Billy, Willie or William Forbes may refer to:

Financiers

Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet of Monymusk and Pitsligo, usually known as William Forbes of Pitsligo (1739–1806), was a Scottish banker. He was known also as an improving landlord, philanthropist, and writer. Life and career He was born i ...

(1739–1806), Scottish banker *

William Forbes of Callendar Sir William Forbes of Callendar (1743–1815) was a prosperous coppersmith and landowner who lived in Callendar House in Falkirk, Scotland. Biography Forbes was a self-made man. The son of an Aberdeen merchant, he began work as a coppersmith and ...

(1756–1823), Scottish coppersmith and landowner *

William Howell Forbes William Howell Forbes (November 25, 1837 – July 10, 1896) was an American businessman in Hong Kong. He was the head partner of the Russell & Co. and was the 11th chairman of the board of Directors of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation f ...

(1837–1896), American businessman in Hong Kong *

William Hathaway Forbes William Hathaway Forbes (1840–1897) was an American businessman. Early life William Hathaway Forbes was born on October 31, 1840 in Milton, Massachusetts. His father, John Murray Forbes, was a French-born railroad magnate. Forbes enrolled at Ha ...

(1840–1897), American investor in company owned by Alexander Graham Bell

Footballers

Billy Forbes (Scottish footballer) William Forbes was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Plymouth Argyle in the 1920s. He played as a right back. Forbes was born in Denny, which was then in Stirlingshire, and played for the local cl ...

(before 1895–after 1928), right back who also played in Massachusetts * Willie Forbes (1922–1999), Scottish wing half *

Billy Forbes (footballer, born 1990) Cadet Billy Forbes (born 13 December 1990) is a Turks and Caicos Islander professional footballer. He scored the game-winning goal in the 2014 Soccer Bowl. Club career Forbes spent his early career with Provopool Celtic and AFC Academy. In 2 ...

, Turks and Caicos Islands striker

Public officials

William Forbes (Lower Canada politician) William Forbes (July 21, 1787 – November 22, 1814) was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented York in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1814. He was born Guillaume Forbes in Rivière-du-Loup, the son of ...

(1787–1814), merchant and legislator * William Forbes (MP) (1806–1855), Scottish MP for Stirlingshire *

William Henry Forbes William Henry Forbes (1815 – July 20, 1875) was an American fur trader and territorial legislator. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Forbes settled in Wisconsin Territory in 1837. In 1847 he moved to what is now Saint Paul, Minnesota, where ...

(1815–1875), American fur trader and territorial legislator *

William Cameron Forbes William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 – December 24, 1959) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He served as Governor-General of the Philippines, governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 and ambassador of the United States ...

(1870–1959), American diplomat and investment banker * William Forbes (Talamancan king), King of Talamanca, Costa Rica between 1872–1880.

Scholars

William Forbes (bishop) William Forbes (1585 – 12 April 1634) was a Scottish churchman, the first Bishop of Edinburgh. Life He was the son of Thomas Forbes, a burgess of Aberdeen, descended from the Corsindac branch of that house, by his wife, Janet, the sister of th ...

(1585–1634), Scottish churchman, first Bishop of Edinburgh *

William S. Forbes William Smith Forbes (10 February 1831 – 17 December 1905)Staff report (December 18, 1905) Dr. William Smith Forbes. (obituary) ''New York Times'' was an American physician who served as demonstrator of anatomy at Jefferson Medical College. H ...

(1831–1905), American physician *

William Alexander Forbes William Alexander Forbes (25 June 1855 – 14 January 1883) was an English zoologist. He was the son of James Staats Forbes (1823–1904). Forbes studied natural sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, and later taught at Rhodes College ( ...

(1855–1883), English zoologist * William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (1885–1968), American entomologist

Others

* William Nairn Forbes (1796–1855), British military engineer *

William Forbes (railway manager) Lt. Col. Sir William de Guise Forbes (21 June 1856 – 14 February 1936) was a British railway manager. Early life Forbes was born in Dublin in 1856, the son of an English father, William Forbes, the General Manager of the Midland Great Western ...

(1856–1936), British railway manager *

William E. Forbes William E. Forbes (May 30, 1906 – August 14, 1999) was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California and owner of the Southern California Music Co. His tenure as regent coincided with the turbulent student protests of the 1960s. ...

(1906–1999), member of the University of California Board of Regents

Financiers

Footballers

Public officials

Scholars

Others

See also