William Bailey is the name of:
Politicians William Bailey (MP) (died 1409), MP for Salisbury William J. Bailey (1807–1876), British-born physician and politician in the Oregon Country William Henry Bailey (1831–1908), American author, lawyer, and statesman William Gill Bailey (1833–1889), politician in Queensland, Australia William Francis Bailey (1842–1915), American politician and judge William Bailey (Canadian politician) (1889–1975), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1930–1935 William B. Bailey (1892–1977), American politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Bill Bailey (Indiana politician) (born 1948), American businessman and politician Billy Wayne Bailey (1957–2023), former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate William Bailey (South Carolina politician) (born 1962), Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Willie Bailey (born 1946), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Sportsmen William Heap Bailey (1847–1926), amateur footballer William Bailey (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1930), English cricketer and footballer William Bailey (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1983), Australian cricketer William Bailey (cyclist) (1888–1971), British Olympic cyclist Bill Bailey (pitcher) (1888–1926), Major League Baseball pitcher Bill Bailey (rugby league) (William Mac Bailey, 1888–1952), Australian rugby league player William Craig Bailey (born 1944), Scottish footballer
Artists and entertainers Buster Bailey (William C. Bailey, 1902–1967), American jazz musician William H. Bailey (artist) (1930–2020), American artist William Bailey (actor) (1886–1962), American actor Axl Rose (born 1962), lead singer of Guns N' Roses, known as William Bailey when his mother changed his name after she remarried
Other people William Trist Bailey (1846–1910), land developer in Queens, New York City William Bailey (engineer) (1838–1913), British engineer, businessman, and local politician William Frederick Bailey (1857–1917), Irish lawyer and writer William J. A. Bailey (1884–1949), Harvard University dropout who falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine William Bailey (British Army officer), British military officer Bill Bailey (activist) (1911–1995), Irish-American communist labor activist and participant in the Spanish Civil War William Bailey (Royal Navy officer) (1918–1985), British recipient of the George Medal William Bailey (trade unionist) (1851–1896), British trade unionist born in Saint Helena William Shreve Bailey (1806–1886), Kentucky abolitionist and printer
Fictional characters William Bailey, a character in All Over Town, a 1937 American film
See also Will Bailey, fictional character in The West Wing William Hellier Baily (1819–1888), English palaeontologist Bill Bailey (disambiguation) Billy Bailey (disambiguation) Bill Baillie (1934–2018), New Zealand runner William Bayley (disambiguation)