Billy (name)
Billy is a masculine given name and a common nickname for William. Notable people with the name include:
- Billy the Kid, American Old West gunfighter born Henry McCarty, also known as William H. Bonney
- Billy Baldwin , American interior decorator
- Billy Baldwin , American Major League Baseball outfielder
- Billy Barnes
- Billy Bland, American R&B singer and songwriter
- Billy Boyd
- Billy Blue, African-American convict transported to Australia
- Billy Brown
- Billy Burke
- Billy Butler , American soul singer and songwriter
- Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
- Billy Corgan, American musician, frontman of Smashing Pumpkins
- Billy Crook
- Billy Crook
- Billy Crystal, American comedian
- Billy Davis
- Billy Fox , Irish politician
- Billy Fox , American light-heavyweight boxer
- Billy Forbes
- Billy Forbes, Turks and Caicos Islands footballer
- Billy Gibbons, American musician
- Billy Graham, American evangelist
- Billy Hahn, American basketball coach
- Billy Howard , American football player
- Billy Howerdel, American musician, founding member of A Perfect Circle, frontman of ASHES dIVIDE
- Billy Herrington, American actor
- Billy Idol , English rock musician
- Billy Joel , American musician
- Billy Johnson
- Billy Jones
- Billy Knight, American basketball player and executive
- Billy Knight , American basketball player
- Billy Knight , British tennis player
- Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager
- Billy Masters , American gossip columnist
- Billy Masters , former American Football League and National Football League player
- Billy Rush Masters, American composer and rock guitarist
- Billy Mays, American television salesperson
- Billy Mays , Welsh footballer
- Billy Murray
- Billy Name, American Lighting Designer
- Billy Ouattara, Ghanaian/French basketball player
- Billy Parker
- Billy Payne, American golf administrator
- Billy Price , American football player
- Billy Reid
- Billy Joe Royal, American singer
- Billy Sharp, English footballer
- Billy Sheehan, American bass player
- Billy Smart Jr., British circus performer and impresario
- Billy Sneddon, Australian politician
- Billy Tauzin, American lobbyist and politician
- Billy Taylor
- Billy Wade , South African cricketer
- Billy Wade , American race car driver
- Billy West, American voice actor
- Billy Walker
- Billy Williams
- Billy Wright
- Billy Zane, American actor
- Billy, an African-American slave accused of treason
- Reverend Billy, of Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, New York City-based performance group
Fictional
- Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, the killers in Scream; they were wearing ghostface masks
- Billy Whizz, a character in the UK comic The Beano
- Billy Kessler, a character in the comic book series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- the title character of Billy Elliot, a film about a boy aspiring to be a ballet dancer
- Billy Hitchcock, a character from the Final Destination
- Billy Coen, a character in Resident Evil:Zero
- Billy Kane, a Fatal Fury character
- Billy Lee Black, a character in Xenogears
- the title character of Billy Budd, a novella by Herman Melville
- Billy Pilgrim, protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
- Billy Cranston, the original Blue Ranger from the Power Rangers TV series
- Billy Keikeya, aide to President Laura Roslin in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series
- Billy Williams, fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Billy Twofeathers, a Native American character on Shining Time Station
