William Higgins may refer to:

Sports Alexander Higgins (footballer, born 1870) (William Alexander Higgins, 1870–?), English footballer William Higgins (English cricketer) (1850–1926), English cricketer William Higgins (New Zealand cricketer) (1888–1968), New Zealand cricketer William Higgins (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s for Wales League XIII, and Ebbw Vale William Higgins (tennis), American tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s William S. Higgins (1894–1944), American college football player, coach, and official, college basketball coach, and dentist Bill Higgins (baseball) (1859–1919), American baseball player Bill Higgins (basketball) (born 1952), American basketball player Bill Higgins (hurler), Irish hurler Billy Higgins (karateka) (born 1945), British karateka Billy Higgins (Scottish footballer) (born 1940), Scottish footballer Billy Higgins (English footballer) (1924–1981), English football winger

Politicians William J. Higgins (1880–1943), lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland William L. Higgins (1867–1951), U.S. Representative from Connecticut

Others William Higgins (chemist) (1763–1825), Irish chemist William Higgins (director) (1942–2019), American director of gay pornographic films William R. Higgins (1945–1990), United States Marine Corps colonel, killed in Lebanon William Victor Higgins (1884–1949), American painter and teacher Billy Higgins (vaudeville) (1888–1937), American vaudeville entertainer Billy Higgins (1936–2001), American jazz drummer William Higgins (high constable), first high constable of Toronto William Higgins (priest) (died 1666), Anglican priest

See also William Higgins Coleman (1812–1863), English botanist