Bill


Gender:
Origin: English, German
5237 famous people named Bill found on Wikipedia.
160322 male, 716 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 2664-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 57-th in year 1931
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Terrence or Theodore. A male given name, form of William. A female given name, form of Theresa.

William is a popular given name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." The name's shortened familiar version in English is Bill, Billy, Will, Willy, or Willie. A common Irish form is Liam. Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Willamette, Wilma and Wilhelmina.

"to stroke beaks," as doves do, hence, of lovers, "caress fondly," 1590s, from bill (n.2)). Paired with coo since at least 1764; Century Dictionary [1902] defines bill and coo (by 1768) as "to kiss and caress and talk nonsense, as lovers." Related: Billed; billing.

Nickname for William: resolute protector. Combine of will, desire and helmet protection.

Famous People: 5237 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Bill Clinton 1946 42nd President of the United States
2 Bill Gates 1955 American business magnate and philanthropist
3 Bill Paxton 1955 American actor, director and film producer
4 Bill Murray 1950 American actor and comedian
5 Bill Goldberg 1966 American Professional wrestler, film actor, American football player, and Mixed Martial Arts commentator
6 Bill Cosby 1937 American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist
7 Bill Nye 1955 American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and former mechanical engineer
8 Bill Hader 1978 American comedian and actor
9 Bill Belichick 1952 American football coach
10 Bill Maher 1956 American stand-up comedian
11 Bill O'Reilly 1949 Political commentator from the United States
12 Bill Skarsgård 1990 Swedish actor
13 Bill Nighy 1949 English actor and comedian
14 Bill Russell 1934 American professional basketball player and coach
15 Bill Burr 1968 American actor and comedian
16 Bill Hudson 1949 American musician and actor
17 Bill Hicks 1961 American comedian
18 Bill Pullman 1953 American actor
19 Bill de Blasio 1961 American politician and mayor of New York City
20 Bill Walton 1952 National Basketball Association player, Broadcaster
21 Bill Bixby 1934 Actor, film director, comedian
22 Bill Withers 1938 American singer-songwriter and musician
23 Bill Wyman 1936 British rock musician, former member of The Rolling Stones
24 Bill Bryson 1951 American author
25 Buffalo Bill 1949 Fictional character from The Silence of the Lambs
26 Bill Irwin 1950 American actor, clown, and comedian
27 Bill Parcells 1941 American football coach
28 Bill Millin 1922 Canadian musician
29 Bill Nunn 1953 American actor
30 Bill Werbeniuk 1947 Snooker player
31 Bill Simmons 1969 Sports columnist, author, and podcaster
32 Bill Cowher 1957 Former American football coach and player
33 Bill Evans 1929 American jazz pianist
34 Bill Ackman 1966 American hedge fund manager and investor
35 Bill Mumy 1954 American actor
36 Bill Bailey 1964 English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
37 Bill Rancic 1971 American businessman
38 Bill Ayers 1944 Professor and activist
39 Bill Bowerman 1911 American runner, track and field coach, and businessman
40 Bill Watterson 1958 American comic artist
41 Bill O'Brien 1969 American football player and coach
42 Bill Koch 1940 American businessman and sailor
43 Beta Ray Bill
44 Bill Self 1962 American basketball player and coach
45 Bill Laimbeer 1957 American basketball player
46 Bill Medley 1940 American singer-songwriter
47 Bill Duke 1943 American actor and director
48 Bill Shorten 1967 Australian politician
49 Bill Fagerbakke 1957 American actor
50 Bill Romanowski 1966 American football player
51 Bill Condon 1955 American film director
52 Bill Mockridge 1947 Canadian actor
53 Bill Bradley 1943 American politician
54 Bill Hemmer 1964 Television-news anchor
55 Bill Haley 1925 Rock and roll music pioneer
56 Bill Buckner 1949 American baseball player
57 Bill Engvall 1957 American comedian and actor
58 Bill Snyder 1939 American college football coach
59 Bill Richardson 1947 Politician and governor from the United States
60 Bill Camp American actor
61 Bill W. 1895 Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
62 Bill Robinson 1878 American dancer and actor
63 Bill Cullen 1920 American game show host
64 Bill English 1961 New Zealand politician
65 Bill Walsh 1931 American football coach
66 Bill Finger 1914 American comic strip and comic book writer
67 Bill Shankly 1913 Scottish footballer and manager
68 Bushwick Bill 1966 American rapper
69 Bill Kaulitz 1989 German singer
70 Bill DeMott 1966 American professional wrestler
71 Bill Daily 1927 Actor
72 Bill Oddie 1941 Actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
73 Bill Owen 1914 British actor
74 Bill Cobbs 1934 American actor
75 Bill McCartney 1940 American football player, coach
76 Bill Moseley 1951 American actor
77 Bill Moyers 1934 American journalist
78 Bill Bellamy 1965 Comedian and actor
79 Bill Elliott 1955 American racecar driver and team owner
80 Bill Turnbull 1956 BBC Breakfast Presenter
81 Bill Maynard 1928 Comedian and actor
82 Bill Graham 1931 American music impresario & promoter
83 Bill Bruford 1949 English drummer
84 Bill Foster Character from Marvel Comic
85 Bill Paterson 1945 Actor
86 Bill Kazmaier 1953 American professional wrestler
87 Bill Walker 1951 American attorney and politician
88 Bill James 1949 American baseball writer and statistician
89 Bill Lawrence 1968 American screenwriter, producer, and director
90 Bill Berry 1958 Drummer for R.E.M.
91 Bill Gaither 1936 American musician
92 Bill Nicholson 1919 English footballer and manager
93 Bill Williams 1915 Actor
94 Bill Kurtis 1940 Television producer
95 Bill Pertwee 1926 English comedy actor
96 Bill Anderson 1937 American country music singer and songwriter
97 Bill Perkins
98 Bill Odenkirk 1965 Comedy writer
99 Bill Tanner Fictional character in the James Bond film and novel series
100 Bill Haslam 1958 Governor of Tennessee
101 Bill Monroe 1911 American musician
102 Bill Gross 1944 American finance and investment writer
103 Bill McKinney 1931 Actor
104 Bill Kreutzmann 1946 American musician
105 Bill Frist 1952 Physician, businessman, and politician
106 Bill Farmer 1952 American actor and comedian (born 1952)
107 Bill Macy 1922 American actor
108 Bill Kenwright 1945 British businessman
109 Bill Browder 1964 American businessman
110 Bill Cassidy 1957 American politician
111 Bill Conti 1942 American composer
112 Bill Joy 1954 American computer scientist
113 Pecos Bill
114 Bill Milner 1995 British actor
115 Bill Polian 1942 American football executive
116 Bill Sikes Fictional character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
117 Bill Morneau 1962
118 Bill Whittle 1959 Author, director, screenwriter, editor
119 Bill Hayes 1925 American actor and singer
120 Bill Cartwright 1957 American basketball player and coach
121 Bill Lancaster 1947 American screenwriter
122 Bill Prady 1960 American television writer and producer
123 Bill Geist 1945 Journalist
124 Bill Barilko 1927 Canadian ice hockey defenceman
125 Bill Melendez 1916 Mexican-American animator, film director, film producer
126 Bill Bonner 1948 American writer
127 Bill Travers 1922 British activist
128 Bill Frisell 1951 American musician
129 Bill Gothard 1934 American christian leader
130 Bill Tilden 1893 American tennis player
131 J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr. 1932 American businessman
132 Bill Smitrovich 1947 American actor
133 Bill Champlin 1947 American musician
134 Ill Bill 1972 American rapper
135 Bill McDermott 1961 Businessman
136 Bill Mazeroski 1936 American baseball player and coach
137 Bill Bidwill 1931 American sports franchise owner
138 Leo Bill 1980 British actor
139 Bill Raftery 1943 American basketball player-coach
140 Bill Watts 1939 American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter
141 Bill McKibben 1960 American environmentalist and writer
142 Bill Tilghman 1854 Law enforcement officer
143 Bill Drummond 1953 Scottish musician, music industry figure, writer and artist
144 Bill Callahan 1956 American football coach from the United States
145 Bill Hunter 1940 Australian actor
146 Bill Kelliher 1971 American musician
147 Bill Musgrave 1967 American football player
148 Bill Haas 1982 Professional golfer
149 Bill Sharman 1926 American professional basketball player and coach
150 Bill Laswell 1955 American musician
151 Bill Veeck 1914 United States baseball executive
152 Bill Beaumont 1952 RFU chairman
153 Bill Lear 1902 American businessman and inventor
154 Bill Doolin 1858 American bandit in the Wild Bunch gang
155 Bill Ward 1967 English actor
156 Bill Thompson 1913 American voice actor, born 1913
157 Bill D'Elia Screenwriter, producer and director from United States of America
158 Bill Danoff 1946 American singer-songwriter
159 Bill Dickey 1907 American baseball player and coach
160 Bill Hybels 1951 American writer
161 Bill Stevenson 1963 American musician
162 Bill Leak 1956 Australian cartoonist
163 Bill Black 1926 American musician
164 Mr. Bill Fictional character
165 Bill Fernandez American computer designer
166 William Dudley Haywood 1869 Labor organizer
167 Bill Clements 1917 American businessman, politician and former Governor of Texas
168 Bill Weir 1967 American television journalist
169 Bill Hamid 1990 American soccer player
170 Bill Curry 1942 American college football player, professional football player, college football coach
171 Bill Sage 1962 American actor
172 Bill Cunningham 1947 American broadcaster
173 Bill Rieflin 1960 Drummer
174 Bill Dauterive
175 Bill Johnson 1951 Senior Pastor of Bethel Church in Redding, California together with Brenda (Beni) Johnson
176 Bill Dundee 1943 American professional wrestler
177 Bill Ryder-Jones 1983 English musician
178 Bill Nelson 1948 English artist and musician
179 Bill Wallace 1945 American martial artist
180 William Anthony Donohue 1947 President of the Catholic League
181 Bill Maris Managing partner at Google Ventures
182 Bill Quinn 1912 American actor
183 Bill Treacher 1930 British actor
184 Bill Mauldin 1921 American editorial cartoonist
185 Bill Shoemaker 1931 American jockey
186 Bill Mollison 1928 Australian permaculturist
187 Bill Hickman 1921 Film stuntman
188 Bill Erwin 1914 Character actor
189 Bill Payne 1949 American musician
190 Bill Tuiloma 1995 New Zealand footballer
191 Bill Dance 1940 American fisherman
192 Bill Wennington 1963 Canadian basketball player
193 Bill Viola 1951 American video and installation artist
194 Bill Pickett 1870 American rodeo performer
195 Bill Sienkiewicz 1958 Writer
196 Tony Bill 1940 American actor, producer and director
197 Bill Masterton 1938 Canadian ice hockey player
198 Bill Pearl 1930 American bodybuilder
199 Bill Peduto 1964 American politician
200 Bill Leonard 1916 American journalist and television executive