William, Will, Bill, or Billy Holland may refer to:
Politicians
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William Holland (merchant)
William Holland (born 1478 or later, died 1547 or later) was an English merchant and administrator in Dartmouth, Devon. On three occasions he was briefly a member of parliament.
As a merchant, Holland specialized in trading with Spain. He was a ...
, English merchant and MP for Dartmouth
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William Holland (politician) (1782–?), Irish-born farmer and politician in Nova Scotia
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William H. Holland (politician) (1841–1907), member of the Fifteenth Texas Legislature
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William Holland, 1st Baron Rotherham (1849–1927), British industrialist and politician
Sportsmen
Baseball
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Will Holland (baseball)
Willard A. Holland (1862–1930) played professional baseball for the 1889 Baltimore Orioles (19th century), Baltimore Orioles of the American Association (19th century), American Association. He played in the minor leagues through 1898. His son ...
(1862–1930), baseball player
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Billy Holland (baseball)
William Holland (born February 1874) was a Negro leagues pitcher and infielder for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
Career
Holland debuted at the age of 20 with the Chicago Unions in 1894, and moved to the P ...
(1874–?), pitcher, Negro league career 1894–1908
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Bill Holland (right-handed pitcher)
Elvis William Holland (February 28, 1901 – December 3, 1973) was a baseball player in the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues. He was a pitcher and played from 1919 to 1941. In newspaper reports, he is often referred to as "Bill" Holland ...
(Elvis William Holland, 1901–1973), pitcher, Negro leagues career 1920–1941
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Bill Holland (left-handed pitcher)
William David Holland (June 4, 1915 – April 5, 1997) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators during the 1939 season. Listed at 6'1", 190 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. He was born in ...
(William David Holland, 1915–1997), pitcher, Major League career 1939
Other sports
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Bill Holland (sprinter) (1874–1930), track and field athlete
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Bill Holland
Willard Holland (December 18, 1907 – May 19, 1984)) was an American race car driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1949 and finished second in 1947, 1948 and 1950. He also was runner up in the 1947 American ...
(1907–1984), American racing driver
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Bill Holland (basketball) (1914–2000), American professional basketball player
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Billy Holland
Billy Holland (born 3 August 1985) is an Irish former rugby union player, who spent his entire career playing for his native province of Munster Rugby, Munster, whilst also earning a single international cap for Ireland national rugby union te ...
(born 1985), Irish rugby union player
Others
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William Holland (diarist)
William Holland (9 May 1746 – 17 April 1819) is now best remembered for his diary, which he kept from 1799 to 1818. The diary chronicles his life as the vicar of Over Stowey, Somerset. In a similar fashion to the diary of Thomas Turner, Holla ...
(1746–1819), English diarist
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William Holland (publisher) (1757–1834), British radical, author and publisher
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William Holland (stained glass maker)
William Holland (1809 – September 27, 1883) was a 19th-century British maker of stained glass and other decorative pieces. His work is represented in churches and stately homes across southern England, Wales, and Ireland. Holland of Warwick wind ...
(1809–1883), British maker of stained glass
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William Jacob Holland
Rev William Jacob Holland FRSE LLD (August 16, 1848 – December 13, 1932) was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He was an accomplished zoologist and paleonto ...
(1848–1932), zoologist and paleontologist
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William L. Holland
William Lancelot Holland (28 December 1907 – 8 May 2008) worked with the Institute of Pacific Relations from 1928 until 1960 as Research Secretary; American IPR Executive Secretary and editor of its periodical, ''Far Eastern Survey''; IPR Secret ...
(1907–2008), Institute of Pacific Relations
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Will Holland
William Holland (born 1980) is an English musician, DJ and record producer. He is based in New York City, after spending seven years in Colombia. Holland records under various pseudonyms, including Quantic, the Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Li ...
(born 1980), musician
See also
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Holland (surname)
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