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Billy Barty
Billy Barty (William John Bertanzetti, 1924–2000) was an American actor with cartilage-hair hypoplasia dwarfism, 3'9" tall, known for Willow, The Day of the Locust, and Foul Play, and founder of Little People of America (1957) and the Billy Barty Foundation (1975).
Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate is a 1989 E. L. Doctorow novel (Random House) about a fifteen-year-old Bronx boy who becomes Dutch Schultz's apprentice in 1935, ending in Schultz's Newark murder. Adapted into a panned 1991 Robert Benton film with Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman.
Billy Bean
Billy Bean (1964–2024), MLB outfielder 1987–1995 with Tigers, Dodgers, Padres (.226, 5 HR), came out publicly in 1999, wrote Going the Other Way, and served as MLB's first Ambassador for Inclusion from 2014 until his death.
Billy Beane
Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics general manager from 1997 and later Senior Adviser, pioneered the sabermetric 'Moneyball' approach, winning seven AL West titles on low payrolls.
Billy Beasley
Billy Beasley is an American Democratic politician and pharmacist who has represented Alabama's 28th Senate district since 2010, sponsoring the Community Pharmacy Relief Act and securing funding for Tuskegee University.
Billy Billingham
Mark 'Billy' Billingham MBE QCB is a retired SAS sergeant major (Parachute Regiment 1983–1991, SAS from 1991 or 1992) and Chief Instructor of Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins, former bodyguard, and author.
Billy Bishop
Billy Bishop, born William Avery Bishop, was a Canadian First World War flying ace credited with 72 air victories and awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917.
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, also known as the Toronto Island Airport, is a small commercial airport on the Toronto Islands across from downtown Toronto, opened in 1939.
Billy Blanks
Billy Blanks (born 1955, Erie, Pennsylvania), American karate champion and actor, creator of the Tae Bo workout, also called Tae-Bo, whose 1998 infomercials sold 1.5 million videos and about $75 million in six months.
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (born 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. Won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sling Blade (1996); later known for Fargo, Goliath, Landman, and the Boxmasters.
Billy Bob's Texas
Billy Bob's Texas, the "World's Largest Honky Tonk" in Fort Worth's Stockyards, opened April 1, 1981, founded by Billy Bob Barnett and Spencer Taylor in a 1910 former cattle barn, with bull riding, 100,000 square feet, and a 6,000 capacity.
Billy Bob's Wonderland
Billy Bob's Wonderland, family entertainment center in Barboursville, West Virginia; opened 1986 as ShowBiz Pizza Place, independent since 1989; home of regular Rock-afire Explosion animatronic band shows and the annual BillyCon fan convention.
Billy Bonds
Billy Bonds (William Arthur Bonds, 1946-2025), English footballer and manager; West Ham United record appearance maker (799 games, 1967-1988), two-time FA Cup-winning captain, and club manager 1990-1994.
Billy Bones
Billy Bones, the old pirate and former first mate of Captain Flint in Stevenson's 1883 Treasure Island, lodges at the Admiral Benbow Inn, pays Jim to watch for a one-legged man, dies of a stroke after receiving the black spot, and leaves the treasure map in his sea chest.
Billy Bowden
Billy Bowden (Brent Fraser Bowden, born 1963, Auckland), New Zealand cricket umpire famous for the crooked-finger out signal; 85 Tests, 221 ODIs, 48 T20Is, ICC Elite Panel 2003-2015, 200 first-class matches by 2023.
Billy Boyo
Billy Boyo, born Billy Theophilus Rowe, was a Jamaican dancehall deejay who recorded as a child in the early 1980s, best known for One Spliff A Day.
Billy Boys
"The Billy Boys" is a loyalist song from Glasgow celebrating William III and the Battle of the Boyne, later adopted by Rangers fans and banned by UEFA.
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, born 1957, Barking, Essex) is an English folk-punk protest singer-songwriter, Red Wedge founder, Mermaid Avenue collaborator with Wilco on Woody Guthrie lyrics, UK number-one hitmaker, and author of The Progressive Patriot.
Billy Bremner
Billy Bremner (William John Bremner, 1942-1997), Scottish midfielder and captain of Don Revie's Leeds United (773 appearances, two league titles, FA Cup, League Cup, two Fairs Cups) and Scotland at the 1974 World Cup; later Leeds manager 1985-1988.
Billy Brennagh
Billy Brennagh (William Thomas Edmund Brennagh, 1877-1934), English-born Canadian lacrosse player with the Winnipeg Shamrocks; won gold in men's lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2.
Billy Budd
Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative) is Herman Melville's unfinished novella about a sailor falsely accused of mutiny and hanged after a drumhead court; discovered 1919, published 1924, disputed by editors and critics ever since.
Billy Bunter
Billy Bunter (William George Bunter), the Fat Owl of the Remove at Greyfriars School, fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton as Frank Richards in The Magnet from 1908, later star of 38 novels, comics, and BBC TV (1952–1961).
Billy Burke (actor)
Billy Burke (William Albert Burke, born 1966) is an American actor and musician from Bellingham, Washington, known as Charlie Swan in the five Twilight films, Miles Matheson in Revolution, and Vince Leone in Fire Country.
Billy Burns
Billy Burns (William Lawrie Burns, 1875-1953) was a Canadian lacrosse player who won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2; later a CPR conductor.
Billy Bush
Billy Bush (William Hall Bush, born 1971) is an American TV and radio host, Bush family cousin, formerly of Access Hollywood, Today, Extra, and now Fox News.
Billy Butcher
Billy Butcher, William J. "Billy" Butcher, is the vengeful antihero leader of the Boys in Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys comics (2006–2012) and Karl Urban's TV counterpart. Comic final antagonist killed by Hughie; TV Butcher kills Homelander in the 2026 finale.
Billy Butlin
Sir Billy Butlin (1899–1980) was a South African-born British showman and entrepreneur who founded the Butlin's holiday camps, opening his first camp at Skegness in 1936.
Billy Campbell
Billy Campbell (William Oliver Campbell, born 1959) is an American actor known for The Rocketeer, Once and Again, The 4400, The Killing, and the Canadian Screen Award-winning series Cardinal.
Billy Cannon
Billy Cannon (1937-2018), LSU halfback, 1959 Heisman winner, famous 89-yard punt return vs Ole Miss; AFL star with Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders tight end; later dentist, counterfeiting conviction, Angola prison dentist.
Billy Carter
Billy Carter (William Alton Carter, 1937-1988), Jimmy Carter's younger brother, Plains, Georgia gas station owner and peanut businessman; Billy Beer promoter; Libyan-agent "Billygate" figure cleared of influencing policy.