# William Bailey

William or Bill Bailey may refer to:

## Politicians

* William Bailey (MP) (died 1409), MP for Salisbury
* William J. Bailey (1807–1876), British-born physician and politician in the Oregon Country
* William Henry Bailey (1831–1908), American author, lawyer, and statesman
* William Gill Bailey (1833–1889), politician in Queensland, Australia
* William Francis Bailey (1842–1915), American politician and judge
* William Bailey Lamar (1853–1928), American politician and lawyer
* William Bailey (Canadian politician) (1889–1975), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1930–1935
* William B. Bailey (1892–1977), American politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* Bill Bailey (Indiana politician) (born 1948), American businessman and politician
* Billy Wayne Bailey (1957–2023), former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate
* William Bailey (South Carolina politician) (born 1962), Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

## Sportsmen

* William Heap Bailey (1847–1926), amateur footballer
* William Bailey (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1930), English cricketer and footballer
* William Bailey (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1983), Australian cricketer
* Bill Bailey (outfielder) (1881–1967), Major League Baseball outfielder
* William Bailey (cyclist) (1888–1971), British Olympic cyclist
* Bill Bailey (pitcher) (1888–1926), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Bill Bailey (American football) (1916–1990), American football player
* Bill Bailey (surfer) (1933–2009), known as "the father of British surfing"
* Billy Bailey (footballer) (1884–unknown), English footballer
* Craig Bailey (William Craig Bailey, born 1944), Scottish footballer

## Entertainers

* William Bailey (actor) (1886–1962), American actor
* Bill Bailey (dancer) (1912–1978), 1950s tap dancer and moonwalk pioneer
* Bill Bailey (American actor) (born 1938), American actor and author
* Axl Rose (born 1962), lead singer of Guns N' Roses, known as William Bailey when his mother changed his name after she remarried
* Bill Bailey (born 1965), English comedian, musician and actor

## Other people

* Billy Bailey (Gunfight at Hide Park) (died 1871), lawman who was murdered
* Frances Rachel Bailey, known as Billy Bailey, wife of Alfredo Quaglino
* William Trist Bailey (1846–1910), developed land in Queens, New York City, c. 1878
* Sir William Bailey (engineer) (1838–1913), British engineer, businessman, and local politician
* William Frederick Bailey (1857–1917), Irish lawyer and writer
* William J. A. Bailey (1884–1949), Harvard University dropout who falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine
* William Bailey (British Army officer), British military officer
* Buster Bailey (William C. Bailey, 1902–1967), American jazz musician
* Bill Bailey (Spanish Civil War veteran) (1911–1995), Irish-American labor activist
* William Bailey (Royal Navy officer) (1918–1985), British recipient of the George Medal
* Billy Bailey (1947–1996), American convicted murderer
* William H. Bailey (artist) (1930–2020), American artist
* William Bailey (trade unionist) (1851–1896), British trade unionist born in Saint Helena
* William Shreve Bailey (1806–1886), Kentucky abolitionist and printer

## Other uses

* The Bill Bailey trilogy by Catherine Cookson
* Cuthbert "Bill" Bailey, a character in Service with a Smile, a novel by P.G. Wodehouse
* Bill Bailey, a character played by George Innes in the 1969 film The Italian Job
* The uncle of George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946 film)
* A character in The Match (film)
* Will Bailey, fictional character in The West Wing
* William Bailey, character in All Over Town
* Bill Bailey, a supporting character in the stage musical Cats
* No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again, 2003 novel by Edgardo Vega Yunqué, called Bill Bailey for short
* "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey", song that inspired the novel