Bill (given name)

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Bill is a masculine given name, generally a short form (hypocorism) of William. It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name Vasilis or Vasileios (Basil), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, probably due to similarly in the sound.[citation needed]

People named Bill include:

  • Bill Allen (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bill Barr (born 1950), Former Attorney General of the United States
  • Bill Barretta (born 1964), American actor and puppeteer
  • Bill Burr (born 1968), American comedian
  • Bill Bennett (1932-2015), Canadian politician
  • Bill Belichick (born 1952), American National Football League head coach
  • Bill Bixby (1934–1993), American actor and director
  • Bill Bowman (racing driver), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
  • Bill Bradley (born 1943), American politician and basketball player
  • Bill Buckner (1949-2019), American baseball player
  • Bill Clinton (born 1946), 42nd president of the United States
  • Bill Cosby (born 1937), American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and author who was convicted of sexual assault
  • Bill Cowher (born 1957), American retired National Football League head coach and player
  • Bill de Blasio (born 1961), American politician, Mayor of New York City
  • Bill DuLac (born 1951), American football player
  • Bill Elliott (born 1955), American retired NASCAR driver
  • Bill Evans (1929-1980), American jazz pianist
  • Bill Graham (born 1939), Canadian politician
  • Bill Fagerbakke (born 1957), American voice actor
  • Bill Farmer (born 1952), American voice actor
  • Bill Foster (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bill Frist (born 1952), American politician
  • Bill Gates (disambiguation)
    • Bill Gates (born 1955), American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist
  • Bill Goldberg (born 1966), American professional NFL football player and professional wrestler
  • Bill Hanson (basketball) (born c. 1940), basketball player
  • Bill Hader (born 1978), American comedian
  • Bill Haley (1929-1981), American musician
  • Bill Haslam (born 1958), American businessman and politician
  • Bill Hicks (1961-1994), American comedian
  • Bill Irwin (born 1950), American actor, best known for playing Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street
  • Bill James (born 1949), American baseball writer
  • Bill Kurtis (born 1940), American TV personality
  • Bill Lear (1902–1978), American inventor and businessman, founder of the Lear Jet Corporation
  • Bill Maher (disambiguation)
    • Bill Maher (born 1956), American comedian, political commentator and television host
  • Bill Medley (born 1940), American singer and songwriter, half of The Righteous Brothers
  • Bill Mitchell (born 1960), American politician
  • Bill Miner (c. 1847-1913), American Old West stagecoach and train robber
  • Bill Murray (disambiguation)
    • Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor, comedian, and writer
  • Bill Nelson, American politician, former US Senator
  • Bill Nighy (born 1949), British actor
  • Bill Nye (disambiguation)
    • Bill Nye (born 1955), American science communicator, television presenter and mechanical engineer, known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy"
  • Bill O'Reilly (disambiguation)
  • Bill Oakley (born 1966), American TV writer and producer
  • Bill Oberst Jr., an American stage, film, and television actor
  • Bill Owen (1914-1999), English actor
  • Bill Parcells (born 1941), American former National Football League head coach
  • Bill Paxton (1955–2017), American actor and director
  • Bill Peet (1915-2002), American author and animator
  • Bill Potts (disambiguation) (multiple persons)
  • Bill Pullman (born 1953), American actor
  • Bill Ramsey (1931–2021), German-American singer and actor
  • William Robinson (disambiguation), which includes several Bills
    • Bill Robinson (1878–1949), African-American tap dancer and actor nicknamed "Bojangles"
  • Bill Russell (born 1934), American Hall-of-Fame retired National Basketball Association player
  • Bill Schwarz British historian, academic and writer
  • Bill Shankly (1913-1981), British Soccer Manager
  • Bill Skarsgård (born 1990), Swedish actor known for portraying Pennywise the dancing clown
  • Bill Stemmyer (1865-1945), American professional baseball player
  • Bill Sweek (born 1946/1947), American basketball player and coach
  • Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934), Canadian politician
  • Bill W. (1895-1971), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Bill Walsh (1931-2007), American National Football League head coach
  • Bill Walker (born 1987), American basketball player
  • Bill Walton (born 1952), American Hall-of-Fame retired National Basketball Association player
  • Bill Ward (born 1948), English musician, drummer for Black Sabbath
  • Bill Watterson (born 1958), American cartoonist, author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
  • Bill Weld (born 1945), American attorney, 68th governor of Massachusetts
  • Bill Wold, American basketball player
  • Bill Wurtz (born 1989) American musician and video creator.
  • Bill Wyman (born William George Perks Jr. in 1936), English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer, former bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones

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