Bill or Billy Harris may refer to:

Music

Bill Harris (musician) Willard Palmer Harris (October 28, 1916 – August 21, 1973) was an American jazz trombonist. Biography Harris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Early in his career, Harris performed with Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, ...

(1916–1973), American jazz trombonist *

Bill Harris (guitarist) Bill Harris (April 14, 1925, Nashville, North Carolina – December 6, 1988, Washington, D.C.) was an American guitarist who played R&B and jazz. Harris studied guitar in Washington, D.C. at the Columbia School of Music and in 1950 began playi ...

(1925–1988), American guitarist with the vocal group The Clovers

Politics

Bill Harris (Ohio politician) Bill Harris (September 1, 1934 – November 27, 2017) was a Republican politician, who served in the Ohio General Assembly, notably as President of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010. Life and career Originally from Tennessee, Harris earned his ...

(1934–2017), American state senator * Bill Harris (Montana politician), member of the Montana State House of Representatives * Bill Harris (lobbyist), American lobbyist

Sports

Bill Harris (1930s pitcher) William Milton Harris (June 23, 1900 – August 21, 1965) spent more than 40 years in baseball, serving as a pitcher, manager and scout, for six different Major League Baseball organizations. Listed at , , Harris batted and threw right-handed. H ...

(1900–1965), American baseball pitcher for the Reds, Pirates, and Red Sox *

Bill Harris (1950s pitcher) William Thomas Harris (December 3, 1931 – May 28, 2011) was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Dodgers teams. Listed at , , Harris batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Born in Dugua ...

(1931–2011), Canadian baseball pitcher for the Dodgers * Bill Harris (Australian footballer) (1877–1957), Australian footballer (Australian rules) * Bill Harris (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand footballer * Bill Harris (swimmer) (1897–1961), American swimmer * Bill Harris (Welsh footballer) (1928–1989), Welsh international footballer and manager *

Billy Harris (American football) Billy Harris (born January 17, 1946) is a former American football running back. He played for the Atlanta Falcons in 1968, the Minnesota Vikings in 1969 and for the New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American foot ...

, American football player *

Billy Harris (baseball) James William Harris (November 24, 1943 – December 20, 2020) was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1968 and the Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an America ...

(1943–2020), American baseball infielder *

Billy Harris (basketball) Billy 'The Kid' Harris (November 12, 1951 – January 3, 2010) was an American basketball player. Billy Harris grew up in Chicago, where he earned a reputation as a streetball star. A prolific long-range scorer, he was nicknamed "Billy the Kid" a ...

(1951–2010), American basketball player *

Billy Harris (ice hockey, born 1935) William Edward "Hinky" Harris (July 29, 1935 – September 20, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1969. Playing career Harris began his NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in ...

(1935–2001), Canadian ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs *

Billy Harris (ice hockey, born 1952) William Edward Harris (born January 29, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League who played from 1972 to 1984. He helped the New York Islanders reach the NHL playoff semi-finals four times in five ...

, Canadian ice hockey player for the New York Islanders *

Billy Harris (rugby league) George W. "Billy" Harris (birth registered during second ¼ 1951) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage № 512), Oldham ( Heritage ...

(born 1951), rugby league footballer for Wakefield Trinity and Oldham *

Billy Harris (rugby league, born 1992) Billy Harris (born ) is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2010s. He has played for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Castleford Tigers and Dewsbury Rams (loan In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individ ...

, rugby league footballer for Stanley Rangers, Castleford Tigers, and Dewsbury Rams *

Billy Harris (tennis) Billy Harris (born 25 January 1995) is a British tennis player. Harris has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 199 achieved on 25 December 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 274 achieved on 10 April 2023. Harris has wo ...

(born 1995), British tennis player

Others

Bill Harris (aviator) Bill Harris (June 15, 1916 – May 23, 2012) was a United States Army Air Force fighter ace who was credited with shooting down 16 aircraft during World War II. Life William "Bill" Harris was born on June 15, 1916 in Strathmore, California to ...

(1916–2012), United States Army Air Force fighter ace *

Bill Harris (geneticist) Professor Bill Harris (17 November 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a genetic scientist who specialised in antibody research. An author of about 70 scientific research papers, author, editor, and contributor to many books, and 15 patent applications, ...

(1944–2014), Scottish geneticist *

Bill Harris (neuroscientist) William Anthony Harris (born November 26, 1950) FRS FMedSci is a Canadian-born neuroscientist, Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University, and fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He was head of the Department of Physiology, Development a ...

(born 1950), Canadian neuroscientist *

Bill Harris (television producer) William Harris is a New York City, United States, based television executive currently serving as Senior Vice-President of Production and Broadcast Operations for the A&E Television Networks, which includes cable services A&E, The History Channel, T ...

, American television executive

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