William, Will, Bill, or Billy Davies may refer to:

Sportspeople

William Davies (English cricketer) William Davies (dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Davies' batting (cricket), batting style is unknown. Davies made a single first-class cricket, first-class appearance for a West of England cricket team against the Ma ...

(fl. 1844) *

William Davies (cricketer, born 1825) William Henry Davies (30 December 1825 – 13 January 1868) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. Davies was born in December 1825 at Hampton to the Welsh physician, Sir David Davies, who became a physician to William IV. He was ...

(1825–1868), English cricketer and clergyman * William Davies (footballer, born 1855) (1855–1916), Oswestry F.C. and Wales international footballer * William Davies (sport shooter) (1881–1942), Canadian Olympic sports shooter * William Davies (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1966), Wrexham F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C. and Wales international footballer * Bill L. Davies (1883–1959), Australian rules footballer * Billy Davies (Welsh footballer) (1883–1960), Crystal Palace F.C., West Bromwich Albion F.C. and Wales international footballer * William Davies (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1929), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers * William Davies (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1954), footballer for Stoke *

William Davies (rugby) William Davies (27 December 1890 – 18 September 1967), also known by the nickname of "Avon", was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played representati ...

(1890–1967), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s *

Bill Davies (golfer) William Henry Davies (c. 1892 – 25 October 1967) was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top 10 in the Open Championship four times. He played in the 1931 and 1933 Ryder Cups. Golf career Prior to World War I, Davies was profess ...

(1892–1967), English Ryder Cup golfer * Will Davies (rugby) (fl. 1910s), rugby league footballer for Great Britain, Wales and Halifax *

Willie Davies (footballer) William Davies (10 March 1900 – 1953) was a Welsh professional footballer who made over 300 appearances in the Football League during spells with Swansea Town, Cardiff City, Notts County and Tottenham Hotspur. He also made 17 appearances for ...

(1900–1953), Swansea Town F.C., Cardiff City F.C., Notts County F.C.,Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Wales international footballer * Bill Davies (cricketer, born 1901) (1901–?), Welsh cricketer * Will Davies (rugby union) (1906–1975), Wales international rugby union player * Bill Davies (cricketer, born 1906) (1906–1971), Welsh cricketer * Taffy Davies (William Davies, 1910–1995), Welsh footballer with Watford * Billy Davies (Welsh rugby) (William H. J. Davies, fl. 1930s), rugby union and rugby league footballer * Bill Davies (Canadian football) (1916–1990), Canadian football player *

Willie Davies Willie Davies (23 August 1916 – 26 September 2002) was a Welsh international dual-code rugby fly half who played rugby union for Swansea and rugby league for Bradford Northern. He won six caps for the Wales rugby union team and nine caps for ...

(1916–2002), Welsh dual-code rugby footballer * Bill Davies (rugby league) (fl. 1940s), rugby league footballer for Wales, and Huddersfield * Bill Davies (footballer) (1930–2003), Australian footballer * William Davies (wrestler) (1931–2020), Australian Olympic wrestler * Billy Davies (cricketer, born 1936), Welsh former cricketer *

Tony Davies William Anthony Davies (16 September 1939 – 6 April 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union footballer, who played 17 games for the All Blacks in 1960 and 1962 as a full-back or centre. Davies was nominated for the All Blacks while playing for th ...

(William Anthony Davies, 1939–2008), New Zealand rugby union footballer * Billy Davies (rugby league, born 1948) (William Davies), English rugby league footballer * Dai Davies (footballer, born 1948) (William David Davies, 1948–2021), Welsh goalkeeper * Billy Davies (born 1964), Scottish footballer and manager *

William Davies (cricketer, born 1972) William Oliver Davies (born 29 December 1972) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Shropshire. He was born in Shrewsbury and educated at Belvidere School, Shrewsbury. Davies, who represented Sh ...

, English cricketer

Politicians

William Davies (Georgia judge) William Davies (July 8, 1775 – April 30, 1829) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia. Education and career Born on July 8, 1775, in Savannah, Georgia, S ...

(1775–1829), Georgia-based politician and lawyer * William Davies (Pembrokeshire MP) (1821–1895), British Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1880–1892 *

William Davies (New South Wales politician) William Davies (1 February 1824 – 14 August 1890) was an English-born politician, storekeeper, gold miner and mayor in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in Manchester to Thomas and Anna Maria Davies. He migrated to New South Wales ...

(1824–1890) * William T. Davies (1831–1912), lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, United States, 1887–1891 *Sir William Howell Davies (1851–1932), British Member of Parliament for Bristol South, 1906–1922 * William Thomas Frederick Davies (1860–1947), South African surgeon, army officer and politician * William Rees-Davies (judge) (William Rees Morgan Davies, 1863–1939), British Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1892–1898 *

Rupert Davies (politician) (William) Rupert Davies (12 September 1879 – 11 March 1967) was a Welsh-Canadian author, editor, newspaper publisher, and politician. Davies was born in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales and immigrated to Canada in the late 1800s after his fa ...

(William Rupert Davies, 1879–1967), Canadian author, newspaper publisher and Senator *

Billy Davies (politician) William Davies (1884 – 17 February 1956) was an Australian politician, born in Abertillery in Wales to the coalminer William Davies and his wife Mary, née Williams. As a child he worked in the coalmines, but won a miners' scholarship to a sum ...

(1884–1956), Welsh-born Australian member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the Australian Parliament *

William Gwynne Davies William Gwynne Davies (February 11, 1916 – November 9, 1999) was a trade unionist and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moose Jaw City from 1956 to 1967 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member and Moose Jaw Wak ...

(1916–1999), trade unionist and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Other people

William Davies (priest) William Davies (died 27 July 1593) was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987. There is a chapel in Anglesey built as a memorial to him. Life Davies was born in North Wales, probably Croes yn Eirias, Denbig ...

(died 1593), Welsh Roman Catholic priest and martyr *

William Davies (highwayman) The Jolly Farmer, formerly the Golden Farmer, is a former pub and roundabout on the boundary between Camberley and Bagshot in Surrey, England. The pub derives its name from a gold-robbing farmer, William Davies (or Davis) who spent years plunde ...

(died 1689), known as the Golden Farmer and hanged in Surrey, England * William Davies (Virginia) (fl. 1770s), Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War *William Davies (died 1819), English publisher with

Cadell & Davies Cadell and Davies was a publishing company established in London in 1793. The business was formed when bookseller and publisher Thomas Cadell the elder (1742–1802) bequeathed his business to his son Thomas Cadell the younger (1773–1836) and th ...

William Davies (palaeontologist) William Davies, (13 July 1814 – 13 February 1891) was a British palaeontologist. Life Davies was born on 13 July 1814 at Holywell, Flintshire. His father was Thomas Davies and his mother was Elizabeth Turner. He studied botany and in 1843 bega ...

(1814–1891), British palaeontologist * William Edmund Davies (1819–1879), bookmaker * William Broughton Davies (1831–1906), Sierra Leonean medical doctor *

William Henry Davies (entrepreneur) William Henry Davies (23 June 1831 – 21 April 1921) was a British-born Canadian businessman who established a company that packed and shipped salt pork from Toronto to the United Kingdom. The William Davies Company grew to be the largest pork pa ...

(1831–1921), Canadian pork packer * William W. Davies (1833–1906), leader of a schismatic Latter Day Saint group in Washington, United States *

William Davies (master mariner) Captain William Davies MBE (1862 – 27 March 1936) was a British sea captain and business man, a founding partner in the City of London shipping company Davies and Newman and Chairman of the London General Shipowners Society. His ''Petroleum Tabl ...

(1862–1936), sea captain and partner in Davies and Newman *

W. H. Davies William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer, who spent much of his life as a tramp or hobo in the United Kingdom and the United States, yet became one of the most popular poets of his time. His themes inc ...

(William Henry Davies, 1871–1940), Welsh poet *

William Llewelyn Davies Sir William Llewelyn Davies (born William Davies; 11 October 1887 – 11 November 1952) was a Welsh librarian who was chief librarian of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1930 until his death. Early life and education Davies was bor ...

(1887–1952), chief librarian of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth * William David Davies (1897–1969), Welsh Presbyterian minister and theologian * William J. Davies (fl. 1900–1927), Welsh trade union leader *

William W. Davies (USMC) William Wallace Davies (April 27, 1900 – June 1, 1985) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. He is most noted as a pioneer in the development of the Marine Corps Landing craft. He later c ...

(1900–1985), United States Marine Corps general *Sir William Arthian Davies (1901–1979), British lawyer and judge * William Edward Davies (1917–1990), American geologist and caver * William H. Davies (1931–2017), justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia *

William Davies (psychologist) William Davies (born 27 December 1950) is a Consultant Psychologist and author who, through his role in the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT) has directly influenced well over 125,000 mental health professionals, mainly in the UK. He ...

(born 1950), British psychologist *

William Davies (screenwriter) William Davies (sometimes credited William Davis or Will Davies) is an English producer and screenwriter. He has written and co-written a number of films including ''Twins'' (1988), ''The Real McCoy'' (1993), ''Johnny English'' (2003), ''Alien A ...

(fl. 1980s–2010s), British-born American screenwriter *

William Davies (political writer) William Davies (born 1976) is an English writer, political and sociological theorist. His work focuses on the issues of consumerism, happiness, and the history and function of expertise on society. Davies has written for a variety of newspapers a ...

(born 1976), English writer, political and sociological theorist *Bill Davies (died 2016), English real estate developer, owner of

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Characters

* Will Davies (''Hollyoaks''), a character on ''Hollyoaks'' * Billy Davies (''River City''), a character on ''River City''

Other uses

William Davies Company William Davies Company was a pork processing and packing company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At one time, it was the largest pork packer in the British Empire, and it operated Canada's first major chain of food stores.William Richardson Davie William Richardson Davie (June 20, 1756 – November 29, 1820) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father of the United States, military officer during the Revolutionary War (United States), Revolutionary War, and List of Go ...

(1756–1820), governor of North Carolina * William Davis (disambiguation) *

William Davies Evans Captain William Davies Evans (27 January 1790 – 3 August 1872) was a seafarer and inventor, though he is best known today as a chess player. He is buried at the Belgian port of Ostend. Early life Evans was born at St Dogwells, Pembrokeshire ...

(1790–1872), seafarer, inventor, and chess player * William Rees-Davies (disambiguation) * William Davies Thomas (1889–1954), professor of English at Saskatchewan and Swansea {{disambiguation, hn=Davies, William