William Kelly

William, Willie, Will or Bill Kelly may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Bill Kelly (writer), American screenwriter
• William Kelly (artist), American artist
• Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983), American blues musician, stage name "Willie Kelly"

Politics

• William Kelly (Alabama politician) (1786–1834), Alabama politician and U.S. senator
• William Kelly (New York state senator) (1807–1872), New York politician
• William W. J. Kelly (1814–1878), Lieutenant Governor of Florida
• William Moore Kelly (1827–1888), businessman and politician in New Brunswick
• William Kelly (New Zealand politician) (1840–1907), New Zealand Member of Parliament
• William Kelly (Labour politician) (1874–1944), British Labour politician
• William Kelly (New South Wales politician) (1875–1932), Australian politician
• Willie Kelly (politician) (1877–1960), Australian politician
• William Osmund Kelly (1909–1974), mayor of Flint, Michigan
• William McDonough Kelly (1925–2013), political strategist and retired Canadian Senator
• Bill Kelly (politician), politician in Lapeer, Michigan

Sports

American football

• Bill Kelly (quarterback) (1905–1931), American football player at the University of Montana and in the NFL
• Bill Kelly (American football, born 1947), American football player and coach
• Kenneth Kelly (1905–1984), nicknamed "Bill", American football player and coach, head coach at Central Michigan University, 1951–1966

Australian rules football

• Bill Kelly (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1961), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
• Bill Kelly (footballer, born 1930) (born 1930), Australian rules footballer for Footscray
• Will Kelly (Australian footballer) (born 2000), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood

Baseball

• Bill Kelly (outfielder), 19th-century American baseball player
• Bill Kelly (first baseman) (1898–1990), American baseball player
• William Kelly (baseball), Negro league baseball player

Other sports

• Bill Kelly (rugby league) (1892–1975), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
• Will Kelly (rugby union) (born 1997), Canadian rugby union player
• William Kelly (Victoria cricketer) (1875–1968), Australian cricketer
• William Harvey Kelly (1883–1944), Australian cricketer
• William Kelly (1910s footballer) (1890-1920), English footballer for Newcastle United and Manchester City, see List of Manchester City F.C. players (1–24 appearances)
• William Kelly (footballer, born 1937), English footballer known as 'Brian'
• Willie Kelly (footballer) (1922–1996), Scottish footballer for Airdrieonians and Blackburn Rovers

Others

• William Kelly (biblical scholar) (1821–1906), classicist and Biblical expositor
• William Kelly (inventor) (1811–1888), American inventor of a steel smelting process
• William Russell Kelly, founder of the American temporary staffing agency, Kelly Services

See also

• William Kelly's War, a 2014 film
• William Kelley (disambiguation)