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Billy Cranston
Billy Cranston is the original Blue Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993), played by David Yost, named per Bryan Cranston; last original Ranger in Zeo, later Cranston Tech founder in Once & Always and Cosmic Fury.
Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford (Billy Joe Crawford, born 1982, Manila) is a Filipino-American singer, dancer, actor, and TV host: child star of That's Entertainment, NRJ-winning pop artist in France, winner of Danse avec les stars 2022 and Mask Singer France 9, and Voice Kids coach.
Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup (William Gaither Crudup, born 1968) is an American actor of stage and screen: Tony winner for The Coast of Utopia, star of Almost Famous and Watchmen, and two-time Emmy winner as Cory Ellison in The Morning Show.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal (William Edward Crystal, born 1948, New York) is an American actor and comedian: Jodie Dallas on Soap, SNL's Fernando, star of When Harry Met Sally and City Slickers, voice of Mike Wazowski, and nine-time Oscar host.
Billy Currington
Billy Currington (William Matthew Currington, born 1973, Savannah, Georgia) is an American country singer signed to Mercury Nashville in 2003, with seven studio albums, 12 No. 1 singles, and hits like People Are Crazy.
Billy Davis Jr.
Billy Davis Jr. (born June 26, 1938, St. Louis) is an American R&B and gospel singer, founding member of The 5th Dimension, and Grammy-winning duo partner with wife Marilyn McCoo, known for 'You Don't Have To Be a Star.'
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams (William December Williams, born April 6, 1937) is an American actor and painter known for Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, Brian's Song, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, and Batman's Harvey Dent.
Billy Drago
Billy Drago (William Eugene Burrows, 1945-2019), American character actor born in Hugoton, Kansas, best known as Frank Nitti in The Untouchables (1987) and the demon Barbas on Charmed.
Billy Duffy
Billy Duffy (William Henry Duffy, born 1961) is a Manchester-born guitarist, co-founder of The Cult with Ian Astbury, known for the Gretsch White Falcon, She Sells Sanctuary, and albums Electric and Sonic Temple.
Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine (William Clarence Eckstein, 1914-1993) was an American baritone singer and bandleader from Pittsburgh; he led the first bebop big band (1944-1947) featuring Parker, Gillespie, and Miles Davis, then became a ballad star with MGM's "I Apologize."
Billy Eichner
Billy Eichner (born 1978), American comedian and actor, creator and star of Billy on the Street (2011); first openly gay man to write, produce, and star in a major studio film, Bros (2022); also Timon's voice in The Lion King.
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot is a 2000 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Jamie Bell as a coal miner's son who discovers ballet during the 1984–85 miners' strike.
Billy Elliot the Musical
Billy Elliot the Musical: Elton John score, Lee Hall book and lyrics, Stephen Daldry direction; 2005 Victoria Palace West End hit (about 4,600 performances, 4 Oliviers), 2008-2012 Broadway run (10 Tonys), based on the 2000 miners' strike film.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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."
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver (1939-2020), Texas outlaw country singer-songwriter, wrote nearly all of Waylon Jennings's Honky Tonk Heroes (1973); his songs were covered by Cash, Presley, and Dylan.
Billy Joel
Billy Joel (William Martin Joel, born 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist, also called the Piano Man, with 150 million records sold, five Grammys, the Gershwin Prize, and a Madison Square Garden residency; distinct from any other Joel or Billy namesake.