William Richards

William, Bill, or Billy Richards may refer to:

Sportspeople

• Dicky Richards (William Henry Matthews Richards, 1862–1903), South African cricketer
• Billy Richards (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1926), West Bromwich Albion football player
• Billy Richards (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1947), Bury FC football player, see 1903 FA Cup Final
• Billy Richards (footballer, born 1905) (1905–?), Welsh international footballer, played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham
• Will Richards (footballer) (born 1991), footballer for Shrewsbury Town F.C
• Bill Richards (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
• Billy Richards (rugby union) (c. 1878–c. 1928), Australian rugby union player
• William M. Richards (1873–?), American college football player and coach

Other people

• William Richards (priest) (1643–1705), English clergyman and author
• William Richards (minister) (1749–1818), Welsh Baptist minister
• William Richards (college administrator), president of Orange County Community College, Orange County, NY
• William Richards (missionary) (1793–1847), missionary and politician in Hawaii
• William Richards (politician) (1819–?), political figure in Prince Edward Island
• William A. Richards (1849–1912), American surveyor, rancher and politician, Governor of Wyoming
• William Buell Richards (1815–1889), Canadian judge, Chief Justice of Canada
• William L. Richards (1881–?), Wisconsin State Senator
• William Trost Richards (1833–1905), American landscape artist
• William Westley Richards (1789–1865), English gunmaker
• Bill Richards (musician) (1923–1995), Canadian violinist, composer, arranger, and editor
• G. William Richards (1918–2005), American Latter-day Saint composer and organist
• William Richards (Archdeacon of Berkshire) (1643–1712)
• William Upton Richards (1811–1873), Tractarian priest in the Church of England