List of Famous people named Bill

Name Bill is among the most common names in USA, Canada. Often it's a shorthand for William. Similar names: William, Billy, Bela, Bella, Billie, Belle, Bille, Bel, Bell, Bil, Bello, Byllee. Here are some famous Bills:

Bill Ottman

First Name Bill
Last Name Ottman
Born on November 2, 1985 (age 40)

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Bill Tarmey

First Name Bill
Last Name Tarmey
Born on April 4, 1941
Died on November 9, 2012 (aged 71)

Bill Tarmey was an English actor, singer and author, best known for playing Jack Duckworth in the soap opera Coronation Street. First appearing in the role in November 1979, he played it continually from 1981 to 2010.

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Bill Anders

First Name Bill
Last Name Anders
Born on October 17, 1933 (age 92)

William Alison Anders is a retired United States Air Force major general, former electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. In December 1968, as a crew member of Apollo 8, he was one of the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. Along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, Anders circled the Moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to Earth. During one of the mission's lunar orbits he photographed the iconic image Earthrise.

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Bill Engvall

First Name Bill
Last Name Engvall
Born on July 27, 1957 (age 68)

William Ray Engvall Jr. is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as a stand-up comic, his signature "Here's Your Sign" bit, and as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group.

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Bill Leonard

First Name Bill
Last Name Leonard
Born on April 9, 1916
Died on October 23, 1994 (aged 78)

William Augustus Leonard was an American journalist and television executive who served as President of CBS News from 1979 to 1982.

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Bill Bidwill

First Name Bill
Last Name Bidwill
Born on July 31, 1931
Died on October 2, 2019 (aged 88)

William Vogel Bidwill was an American businessman and the owner of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He had co-owned the team from 1962 for ten seasons with his brother Charles Jr. and had been sole owner from 1972 until his death in 2019.

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Bill Ayers

First Name Bill
Last Name Ayers
Born on December 26, 1944 (age 81)

William Charles Ayers is an American elementary education theorist. During the 1960s, Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground that opposed US involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960s radical activism and his later work in education reform, curriculum and instruction.

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Bill Nicholson

First Name Bill
Last Name Nicholson
Born on January 26, 1919
Died on October 23, 2004 (aged 85)

William Edward Nicholson was an English football player, coach, manager and scout who had a 36-year association with Tottenham Hotspur. He is considered one of the most important figures in the club's history, winning eight major trophies in his 16-year managerial spell, and most notably guiding the team to their Double-winning season of 1960–61.

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Bill Haslam

William Edward Haslam
First Name Bill
Last Name Haslam
Born on August 23, 1958 (age 67)
Net Worth $1.9B

William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician, who served as the 49th Governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and was previously the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee from 2004 to 2011.

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Bill Freehan

First Name Bill
Last Name Freehan
Born on November 29, 1941
Died on August 19, 2021 (aged 79)

William Ashley Freehan was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire 15-year Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers. The premier catcher in the American League for several years from the 1960s into the early 1970s, he was named an All-Star in each of the 11 seasons in which he caught at least 75 games, and was the MVP runner-up for the champion Tigers in the 1968 World Series, handling a pitching staff that included World Series MVP Mickey Lolich and regular season MVP Denny McLain, who went on to become the first 30-game winner in the majors since 1934.

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