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) (1825–1868), English cricketer and clergyman *

William Davies (footballer, born 1855) William Henry Davies (January/March 1854Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. – 14 November 1916) was a Welsh amateur footballer who made four appearances for the Wales national football team in the 1870s and 18 ...

(1855–1916), Oswestry F.C. and Wales international footballer *

William Davies (sport shooter) William Davies (19 March 1881 – 22 June 1942) was a Canadian sports shooter. He competed in the men's trap event at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of ...

(1881–1942), Canadian Olympic sports shooter *

William Davies (footballer, born 1882) William Davies (13 April 1882 – 21 January 1966) was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre forward for Wrexham and Blackburn Rovers in the era prior to World War I as well as making eleven appearances for Wales. Early life Davies was ...

(1882–1966), Wrexham F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C. and Wales international footballer *

Bill L. Davies William Levi Davies (15 February 1883 – 23 July 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Davies started out at Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association after coming ...

(1883–1959), Australian rules footballer *

Billy Davies (Welsh footballer) William Charles Davies (28 February 1881 – 18 August 1962) was a Welsh international footballer who played as an outside forward for Crystal Palace, Shrewsbury Town, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and the Wales national team. Career Davies ...

(1883–1960), Crystal Palace F.C., West Bromwich Albion F.C. and Wales international footballer *

William Davies (footballer, born 1873) William Hornby Davies (1873–1929) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, whi ...

(1873–1929), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers *

William Davies (footballer, born 1884) William Davies (1884 – 1954) was an English footballer who played for Stoke. Career Davies was born in Longton and played amateur football with Newcastle Rangers before joining Stoke Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom. Stok ...

(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) William T. Davies was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Tredegar RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and ...

(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 fo ...

(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) William Henry Davies (born 7 August 1901, date of death unknown) was a Welsh cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. Davies represented Glamorgan in 5 first-class ...

(1901–?), Welsh cricketer *

Will Davies (rugby union) William Davies (14 February 1906 – 5 October 1975), known more commonly as "Sgili", was a Wales international rugby union player who played club rugby for Swansea. He won four caps for Wales and was part of the Welsh side that faced the touring ...

(1906–1975), Wales international rugby union player *

Bill Davies (cricketer, born 1906) William David Edward Davies (26 August 1906 - 1 October 1971) was a Welsh cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. Morgan made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in ...

(1906–1971), Welsh cricketer *

Taffy Davies William "Taffy" Davies (24 June 1910 – 30 October 1995) was a Welsh professional footballer, who played as a winger or inside forward. He played his entire professional football career for English club Watford, and made an appearance for his ...

(William Davies, 1910–1995), Welsh footballer with Watford *

Billy Davies (Welsh rugby) William H. J. Davies (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Llanelli RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL ...

(William H. J. Davies, fl. 1930s), rugby union and rugby league footballer *

Bill Davies (Canadian football) Bill Davies (January 25, 1916 – May 28, 1990) was an all-star football player in the Ontario Rugby Football Union and the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, playing from 1936 to 1946. Coming straight from high school in 1936, Davies fir ...

(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) Bill Davies (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a , or , i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or 6 ...

(fl. 1940s), rugby league footballer for Wales, and Huddersfield *

Bill Davies (footballer) Bill Davies (20 January 1930 – 1 November 2003) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Austr ...

(1930–2003), Australian footballer *

William Davies (wrestler) William Davies (27 August 1931 – 14 August 2020) was an Australian wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle middleweight at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born and raised in Collingwood, Victoria. He started competing in wrestling ...

(1931–2020), Australian Olympic wrestler *

Billy Davies (cricketer, born 1936) William George Davies (3 July 1936 – 17 July 2022) was a Welsh cricketer born in Barry, Glamorgan, who played for Glamorgan from 1954 to 1960. He appeared in 32 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium fast. H ...

, 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 (born 14 March 1948), also known by the nickname of "Daz", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club ...

(William Davies), English rugby league footballer *

Dai Davies (footballer, born 1948) William David Davies (1 April 1948 – 10 February 2021) was a Welsh professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper between 1969 and 1987. He made 52 appearances for the Wales national team and played for Everton, Wrexham (twice), Tranme ...

(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 Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the cou ...

, English cricketer

Politicians

* William Davies (Georgia judge) (1775–1829), Georgia-based politician and lawyer *

William Davies (Pembrokeshire MP) Sir William Davies (1821 – 23 November 1895) was a Welsh Liberal politician. Davies was the son of Thomas Davies of Haverfordwest. He was admitted a Solicitor in 1848 and served as a J.P. and a Deputy Lieutenant for Pembrokeshire, and a ...

(1821–1895), British Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1880–1892 * William Davies (New South Wales politician) (1824–1890) *

William T. Davies William Tecumseh Davies (December 20, 1831 – September 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Pennsylvania state senator and as the fourth lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891. Davies was born in Gla ...

(1831–1912), lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, United States, 1887–1891 *Sir William

Howell Davies Howell Davies may refer to: * Howell Davies (politician) (1851–1932), British leather merchant and Liberal politician * Howell Davies (rugby) (1885–1961), Welsh rugby union hooker and rugby league footballer * Howell Davies (rugby union, bor ...

(1851–1932), British Member of Parliament for Bristol South, 1906–1922 *

William Thomas Frederick Davies Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Frederick Davies CMG DSO (13 August 1860 – 24 June 1947) was a South African surgeon, army officer and politician. Davies trained at Guy's Hospital in London. In the South African War he served as Surg ...

(1860–1947), South African surgeon, army officer and politician *

William Rees-Davies (judge) Sir William Rees Morgan Davies (May 1863 – 14 April 1939), more commonly known as William Rees-Davies, was a British politician, lawyer and colonial judge. His last appointment was as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, Chief Ju ...

(William Rees Morgan Davies, 1863–1939), British Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1892–1898 * Rupert Davies (politician) (William Rupert Davies, 1879–1967), Canadian author, newspaper publisher and Senator * Billy Davies (politician) (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 Wa ...

(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) (died 1689), known as the Golden Farmer and hanged in Surrey, England *

William Davies (Virginia) William Davies was a colonel in the Continental Army who served in the Virginia Line for the duration of the American Revolutionary War. Early life William Davies was born to Jane (née Holt) and Samuel Davies in Delaware. His uncle was Wi ...

(fl. 1770s), Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War *William Davies (died 1819), English publisher with Cadell & Davies *

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 William Edmund Davies (1819–1879) was a bookmaker, who left a sum of money that enabled Brighton Corporation to purchase Preston Park for the public. Early years Davies, known as "the Leviathan", the son of a carpenter, was born in London in ...

(1819–1879), bookmaker *

William Broughton Davies William Broughton Davies (c. 1831–1906) was a Sierra Leonean Creole medical doctor who served in the British Colonial Army from 1860 to 1881. Davies was the first West African to qualify as a medical doctor in 1859. Background Davies was ...

(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 p ...

(1831–1921), Canadian pork packer *

William W. Davies William W. Davies (9 August 1833 – 25 November 1906) was the leader of a Latter Day Saint schismatic group called the Kingdom of Heaven, which was located near Walla Walla, Washington, from 1867 to 1881. Davies was born in Eglwysfach county o ...

(1833–1906), leader of a schismatic Latter Day Saint group in Washington, United States * William Davies (master mariner) (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 William David Davies, often known as W. D. P. Davies, (18 January 1897 – 7 July 1969) was a Welsh Presbyterian minister and writer on theological topics. After becoming the first Welsh student to obtain a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the ...

(1897–1969), Welsh Presbyterian minister and theologian *

William J. Davies William John Davies was a Welsh trade union leader. Davies qualified as a pilot working in Swansea Harbour in 1900. He became a captain, and an official in the UK Pilots' Association. In 1913, he became the Bristol Channel representative on the ...

(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 Sir William Arthian Davies (10 May 1901 – 19 September 1979) was a lawyer and judge in England and Wales. Davies was educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Oxford, where he took a First in Jurisprudence. He was Call to the bar, calle ...

(1901–1979), British lawyer and judge *

William Edward Davies William Edward Davies (December 24, 1917 – June 27, 1990) was a notable American geologist, speleologist and official of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). He produced pioneering surveys of West Virginia and Maryland caves. Biography Davies wa ...

(1917–1990), American geologist and caver *

William H. Davies William H. Davies Bill Davies, was a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC), Canada, from 1982 until his retirement in 1999. In 2007 he was appointed Commissioner of the Davies Commission Inquiry which investigated circumstances a ...

(1931–2017), justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia * William Davies (psychologist) (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) (born 1976), English writer, political and sociological theorist *Bill Davies (died 2016), English real estate developer, owner of Old Chicago Main Post Office

Characters

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

Other uses

* William Davies Company, former Canadian pork packing firm

Sportspeople

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