William Lee

William Lee or Will Lee or Bill Lee or Billy Lee may refer to:

Miscellaneous

• William Lee (inventor) (c.1550–c.1610), inventor of the stocking frame
• William Lee (English judge) (1688–1754), British judge
• William Lee (valet) (c.1750–1828), George Washington's personal servant
• William Henry Lee (1799–1878), Canadian civil servant
• William C. Lee (1895–1948), American Army soldier and general
• William Lee (bishop), Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, 1993–
• Bill Lann Lee, Chinese-American civil rights lawyer

Politics

• William Lee (diplomat) (1756–1795), American diplomat
• William Lee (mayor) (1822–1906), mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, 1870–1872
• William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837–1891), American general and congressman
• William Swain Lee (born 1935), American lawyer and politician

Entertainment and literature

• William Harold Lee (1884–1971), American theater designer and architect
• Will Lee (1908–1982), American actor
• William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist and essayist, who used 'Bill Lee' as a pen name and for several characters
• Bill Lee (singer) (1916–1980), American singer who voiced many Disney characters
• Bill Lee (musician) (born 1928), American jazz musician and composer
• Billy Lee (1929–1989), actor
• Will Lee (bassist) (born 1952), American musician and bassist
• Bill Lee (author) (born 1954), Chinese-American writer and ex-gang member
• Will Yun Lee (born 1971), American actor
• William Gregory Lee (born 1973), American actor

Sports

• Billy Lee (footballer) (1878–1934), English footballer
• Billy Lee (MLB outfielder) (1894–1984)
• Bill Lee (right-handed pitcher) (1909-1977)
• Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) (born 1946), American baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Spaceman"
• Bill Lee (American football) (1911-1998), American football player
• Bill Lee (yacht designer) Designer of Merlin 70' Santa Cruz ULDB

Business

• William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner of WilmerHale
• William Ellsworth Lee (1867–1936), American oil businessman and financier
• William States Lee III, ex-Chairman of the Board of Duke Power

Fiction

• Billy Lee, character in video game series Double Dragon
• Bill Lee (Stargate), fictional character in the television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis