William, Bill, or Billy Holmes may refer to:

Sports

Bill Holmes (ice hockey) William Orser Holmes (February 9, 1899 – March 14, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre who played 51 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Americans between 1925 and 1930. T ...

(William Orser Holmes, 1899–1961), Canadian ice hockey player * Bill Holmes (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2020), English footballer *

Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1875) William Marsden Holmes (1875 – 18 February 1922) was a professional footballer who played as a half back for Manchester City between 1896 and 1904. Holmes made his Manchester City debut in October 1896 in a 4–1 defeat against Notts County. He ...

(1875–1922), English footballer with Manchester City who became manager of Clapton Orient *

Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1951) William Gerald Holmes (4 February 1952 – March 1988) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward, most notably for Barnet and Hereford United. Personal life After dropping out of professional foot ...

(1951–1988), English footballer with Hereford United, Wimbledon and other clubs * Billy Holmes (Australian footballer) (1890–1942), Australian footballer for Collingwood and Fitzroy * William Holmes (English cricketer) (1885–1951), English cricketer * William Holmes (New Zealand cricketer) (1849-1885), New Zealand cricketer * William Holmes (cyclist) (born 1936), British Olympic cyclist * William Holmes (footballer) (1889–1933), footballer who played for Stoke

Politicians

Bill Holmes (trade unionist) William Holmes (21 January 1873 – November 1961)"Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party" (1962), p.38 was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Holmes was born in Norfolk. His father was an active trade unionist, ...

(1873–1961), British Labour Party politician and trade unionist * William Holmes (politician) (1779–1851), British Tory politician

Military

William Holmes (Australian general) Major General William Holmes (12 September 1862 – 2 July 1917) was a senior Australian Army officer during the First World War. He was mortally wounded by a German artillery shell while surveying the ground won at the Battle of Messines. Ea ...

(1862–1917), Australian Major General of World War I * Sir William Holmes (British Army officer) (1892–1969), British Lieutenant General of World War II * William Edgar Holmes (1895–1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

William Holmes (British Army medical officer) William Holmes (1762–1834), M.D., J.P., was Surgeon-General to the British Forces in Canada; a magistrate and landowner at Quebec. Early life Born at Stewartstown, County Tyrone. He was the son of William Holmes (d.1789) of Bray Island, Dona ...

(1762–1834), Surgeon-General to the British Forces in Canada * William Norman Holmes (1896–?), World War I flying ace * William T. Holmes (1846–1916), Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient

Others

* William Holmes (academic) (1689–1768), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1732–1735 * William Holmes (actor), American actor * William Holmes, anarchist writer and husband of Lizzie Holmes *

William Holmes (film editor) William Holmes (February 23, 1904 – February 2, 1978) was an American film editor. He won an Oscar for Best Film Editing at the 14th Academy Awards for his work on the film '' Sergeant York''. He worked on 56 different films from 1925 to 1942 ...

(1904–1978), American film editor *

William Hardy Holmes William Hardy Holmes was an Anglican Bishop. Born on 25 June 1873 and educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was ordained in 1897, and began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Derry. He then held incumbencies at Kilbarron and Ballys ...

(1873–1951), Anglican bishop * William Henry Holmes (1846–1933), American anthropologist *

William Henry Holmes (musician) William Henry Holmes (or W. H. Holmes; 8 January 1812 – 23 April 1885) was an English pianist and composer, and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music. Life He was born in Sudbury, Derbyshire in 1812, son of a musician. He entered the Royal ...

(1812–1885), English musician *

William E. Holmes William Eve Holmes Sr. (January 22, 1856 – February 14, 1931) was an American Baptist minister and educator and president of Central City College (later known as Georgia Baptist College) in Macon, Georgia, for 25 years. Before his term at C ...

(1856–1931), Baptist minister and educator *

William Anthony Holmes William Anthony Holmes, D.D. (1782–1843) was a Church of Ireland cleric, chancellor of Cashel from 1832 and rector of Templemore, in the same diocese. Life The son of Joseph Holmes, he was born in Drogheda, County Louth. He entered Trinity Coll ...

(1782–1843), Irish clergyman

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