William Gray

William, Bill, or Billy Gray may refer to:

Religious figures and public officials

• William Gray (Massachusetts) (1750–1825), American politician and merchant
• William John Gray, 13th Lord Gray (1754–1807), Scottish nobleman and soldier
• William H. Gray (Oregon politician) (1810–1889), American pioneer of Oregon Country
• William Gray (Conservative politician) (1814–1895), British mill owner and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton 1857–1874
• William Crane Gray (1835–1919), American religious figure; first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction
• William Gray (Canadian politician) (1862–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada
• William Bain Gray (1886–1949), British Foreign Office official; served as Administrator of Saint Vincent and Governor of Saint Helena
• William Percival Gray (1912–1992), U.S. federal judge
• William Gray (New Mexico politician) (born 1940), American state legislator in New Mexico
• William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician) (1941–2013), American Democrat from Pennsylvania
• Sir William Gray, Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1972–1975
• Wilfred James "Bill" Gray, Australian government official; specialist in Aboriginal matters

Athletes

• Bill Gray (baseball) (1871–1932), American Major League Baseball, 1890–1898
• Bill Gray (American football) (1922–2011), American offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins
• Bill Gray (footballer) (born 1881), Scottish footballer with Partick Thistle and Southampton in the 1900s
• Bill Gray (rugby player) (1932–1993), New Zealand rugby union player
• William Gray (cricketer) (1864–1898), cricketer
• William Gray (jockey), the British Champion flat jockey of 1870
• Billy Gray (footballer) (1927–2011), English footballer
• Dolly Gray (baseball) (William Denton Gray, 1878–1956), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1909–1911

Entertainers

• Billy Gray (actor) (born 1938), American actor who portrayed teenager Bud Anderson on TV's Father Knows Best
• William Gray (screenwriter), known for The Changeling, The Philadelphia Experiment
• William Gray (guitarist) in The Trip
• William S. Gray (film editor) (1896–1946), American film editor. The Great Ziegfeld
• Billy Gray (comedian) (1904–1978), American comedian, comedy club owner, and actor

Writers and academics

• William S. Gray (1885–1960), American academic; authority on the teaching of reading
• William G. Gray (1913–1992), English occultist, author and mystic
• George William Gray (1926–2013), Scottish organic chemist
• William M. Gray (1929–2016), American professor of atmospheric science

Others

• William J. Gray (born 1965), author of Guide star charting software; asteroid Billgray named after him
• William Gray (aviator) (born 1898), World War I flying ace
• Billy Gray (horse trainer) a horse trainer