title: William Perkins
text: # William Perkins
  
  William or Bill Perkins may refer to:
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Bill Perkins (American football) (1941–2016), American football running back
  * Bill Perkins (Australian rules footballer) (1920–2009), ex-Richmond VFL footballer
  * Bill Perkins (baseball) (born 1906), Negro league baseball player
  * Bill Perkins (footballer, born 1876) (1876–1940), formerly of Liverpool FC
  * William Perkins (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1934), New Zealand cricketer
  * William Perkins (West Indian cricketer) (born 1986), West Indian cricketer
  
  ## Other
  
  * Bill Perkins (businessman) (born 1969), American hedge fund manager, film producer, and poker player
  * Bill Perkins (politician) (1949–2023), member of the New York State Senate
  * Bill Perkins (saxophonist) (1924–2003), jazz musician of the West Coast "Cool" school
  * William Perkins (author), British author
  * William Perkins, English merchant and founder of Sir William Perkins's School, Chertsey
  * William Perkins, main character in Roald Dahl's short story "Galloping Foxley"
  * William Perkins (MP) (c. 1400–c. 1449), English landowner and MP
  * William Perkins (theologian) (1558–1602), Puritan clergyman and Cambridge theologian
  * William Henry Perkins, better known as Moccasin Bill Perkins (1825–1904), hunter, miner, and frontiersman
  * William L. Perkins (died 1957), American architect
  * William T. Perkins Jr. (1947–1967), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
  