Billy Nair (27 November 1929 – 23 October 2008) was a South African politician, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa, an anti-apartheid activist and a political prisoner in Robben Island.
Nair was a long-serving political prisoner on Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela in the 'B' Block for political prisoners.
His Prison card is the copy used in the post-reconciliation prison tours to illustrate the conditions of the prisoners of the time.
He was elected to the African National Congress (ANC) executive committee in 1991 and was a South African member of parliament for two terms prior to his retirement in 2004.