William, Bill or Billy Woods may refer to: Politicians William Woods (congressman) (1790–1837), American lawyer from New York, served 1823–1825 William Burnham Woods (1824–1887), American jurist and Civil War general from Ohio William Cleaver Woods (1852–1943), Australian pioneering physician William Carlton Woods (1891–1965), Canadian farmer from Saskatchewan William Woods (Irish politician) (before 1935—1966), independent member of Seanad Éireann Sportsmen Bill Woods (Australian footballer) (1890–1972), player with Geelong in VFL Willie Woods (1898–1927), American baseball outfielder in 1920s Negro leagues Billy Woods (New Zealand footballer), international level player in 1947 Billy Woods (1926–1980), English footballer who played in 1949–50 Rochdale A.F.C. season Billy Woods (Irish footballer) (born 1973), winger, later coach with Cork City William Woods (baseball) (born 1998), American pitcher for Mets Others William Woods (officer of arms) (1785–1842), British Clarenceux King of Arms in 1831, promoted to Garter in 1838 William Allen Woods (1837–1901), American federal judge William Maitland Woods (1864–1927), English Anglican minister and military chaplain in Australia William Aaron Woods (born 1942), American researcher in natural language processing and semantics William E. Woods (1949–2008), American gay rights activist in Hawaii Bill Woods (born 1962), Australian television broadcaster Billy Woods, American hip-hop artist, active since 1990s See also William Woods Holden (1818–1892), governor of North Carolina, 1865 and 1868–1871 William Woods University, American university in Fulton, Missouri, established 1870 William Wood (disambiguation)