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 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) (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 See also William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (1809–1891), British peer and Conservative MP