title: William Higgins
text: # William Higgins
  
  William Higgins may refer to:
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Alexander Higgins (footballer, born 1870) (1870–?), born William Alexander Higgins, English footballer
  * William Higgins (English cricketer) (1850–1926), English cricketer
  * William Higgins (New Zealand cricketer) (1888–1968), New Zealand cricketer
  * William Higgins (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s for Wales League XIII, and Ebbw Vale
  * William Higgins (tennis), American tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s in 1971 US Open – Men's Singles
  * William S. Higgins, coach for the Gonzaga University men's basketball and football teams
  * Bill Higgins (baseball) (1859–1919), American baseball player
  * Bill Higgins (basketball) (born 1952), American basketball player
  * Bill Higgins (hurler), Irish hurler
  * Billy Higgins (karateka) (born 1945), British karateka
  * Billy Higgins (Scottish footballer) (born 1940), Scottish footballer
  * Billy Higgins (English footballer) (1924–1981), English football winger
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * William J. Higgins (1880–1943), lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland
  * William L. Higgins (1867–1951), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
  
  ## Others
  
  * William Higgins (chemist) (1763–1825), Irish chemist
  * William Higgins (director) (1942–2019), American director of gay pornographic films
  * William R. Higgins (1945–1990), United States Marine Corps colonel, killed in Lebanon
  * William Victor Higgins (1884–1949), American painter and teacher
  * Billy Higgins (vaudeville) (1888–1937), American vaudeville entertainer
  * Billy Higgins (1936–2001), American jazz drummer
  * William Higgins (high constable), first high constable of Toronto
  * William Higgins (priest) (died 1666), Anglican priest
  