William, Will or Bill Roberts may refer to:

Entertainment

* William Roberts (biographer) (1767–1849), English barrister and legal writer * William Harris Lloyd Roberts (1884–1955), Canadian writer, poet, and playwright *

William Roberts (painter) William Patrick Roberts (5 June 1895 – 20 January 1980) was a British artist. In the years before the First World War Roberts was a pioneer, among English artists, in his use of abstract images. In later years he described his approach as ...

(1895–1980), British painter and war artist * Will Roberts (1907–2000), British painter *

William Roberts (screenwriter) William S. Roberts (September 4, 1913 – March 5, 1997) was a screenwriter. His screenplays include: '' The Mating Game'' (1959), ''The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'' (1962), ''Ride the High Country' ...

(1913–1997), American screenwriter *

Billy Roberts William Moses Roberts Jr. (August 16, 1936 – October 7, 2017) was an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe" (of which the best-known version is the hit by The Jimi Hendrix Experience). B ...

(1936–2017), American songwriter and musician *

William Owen Roberts Wiliam Owen Roberts (born 1960) is a Welsh language novelist and writer of plays for radio, television and theatre. He was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, and studied Welsh Literature and Theatre Studies at the University of Wales from 1978 to 1981. Hi ...

(born 1960), Welsh language novelist and playwright *

Rick Ross William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper. Prior to releasing his debut single, "Hustlin'", in 2006, Ross was the subject of a bidding war, receiving offers from Sean Combs, D ...

(born 1976), American rapper, born William Leonard Roberts II * Will Roberts (fiction), fictional character in the TV soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''

Politics

William Roberts (Parliamentarian) Sir William Roberts (1605–1662), of Neasden House at Willesden in Middlesex, was an English Member of Parliament. He entered Gray's Inn in 1622, and was knighted in 1624. At the outbreak of the English Civil War he took the Parliamentary side, ...

(1605–1662), British MP and father of Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet *

William Roberts (Australian politician) William Roberts (1821 – 1 July 1900) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to William Roberts and Susannah Jane Moss. On 2 April 1842 he married Louisa Wilhelmina Kemp, with whom he had nine children. A solicitor from 1845, h ...

(1821–1900), New South Wales politician *

William R. Roberts William Randall Roberts (February 6, 1830 – August 9, 1897) was a Fenian Brotherhood member, United States Representative from New York (1871–1875), and a United States Ambassador to Chile. Roberts, an Irish immigrant who became a w ...

(1830–1897), U.S. Representative from New York * W. F. Roberts (William Francis Roberts, 1869–1938), Canadian politician and Minister of Health, New Brunswick *

William Roberts (Alberta politician) William Roberts (born July 22, 1954) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993. Political career Roberts ran for office as a New Democrat candida ...

(born 1954), Canadian politician, Alberta, 1986–1993 * William Y. Roberts, state representative in Pennsylvania

Religion

William Roberts (bishop of Bangor) William Roberts (1585–1665) was a Welsh bishop of Bangor. A royalist, he suffered deprivation of his benefices after the First English Civil War. Life According to local tradition he was born at Plas Bennett, in the parish of Llandyrnog, Denb ...

(1585–1665), Anglican bishop *

William Page Roberts William Page Roberts (2 January 1836 – 17 August 1928) was an eminent English clergyman in the Church of England and Dean of Salisbury from 1907 until 1919. Born at Liverpool to William Roberts and his wife Prudence (née Page), he was educat ...

(1836–1928), Church of England clergyman, Dean of Salisbury, 1907–1919 * William Henry Roberts (1847–1919), American Baptist missionary in Burma * William P. Roberts (bishop) (fl. 1909–1950), American Episcopal bishop of Shanghai * William A. Roberts (born 1946), 25th Chief of the Staff of the Salvation Army * William Roberts (priest), Welsh priest

Sports

Cricket

* William Roberts (MCC cricketer) (1795–1843), English cricketer *

William Roberts (Australian cricketer) William Roberts was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for New South Wales in 1880/81. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers This is a list of male cricketers who have played for New South Wales ...

, Australian cricketer, played in the 1880s * William Roberts (Lancashire cricketer) (1914–1951), English cricketer

Football and rugby

* William Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–?), Llangollen F.C., Berwyn Rangers F.C. and Wales international footballer *

William Roberts (footballer, born 1863) William Roberts (born 1863) was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward in the 1880s and made one appearance for Wales. Football career Roberts was born in Rhyl in north-east Wales and started his football career at his local club. At Rhyl, h ...

(1863–?), Rhyl F.C. and Wales international footballer *

William Roberts (footballer, born 1907) William J. Roberts (born 1907, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer. He was born in Birmingham. While playing amateur football for Flint Town United, Roberts impressed enough for the club to sign him on a full contract ...

(1907–?), Cardiff City F.C. footballer * Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–1945), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer *

Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1897) William Laurence Roberts (9 May 1897 – 7 September 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in ...

(1897–1960), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne * Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1976), Welsh footballer * Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1973), Australian rules footballer for Essendon * Billy Roberts (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English footballer * Billy Roberts (Australian footballer) (1908–1998), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda * Bill Roberts (American football) (1929–2007), American football player *

William Roberts (rugby union) William Roberts (28 October 1871 – 25 August 1937) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks between 1896 and 1897. His positions of choice were centre three-quarter and second five-eighth. Roberts did not play in an ...

(1871–1937), New Zealand rugby union player * Bill Roberts (rugby union) (1906–1965), Welsh rugby international *

William Roberts (American football) William Harold Roberts (born August 5, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, New England Patriots and New York Jets. He ...

(born 1962), former NFL offensive lineman * Will Roberts (footballer) (born 1994), Welsh footballer

Other sports

* Bill Roberts (athlete) (1912–2001), British runner, gold medal winner in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1936 Olympics * Bill Roberts (basketball) (1925–2016), American basketball player * William Roberts (cyclist) (born 1998), British and Welsh cyclist

Other

Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet (21 June 1638 – 14 March 1688), of Willesden in Middlesex, was an English landowner and politician. The son of Sir William Roberts, a Member of Parliament and of Cromwell's House of Peers during the English C ...

(1638–1688), British landowner *

William Hayward Roberts William Hayward Roberts (baptised 1734 – 1791) was an English born schoolmaster, poet and biblical critic, cleric and Provost of Eton College. Life He was born in Gloucester, the third son of Richard Roberts of Abergavenny and his wife Eleanor ...

(baptised 1734–died 1791), English schoolmaster and poet * William Prowting Roberts (1806–1871), Chartist who became known as "attorney-general" of the coal miners in the 1840s *

William Milnor Roberts William Milnor Roberts (February 12, 1810 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 14, 1881 in Soledad, Brazil)An Obituary Notice of William Milnor Roberts, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 20, No. 111 (Jan. - Jun., 1882) ...

(1810–1881), American civil engineer *

William Roberts (physician) Sir William Roberts (18 March 1830 – 16 April 1899) was a British physician in Manchester, England. Biography Roberts was born on 18 March 1830 at Bodedern on the Isle of Anglesey the son of David and Sarah Roberts. He was educated at Mill Hi ...

(1830–1899), British scientist *

William Paul Roberts William P. Roberts (July 11, 1841 – March 28, 1910) was an American politician and diplomat. He was also a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Promoted to Br ...

(1841–1910), brigadier general in the Confederate Army *

Bill Roberts (businessman) John William Roberts (1898-1962) was a British businessman from Yorkshire, who was the founder of the '' JET'' brand of petrol. Early life He was born in Halifax. From the age of eleven he was working part-time in the mills. By the age of twelv ...

(1898–1962), British founder of the JET brand of petrol * William Roberts (veteran) (1900–2006), British veteran of the First World War * William C. Roberts (born 1932), cardiovascular physician and pathologist * William Clare Roberts, Canadian political theorist * William Roberts & Co of Nelson, English steam engine manufacturer