William Hughes Explained

William, Will or Bill Hughes may refer to:

Politics

Billy Hughes (1862–1952), Prime Minister of Australia during WWI
William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben (1767–1852), British industrialist, politician and benefactor
William Hughes, Baron Hughes (1911–1999), Scottish Labour Party politician
William Hughes (Brooklyn), Assemblyman in the 117th New York State Legislature (1894)
William Hughes (U.S. senator) (1872–1918), U.S. Representative and Senator from New Jersey
William Hughes (Wisconsin politician) (1841–1899), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
William Bulkeley Hughes (1797–1882), Welsh politician
William Clark Hughes (1868–1930), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
William Edgar Hughes (1840–1918), member of the Texas House of Representatives
William H. Hughes (1864–1903), American businessman and politician from New York
William J. Hughes (1932–2019), U.S. Representative from New Jersey and ambassador
William M. Hughes, member of the Los Angeles City Council, California

William Hughes (bishop of St Asaph) (died 1600), Welsh Anglican bishop
William Hughes (bishop of Covington) (1921–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop
William Hughes (Methodist bishop) (1877–1940), American bishop of the Central jurisdiction

Bill Hughes (American football) (1915–1978), American football player
Bill Hughes (cricketer) (1859–1934), New Zealand cricketer
Bill Hughes (first baseman) (1860–1928), baseball player
Bill Hughes (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Bill Hughes (pitcher) (1896–1963), American baseball player in 1921
Will Hughes (born 1995), English footballer for Derby County, Watford and Crystal Palace
William Hughes (born 1998) (1998–2018), Welsh boxer and child actor
William Hughes (1910s footballer) (1889–1955), English footballer for Halifax Town and Bradford City
William Hughes (footballer, born 1865) (1865–1919), English footballer for Liverpool
William L. Hughes (1895–?), American college football player and coach
Willie Hughes (footballer) (1909–1996), Scottish footballer for Celtic and Clyde

Bill Hughes (musician) (1930–2018), American jazz musician
Bill Hughes (police officer) (born 1950), Director General of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency
William Hughes (As the World Turns), a fictional character on the American soap opera As the World Turns
William Hughes (geographer) (1818–1876), British mapmaker, professor of geography and author
William Hughes (professor), British professor of Gothic studies, and author/editor of several books on Bram Stoker and the Gothic
William Hughes (writer) (1803–1861), British writer on law and angling
W. A. Hughes (William Alexander Hughes, 1816–1892), town clerk of Adelaide, South Australia
William C. Hughes, lawyer in Oklahoma
Willie Hughes (16th century), possible dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets