Billy Explained

Billy may refer to:

People

• A common nickname for William
• Jacques de Billy, French mathematician
• Jacques de Billy (abbot), French patristic scholar, theologian, jurist, linguist, and Benedictine abbot

Places

In France

The pronunciation in France is approximately bee-lee.

• Billy, Allier, in the Allier département
• Billy, Calvados, in the Calvados département
• Billy, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loir-et-Cher département
• Billy-Berclau, in the Pas-de-Calais département
• Billy-Chevannes, in the Nièvre département
• Billy-le-Grand, in the Marne département
• Billy-lès-Chanceaux, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Billy-Montigny, in the Pas-de-Calais département
• Billy-sous-Mangiennes, in the Meuse département
• Billy-sur-Aisne, in the Aisne département
• Billy-sur-Oisy, in the Nièvree département
• Billy-sur-Ourcq, in the Aisne département

United Kingdom

• Billy, County Antrim, a parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Print and film media

• Billy (novel), a 1990 novel by Whitley Strieber
• Billy Elliot, a film about a boy aspiring to be a ballet dancer
• Billy Nayer, a 1992 animated short film
• Billy the biography of Billy Connolly by his wife Pamela Stephenson in 2002
• , a 2008 biographical film about the evangelist Billy Graham

Fictional characters

• Billy Kane, Fatal Fury character
• Billy Bronco, the mascot for the Cal Poly Pomona University athletics teams, a stylised Bronco.
• Billy (Black Christmas), Billy Lenz, a fictional character from the 1974 horror film Black Christmas
• Billy Coen, a character in Resident Evil:Zero
• Billy Whizz, a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano
• Billy Pilgrim, protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five".

In music

• Billy (album), the third album (released 1992) by American band, Samiam
• Billy (musical), the musical based on Billy Liar
• "Billy" (song), 1986 single by Céline Dion

Television

• Billy (1979 TV series), a CBS sitcom starring Steve Guttenberg
• Billy (1992 TV series), an ABC sitcom starring Billy Connolly
• "Billy" (Angel), a 2001 episode of the WB television series Angel
• Sport Billy, a TV cartoon show
• Billy (Billy and Mandy), a character in the American animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Billy Cranston, the original Blue Ranger from the Power Rangers TV series
• Billy Keikeya, aide to President Laura Roslin in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series.

Other uses

• A young male domestic goat
• Billycan, a traditional Australian utensil for boiling water
• Billy (music player), audio player developed by Sanne Schaap
• Billy (crater), on the moon
• Puffing Billy (locomotive), first commercial railway steam locomotive in the UK
• Billy the Jigsaw Puppet
• Billy (pygmy hippo), a pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
• Billy Bee, a series of children's books, and the books' protagonist
• Billy Blue, a historical figure from early Sydney history
• Billy Beer, a beer brand popularized by Billy Carter
• Billy doll, a "gay doll" created in 1997
• Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, New York City-based performance group, led by Reverend Billy

See also

• • Bill (disambiguation)
• Billie (disambiguation)
• Bili (disambiguation)