Namesakes
Australian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Billy Hughes 1915-1923 
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Billy Porter 2019 Pose
Fictional Characters from Books:
3 characters
Billy Bones 1883 Treasure Island
Billy Fisher 1959 Billy Liar
Billy Pilgrim 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 hero
Billy Elliot 2000 Billy Elliot
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
2 characters
Billy Bigelow 1945 Carousel
Billy Fisher 1974 Billy
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
6 characters
(character) Billy 1969 Which Way You Goin' Billy?
(character) Billy 1973 Wild Billy's Circus Story
(character) Billy 1974 Billy Don't Be a Hero
(character) Billy Davy 1997 Billy Davy's Daughter
(character) Billy Brown 2007 Billy Brown
(character) Billy Paul 2011 Billy Paul
Fictional Characters from Television:
2 characters
Billy Thomas 1997 Ally McBeal
Billy Chenowith 2001 Six Feet Under
Grammy Award Winners:
1 song of the year/record of the year/album of the year
(song of the year/record of the year/album of the year) Billy Joel 1979; 1980 Just the Way You Are; 52nd Street
Hall-of-Famers:
4 baseball, 4 ice hockey, 1 basketball, 1 football
(baseball) Billy Hamilton 1961
(ice hockey) Billy McGimsie 1962
(ice hockey) Billy Gilmour 1962
(ice hockey) Billy Burch 1974
(baseball) Billy Herman 1975
(basketball) Billy Cunningham 1986
(baseball) Billy Williams 1987
(ice hockey) Billy Smith 1993
(football) Billy Shaw 1999
(baseball) Billy Southworth 2008
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Billy Burch 1925 ice hockey
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
12 actors, 2 actor/comedians
Billy Barty 1924-2000
Billy Dee Williams 1937-
Billy Connolly 1942-
Billy Crystal 1948-
Billy Bob Thornton 1955-
Billy Campbell 1959-
Billy Warlock 1961-
Billy Zane 1966-
Billy Burke 1966-
Billy Crudup 1968-
Billy Boyd 1968-
Billy Porter 1969-
Billy Eichner 1978-
Billy Magnussen 1985-
Notable Athletes:
2 ice hockey, 1 baseball, 1 basketball, 1 rugby, 1 soccer
(ice hockey) Billy Burch 1900-1950
(baseball) Billy Williams 1938-
(soccer) Billy McNeill 1940-2019
(basketball) Billy Cunningham 1943-
(ice hockey) Billy Smith 1950-
(rugby) Billy Vunipola 1992-
Notable Evildoers:
1 criminal
Billy "the Kid" Bonney 1859-1881
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Billy Wilder 1906-2002
Notable Musicians:
7 musicians, 2 singers
Billy Swan 1942-
B. J. Thomas (a.k.a. Billy) 1942-2021
Billy Preston 1946-2006
Billy Joel 1949-
Billy Gibbons 1949-
Billy Idol 1955-
Billy Ray Cyrus 1961-
Billy Corgan 1967-
Bill Kaulitz (a.k.a. Billy) 1989-
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold, 1 bronze, 1 silver
(gold) Billy Evans 1956 basketball
(gold) Billy Mills 1964 10000 m
(bronze) Billy Koch 1996 baseball
(silver) Billy Bakker 2012 field hockey
Oscar Award Winners:
1 director
(director) Billy Wilder 1946; 1961 The Lost Weekend; The Apartment
Other Religious Leaders:
1 leader
Billy Graham Southern Baptist Convention
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
8 musicians
Billy Guy 1987 The Coasters
Billy "Bass" Nelson 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Billy Joel 1999
Billy Johnson 2000 The Moonglows
Billy Gibbons 2004 ZZ Top
Billy Powell 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Billy Davenport 2015 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Billy Henderson 2023 The Spinners