William or Bill Hughes may refer to: Politics Billy Hughes (1862–1952), Prime Minister of Australia during WWI William Hughes (Wisconsin politician) (1841–1899), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly William Hughes (U.S. senator) (1872–1918), U.S. Representative and Senator from New Jersey William Hughes (Brooklyn), Assemblyman in the 117th New York State Legislature (1894) William Hughes, Baron Hughes (1911–1999), Scottish Labour party politician William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben (1767–1852), British industrialist, politician and benefactor William Bulkeley Hughes (1797–1882), Welsh politician William Clark Hughes (1868–1930), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives William Edgar Hughes (1840–1918), member of the Texas House of Representatives William H. Hughes (1864–1903), American businessman and politician from New York William J. Hughes (1932–2019), U.S. Representative from New Jersey and ambassador William M. Hughes, member of the Los Angeles City Council, California Religion William Hughes (bishop of St Asaph) (died 1600), Welsh Anglican bishop William Hughes (Methodist bishop) (1877–1940), American bishop of the Central jurisdiction William Hughes (bishop of Covington) (1921–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop Sports Bill Hughes (American football) (1915–1978), American football player Bill Hughes (cricketer) (1859–1934), New Zealand cricketer Bill Hughes (first baseman) (1860–1928), baseball player Bill Hughes (pitcher) (1896–1963), American baseball player in 1921 Bill Hughes (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey goaltender William L. Hughes (1895–?), American college football player and coach William Hughes (footballer, born 1865) (1865–?), English footballer for Liverpool William Hughes (1910s footballer) (1889–1955), English footballer for Halifax Town and Bradford City William Hughes (born 1998) (1998–2018), Welsh boxer and child actor Willie Hughes (footballer) (1909–1996), Scottish footballer for Celtic and Clyde Other Bill Hughes (musician) (1930–2018), American jazz musician Bill Hughes (police officer) (born 1950), Director General of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency William Hughes (As the World Turns), a fictional character on the American soap opera As the World Turns William Hughes (geographer) (1818–1876), British mapmaker, professor of geography and author William Hughes (professor), British professor of Gothic studies, and author/editor of several books on Bram Stoker and the Gothic William Hughes (writer) (1803–1861), British writer on law and angling W. A. Hughes (William Alexander Hughes, 1816–1892), town clerk of Adelaide, South Australia William C. Hughes, lawyer in Oklahoma Willie Hughes (16th century), possible dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets See also Billy Hughes (disambiguation) Billie Hughes (1948–1998), American songwriter, musician, and record producer Hughes (surname)