William, Will or Bill Roberts may refer to:

Entertainment

* William Roberts (biographer) (1767–1849), English barrister and legal writer * William Harris Lloyd Roberts (1884–1955), Canadian writer, poet, and playwright *

William Roberts (painter) William Patrick Roberts (5 June 1895 – 20 January 1980) was a British artist. In the years before the First World War Roberts was a pioneer, among English artists, in his use of abstract images. In later years he described his approach as ...

(1895–1980), British painter and war artist * Will Roberts (1907–2000), British painter * William Roberts (screenwriter) (1913–1997), American screenwriter * Billy Roberts (1936–2017), American songwriter and musician * William Owen Roberts (born 1960), Welsh language novelist and playwright *

Rick Ross William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper. An influential figure in modern Hip-hop, hip hop music, Rick Ross has become known for his "Wiktionary:booming, booming" vocal perfor ...

(born 1976), American rapper, born William Leonard Roberts II * Will Roberts (fiction), fictional character in the TV soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''

Politics

William Roberts (Parliamentarian) Sir William Roberts (1605–1662), of Neasden House at Willesden in Middlesex, was an English Member of Parliament. He entered Gray's Inn in 1622, and was knighted in 1624. At the outbreak of the English Civil War he took the Roundheads, Parli ...

(1605–1662), British MP and father of Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet *

William Roberts (Australian politician) William Roberts (1821 – 1 July 1900) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to William Roberts and Susannah Jane Moss. On 2 April 1842 he married Louisa Wilhelmina Kemp, with whom he had nine children. A solicitor from 1845, h ...

(1821–1900), New South Wales politician * William R. Roberts (1830–1897), U.S. Representative from New York * W. F. Roberts (William Francis Roberts, 1869–1938), Canadian politician and Minister of Health, New Brunswick * William Roberts (Alberta politician) (born 1954), Canadian politician, Alberta, 1986–1993 * William Y. Roberts, state representative in Pennsylvania

Religion

* William Roberts (priest) (16th century), Welsh priest * William Roberts (bishop of Bangor) (1585–1665), Anglican bishop * William C. Roberts (pastor) (1832–1903), American pastor and academic administrator * William Page Roberts (1836–1928), Church of England clergyman, Dean of Salisbury, 1907–1919 * William Henry Roberts (1847–1919), American Baptist missionary in Burma * William P. Roberts (bishop) (fl. 1909–1950), American Episcopal bishop of Shanghai * William A. Roberts (born 1946), 25th Chief of the Staff of the Salvation Army

Sports

Cricket

* William Roberts (MCC cricketer) (1795–1843), English cricketer * William Roberts (Australian cricketer), Australian cricketer, played in the 1880s * William Roberts (Lancashire cricketer) (1914–1951), English cricketer

Football and rugby

* William Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–?), Llangollen F.C., Berwyn Rangers F.C. and Wales international footballer * William Roberts (footballer, born 1863) (1863–?), Rhyl F.C. and Wales international footballer * William Roberts (footballer, born 1907) (1907–?), Cardiff City F.C. footballer * Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–1945), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer * Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1960), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne * Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1976), Welsh footballer * Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1973), Australian rules footballer for Essendon * Billy Roberts (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English footballer * Billy Roberts (Australian footballer) (1908–1998), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda * Bill Roberts (American football) (1929–2007), American football player *

William Roberts (rugby union) William Roberts (28 October 1871 – 25 August 1937) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks between 1896 and 1897. His positions of choice were centre three-quarter and second five-eighth. Roberts did not play in ...

(1871–1937), New Zealand rugby union player * Bill Roberts (rugby union) (1906–1965), Welsh rugby international *

William Roberts (American football) William Harold Roberts (born August 5, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, New England Patriots and New York Jets. H ...

(born 1962), former NFL offensive lineman * Will Roberts (footballer) (born 1994), Welsh footballer

Other sports

* Bill Roberts (athlete) (1912–2001), British runner, gold medal winner in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1936 Olympics * Bill Roberts (basketball) (1925–2016), American basketball player * William Roberts (cyclist) (born 1998), British and Welsh cyclist

Other

* Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet (1638–1688), British landowner * William Hayward Roberts (baptised 1734–died 1791), English schoolmaster and poet * William Prowting Roberts (1806–1871), Chartist who became known as "attorney-general" of the coal miners in the 1840s * William Milnor Roberts (1810–1881), American civil engineer * William Roberts (physician) (1830–1899), British scientist * William Paul Roberts (1841–1910), brigadier general in the Confederate Army * William Roberts (engineer) (1848-1918), Engineer in Chief of the

Highland Railway The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating north of Perth railway station, Scotland, Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north o ...

* Bill Roberts (businessman) (1898–1962), British founder of the JET brand of petrol *

William Roberts (veteran) William Roberts (29 September 1900 – 30 April 2006), often known as Bill Roberts, was one of the final surviving British veterans of the First World War. As a fourteen-year-old boy Roberts was present in Hartlepool during the Imperial German Na ...

(1900–2006), British veteran of the First World War * William C. Roberts (1932–2023), cardiovascular physician and pathologist * William Clare Roberts, Canadian political theorist * William Roberts & Co of Nelson, English steam engine manufacturer