William, Bill or Billy Abbott may refer to: William Abbot (1790–1843), English actor and theatrical impresario William Abbott (Australian politician) (1844–1924), Australian political figure; represented Electoral district of Upper Hunter 1889 to 1891 William Abbott (cricketer) (1856–1935), English cricketer William Abbott (footballer) (before 1876–after 1893), English outside-left William Abbott (Newfoundland politician) (1888–1974), Newfoundland merchant and politician William Alexander Abbott (1897–1974), birth name of American vaudeville and film actor Bud Abbott, of Abbott and Costello William Hawkins Abbott (1819–1901), American oil producer and trader William J. Abbott (born 1962), American businessman and CEO of Great American Media William L. Abbott (1861–1951), American mechanical engineer William Louis Abbott (1860–1936), American physician and philanthropist William Osler Abbott (1902–1943), American physician noted as co-developer of Miller-Abbott tube Bill Abbott Jr. (born 1954), Canadian Olympic sailor and boatbuilder Bill Abbott Sr., Canadian sailor and boatbuilder, notable in the soling class Billy Abbott, a character on the American daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless See also William Abbot (1790–1843), English stage actor William Abbot (martyr) (before 1576–1596), English Catholic martyr, executed along with William Knight William Abbot (politician) (fl. 1437), English politician William Wright Abbot, American archivist and historian William Abbotts (1736–1805), English landowner, co-founder of "Original Baths" Abbott (surname)