William Bailey

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

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

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

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