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Billy Fury
Billy Fury (Ronald Wycherley, 1940–1983) was a Liverpool-born British rock and roll singer-songwriter discovered by Larry Parnes in 1958; his 1960 self-written album The Sound of Fury and 26 UK Top 40 singles made him a pre-Beatles star.
Billy G. Hudson
Billy G. Hudson is an American biochemist and matrix biologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, known for discovering type IV collagen chains, the Goodpasture autoantigen, and bromine's essential role.
Billy Gardell
Billy Gardell (William Gardell Jr., born 1969, Pittsburgh) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star of CBS sitcoms Mike & Molly (2010-16) and Bob Hearts Abishola (2019-24), both cast by Chuck Lorre; also hosted Monopoly Millionaires' Club.
Billy Garland (activist)
Billy Garland (born 1949) is an American former Black Panther Party activist from New Jersey and the biological father of rapper Tupac Shakur with Afeni Shakur; estranged from his son, he reunited with him after the 1994 shooting and later gave interviews about Tupac's death.
Billy Garrett
Billy Garrett is an American politician and Republican member of the South Carolina Senate from District 10, covering Greenwood, Lexington, and Saluda Counties, first elected in 2020.
Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons (born 1949) is the American guitarist, singer, and ZZ Top founder from Houston, Texas. Known for Pearly Gates, his 1959 Les Paul, .007 strings, peso pick, and solo albums like Perfectamundo.
Billy Gibson
Billy Gibson (William James Gibson, 1927–2006), Canadian ice hockey forward with the Edmonton Mercurys; Olympic gold at Oslo 1952, Canada's top scorer with 15 goals in 8 games, and 1951 world champion with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs.
Billy Gillispie
Billy Gillispie (Billy Clyde Gillispie), American college basketball coach born 1959; head coach at UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Texas Tech, and Tarleton State; career 240-200, three NCAA bids.
Billy Gilman
Billy Gilman (William Wendell Gilman III, born 1988) is an American country and bluegrass singer who at 11 became the youngest Billboard country charting artist with "One Voice", won the 2001 AMA Favorite Country New Artist, later finished runner-up on The Voice season 11, and records bluegrass for Pinecastle Records.
Billy Gilmour
Billy Gilmour, Scottish midfielder (born 2001, Irvine), ex-Rangers, Chelsea, Brighton, now SSC Napoli and Scotland; 50 caps, 2021 Champions League and 2024/25 Serie A winner, out of World Cup 2026 with knee injury.
Billy Gould
Billy Gould (William David Gould Jr., born 1963) is the founding bassist of Faith No More, a producer, and CEO of Koolarrow Records; known for his Zon Sonus bass, funk-punk style, and the confirmed 2027 band return.
Billy Graham
Billy Graham (William Franklin Graham Jr.) was an American evangelist who preached to tens of millions across more than fifty countries and founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Billy Gray (actor)
Billy Gray (William Thomas Gray, born January 13, 1938) is an American actor, Speedway motorcycle racer, and inventor, best known as Bud Anderson on Father Knows Best (1954–60) and as Bobby in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).
Billy Gunn
Billy Gunn (Monty Sopp), American pro wrestler, WWE Hall of Famer (2019, D-Generation X), New Age Outlaws tag team with Road Dogg, 1999 King of the Ring, 11 WWE tag title reigns; now AEW wrestler and coach, AEW World Trios Champion with The Acclaimed.
Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)
Sliding Billy Hamilton (William Robert Hamilton, born February 1866, Newark NJ; died 1940), 19th-century Hall of Fame center fielder; .344 average, 914 stolen bases, 196 runs in 1894; elected 1961. Not the modern Reds outfielder of the same name.
Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990)
Billy Hamilton (born 1990, Taylorsville, MS) is a speed-specialist MLB outfielder, 2013-2023, mainly Reds; set the professional single-season stolen base record, 155, in 2012; 326 career MLB steals. Not the Hall of Fame "Sliding Billy" Hamilton.
Billy Hayes (writer)
Billy Hayes (born 1947) is the American writer of Midnight Express (1977), the memoir of his 1970 hashish arrest in Istanbul, five years in Turkish prisons, and his escape from Imrali Island, later an Oscar-winning 1978 film he has publicly criticized for distorting his story.
Billy Herrington
Billy Herrington (1969-2018), American bodybuilder and gay adult film actor nicknamed Aniki in Japan, whose wrestling clips became the Gachimuchi remix meme on Nico Nico Douga from 2007.
Billy Hickman
Billy Hickman is an American politician and certified public accountant serving as a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate from the 4th district, first elected in 2020.
Billy Hill (gangster)
Billy Hill (William Charles Hill, 1911–1984), London gangster and self-styled boss of Britain's underworld; Eastcastle Street robbery mastermind, Jack Spot's rival, Kray twins' mentor, author of Boss of Britain's Underworld.
Billy Horschel
Billy Horschel (born 1986, Grant, Florida) is an American pro golfer, eight-time PGA Tour winner, 2014 FedExCup champion, and 2021 BMW PGA Championship winner who starred for the Florida Gators.
Billy Howerdel
Billy Howerdel (born 1970, West Milford, New Jersey) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer, founding member of A Perfect Circle, frontman of Ashes Divide, and solo artist behind What Normal Was (2022).
Billy Howle
Billy Howle (William Walter Douglas Howle, born 1989) is a British actor, a 2013 Bristol Old Vic graduate known for Glue, On Chesil Beach, The Serpent, MotherFatherSon, a 2022 Bristol Old Vic Hamlet, and Kid Snow.
Billy Idol
Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad, born 1955) is an English rock singer, Generation X frontman turned MTV star, known for Rebel Yell, White Wedding, and 2026 Rock Hall induction.
Billy Idol (album)
Billy Idol (1982) is the English singer's self-titled debut solo album on Chrysalis, produced by Keith Forsey with guitarist Steve Stevens; it peaked at number 45 on the Billboard 200, went Gold in 1983, and launched "White Wedding" and "Hot in the City".
Billy J. Kramer
Billy J. Kramer (William Howard Ashton, born 1943), Liverpool Merseybeat singer with the Dakotas; Epstein-managed Parlophone star whose hits included "Bad to Me", "Little Children", and "Do You Want to Know a Secret".
Billy Jack
Billy Jack is a 1971 American drama film starring Tom Laughlin as a part-Navajo ex-Green Beret who defends a Freedom School on an Arizona reservation from hostile townspeople.
Billy Jack Haynes
Billy Jack Haynes (William Albert Haynes III, born 1953), Portland wrestler of Stu Hart's Dungeon training; five-time PNW Heavyweight Champion, WWF 1986–88, WrestleMania III full nelson match, later founder of the Oregon Wrestling Federation and 2024 murder defendant.
Billy Jensen
Billy Jensen is an American investigative journalist and true-crime author known for using geo-targeted Facebook ads to help solve unsolved murders; author of Chase Darkness with Me and collaborator on I'll Be Gone in the Dark.
Billy Joe Royal
Billy Joe Royal (1942-2015) was an American singer from Valdosta, Georgia, whose 1965 Joe South-penned hit "Down in the Boondocks" reached No. 9 pop; he later became a country chart performer with "Burned Like a Rocket" and "Tell It Like It Is."