Wild Bill
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  • Wild Bill Hickok
    Wild Bill Hickok
    James Butler Hickok , better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized.Hickok came to the West as a stagecoach...

    , or James Butler Hickok (1837–1876), gunfighter and legendary figure of the American West
  • "Wild Bill" Hickman, or William Adams Hickman (1815–1883), frontiersman, ex-Mormon, and purported murderer
  • Bill Hickok (football)
    Bill Hickok (football)
    William Orville Hickok III was an American football player and industrialist. Inevitably nicknamed "Wild Bill", and also known as "Hickey", he starred at Yale in track as well as football and was eventually inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame...

     (1874–1933), American football player and businessman
  • Bill Lovett
    Bill Lovett
    William "Wild Bill" Lovett was an Irish-American gangster in early 20th century New York.-Beginnings:Born in New York City, Lovett first fell in with the local Irish gangs around the Brooklyn waterfront as a teenager. The day after America's entry into World War I, Lovett enlisted in the U.S. Army...

     (c. 1894–1923), Irish-American gangster in New York
  • Bill Davison (1906–1989), America jazz cornet player
  • Bill Stealey
    Bill Stealey
    John Wilbur 'Wild Bill' Stealey Sr. is a retired United States Air Force Lt. Colonel and Command Pilot and is currently CEO of iEntertainment Network. He is also an Air Force Academy Graduate....

     (born 1947), retired U.S. Air Force pilot and computer game producer
  • William Edward Donovan (1876–1923), American professional baseball pitcher and manager
  • William Kocay, Canadian professor and graph theorist.
  • William Joseph Donovan
    William Joseph Donovan
    William Joseph Donovan was a United States soldier, lawyer and intelligence officer, best remembered as the wartime head of the Office of Strategic Services...

     (1883–1959), American soldier, lawyer, and intelligence officer, founder of the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency
  • William Guarnere
    William Guarnere
    Staff Sergeant William J. Guarnere was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Guarnere was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Frank John Hughes...

     (born 1922), American soldier in the 101st Airborne during World War II, made famous by the mini-series Band of Brothers
  • Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott
    William Clyde "Bill" Elliott , also known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville or Million Dollar Bill, is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007. He won the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup...

     (born 1955), 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion with two Daytona 500 victories (1985 and 1987)
  • Bill Wiles
    Bill Wiles
    William "Bill" Wiles is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Bilvis Wesley and "Wild" Bill Wiles, he is most famous for his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling during late 1990s to early 2000s, as part of The Dangerous Alliance, often teaming with C.W. Anderson...

     (born 1971), an American professional wrestler

Other uses

  • Wild Bill (1995 film), a 1995 film about the legendary gunfighter Hickok
  • Wild Bill (2011 film)
    Wild Bill (2011 film)
    Wild Bill is the directorial debut of English actor, Dexter Fletcher.Set in East London, the story revolves around Bill Hayward , a prisoner of eight years out on parole. Returning home, he finds his 15 and 11 year old sons, Dean and Jimmy abandoned by their mother and living alone...

    , an upcoming film
  • Wild Bill (G.I. Joe)
    Wild Bill (G.I. Joe)
    Wild Bill is a character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s.-Profile:According to Wild Bill's original file card, his real name is William S. Hardy, and his rank is that of army chief warrant officer CW-4...

    , a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
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