List of Famous people named Bill

Willem Edsger "Bill" van Dijk is a Dutch singer and musical performer.

Bill Laswell is an American electric bassist, record producer/remix artist. He has been one of the most prolific and restlessly creative forces in contemporary music. Two time Grammy award winner with multiple nominations, a sound conceptualist who has always been a step ahead of the curve, has put his inimitable stamp on over 3,000 recording projects and thousands of live performances with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, world music, jazz, dub, ambient and many other styles.

William Hunt Gross is an American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist. He co-founded Pacific Investment Management Co, the largest global fixed income investment company, and ran their $270 billion Total Return Fund (PTTRX), before leaving to join Janus Capital Group in September 2014.

Robert William Miller was a retired professional ice hockey player who played 95 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Montreal Maroons and Montreal Canadiens. His name is engraved on the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Maroons in 1935.

William Perry Clements Jr. was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991. His terms bookended the sole term served by Mark Wells White, a Democrat who defeated Clements in the 1982 election only to lose his campaign for re-election in 1986.

August William Ritter Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 41st Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the district attorney for Denver before his election in 2006.

Bill Pope, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer and filmmaker known for his collaborations with directors Sam Raimi, The Wachowskis and Edgar Wright, He has also photographed and directed numerous music videos for artists like Chris Isaak and Metallica, and eight episodes of the documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

William Joseph Baxley II, is an American Democratic politician and attorney from Dothan, Alabama.

William John Vukovich Sr. was an American automobile racing driver. He won the 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500 plus two more American Automobile Association National Championship races. Several drivers of his generation have referred to Vukovich as the greatest ever in American motorsport.

William Tulloch Paterson is a Scottish actor and commentator. He has appeared in many film and television projects including Comfort and Joy (1984), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), Wives and Daughters (1999), Sea of Souls (2004–2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Miss Potter (2006), and PBS's Little Dorrit (2008). He most recently appeared in series 2 of Sky One comedy series Brassic (2020) as Tom Tillerton.