William Roberts

William, Will or Bill Roberts may refer to:

Entertainment

William Roberts (biographer) (1767–1849), English barrister and legal writer
William Harris Lloyd Roberts (1884–1955), Canadian writer, poet, and playwright
William Roberts (painter) (1895–1980), British painter and war artist
Will Roberts (1907–2000), British painter
William Roberts (screenwriter) (1913–1997), American screenwriter
Billy Roberts (1936–2017), American songwriter and musician
William Owen Roberts (born 1960), Welsh language novelist and playwright
Rick Ross (born 1976), American rapper, born William Leonard Roberts II
Will Roberts (fiction), fictional character in the TV soap opera Days of Our Lives

William Roberts (Parliamentarian) (1605–1662), British MP and father of Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet
William Roberts (Australian politician) (1821–1900), New South Wales politician
William R. Roberts (1830–1897), U.S. representative from New York
W. F. Roberts (William Francis Roberts, 1869–1938), Canadian politician and minister of health, New Brunswick
William Roberts (Alberta politician) (born 1954), Canadian politician, Alberta, 1986–1993
William Y. Roberts, state representative in Pennsylvania
Bill Roberts (Alabama politician) (born 1946), member of the Alabama House of Representatives
William E. Roberts (1926–2025), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

William Roberts (priest) (16th century), Welsh priest
William Roberts (bishop of Bangor) (1585–1665), Anglican bishop
William C. Roberts (pastor) (1832–1903), American pastor and academic administrator
William Page Roberts (1836–1928), Church of England clergyman, dean of Salisbury, 1907–1919
William Henry Roberts (1847–1919), American Baptist missionary in Burma
William P. Roberts (bishop) (fl. 1909–1950), American Episcopal bishop of Shanghai
William A. Roberts (born 1946), chief of the staff of the Salvation Army

William Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–?), Llangollen F.C., Berwyn Rangers F.C. and Wales international footballer
Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–1945), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer
William Roberts (footballer, born 1863) (1863–?), Rhyl F.C. and Wales international footballer
Billy Roberts (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English footballer
William Roberts (footballer, born 1907) (1907–?), Cardiff City F.C. footballer
Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1976), Welsh footballer
Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1918), (1918–1994), Welsh footballer, see List of Rochdale A.F.C. players (25–99 appearances)
Will Roberts (footballer) (born 1994), Welsh footballer

Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1960), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne
Billy Roberts (Australian footballer) (1908–1998), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
Bill Roberts (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1973), Australian rules footballer for Essendon

William Roberts (MCC cricketer) (1795–1843), English cricketer
William Roberts (Australian cricketer), Australian cricketer, played in the 1880s
William Roberts (Lancashire cricketer) (1914–1951), English cricketer

William Roberts (athlete) (1912–2001), British runner, gold medal winner in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1936 Olympics
Bill Roberts (basketball) (1925–2016), American basketball player
William Roberts (cyclist) (born 1998), British and Welsh cyclist

Sir William Roberts, 1st Baronet (1638–1688), British landowner
William Hayward Roberts (baptised 1734–died 1791), English schoolmaster and poet
William Prowting Roberts (1806–1871), Chartist who became known as "attorney-general" of the coal miners in the 1840s
William Milnor Roberts (1810–1881), American civil engineer
William Roberts (physician) (1830–1899), British scientist
William Paul Roberts (1841–1910), brigadier general in the Confederate Army
William Roberts (engineer) (1848–1918), engineer in chief of the Highland Railway
Bill Roberts (businessman) (1898–1962), British founder of the JET brand of petrol
William Roberts (veteran) (1900–2006), British veteran of the First World War
William C. Roberts (1932–2023), cardiovascular physician and pathologist
William Clare Roberts, Canadian political theorist
William Roberts & Co of Nelson, English steam engine manufacturer
Sir William Roberts (agriculturist) (1884–1971), Welsh agricultural scientist, academic, and businessman