William Henry

Willie, Billy, Bill, Will or William Henry may refer to:

Politicians

• William Henry (gunsmith) (1729–1786), American gunsmith and Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress
• William Henry (brother of Patrick Henry) (1734–1785), American member of Colonial Virginia House of Burgesses
• William Henry (congressman) (1788–1861), American legislator from Vermont
• William Alexander Henry (1816–1888), Canadian Supreme Court justice
• William Wirt Henry (1831–1900), American lawyer, politician and historian in Virginia
• William H. Henry, Socialist Party of America Executive Secretary during late 1920s
• William Thomas Henry (1872–1952), Canadian politician; Legislative Assembly of Alberta member
• William Henry, Libertarian nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana in the 2020 Indiana gubernatorial election

Royalty

• William Henry, Prince of Orange (1650–1702), future King William III of England
• William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1684–1718), member of German royalty
• William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1718–1768), member of German royalty
• Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805), younger brother of King George III of the United Kingdom
• William Henry, Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), future King William IV of the United Kingdom

Sportspeople

• William Henry (swimmer) (1859–1928), English Olympic competitor
• Billy Henry (1884–after 1960), Scottish footballer
• Bill Henry (footballer) (1904–1974), Australian rules forward
• Bill Henry (basketball) (1924–1985), American center
• Bill Henry (baseball, born 1927) (1927–2014), American pitcher for six MLB teams
• Bill Henry (baseball, born 1942), American pitcher for New York Yankees
• Will Henry (footballer) (born 1998), English goalkeeper

Writers

• William Henry (priest) (before 1728–1768), Anglo-Irish Dean of Killaloe
• William Arnon Henry (1850–1932), American academic and agriculturist from Ohio
• William J. Henry (1867–1955), American hymn writer
• Bill Henry (journalist) (1890–1970), American newspaper reporter
• Bill Fitz Henry (1903–1957), Australian journalist with The Bulletin
• William E. Henry (1918–1994), American psychologist
• William A. Henry III (1950–1994), American author and cultural critic

Others

• William Henry (missionary) (1770-1859), Irish missionary, active in Tahiti and New South Wales, Australia
• William Henry (chemist) (1774–1836), English chemist who formulated Henry's law
• William Henry (pastor) (1783-1839), Scottish Congregationalist pastor
• William "Jerry" Henry (1811–after 1851), American fugitive slave who was freed in New York event known as Jerry Rescue
• William W. Henry (1831–1915), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• William Henry (actor) (1914–1982), American performer; also billed as Bill Henry 
• E. William Henry (1929–2022), American public official; chairman of FCC

See also

• Fort William Henry, British fort built in upper New York during 1754–63 French and Indian War; referenced in Last of the Mohicans
• William-Henry, name of Canadian city Sorel-Tracy from 1787 to 1845
• Bill Henry (film), 1919 American comedy directed by Jerome Storm

1. William Henry Harrison
2. Bill Gates
3. Sorel-Tracy
4. William Henry Vanderbilt
5. William IV
6. Bill Gates Sr.
7. William H. Seward
8. William Henry Bragg
9. Billy the Kid
10. Prince William of Gloucester
11. William Henry Perkin
12. William III of England
13. William Henry Hudson
14. Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
15. William Henry Hance
16. Fort William Henry
17. William Henry Draper III
18. Siege of Fort William Henry
19. William Henry Draper Jr.
20. Henry Johnson (World War I soldier)