William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

William Young (composer) William Young (died 23 April 1662) was an English viol player and composer of the Baroque music, Baroque era, who worked at the court of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria in Innsbruck. The sonatas which he published in 1653 were some of the e ...

(died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist *

William Young (architect) file:William Young, Scottish architect (1843-1900).png, Young, William Young (early 1843 – 1 November 1900) was a Scottish architect, the designer of Glasgow City Chambers. Biography Early life Young was in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in early 18 ...

(1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers * William Young (playwright) (1847–1920), American playwright, writer and actor * William Young (artist) (1875–1944), Australian watercolor painter *

Billy Young (singer) William D. Young (May 25, 1941 – August 19, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter of the 1960s. He was discovered, produced, and promoted by Otis Redding. He is best known for his one major success, "The Sloopy", although he actively recorded ...

(1941–1999), American singer/songwriter *

William Allen Young William Allen Young (born January 24, 1954) is an American actor and director who has starred in over 100 television, stage, and film projects, including two Academy Award-nominated films, ''A Soldier's Story'' and ''District 9''. He is known ...

(born 1954), African American actor * William P. Young (born 1955), Canadian/American novelist *

Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest '' Pop Idol'', making him the first winner of the worldwide '' Ido ...

(born 1979), English actor and singer/songwriter *

Bill Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambe ...

(died 2014), American comedian

Business and industry

* W. J. Young (William John Young, 1827–1896), American industrialist, founder of the W.J. Young Company * William John Young (pastoralist) (1850–1931), Australian company chief executive and station manager *

Tom Young (trade unionist) William Thomas Young (27 April 1870 – 20 September 1953) was a New Zealand seaman and trade unionist. Biography Young was born in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand in 1870. He married Margaret Anne Craig in 1906. He stood in the as an indepen ...

(William Thomas Young, 1870–1953), New Zealand seaman and trade unionist * William T. Young (1918–2004), American businessman * William H. Young (labor leader) (born 1946), American labor leader, president of National Association of Letter Carriers

Military

* William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1751) (1751–1821), British Royal Navy officer * William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1761) (1761–1847), British Royal Navy officer * William Young (Medal of Honor) (1835–1878), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * William Hugh Young (1838–1901), Confederate States Army brigadier general * William Young (VC) (1876–1916), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross * William Ramsay Young (1894–1965), Australian soldier * William Young (veteran) (1900–2007), British military veteran, last surviving member of Royal Flying Corps

Politics and law

Australia

* William Young (Australian politician) (1852–1915), New South Wales politician * William Young (Tasmanian politician) (1912–2012), Australian politician * Bill Young (Tasmanian politician) (1917–2003), Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly * Bill Young (Western Australian politician) (1918–2012), Western Australian politician

New Zealand

* Bill Young (New Zealand politician) (1913–2009), New Zealand politician * William Young (New Zealand politician) (fl. 1950), New Zealand politician, member of the Legislative Council *

William Young (judge) Sir William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young (born 14 April 1952) is a New Zealand judge. He served on the Court of Appeal from 2004 to 2010, including as President from 2006. In 2010 he joined the Supreme Court of New Zealand. After retiring in 20 ...

(born 1952), Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

UK

Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, of North Dean Sir William Young, 1st Baronet ( – ) was a British colonial administrator and planter. He served as President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands, and was appointed the first non-military governor of Dominica in 1 ...

(1724–1788), British politician, colonial Governor of Dominica * Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet (1749–1815), British politician, colonial Governor of Tobago *

Sir William Young, 4th Baronet Sir William Laurence Young, 4th Baronet (29 September 1806 – 27 June 1842) was a Great Britain, British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Young was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament c ...

(1806–1842), British politician * William Tanner Young (fl. 1838–1845), British diplomat * Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, of Bailieborough Castle (died 1848), British baronet of County Cavan, Ireland * William Robert Young (died 1933), Irish linen merchant, politician and philanthropist * William Young (Scottish politician) (1863–1942), Scottish Member of Parliament for East Perthshire and Perth

US

* William Singleton Young (1790–1827), US Representative from Kentucky * William Young (Wisconsin politician) (1821–1890), American politician * William Henry Young (politician) (1845–?), American politician in Wisconsin *

William Albin Young William Albin Young (May 17, 1860 – March 12, 1928) was an American politician and businessman from Virginia. Young was twice elected to the United States House of Representatives, though his election was successfully contested each time by ...

(1860–1928), US Representative from Virginia *

Bill Young (Florida politician) Charles William Young (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. A Republican from Florida, Young served as chairman of the H ...

(1930–2013), United States Representative from Florida * William G. Young (born 1940), United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts * Bill Young (Nevada politician) (born 1956), American politician and sheriff of Clark County, Nevada

Elsewhere

* William Young (Nova Scotia politician) (1799–1887), Canadian politician, Premier of Nova Scotia * William Mackworth Young (1840–1924), member of the Indian Civil Service and Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab *

William Douglas Young Sir William Douglas Young (27 January 1859 – 7 March 1943) was a colonial administrator from British Columbia who was Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1915 to 1920. Early life William Young was born in the newly created Colony of Brit ...

(1859–1943), Governor of the Falkland Islands * William Alfred Young (1863–1911), President of the Council, and Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island

Science and medicine

William Henry Young William Henry Young FRS (London, 20 October 1863 – Lausanne, 7 July 1942) was an English mathematician. Young was educated at City of London School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He worked on measure theory, Fourier series, differential calcu ...

(1863–1942), English mathematician * William John Young (biochemist) (1878–1942), English biochemist * William Alexander Young (1889–1928), Scottish doctor and surgeon * William Gould Young (1902–1980), American physical organic chemist, winner of the Priestley Medal * William D. Young (doctor), Canadian doctor whose work was commemorated with the Dr. William D. Young Memorial fountain in Toronto * William R. Young (oceanographer) (born 1955), Australian-American oceanographer

Sports

American football

* Billy Young (American football) (1901–1971), American football player for the Green Bay Packers * Bill Young (American football lineman) (1914–1994), American NFL football player for the Washington Redskins * Bill Young (American football coach) (1946–2021), American college football defensive coordinator

Association football (soccer)

* William Young (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1917), English footballer * William Young (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1965), English footballer * Billy Young (footballer) (1938–2025), Irish soccer player and manager * Bill Young (soccer) (born 1950), Canadian international soccer player

Cricket

* William Young (English cricketer) (1861–1933), English cricketer * William Young (Scottish cricketer) (1896–1966), Scottish cricketer * Billy Young (cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer * Will Young (cricketer) (born 1992), New Zealand cricketer

Australian rules football

* Bill Young (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1959), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda * Bill Young (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2020), Australian rules footballer * Will Young (Australian footballer) (born 1990), Australian rules footballer

Other sports

* William J. Young (coach) (1881–1957), American college basketball and football coach * William Pennington Young (1896–1968), American Negro league baseball player * Bill Young (cycling) (1905–1994), Australian cycling administrator * W. B. Young (1916–2013), Scottish rugby union player *

Bill Young (ice hockey) Bill Young (born July 5, 1947 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 142 games in the World Hockey Association. He played with the Los Angeles Sharks, Cleveland Crusaders, and Minnesota Fighting Saint ...

(born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player * Bill Young (rugby union) (born 1974), Australian rugby union footballer

Others

William Weston Young William Weston Young (1776–1847) was a British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, botanist, wreck-raiser, surveyor, potter, and inventor of the firebrick. Biography William Weston Young was born on 20 April 1776 at Lewin's Mead, Bristol, England ...

(1776–1847), British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, and inventor * William C. Young, (1842–1896), American minister and educator, eighth president of Centre College * William Hooper Young (1871–?), convicted American murderer * William Gordon Young (1904–1974), Australian physical culturist and public servant * Bill Young (CIA officer) (1934–2011), American CIA officer largely responsible for the Laotian Civil War *

Leslie Isben Rogge Leslie Isben Rogge (born March 8, 1940) is an American bank robber who was the first criminal on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives to be apprehended due to the internet. Biography Rogge was born in Seattle, Washington on March 8, 1940. Ro ...

(a.k.a. Bill Young, born 1940), American bank robber * William R. Young (born 1946), Canadian civil servant