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