011), pianist, Dean of Miami School of Music
* William Gregory Lee (born 1973), American actor
* William Lee, pen name used by William S. Burroughs

### Law

* William Lee (American judge), American judge and member of the Alabama State Legislature
* William Lee (English judge) (1688–1754), British judge and MP for Wycombe
* William Little Lee (1821–1857), first chief justice of the Supreme Court for the Kingdom of Hawaii
* William Charles Lee (1938–2024), U.S. federal judge
* William F. Lee (born 1950), co-managing partner of law firm WilmerHale
* Bill Lee (Delaware politician) (born 1935), American lawyer and politician
* Bill Lann Lee (born 1949), Chinese-American civil rights lawyer
* William E. Lee (Idaho judge) (1882–1955), chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court

### Military

* William Raymond Lee (1807–1891), American Union Civil War soldier
* William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837–1891), Confederate Army general and US congressman
* William C. Lee (1895–1948), American Army soldier and general
* William A. Lee (1900–1998), American Marine and Navy Cross recipient

### Politics

* William Lee (diplomat) (1739–1795), American diplomat
* William Lee (Australian politician) (1794–1870), New South Wales politician
* William Henry Lee (1799–1878), Canadian clerk of the Privy Council
* William Lee (1801–1881), British Member of Parliament for Maidstone, 1853–1857 and 1859–1870
* William Scott Lee (1851–1916), mayor of Denver, Colorado, 1887–1889
* William E. Lee (1852–1920), Minnesota politician
* William H. Lee (New York politician) (1876–1954), New York state senator
* Bill Lee (Georgia politician) (1925–2014), American politician from the state of Georgia
* Bill Lee (Delaware politician) (born 1935), American lawyer and politician
* Bill Lee (Canadian politician), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
* Bill Lee (Tennessee politician) (born 1959), Governor of Tennessee

### Religion

* William Lee (bishop, born 1875) (1875–1948), Roman Catholic bishop of Clifton
* William Lee (bishop, born 1941) (1941–2024), Roman Catholic bishop of Waterford and Lismore
* William Lee (priest) (1815–1883), Irish Anglican priest and Archdeacon of Dublin

### Sports

* Bill Lee (American football) (1911–1998), American football player
* Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) (born 1946), American baseball pitcher [aka Spaceman]
* Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) (1909–1977), American baseball pitcher
* Bill Lee (yacht designer) (born 1942), designer of Merlin 70' Santa Cruz ULDB
* Billy Lee (baseball) (1894–1984), American baseball outfielder
* Billy Lee (footballer) (1878–1934), English footballer
* Billy Lee (jockey) (born 1986), Irish jockey
* William "Caveman" Lee (born 1956), American middleweight boxer
* William Lee (wrestler) (born 1951), American Olympic wrestler
* Will Lee III (born 2003), American football player
* Billy Lee (Gaelic footballer), Gaelic footballer and manager

### Other people

* William Lee (inventor) (c. 1563–1614), inventor of the stocking frame knitting machine
* William Lee (valet) (1750–1828), George Washington's enslaved personal servant
* William Lee (civil engineer) (1812–1891), English biographer and bibliographer of Daniel Defoe
* William Douglas Lee (1894–1965), American architect
* William Ellsworth Lee (1867–1936), American oil businessman
* William Harold Lee (1884–1971), American architect and movie theater designer
* William Poy Lee (born 1951), author and political activist
* William States Lee III (1929–1996), chairman of the board of Duke Power

## Other

* Bill Lee (Amtrak station), Chipley, Florida
* William Lee (ship), in the Stone Fleet of the American Civil War
* William Lee (1831 ship), whaler