William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to:
Academics
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William Alexander Jenyns Boyd
William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (18421928) was a journalist and schoolmaster in Australia. He was admired for his "upright bearing and extensive learning".
Early life
Boyd was born in Paris on 27 November 1842. His father was Colonel Charles Bo ...
(1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster
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William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator
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William Boyd (pathologist)
William Boyd, FRCPath, (June 21, 1885 – March 10, 1979) was a Scottish-Canadian physician, pathologist, academic, and author known for his medical textbooks.
Biography
William was born in Portsoy, Scotland, the sixth child of Dugald Ca ...
(1885–1979), Scottish-Canadian professor and author
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William Beaty Boyd (1923–2020), American university administrator
Arts and entertainment
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William "Stage" Boyd (1889–1935), American actor
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William Boyd (actor)
William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972) was an American film actor who is known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy.
Biography
Boyd was born in Hendrysburg, Ohio, and reared in Cambridge, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklah ...
(1895–1972), American actor, better known as "Hopalong Cassidy"
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Bill Boyd (musician)
William Lemuel Boyd (September 29, 1910 – December 7, 1977) was an American Western-style singer and guitarist.
Biography
Boyd was born and raised on a farm near Ladonia in Fannin County, Texas as one of thirteen children. His parents, Le ...
(1910–1977), American musician, leader of the band Bill Boyd and the Cowboy Ramblers
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William Boyd (writer)
William Andrew Murray Boyd (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.
Biography
Boyd was born in Accra, Gold Coast, (present-day Ghana), to Scottish parents, both from Fife, and has two younger sisters. H ...
(born 1952), Scottish novelist and screenwriter
Sports
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Bill Boyd (baseball)
William J. Boyd (December 22, 1852 – October 1, 1912) was an American Major League Baseball player born in New York, New York. He mainly played third base and right field for three teams during his four-year career in the National Associ ...
(1852–1912), American baseball player
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Bill Boyd (poker player)
William Walter Boyd (January 27, 1906 – November 21, 1997) was a professional poker player.
Boyd was a five-card stud player; he won all four of his World Series of Poker bracelets in five-card stud. Boyd, Doyle Brunson and Loren Klein are t ...
(1906–1997), American poker player
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William Robert Boyd (1930–2015), American basketball player and coach
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Willie Boyd (born 1958), Scottish footballer
Others
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Bill Boyd (Canadian politician)
Bill Boyd (born August 22, 1956) is a former provincial level politician from Saskatchewan, Canada. He served as a member of the Saskatchewan Legislature from 1991 to 2002 and returned to office in the 2007 Saskatchewan general election, serving ...
(born 1956), Canadian politician, Saskatchewan Party MLA for Kindersley
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William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock
William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock (died 1717) was a Scottish nobleman.
He fought for the British Government during the Jacobite rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( gd, Bliadhna Sheumais ;
or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by ...
(died 1717), Scottish nobleman
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William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (12 May 170518 August 1746), was a Scottish peer who joined the 1745 Jacobite Rising, was captured at Culloden and subsequently executed for treason on Tower Hill.
His family were supporters of the governmen ...
(1704–1746), Scottish nobleman
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William Boyd (minister) (died 1772), Irish Presbyterian minister
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William Boyd (priest) (1726–1795), Irish Anglican priest
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William Boyd (1774–1840), American silversmith
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William C. Boyd (1903–1983), American immunologist
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William Boyd (colonel) (fl. 1940s), US Army Air Forces base commander, referenced in
Freeman Field mutiny
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William Boyd III (born 1968 or 1969), New Hampshire state representative
See also
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Billy Boyd (disambiguation)
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Will Boyd (disambiguation)
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William Boyde
William Boyde (born March 1953) is a British actor, best known for his work on the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1986–1989, 1992, 2017). He was educated at Cheltenham College where he appeared as an extra in the film If...which was filme ...
(born 1953), British actor
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Will Boyde
William Boyde (born 15 December 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Cardiff Blues at flanker, he can also play Number 8. He was a Wales under-20 international.
Boyde made his debut for the Scarlets in 2014, whilst also playi ...
(born 1994), Welsh rugby union player
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Bill and Boyd
Bill and Boyd were a pop music duo from 1959 to 1989 consisting of William "Bill" Cate (10 October 1940 - 29 November 2020) and William "Boyd" Robertson (born 1941), both on lead vocals and lead guitar, which started recording in 1960. They bega ...
, New Zealand musical group
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