William, Bill, Billy, or Willie Riley may refer to:

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William Riley (Nottinghamshire cricketer) William Riley (11 August 1888 – 9 August 1917) was an English cricketer active from 1909 to 1914 who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Newstead, Nottinghamshire and died in military action near Koksijde (Coxyde), Belgium, during the Fi ...

(1888–1917) *

William Riley (Leicestershire cricketer) William Nairn Riley (24 November 1892 – 20 November 1955) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Leicestershire from 1911 to 1914. He appeared in 55 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm f ...

(1892–1955) *

Bill Riley (ice hockey, born 1921) William J. Riley (October 6, 1921 in Medford, Massachusetts – February 16, 2000) was an ice hockey player. Riley helped lead Dartmouth College to two Frozen Fours during his career. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in ...

(1921–2000), American ice hockey player *

Bill Riley (ice hockey, born 1950) William James Riley (born September 20, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, and was the third black player in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets between 1974 and 1980. ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Bill Riley Jr. Bill Riley Jr. is an American retired ice hockey player and coach best known for his time leading Massachusetts–Lowell to three Division II Championships. Playing career Riley played three seasons for Boston University in the mid-to-late 1 ...

, American ice hockey player and coach *

Billy Riley Billy Riley (22 June 1896 – 27 August 1977) was an English practitioner and teacher of catch wrestling. As a trainer in the sport, he taught some of the leading post-World War II figures in catch wrestling at his training school "The Sna ...

(1889–1977), wrestler *

Billy Riley (baseball) William James Riley (1855–1887), nicknamed "Pigtail Billy", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the 1875 Keokuk Westerns The Western baseball club of Keokuk, Iowa, or Keokuk Westerns in modern nomenclature, was a professi ...

(1855–1887), outfielder in Major League Baseball

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Willie Riley William Riley (23 April 1866 – 4 June 1961) was an English novelist. He was born in Laisterdyke, Bradford. He wrote 39 books using the name W. Riley, mostly fiction and mostly published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd. After an education at Bradf ...

(1866–1961), British author *William K. Riley, one of the pen names of British author

John Creasey John Creasey (17 September 1908 – 9 June 1973) was an English crime writer, also writing science fiction, romance and western novels, who wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms. He created several charac ...

(1908–1973) * Bill Riley Sr. (1920–2006), American entertainer *

Billy Lee Riley Billy Lee Riley (October 5, 1933 – August 2, 2009) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. His most memorable recordings include "Rock With Me Baby", "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll"Variously spelled as "...Rock & Roll ...

(1933–2009), American musician

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William Riley (architect) William Edward Riley (1852 – 9 November 1937) was a British architect. He worked for twenty-two years in the British Admiralty Works Department from 1877 until 1899 when he had reached the rank of assistant director. He was appointed chief archi ...

(1852–1937), British architect * William J. Riley (born 1947), United States federal judge *

William F. Riley (judge) William F. Riley (March 20, 1884 – December 29, 1956) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Education and career Born in Ainsworth, Iowa, Riley earned an Artium Baccalaureus ...

(1884–1956), United States federal judge * William F. Riley (engineer), American engineer and professor *

William Harrison Riley William Harrison Riley (c.1835–1907) was an early British socialist. Riley was born in Manchester, his father being the manager of a cloth printing factory and Methodist preacher.Edward Carpenter, ''Sketches from Life in Town and Country and ...

(1835–1907), British socialist *

William Bell Riley William Bell Riley (March 22, 1861 in Greene County, Indiana, USA – December 5, 1947 in Golden Valley, Minnesota) was an American Baptist evangelical Christian pastor. Biography In 1878, at the age of 17, Riley publicly professed faith in Chr ...

(1861–1947), American religious leader *

William Riley (criminal) William "Mush" Riley ( fl. 1870–1878) was an American businessman, saloonkeeper and underworld figure in Manhattan, New York during the late 19th century. The owner of a Centre Street dive, he was a longtime Five Points personality and asso ...

, a.k.a. "Mush" Riley, American saloon keeper and underworld figure *

William E. Riley William Edward Riley (February 2, 1897 – April 28, 1970) was a lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps, who served on the staff of Admiral William Halsey Jr. during World War II. He is also Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce ...

(1897–1970), American general

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