William or Bill Hoskins may refer to: William Hoskins (MP) for Westbury in 1555 William Lawrence Hoskins (1828–1901), American politician William Hoskins (actor) (1816–1887), career in England, Australia and New Zealand William Hoskins (inventor) (1862–1934), American co-inventor of nichrome and modern billiard chalk W. G. Hoskins (William George Hoskins, 1908–1992), English local historian, academic and author Bill Hoskins (baseball) (1914–1975), American Negro league baseball player Will Hoskins (born 1986), English association football striker See also William Hosking, writer and architect