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

Arts and entertainment

• William Reed (Canadian musician) (1859–1945), Canadian organist, conductor, and composer
• William Maxwell Reed (1871–1962), American writer of science books for children
• William Henry Reed (1876–1942), English violinist and author of Elgar as I Knew Him
• William Reed (English composer) (1910–2002), English composer

Law and politics

• William Reed (British colonial official) (c. 1670–1728), acting governor of North-Carolina
• William Reed (politician) (1776–1837), United States representative from Massachusetts
• William Bradford Reed (1806–1876), American politician and journalist
• William W. Reed (1825–1916), American politician in Wisconsin
• William B. Reed (politician) (1833–1909), American politician in Connecticut
• William Samuel Reed (1864–1941), Canadian politician
• William L. Reed (politician) (born 1866), American politician in Massachusetts
• William Decatur Reed (1815–1858), American lawyer, politician, and public official in Kentucky

Sports

• William R. Reed (c. 1915–1971), American college athletics administrator
• Billy Reed (baseball) (1922–2005), American baseball player
• Billy Reed (footballer) (1928–2003), Welsh international footballer
• Bill Reed (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• William Reed (sprinter, born 1970), American sprinter
• William Reed (sprinter, born 2005), Marshallese sprinter
• Willie Reed (born 1990), American basketball player
• Will Reed (born 2001), Welsh rugby union player

Others

• William Reed (author) (1830–1920), American science theorist, author of The Phantom of the Poles
• William Reed (publisher) (1830–1920), English trade magazine publisher
• William Reed (RAF officer) (born 1896), British World War I flying ace
• William Reed (Medal of Honor) (1839–1918), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Norman Reed (1917–1944), American fighter ace and Army Air Corps lieutenant colonel
• William Harlow Reed (1848–1915), American fossil collector and pioneer

Other uses

• Will Reed Farm House, historic American farmhouse in Arkansas
• William Reed Ltd, a publisher of trade publications

See also

• Billie Reed, fictional character in the TV drama Days of Our Lives
• William Reade (disambiguation)
• William Read (disambiguation)
• William Reid (disambiguation)
• William Rede (disambiguation)