# Billy (name)

Billy is a given name and a common nickname for William. A spelling variant is Billie. Notable people with the name include:
* Billy the Kid (1859–1881), American Old West gunfighter born Henry McCarty, also known as William H. Bonney
* Billy Baldwin (decorator) (1903–1983), American interior decorator
* Billy Baldwin (baseball) (1951–2011), American Major League Baseball outfielder
* Billy Barnes (disambiguation)
* Billy Bevan (1887–1957), Australian actor
* Billy Bland (singer) (1932–2017), American R&B singer and songwriter
* Billy Boyd (disambiguation)
* Billy Blue (c. 1767 – 1834), African-American convict transported to Australia
* Billy Bragg (born 1957), English singer, songwriter and musician
* Billy Brewer (footballer) (died 1914), English professional footballer
* Billy Brown (disambiguation)
* Billy Burke (disambiguation)
* Billy Butler (singer) (1945–2015), American soul singer and songwriter
* Billy Cesare (born 1955), American football player
* Billy Connolly (born 1942), Scottish comedian
* Billy Corgan (born 1967), American musician, frontman of Smashing Pumpkins
* Billy Crawford (born 1982), Filipino-American actor and television personality
* Billy Crook (English footballer) (1926–2011)
* Billy Crook (American soccer) (born 1964)
* Billy Crystal (born 1948), American actor
* Billy Davis (disambiguation)
* Billy De Wolfe (1907–1974), American actor
* Billy Edwards Jr., American college football player
* Billy Eppler (born 1975), American baseball executive
* Billy Field (Gaelic footballer) (born 1952), Irish former Gaelic footballer
* Billy Field (singer) (born 1953), Australian singer-songwriter
* Billy Fox (politician) (1939–1974), Irish politician
* Billy Fox (boxer) (1926–1986), American light-heavyweight boxer
* Billy Forbes (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1911–1926)
* Billy Forbes (footballer, born 1990), Turks and Caicos Islands footballer
* Billy Gallagher (chef) (1948–2016), South African chef and businessman
* Billy Gibbons (born 1949), American musician
* Billy Gilmour (born 2001), Scottish footballer
* Billy Graham (1918–2018), American evangelist
* Billy Hahn (1953–2023), American basketball coach
* Billy Howard, English comedian
* Billy Howard (gridiron football) (1950–2005), American football player
* Billy Howerdel (born 1970), American musician, founding member of A Perfect Circle, frontman of ASHES dIVIDE
* Billy Herrington (1969–2018), American actor
* Billy Idol (born 1955), English rock musician
* Billy Joel (born 1949), American musician
* Billy Johnson (disambiguation)
* Billy Jones (disambiguation)
* ABilly S. Jones-Hennin (born 1942), American LGBT rights activist
* Billy Kametz (1987–2022), American voice actor
* Billy Knight (born 1952), American basketball player and executive
* Billy Knight (basketball, born 1979) (1979–2018), American basketball player
* Billy Knight (tennis) (born 1935), British tennis player
* Billy Magnussen (born 1985), American actor
* Billy Martin (1928–1989), American baseball player and manager
* Billy Masters (columnist) (born 1969), American gossip columnist
* Billy Masters (American football) (born 1944), former American Football League and National Football League player
* Billy Rush Masters (1950–1981), American composer and rock guitarist
* Billy Mays (1958–2009), American television salesperson
* Billy Mays (footballer) (1902–1959), Welsh footballer
* Billy McShepard (born 1987), American basketball player in the Israeli National League
* Billy Meier (born 1937), claims to be in regular contact with extraterrestrial beings
* Billy Miller (actor) (1979–2023), American actor
* Billy Mitchell (gamer) (born 1965), American gamer and restaurateur
* Billy Monger (born 1999), British racing driver
* Billy Murray (disambiguation)
* Billy Name (1940–2016), American lighting designer
* Billy Ocean (born 1950), Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter
* Billy Ouattara (born 1992), Ghanaian/French basketball player
* Billy Parker (disambiguation)
* Billy Parks (1948–2009), American football player
* Billy Payne (born 1947), American golf administrator
* Billy Preston (1946–2006), American keyboardist, singer and songwriter
* Billy Preston (basketball) (born 1997), American professional basketball player
* Billy Price (actor) (born 2000), English actor
* Billy Price (American football) (born 1995), American football player
* Billy Reid (fashion designer) (born 1964)
* Billy Rose (1899–1966), American impresario and husband of Fanny Brice
* Billy Joe Royal (1942–2015), American singer
* Billy Santoro (born 1975 or 1976), American gay pornographic film actor
* Billy Sharp (born 1986), English footballer
* Billy Sheehan (born 1953), American bass player
* Billy (slave), an African-American slave accused of treason
* Billy Smart Jr. (1934–2005), British circus performer and impresario
* Billy Snedden (1926–1987), Australian politician
* Billy Squier (born 1950), American musician, singer and songwriter
* Billy Tauzin (born 1943), American lobbyist and politician
* Billy Taylor (disambiguation)
* Billy Unger (born 1995), American actor
* Billy Wade (cricketer) (1914–2003), South African cricketer
* Billy Wade (racing driver) (1930–1965), American race car driver
* Billy West (born 1952), American voice actor
* Billy Walker (disambiguation)
* Billy Williams (disambiguation)
* Billy Wright (disambiguation)
* Billy Zane (born 1966), American actor
* Reverend Billy, of Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, New York City-based performance group

## Fictional

* Billy, a minor character from Thomas & Friends
* Billy, a character in Adventure Time
* The title character of Sport Billy, a TV cartoon show
* Billy Baker, a character in the television series All American
* Billy Baloney, a character on the American comedy children's television series Pee-wee's Playhouse
* Captain Marvel, Billy Batson, the superhero character in the Shazam series
* The title character of Billy Budd, a novella by Herman Melville
* Billy Coen, a character in Resident Evil Zero
* Billy Cranston, the original Blue Ranger from the Power Rangers TV series
* Billy Dilley, the title character of the animated TV series Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer
* the title character of Billy Elliot, a film about a boy aspiring to be a ballet dancer
* Billy Flynn, a lawyer from the play Chicago and its adaptations
* Billy Grant, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie Showdown
* Billy Hargrove, a character on Stranger Things
* Billy Hitchcock, a character from the Final Destination
* Billy Loomis, a character from the 1996 film Scream
* Billy Jo Jive, an animated character in Sesame Street
* Billy K, a character in the Canadian TV series Catwalk
* Billy Kane, a Fatal Fury character
* Billy Kessler, a character in the comic book series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
* Billy Kid, a playable character from the video game Zenless Zone Zero
* Billy Francis Kopecki, a character in the 1988 American fantasy comedy-drama movie Big
* Billy Lee Black, a character in Xenogears
* Billy Keikeya, aide to President Laura Roslin in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series
* Billy Masterson, a character in the 1997 English-language French science fiction action movie The Fifth Element
* Billy Mitchell, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Billy Nolan, a major antagonist in Stephen King's Carrie
* Billy Peltzer, a character in the 1984 and 1990 American comedy horror film Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch
* Billy Pilgrim, protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
* Billy Quinn, a character in the 1989 American-Canadian fantasy drama movie Prancer
* Billy Tate, a character in TV series Soap
* Billy Thunderman, from the tv series, The Thundermans
* Billy Twofeathers, a Native American character on Shining Time Station
* Billy Whizz, a character in the UK comic The Beano
* Billy Williams, fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street
* Billy, a character on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
* Billy, a hamster character played by Jim Conroy in Billy The Cowboy Hamster and Dudley Do-Right