William or Bill Sykes may refer to: Bill Sykes (born 1948), Member for Benalla in the Victorian Parliament Bill Sykes (priest) (1939–2015), English chaplain and author William Sykes (convict) (1827–1891), convict transported to Western Australia William Sykes (priest) (1861–1930), Anglican clergyman William Sykes (businessman) (1852–1910), English manufacturer of sporting goods William Henry Sykes (1790–1872), Indian Army officer William Sykes (cricketer) (1823–1915), English clergyman and cricketer William Robert Sykes (1840–1917), British engineer from London William Stanley Sykes (1894–1961), British anaesthetist and crime writer Charles Henry Sykes (1882–1942), known as Bill, American cartoonist See also Bill Sikes, a fictional character in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, sometimes misspelled Bill Sykes