Billy

Billy

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

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

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" the biography of Billy Connolly by his wife Pamela Stephenson in 2002

Fictional characters

* Billy Kane, "Fatal Fury" character
* 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

Places

Billy (bee-LEE) is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:
* 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

ee also

*
* Bill (disambiguation)
* Billie (disambiguation)
* Bili (disambiguation)


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