Billy or Bill Hayes may refer to:
- Billy Hayes (trade unionist) (born 1953), leader of the Communication Workers' Union
- Billy Hayes (writer) (born 1947), author of Midnight Express
- Billy Hayes (musician) (born 1985), drummer in Wavves and formerly of Jay Reatard
- Billy Hayes (footballer) (born 1895), English footballer who played as a goalkeeper
- Billy Hayes (composer), best known for Blue Christmas
- Bill Hayes (American football) (born 1943), former head coach at Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina A&T State University
- Bill Hayes (actor) (born 1925), American actor and singer
- Bill Hayes (baseball) (born 1957), catcher for the Chicago Cubs
- Bill Hayes (footballer) (1915–1987), former Irish footballer who played for Huddersfield Town, Cork United and Burnley
- Bill Hayes (television producer), executive producer of Jon & Kate + 8
- Bill Hayes (politician) (born 1952), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Famous quotes containing the words billy and/or hayes:
““Although I’d lie lapped up in linen
A deal I’d sweat and little earn
If I should live as live the neighbours,”
Cried the beggar, Billy Byrne....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“When General Motors has to go to the bathroom ten times a day, the whole country’s ready to let go. You heard of that market crash in ‘29? I predicted that.... I was nursing a director of General Motors. Kidney ailment, they said; nerves, I said. Then I asked myself, “What’s General Motors got to be nervous about?” “Overproduction,” I says. “Collapse.””
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)