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 (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 Hughes Hughes (1792–1874), British politician William J. Hughes (1932–2019), U.S. representative from New Jersey and ambassador William M. Hughes, member of the Los Angeles City Council, California

Religion 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

Sports 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 (boxer and actor) (1998–2018), Welsh boxer and child actor William Hughes (1910s footballer) (1889–1955), English footballer for Halifax Town and Bradford City Billy Hughes (footballer, born 1865) (William Hughes, 1865–1919), English footballer for Liverpool Billy Hughes (footballer, born 1918) (William Marshall Hughes, 1918–1981), Birmingham, Chelsea and Wales international footballer Billy Hughes (footballer, born 1920) (William Henry Hughes, 1920–1995), Welsh footballer with Hartlepool United Billy Hughes (footballer, born March 1929) (William Hughes, 1929–2003), Scottish footballer with York City Billy Hughes (footballer, born May 1929) (William Hughes, 1929–2005), Northern Irish international footballer Billy Hughes (footballer, born 1948) (William Hughes, 1948–2019), Scottish footballer with Sunderland William L. Hughes (1895–1957), American college football player and coach Willie Hughes (footballer) (1909–1996), Scottish footballer for Celtic and Clyde

Other 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 of literature), 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

See also Billy Hughes (disambiguation) William Hughes-Hughes (1817–1902), English barrister and founding member of the Philatelic Society, London. Billie Hughes (1948–1998), American songwriter, musician, and record producer Hughes (surname)