William Davies

William, Will, Bill, or Billy Davies may refer to:

Arts and literature

William Davies (actor) (1751–1809), English actor
William Davies (died 1819), English publisher with Cadell & Davies
William Edmund Davies (1819–1879), bookmaker
W. H. Davies (William Henry Davies, 1871–1940), Welsh poet
William Davies (screenwriter) (fl. 1980s–2010s), British-born American screenwriter

William Davies (Georgia judge) (1775–1829), Georgia-based politician and lawyer
William Davies (Pembrokeshire MP) (1821–1895), British Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1880–1892
William Davies (New South Wales politician) (1824–1890)
William T. Davies (1831–1912), lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, United States, 1887–1891
Sir William Howell Davies (politician) (1851–1932), British Member of Parliament for Bristol South, 1906–1922
William Thomas Frederick Davies (1860–1947), South African surgeon, army officer and politician
William Rees-Davies (judge) (William Rees Morgan Davies, 1863–1939), British Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1892–1898
Rupert Davies (politician) (William Rupert Davies, 1879–1967), Canadian author, newspaper publisher and Senator
Billy Davies (politician) (1884–1956), Welsh-born Australian member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the Australian Parliament
Sir William Arthian Davies (1901–1979), British lawyer and judge
William Gwynne Davies (1916–1999), trade unionist and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
William H. Davies (1931–2017), justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia

William Davies (Virginia) (fl. 1770s), Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War
William Davies (fl. late 18th century), British bullet-mould maker, founder of arms manufacturer Webley & Scott
William W. Davies (USMC) (1900–1985), United States Marine Corps general

William Davies (priest) (died 1593), Welsh Roman Catholic priest and martyr
William W. Davies (1833–1906), leader of a schismatic Latter Day Saint group in Washington, United States
William David Davies (1897–1969), Welsh Presbyterian minister and theologian

William Davies (footballer, born 1854) (1854–1916), Oswestry F.C. and Wales international footballer
William Davies (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1929), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers
William Davies (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1966), Wrexham F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C. and Wales international footballer
Billy Davies (Welsh footballer) (1883–1960), Crystal Palace F.C., West Bromwich Albion F.C. and Wales international footballer
William Davies (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1954), footballer for Stoke
Willie Davies (footballer) (1900–1953), Swansea Town F.C., Cardiff City F.C., Notts County F.C.,Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Wales international footballer
Taffy Davies (William Davies, 1910–1995), Welsh footballer with Watford
Dai Davies (footballer, born 1948) (William David Davies, 1948–2021), Welsh goalkeeper
Billy Davies (born 1964), Scottish footballer and manager

William Davies (rugby) (1890–1967), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s
Will Davies (rugby) (fl. 1910s), rugby league footballer for Great Britain, Wales and Halifax
Will Davies (rugby union) (1906–1975), Wales international rugby union player
Billy Davies (Welsh rugby) (William H. J. Davies, fl. 1930s), rugby union and rugby league footballer
Willie Davies (rugby) (1916–2002), Welsh dual-code rugby footballer
Bill Davies (rugby league) (fl. 1940s), rugby league footballer for Wales, and Huddersfield
Tony Davies (William Anthony Davies, 1939–2008), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Billy Davies (rugby league, born 1948) (William Davies), English rugby league footballer

William Davies (sport shooter) (1881–1942), Canadian sport shooter who competed in Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's trap
Bill L. Davies (1883–1959), Australian rules footballer
Bill Davies (golfer) (1892–1967), English Ryder Cup golfer
Bill Davies (Canadian football) (1916–1990), Canadian football player
Bill Davies (footballer) (1930–2003), Australian footballer
William Davies (wrestler) (1931–2020), Australian Olympic wrestler
Willie Davies (tennis), British tennis player

William Davies (highwayman) (died 1689), known as the Golden Farmer and hanged in Surrey, England
William Henry Davies (entrepreneur) (1831–1921), Canadian pork packer
William Davies (master mariner) (1862–1936), sea captain and partner in Davies and Newman
William Llewelyn Davies (1887–1952), chief librarian of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
William J. Davies (fl. 1900–1927), Welsh trade union leader
William Davies (political writer) (born 1976), English writer, political and sociological theorist
William Davies (barber-surgeon), English barber-surgeon and traveller
Bill Davies (died 2016), English real estate developer, owner of Old Chicago Main Post Office

Will Davies, in the UK soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Billy Geraghty and Barny Clevely
Billy Davis, in the UK TV soap opera River City, played by Gray O'Brien