Arts and entertainment
* William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers * William Young (playwright) (1847–1920), American playwright, writer and actor * William Young (artist) (1875–1944), Australian watercolor painter * Billy Young (singer) (1941–1999), American singer/songwriter * William Allen Young (born 1954), African American actor * William P. Young (born 1955), Canadian/American novelist * Will Young (born 1979), English actor and singer/songwriter * Bill Young (died 2014), American comedianBusiness and industry
* W. J. Young (William John Young, 1827–1896), American industrialist, founder of the W.J. Young Company * William John Young (pastoralist) (1850–1931), Australian company chief executive and station manager *Military
* William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1751) (1751–1821), British Royal Navy officer * William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1761) (1761–1847), British Royal Navy officer * William Young (Medal of Honor) (1835–1878), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * William Hugh Young (1838–1901), Confederate States Army brigadier general * William Young (VC) (1876–1916), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross * William Ramsay Young (1894–1965), Australian soldier * William Young (veteran) (1900–2007), British military veteran, last surviving member of Royal Flying CorpsPolitics and law
Australia
* William Young (Australian politician) (1852–1915), New South Wales politician * William Young (Tasmanian politician) (1912–2012), Australian politician * Bill Young (Tasmanian politician) (1917–2003), Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly * Bill Young (Western Australian politician) (1918–2012), Western Australian politicianNew Zealand
* Bill Young (New Zealand politician) (1913–2009), New Zealand politician * William Young (New Zealand politician) (fl. 1950), New Zealand politician, member of the Legislative Council * William Young (judge) (born 1952), Justice of the Supreme Court of New ZealandUK
* Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, of North Dean (1724–1788), British politician, colonial Governor of Dominica * Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet (1749–1815), British politician, colonial Governor of Tobago * Sir William Young, 4th Baronet (1806–1842), British politician * William Tanner Young (fl. 1838–1845), British diplomat * Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, of Bailieborough Castle (died 1848), British baronet of County Cavan, Ireland * William Robert Young (died 1933), Irish linen merchant, politician and philanthropist * William Young (Scottish politician) (1863–1942), Scottish Member of Parliament for East Perthshire and PerthUS
* William Singleton Young (1790–1827), US Representative from Kentucky * William Young (Wisconsin politician) (1821–1890), American politician * William Henry Young (politician) (1845–?), American politician in Wisconsin * William Albin Young (1860–1928), US Representative from Virginia * Bill Young (Florida politician) (1930–2013), United States Representative from Florida * William G. Young (born 1940), United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts * Bill Young (Nevada politician) (born 1956), American politician and sheriff of Clark County, NevadaElsewhere
* William Young (Nova Scotia politician) (1799–1887), Canadian politician, Premier of Nova Scotia * William Mackworth Young (1840–1924), member of the Indian Civil Service and Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab * William Douglas Young (1859–1943), Governor of the Falkland Islands * William Alfred Young (1863–1911), President of the Council, and Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn IslandScience and medicine
*Sports
American football
* Billy Young (American football) (1901–1971), American football player for the Green Bay Packers * Bill Young (American football lineman) (1914–1994), American NFL football player for the Washington Redskins * Bill Young (American football coach) (1946–2021), American college football defensive coordinatorAssociation football (soccer)
* William Young (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1917), English footballer * William Young (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1965), English footballer * Billy Young (footballer) (1938–2025), Irish soccer player and manager * Bill Young (soccer) (born 1950), Canadian international soccer playerCricket
* William Young (English cricketer) (1861–1933), English cricketer * William Young (Scottish cricketer) (1896–1966), Scottish cricketer * Billy Young (cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer * Will Young (cricketer) (born 1992), New Zealand cricketerAustralian rules football
* Bill Young (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1959), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda * Bill Young (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2020), Australian rules footballer * Will Young (Australian footballer) (born 1990), Australian rules footballerOther sports
* William J. Young (coach) (1881–1957), American college basketball and football coach * William Pennington Young (1896–1968), American Negro league baseball player * Bill Young (cycling) (1905–1994), Australian cycling administrator * W. B. Young (1916–2013), Scottish rugby union player * Bill Young (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player * Bill Young (rugby union) (born 1974), Australian rugby union footballerOthers
* William Weston Young (1776–1847), British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, and inventor * William C. Young, (1842–1896), American minister and educator, eighth president of Centre College * William Hooper Young (1871–?), convicted American murderer * William Gordon Young (1904–1974), Australian physical culturist and public servant * Bill Young (CIA officer) (1934–2011), American CIA officer largely responsible for the Laotian Civil War *See also
* Willie Young (disambiguation) * William Yonge (disambiguation) {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, William