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 Yoast

First Name Bill
Last Name Yoast
Born on November 16, 1924
Died on May 23, 2019 (aged 94)
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Bill Woodrow

First Name Bill
Last Name Woodrow
Born on November 1, 1948 (age 77)

Bill Woodrow is a British sculptor.

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Bill Toomey

First Name Bill
Last Name Toomey
Born on January 10, 1939 (age 87)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

William Anthony Toomey is a former American track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.

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Bill Finger

First Name Bill
Last Name Finger
Born on February 8, 1914
Died on January 18, 1974 (aged 59)

Milton Finger, known professionally and personally as Bill Finger, was an American comic strip and comic book writer best known as the creator, with Bob Kane, of the DC Comics character Batman, and the co-architect of the series' development, who mostly worked as his ghostwriter. Although Finger did not receive contemporaneous credit for his hand in the development of Batman, Kane acknowledged Finger's contributions years after Finger's death.

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Bill Foulkes

First Name Bill
Last Name Foulkes
Born on January 5, 1932
Died on November 25, 2013 (aged 81)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

William Anthony Foulkes was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester United, he played 688 games which places him at number 4 on the all-time list of appearances behind Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton and Paul Scholes. He made 3 appearances as a substitute. He also started in every single United game in the 1957–58, 1959–60 and 1964–65 seasons. He scored a total of 9 goals in his 18 seasons at United and helped the club win four First Division titles, one FA Cup and one European Cup. He was capped only once for England in 1955.

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Bill Edwards

First Name Bill
Last Name Edwards
Born on August 28, 1971 (age 54)
Height 203 cm | 6'8

William Allen Edwards is an American retired professional basketball player. He was a 2.03 m (6'8") tall small forward-power forward. His nickname was "Dollar Bill Edwards".

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Bill Stafford

First Name Bill
Last Name Stafford
Born on August 13, 1939
Died on September 19, 2001 (aged 62)

William Charles Stafford was a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1960 to 1967. Stafford was a successful pitcher for the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1962, winning a combined 28 games in two seasons. He appeared in the World Series 3 times for the Yankees from 1960 to 1962, and was the winning pitcher in Game 3 of the 1962 World Series versus the San Francisco Giants. In September 2001, Stafford died in his home at the age of 63 of a heart attack.

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Bill Raisch

First Name Bill
Last Name Raisch
Born on April 5, 1905
Died on July 31, 1984 (aged 79)

Carl William Raisch, was an American dancer, actor, stuntman, and acting coach. He was best known as the One-Armed Man pursued by Richard Kimble on the 1963–1967 TV series The Fugitive.

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Bill Everett

First Name Bill
Last Name Everett
Born on May 18, 1917
Died on February 27, 1973 (aged 55)

William Blake Everett was an American comic book writer-artist best known for creating Namor the Sub-Mariner as well as co-creating Zombie and Daredevil with writer Stan Lee for Marvel Comics. He was allegedly a descendant of the childless poet William Blake and of Richard Everett, founder of Dedham, Massachusetts.

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Bill Catching

First Name Bill
Last Name Catching
Born on June 16, 1929
Died on August 24, 2007 (aged 78)
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