William Hayes may refer to:
In politics
In sport
- William Hayes (American football) (born 1985), American football player
- William Hayes (Australian cricketer) (1883âÂÂ1926), 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) (1891âÂÂ?), British wrestler
- Willie Hayes (basketball) (born 1967), American college basketball head coach
- Willie Hayes (1928âÂÂ2014), Irish footballer
- Will Hayes (Australian footballer) (born 1995), Australian footballer
- William Hayes (Australian footballer) (born 2006), Australian footballer
- William Hayes (sprinter), American sprinter, 3rd in the 220 yards at the 1922 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Bill Hayes (footballer, born 1919) (1919-2002), English footballer, see List of Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Other people
- William Hayes (composer) (1708âÂÂ1777), organist, conductor, writer
- William Hayes (geneticist) (1913âÂÂ1994), Irish-born microbiologist and geneticist
- William Hayes (pastoralist) (1827âÂÂ1913), Australian pastoralist
- William Hayes (photographer) (1871âÂÂ1940), Victorian photographer in York, England
- William C. Hayes (1903âÂÂ1963), American Egyptologist
- William Prine Hayes (1919âÂÂ2009), Canadian commodore and educator
- William Q. Hayes (born 1956), U.S. federal judge
- William Hayes (academic) (1930âÂÂ2025), president of St John's College, Oxford
- Billy Hayes (writer) (born 1947), American writer
- Bully Hayes (William Henry Hayes, 1827/29âÂÂ1877), American ship's captain and trader
- J. William Hayes (1921âÂÂ1992), American entertainment lawyer
- Harm (comics) (William Hayes), a supervillain from DC Comics
See also