Billy, Willie or William Forbes may refer to:
Financiers
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Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet
Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1739–1806), also known as William Forbes of Pitsligo, was a Scottish banker, landlord, philanthropist and writer.
Life and career
He was born in Edinburgh on 5 April 1739. His father Sir William Forbes, 5th ...
(1739–1806), Scottish banker
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William Forbes of Callendar
Sir William Forbes of Callendar (1743–1815) was a prosperous coppersmith and landowner who lived in Callendar House in Falkirk, Scotland.
Biography
Forbes was a self-made man. The son of an Aberdeen merchant, he began work as a coppersmith a ...
(1756–1823), Scottish coppersmith and landowner
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William Howell Forbes (1837–1896), American businessman in Hong Kong
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William Hathaway Forbes (1840–1897), American investor in company owned by Alexander Graham Bell
Footballers
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Billy Forbes (Scottish footballer) (before 1895–after 1928), right back who also played in Massachusetts
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Willie Forbes (1922–1999), Scottish wing half
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Billy Forbes (footballer, born 1990)
Cadet Billy Forbes (born 13 December 1990) is a Turks and Caicos Islander professional footballer.
Club career
Forbes spent his early career with Provopool Celtic and AFC Academy. In 2009, after training with the Vancouver Whitecaps, Forbes w ...
, Turks and Caicos Islands striker
Public officials
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William Forbes (Lower Canada politician) (1787–1814), merchant and legislator
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William Forbes (MP) (1806–1855), Scottish MP for Stirlingshire
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William Henry Forbes (1815–1875), American fur trader and territorial legislator
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William Cameron Forbes
William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 – December 24, 1959) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 and ambassador of the United States to Japan from 1930 to 1932.
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(1870–1959), American diplomat and investment banker
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William Forbes (Talamancan king)
William Forbes, known as "King Willie" was an Indigenous king of Talamanca, in Costa Rica, belonging to the Bribri ethnic group. He was a close relative of King Santiago Mayas, but backed another cousin of his, Lapis, in his failed attempt to o ...
, King of Talamanca, Costa Rica between 1872–1880.
Scholars
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William Forbes (bishop)
William Forbes (1585 – 12 April 1634) was a Scottish Anglican cleric, the first Bishop of Edinburgh.
Life
He was the son of Thomas Forbes, a burgess of Aberdeen, descended from the Corsindac branch of that house, by his wife, Janet, the sister ...
(1585–1634), Scottish churchman, first Bishop of Edinburgh
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William S. Forbes
William Smith Forbes (10 February 1831 – 17 December 1905)Staff report (December 18, 1905) Dr. William Smith Forbes. (obituary) ''New York Times'' was an American physician who served as demonstrator of anatomy at Jefferson Medical College. H ...
(1831–1905), American physician
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William Alexander Forbes
William Alexander Forbes (25 June 1855 – 14 January 1883) was an English zoologist. He was the son of James Staats Forbes (1823–1904).
Forbes studied natural sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, and later taught at Rhodes College ( ...
(1855–1883), English zoologist
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William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885, Westborough, Westborough, Massachusetts – April 12, 1968, Worcester, Massachusetts) was an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.
Works
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(1885–1968), American entomologist
Others
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William Nairn Forbes
Major-General William Nairn Forbes (3 April 1796 – 1 May 1855) was a British architect and military engineer in the Bengal Army. He was responsible for the design of the Anglican St Paul's Church, Calcutta (1839–47) in Bengal during Company ...
(1796–1855), British military engineer
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William Forbes (railway manager)
Lt. Col. Sir William de Guise Forbes (21 June 1856 – 14 February 1936) was a British railway manager.
Early life
Forbes was born in Dublin in 1856, the son of an English father, William Forbes, the General Manager of the Midland Great Western ...
(1856–1936), British railway manager
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William E. Forbes William E. Forbes (May 30, 1906 – August 14, 1999) was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California and owner of the Southern California Music Co. His tenure as regent coincided with the turbulent student protests of the 1960s ...
(1906–1999), member of the University of California Board of Regents
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William Forbes Mackenzie
William Forbes Mackenzie (18 April 1807 – 24 September 1862) was a Scottish Conservative politician and temperance reformer. He is best known for the Forbes MacKenzie Act, legislation passed in 1853 to regulate public houses in Scotland.
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(1807–1862), Scottish Conservative politician
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William Forbes Skene
William Forbes Skene Writer to the Signet, WS FRSE Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, FSA(Scot) Doctor of Civil Law, DCL Legum Doctor, LLD (7 June 1809 – 29 August 1892), was a Scotland, Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary.
He co-found ...
(1809–1892), Scottish historian and antiquary
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William Forbes Gatacre
Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre (3 December 1843 – 18 January 1906) was a British soldier who served between 1862 and 1904 in India and various areas on the African continent. He commanded the British Army Division at the B ...
(1843–1906), British general
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William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill
William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill, , (24 September 1893 – 30 December 1965) was a Peerage of Scotland, Scottish peer and record-breaking aviator, air pioneer, who was later shown to have passed secret information to the Imperial ...
(1893–1965), British engineer
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