# William Boyd

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**William**, **Willie**, **Will** or **Bill Boyd** may refer to:

## Academics and scholars

- [William Boyd (educator)](/source/William_Boyd_(educator)) (1874–1962), Scottish educator
- [William Boyd (pathologist)](/source/William_Boyd_(pathologist)) (1885–1979), Scottish-Canadian professor and author
- [William Alexander Jenyns Boyd](/source/William_Alexander_Jenyns_Boyd) (1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster
- [William Beaty Boyd](/source/William_Beaty_Boyd) (1923–2020), American university administrator
- [William C. Boyd](/source/William_C._Boyd) (1903–1983), American immunochemist
- [William Christopher Boyd](/source/William_Christopher_Boyd) (1842–1906), British entomologist and numismatist

## Arts and entertainment

- [Bill Boyd (musician)](/source/Bill_Boyd_(musician)) (1910–1977), American musician, leader of the band Bill Boyd and the Cowboy Ramblers
- [William Boyd (actor)](/source/William_Boyd_(actor)) (1895–1972), American actor, better known as "Hopalong Cassidy"
- [William "Stage" Boyd](/source/William_%22Stage%22_Boyd) (1889–1935), American actor
- [William Boyd (writer)](/source/William_Boyd_(writer)) (born 1952), Scottish novelist and screenwriter
- [Will Boyd (musician)](/source/Will_Boyd_(musician)) (born 1979), American bass guitarist for the band Evanescence
- [Billy Boyd](/source/Billy_Boyd) (William Nathan Boyd, born 1968), Scottish actor and musician

## Sports

- [Bill Boyd (baseball)](/source/Bill_Boyd_(baseball)) (1852–1912), American baseball player
- [Bill Boyd (poker player)](/source/Bill_Boyd_(poker_player)) (1906–1997), American poker player
- [William Robert Boyd](/source/William_Robert_Boyd) (1930–2015), American basketball player and coach
- [Willie Boyd](/source/Willie_Boyd) (born 1958), Scottish footballer
- [Billy Boyd (ice hockey)](/source/Billy_Boyd_(ice_hockey)) (William George Boyd, 1898–1940), Canadian ice hockey forward
- [Billy Boyd (footballer)](/source/Billy_Boyd_(footballer)) (William Gillespie Boyd, 1905–1967), Scottish footballer

## Others

- [Bill Boyd (Canadian politician)](/source/Bill_Boyd_(Canadian_politician)) (born 1956), Canadian politician, Saskatchewan Party MLA for Kindersley
- [William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock](/source/William_Boyd,_3rd_Earl_of_Kilmarnock) (died 1717), Scottish nobleman
- [William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock](/source/William_Boyd,_4th_Earl_of_Kilmarnock) (1704–1746), Scottish nobleman
- William Boyd (1774–1840), American silversmith with [Shepherd and Boyd](/source/Shepherd_and_Boyd)
- [William Boyd (colonel)](/source/William_Boyd_(colonel)) (fl. 1940s), US Army Air Forces base commander, referenced in [Freeman Field mutiny](/source/Freeman_Field_mutiny)
- [William Boyd (minister)](/source/William_Boyd_(minister)) (died 1772), Irish Presbyterian minister
- [William Boyd (priest)](/source/William_Boyd_(priest)) (1726–1795), Irish Anglican priest
- [William Boyd III](/source/William_Boyd_III) (born 1968 or 1969), New Hampshire state representative
- [William L. Boyd Jr.](/source/William_L._Boyd_Jr.) (1825–1888), American slave trader, real estate broker, and steamboat captain
- [William Young Boyd II](/source/William_Young_Boyd_II) (1926–2014), American businessman, author, and philanthropist
- [Will Boyd](/source/Will_Boyd) (fl. 2010s), Alabama politician
- [Billy Boyd (politician)](/source/Billy_Boyd_(politician)) (William Robinson Boyd, born 1921), politician from Northern Ireland

## See also

- [Billy Boyd (disambiguation)](/source/Billy_Boyd_(disambiguation))
- [William Boyde](/source/William_Boyde) (born 1953), British actor
- [Will Boyde](/source/Will_Boyde) (born 1994), Welsh rugby union player
- [Bill and Boyd](/source/Bill_and_Boyd), New Zealand musical group

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