William, Willie, Will or Bill Pope may refer to: William Pope, 1st Earl of Downe (1573–1631) William Pope (naturalist) (1811–1903), English-born naturalist and painter William Burt Pope (1822–1903), English Christian theologian William Henry Pope (Canadian politician) (1825–1879), Canadian lawyer, politician and judge William Henry Pope (U.S. politician) (1847–1913), Texas state senator William Hayes Pope (1870–1916), U.S. federal judge William Jackson Pope (1870–1939), English chemist Willie Pope (1918–2010), American baseball player J. William Pope (1938–2014), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives Bill Pope (born 1952), American cinematographer William Pope.L (born 1955), American performance artist William Kenneth Pope (died 1989), bishop of the Methodist Church Will Pope, fictional character in TNT's The Closer