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Bill Clinton pardon controversy
The Bill Clinton pardon controversy covers the 140 last-day pardons of January 20, 2001, notably fugitive financier Marc Rich, the bypassed Justice Department review, congressional findings, and the closed pay-to-play investigation.
Bill Clinton sexual assault and misconduct allegations
Bill Clinton sexual assault and misconduct allegations: Paula Jones (1991, $850,000 settlement), Kathleen Willey (1993 Oval Office), Juanita Broaddrick (1978 rape claim), denied by Clinton, feeding his 1998 impeachment.
Bill Cobbs
Bill Cobbs (Wilbert Francisco Cobbs, 1934–2024), American character actor with nearly 200 film and TV credits, known for The Bodyguard, Night at the Museum, Air Bud, Demolition Man, and I'll Fly Away; won a 2020 Daytime Emmy for Dino Dana.
Bill Cockburn
Bill Cockburn (William Hastings Cockburn, 1902-1975), Canadian ice hockey goaltender; captain of the Winnipeg Hockey Club, 1931 Allan Cup winner and 1932 Lake Placid Olympic gold medallist, the only goaltender to captain Team Canada at the Olympics.
Bill Condon
Bill Condon (William Condon), American film director and screenwriter born 1955 in New York City; Oscar winner for Gods and Monsters (1998), director of Chicago's screenplay, Dreamgirls, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, and Beauty and the Beast.
Bill Conerly
Bill Conerly is an American Republican politician serving his first term in the Florida House of Representatives, representing District 72, which includes Lakewood Ranch in Manatee County.
Bill Conrad
Bill Conrad, or William Conrad III, is an American Democratic politician representing New York's 140th Assembly district since 2021, after serving on the Tonawanda Town Board.
Bill Conti
Bill Conti (William Conti, born 1942, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American film and television composer and conductor, Oscar winner for The Right Stuff, composer of Rocky's "Gonna Fly Now" and themes for Dynasty and Falcon Crest.
Bill Cooper
Bill Cooper (William Hunting Cooper, 1910-1968), American sailor and UCLA-trained engineer with Douglas Aircraft; won 8 metres class gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics aboard Angelita, crewing for his uncle Owen Churchill.
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby (born July 12, 1937, Philadelphia) is an American comedian and actor, star of I Spy and The Cosby Show, nine-time Grammy winner, whose 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned in 2021 and who was ordered in 2026 to pay $59.25 million in a civil case.
Bill Cosby sexual assault cases
Bill Cosby sexual assault cases: the civil suits and Pennsylvania criminal prosecution of comedian Bill Cosby over drugging-and-assault allegations by more than 60 women; 2018 conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent assault was vacated in 2021; Constand settled for $3.38 million, Huth won $500,000.
Bill Cotton
Sir Bill Cotton (1928–2008), also Bill Cotton Jr, English BBC television producer and executive; Head of Light Entertainment 1970–77 and Managing Director of Television; behind Dad's Army, The Two Ronnies, Morecambe and Wise, Top of the Pops.
Bill Cowher
Bill Cowher (William Laird Cowher, born 1957) is a former NFL head coach who led the Pittsburgh Steelers 1992-2006, going 149-90-1, winning Super Bowl XL, and entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020; now a CBS analyst.
Bill Cowsert
Bill Cowsert, born in 1958, is an American Republican politician who has represented Georgia's 46th Senate district since 2006 and chairs the Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee.
Bill Cox
Bill Cox is an American politician who has served as Mayor of McKinney, Texas, since his election in June 2025, after serving on the city council.
Bill Craig
Bill Craig (William Norval Craig, 1945–2017), American breaststroke swimmer and USC Trojan; won 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold in the 4×100 m medley relay with the first-ever sub-four-minute swim (3:58.4 world record) and 1963 Pan American gold.
Bill Cullen
Bill Cullen (William Lawrence Cullen, 1920-1990), Pittsburgh-born American radio and TV personality nicknamed the Dean of Game Show Hosts; hosted the original Price Is Right (1956-1965), 15 years on I've Got a Secret, over 20 game shows despite childhood polio.
Bill Cunningham
Bill Cunningham was an American fashion photographer for The New York Times, widely described as a founder of street style photography for documenting what people actually wore on New York's streets.
Bill D'Elia
Bill D'Elia, American television director and executive producer of Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, Harry's Law, and How to Get Away with Murder; 8 Emmy nominations, co-creator of Judging Amy; not the mafia figure William 'Big Billy' D'Elia.
Bill Daily
Bill Daily (William Edward Daily Jr., 1927-2018), American comic actor born in Des Moines, Iowa; played Major Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show, later Dr. Larry Dykstra on ALF.
Bill Dally
Bill Dally is a computer scientist and electrical engineer who has been Chief Scientist at NVIDIA since 2009, known for wormhole routing and stream processing that led to GPU computing.
Bill Darden
Bill Darden was an American restaurateur from Waycross, Georgia who opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland, Florida in 1968; Darden Restaurants was named in his honor in 1995.
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio, born Warren Wilhelm Jr. in 1961, Democratic 109th mayor of New York City 2014–2021, known for Pre-K for All, 200,000+ affordable homes financed, the $15 minimum wage, a brief 2020 presidential run, and a $330,000 campaign-finance settlement.
Bill Demong
Bill Demong (born 1980), American Nordic combined skier, five-time Olympian 1998-2014; won 2010 Vancouver large hill gold, the first U.S. Olympic Nordic skiing gold, plus 2009 World Championship gold and nine World Cup wins.
Bill DeMora
Bill DeMora is an American politician and Democratic member of the Ohio Senate representing the 25th district, covering Columbus communities including Clintonville and Upper Arlington.
Bill DeMott
Bill DeMott is a retired American professional wrestler and trainer known in WCW and WWE as Hugh Morrus and General Rection, later head coach of the WWE Performance Center.
Bill Denz
Bill Denz (Mathew William Denz, 1951–1983), New Zealand mountaineer and guide from Dunedin; pioneer of solo and winter face climbing in the Southern Alps and Darrans; killed by avalanche on Makalu's West Pillar, 3 October 1983.
Bill DeSteph
Bill DeSteph is an American Republican politician and retired Navy officer who represents Virginia's 20th Senate district, after serving in the House of Delegates from 2014 to 2016.
Bill Devenish
Bill (William) Devenish is an Australian swimmer who won 100m freestyle bronze and two relay golds, including a 4x200m world record, at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games, then competed in masters swimming for NSW clubs.
Bill DiSomma
Bill DiSomma, born in 1964, is an American proprietary trader who co-founded Jump Trading, the secretive Chicago high-frequency trading firm, and is named in litigation over the 2022 TerraUSD collapse.