Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Willi Apel Willi Apel (10 October 1893 – 14 March 1988) was a German-American musicologist and noted author of a number of books devoted to music. Among his most important publications are the 1944 edition of '' The Harvard Dictionary of Music'' and ''Fre ...

(1893–1988), German-American musicologist *

Willi Boskovsky Willibald Karl Boskovsky (16 June 1909 – 21 April 1991) was an Austrian violinist and conductor, best known as the long-standing conductor of the Vienna New Year's Concert from 1955 to 1979. Biography Boskovsky was born in Vienna, and joined the ...

(1909–1991), Austrian violinist and conductor * Willi Forst (1903–1980), born Wilhelm Anton Frohs, Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer *

Willi Hennig Emil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a Germans, German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of Phylogenesis, phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics. In 1945 as a POWs in World War II, p ...

(1913–1976), German biologist *

Willi Liebherr Willi Liebherr (born in 1947) is a German-Swiss entrepreneur chairman of the board of Liebherr Group. Life and education Willi Liebherr grew up in Upper Swabia's, Kirchdorf an der Iller and in Biberach. He graduated as an engineer from the S ...

(born 1947), German-Swiss businessman and billionaire *

Willi Smith Willi Donnell Smith (February 29, 1948 – April 17, 1987) was an American fashion designer. At the time of his death, Smith was regarded as one of the most successful African-American designers in the fashion industry. His company, WilliWe ...

(1948–1987), African-American fashion designer *

Willi Ziegler Willi Ziegler (born 13 March 1929 in the neighborhood of Villingen in Hungen, Hessen; died 8 August 2002) was a German paleontologist. Works In 1969, he described the conodont genus ''Protognathodus''. In 1984, with Charles A. Sandberg, he d ...

(1929–2002), German paleontologist

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Willi Graf Wilhelm Graf (better known as Willi Graf) (2 January 1918 – 12 October 1943) was a member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resistance group in Nazi Germany. The Catholic Church in Germany included Graf in their list of martyrs of the 20th centu ...

(1918–1943), member of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance group under consideration for sainthood *

Willi Münzenberg Wilhelm "Willi" Münzenberg (14 August 1889, Erfurt, Germany – June 1940, Saint-Marcellin, France) was a German Communist political activist and publisher. Münzenberg was the first head of the Young Communist International in 1919–20 and est ...

(1889–1940), German communist political activist and publisher *

Willi Orbán Vilmos Tamás Orbán (born 3 November 1992), known as Willi Orbán, is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Born in Kaiserslautern, Germany, he plays internationally for the Hungary nationa ...

(born 1992), German-Hungarian footballer *

Willi Ostermann Wilhelm "Willi" Ostermann (1 October 1876 – 6 August 1936) was a lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Cologne, primarily in the German dialect of Kölsch. The tune ''Homesick for Cologne'' is counted amongst his most fa ...

(1876–1936), German lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Cologne * Willi Schmid (1893–1934), German music critic * Willi Stoph (1914–1999), East German politician * Willi Tokarev (1934–2019), Russian and former expatriate Russian-American singer-songwriter * Willi Weber (born 1942), manager of German racing drivers

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* Andrea Willi (born 1955), politician from Liechtenstein, first woman Minister of Foreign Affairs * Andreas Willi (born 1972), Swiss linguist, philologist and classicist * Herbert Willi (born 1956), Austrian composer of classical music

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