William, Bill, or Billy Holmes may refer to:

Sports

  • Bill Holmes (ice hockey) (William Orser Holmes, 1899–1961), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Bill Holmes (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2020), English footballer
  • Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1922), English footballer with Manchester City who became manager of Clapton Orient
  • Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1951) (1951–1988), English footballer with Hereford United, Wimbledon and other clubs
  • Billy Holmes (Australian footballer) (1890–1942), Australian footballer for Collingwood and Fitzroy
  • William Holmes (English cricketer) (1885–1951), English cricketer
  • William Holmes (New Zealand cricketer) (1849-1885), New Zealand cricketer
  • William Holmes (cyclist) (born 1936), British Olympic cyclist
  • William Holmes (footballer) (1889–1933), footballer who played for Stoke
  • Wil Holmes (born 2006), Australian cyclist

Politicians

  • Bill Holmes (trade unionist) (1873–1961), British Labour Party politician and trade unionist
  • William Holmes (politician) (1779–1851), British Tory politician

Military

  • William Holmes (Australian general) (1862–1917), Australian Major General of World War I
  • Sir William Holmes (British Army officer, born 1892) (1892–1969), British Lieutenant General of World War II
  • William Edgar Holmes (1895–1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • William Holmes (British Army medical officer) (1762–1834), Surgeon-General to the British Forces in Canada
  • William Norman Holmes (1896–?), World War I flying ace
  • William T. Holmes (1846–1916), Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient

Others

  • William Holmes (academic) (1689–1768), vice-chancellor of Oxford University 1732–1735
  • William Holmes (actor), American actor
  • William Holmes, anarchist writer and husband of Lizzie Holmes
  • William Holmes (film editor) (1904–1978), American film editor
  • William Hardy Holmes (1873–1951), Anglican bishop
  • William Henry Holmes (1846–1933), American anthropologist
  • William Henry Holmes (musician) (1812–1885), English musician
  • William E. Holmes (1856–1931), Baptist minister and educator
  • William Anthony Holmes (1782–1843), Irish clergyman
  • William Trumbull Holmes, American minister and college president

See also

  • William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (1809–1891), British peer and Conservative MP
  • Wil Holmes (born 2006), Australian cyclist