William Hayes Explained

William Hayes may refer to:

In politics

• William Hayes (Irish politician), Irish Sinn Féin politician
• William Hayes (Canadian politician) (1879–1939), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• William P. Hayes (1866–1940), American lawyer and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts

In sport

• William Hayes (American football) (born 1985), American football player
• William Hayes (Australian cricketer) (1883–1926), Australian cricketer
• William Hayes (New Zealand cricketer) (1890-1972), New Zealand cricketer
• William Hayes (diver) (born 1968), Canadian Olympic diver
• William Hayes (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s
• William Hayes (wrestler) (1891–?), British wrestler
• Willie Hayes (basketball) (born 1967), American college basketball head coach
• Willie Hayes (1928–2014), Irish footballer
• Will Hayes (footballer) (born 1995), Australian footballer

Other people

• William Hayes (composer) (1708–1777), organist, conductor, writer
• William Hayes (geneticist) (1913–1994), Irish-born microbiologist and geneticist
• William Hayes (pastoralist) (1827–1913), Australian pastoralist
• William Hayes (photographer) (1871–1940), Victorian photographer in York, England
• William C. Hayes (1903–1963), American Egyptologist
• William Prine Hayes (1919–2009), Canadian commodore and educator
• William Q. Hayes (born 1956), U.S. federal judge
• William Hayes (academic) (born 1930), president of St John's College, Oxford
• Billy Hayes (writer) (born 1947), American writer
• Bully Hayes (William Henry Hayes, 1827/29–1877), American ship's captain and trader
• J. William Hayes (1921–1992), American entertainment lawyer

See also

• William Haye (1948–2019), Jamaican cricketer
• Billy Hayes (disambiguation)
• William Hays (disambiguation)
• William Hay (disambiguation)