William Yates

William, Bill, or Billy Yates may refer to:

• William Yates (died 1558 or 1559) (1505–1558/1559), Member of Parliament for Lincoln
• William Yates (college president) (1720–1764), College of William & Mary's fifth president (1761–1764)
• William Yates (cartographer) (1738–1802), British cartographer
• William Yates (missionary) (1792–1845), Baptist missionary to India
• William Yates (athlete) (1880–1967), British Olympic racewalker
• William Yates (footballer) (1883–?), English footballer
• William Yates (politician) (1921–2010), British and Australian politician
• William H. Yates (died 1868), American abolitionist and writer
• Bill Yates (footballer) (1903–1978), English footballer and cricketer
• Bill Yates (1921–2001), American cartoonist
• Billy Yates (American football) (born 1980), professional offensive lineman
• Billy Yates (singer) (born 1963), American country singer
  • Billy Yates (album), his self-titled debut album

See also

• William Butler Yeats (pronounced Yates, 1865–1939), poet and dramatist
• Billy Yeats (pronounced Yates, 1951–2013), English footballer
• William Yates Atkinson (1854–1899), governor of Georgia, U.S.
• William Yates Peel (1789–1858), British Tory politician
• William Yates Redpath (1922–1989), Scottish footballer