Bill Crews (born July 12, 1952)[1] is an American politician who served as the mayor of Melbourne, Iowa, from 1984 through 1998.

Crews came out at the LGBT Equality March on Washington, D.C., in 1993, where he attracted national attention as a result of hate graffiti on his Melbourne house.

[2][3] Crews was an attorney working in the office of the Iowa state governor when he was approached to run for mayor, having moved to Melbourne just three months earlier.

[1] During Crews' service as mayor of Melbourne, the city built a new fire station and library, improved water and sewer infrastructure and increased cash reserves.

Crews' father, a United Methodist minister who fought for social justice, was killed in a car accident in 1973.