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Aaron Willard Aaron Willard (October 14, 1757 – May 20, 1844) was an entrepreneur, an industrialist, and a designer of clocks who worked extensively at his Roxbury, Massachusetts, factory during the early years of the United States of America. While at t ...

(born 1757), Boston industrialist *

Adam Willard Adam David "Atom" Willard (born August 15, 1973) is an American drummer who has been a member of several notable musical acts. Willard's drumming career began in 1990 when he joined Rocket from the Crypt, with whom he remained until 2000. Subseq ...

, (born 1973), drummer *

Aimee Willard Aimee Ellen Willard (June 8, 1974 – June 20, 1996) was a college lacrosse player who was murdered by Arthur Bomar near Philadelphia on her way home from a night out with friends. Her car was left running, with the lights on and driver's side do ...

(1974–1996), murder victim * Alexander Hamilton Willard (1778–1865), member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition * Alice Willard (1860-1936), American journalist and businesswoman *

Archibald Willard Archibald MacNeal Willard (August 22, 1836 – October 11, 1918) was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio. He was the son of Samuel Willard, the pastor of Bedford Baptist Church. Willard had an interest in art ever since ...

(1836–1918), American painter *

Ashbel P. Willard Ashbel Parsons Willard (October 31, 1820 – October 4, 1860) was state senator, the 12th lieutenant governor, and the 11th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. His terms in office were marked by increasingly severe partisanship leading to t ...

(1820–1860), American politician, governor of Indiana *

Barbara Willard Barbara Mary Willard (12 March 1909 – 18 February 1994) was a British novelist best known for children's historical fiction. Her "Mantlemass Chronicles" is a family saga set in 15th to 17th-century England. For one chronicle, ''The Iron Lily'' ...

(1909–1994), British author * Beatrice Willard (1925–2003), American botanist * Charity Cannon Willard (1914–2005), American scholar and author * Charles W. Willard (1827–1880), American politician from Vermont * Clarence E. Willard (1882-1962), American vaudeville performer *

Cyrus Field Willard Cyrus Field Willard (August 17, 1858 – January 17, 1942) was an American journalist, political activist, and theosophist. Deeply influenced by the writing of Edward Bellamy, Willard is best remembered as a principal in several utopian socialist ...

(1858–1942), American journalist, political activist, theosophist, and freemason *

Dallas Willard Dallas Albert Willard (September 4, 1935 – May 8, 2013) was an American philosopher also known for his writings on Christian spiritual formation. Much of his work in philosophy was related to phenomenology, particularly the work of Edmund H ...

(1935–2013), American philosopher and author *

Dan Willard Dan Edward Willard is an American computer scientist and logician, and is a professor of computer science at the University at Albany. Education and career Willard did his undergraduate studies in mathematics at Stony Brook University, graduati ...

, American computer scientist and logician *

Daniel Willard Daniel Willard (January 28, 1861 – July 6, 1942) was an American railroad executive best known as the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from 1910 to 1941. He served on or headed several government railroad commissions in World ...

(1861–1942), American railroad executive *

Edward Smith Willard Edward Smith Willard (9 January 1853 – 9 November 1915) was an English actor. He was born at Brighton''Who's Who on the Stage: the dramatic reference book and ...'', Volume 1 edited by Walter Browne, Frederick Arnold Austin; 1906 pg. 227 and ...

(1853–1915), English stage *

Elen Willard Elen Willard (born November 19, 1935) is an American retired character actress who worked in American network dramatic television series from 1960-66. Her first aired performance was a supporting role in a 1960 episode of the short-lived CBS ...

(born 1941), American actress *

Emma Willard Emma Hart Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American woman's education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education, the Troy Female S ...

(1787–1870), American activist and educator *

Frances Willard (suffragist) Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1879 an ...

(1839–1898), American educator, temperance reformer and women's suffragist * Frances Willard (magician) (born 1940), stage magician *

Fred Willard Frederic Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 May 15, 2020) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. He was best known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film ''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984); the Christopher Guest mockumentaries ''Wai ...

(1933–2020), American actor *

George Willard George Willard (March 20, 1824 – March 26, 1901) was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was also instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to ...

(1824–1901), American politician from Michigan * Horace B. Willard (1825–1900), American politician *

Huntington Willard Huntington Faxon Willard (born c.1953) is an American geneticist. In 2014, he was named to head the Marine Biological Laboratory, and is a professor in human genetics at the University of Chicago. He stepped down from leading the lab in 2017 to r ...

(born c. 1953), American geneticist *

Jess Willard Jess Myron Willard (December 29, 1881 – December 15, 1968) was an American world heavyweight boxing champion billed as the Pottawatomie Giant who knocked out Jack Johnson in April 1915 for the heavyweight title. Willard was known for size rat ...

(1881–1968), American boxer *

Jess Willard (footballer) Cecil Thomas Frederick Willard (16 January 1924 – 6 May 2005), known as Jess Willard, was an English professional footballer who played as a right half and inside forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace. A ...

(1924–2005), English football player and coach *

John Willard (disambiguation) John Willard may refer to: * John Willard (died 1692), American witchcraft defendant * John Willard (Australian politician) (born 1857), New South Wales politician * John Willard (judge) (1792–1862), New York lawyer and politician * John Willard ...

, several people: **

John Willard John Willard ( 1657 - August 19, 1692) was one of the people executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials. He was hanged on Gallows Hill, Salem on August 19, 1692. At the time of the first allegations of witchc ...

(died 1692), American witchcraft defendant **

John Willard (judge) John Willard (May 20, 1792 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut - August 31, 1862 Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He graduated from Middlebury College in 1813. He studied ...

(1792–1862), American lawyer and politician from New York **

John Willard (playwright) John Willard (November 28, 1885 – August 30, 1942) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Biography Willard's most famous work is '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1922), which was made into the influential silent film of the sam ...

(1885-1942), American ** John D. Willard (1799–1864), American lawyer and politician from New York *

Joseph Willard Joseph Willard (December 29, 1738 – September 25, 1804) was an American Congregational clergyman and academic. He was president of Harvard from 1781 until 1804. Biography Joseph Willard was born December 29, 1738, in Biddeford, York County ...

(1738–1804), American clergyman and academic * Joseph A. Willard (1803–1868), American politician from New York *

Josiah Willard Josiah Flint Willard (November 17, 1805 - January 24, 1868) was an American dairy farmer, naturalist and businessman living in Janesville, Wisconsin, who served one term as a Free Soiler member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He was the fathe ...

(1805–1868), American activist *

Ken Willard Kenneth Henderson Willard (born July 14, 1943) is a former American football running back/ fullback in the National Football League (NFL), where he was a four-time Pro-Bowler with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1960s. College career He attended ...

(born 1943), American football player * Kenneth R. Willard (1902–1987), American politician from New York *

Kevin Willard Kevin Schreiber Willard (born April 6, 1975) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Maryland. Willard played basketball at Western Kentucky during the 1992–93 season (his freshm ...

(born 1975), American basketball coach * Marcel Willard (1889-1956), French politician * Martin Louis Willard (1842–1921), American politician from New York * Mary Louisa Willard (1898-1993), American college professor *

Mary Thompson Hill Willard Mary Thompson Hill Willard (January 3, 1805 – August 7, 1892) was an American teacher and social reformer. Her daughter, Frances Willard, was the founder and president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) as well as presid ...

(1805–1892), American social reformer *

Nancy Willard Nancy Willard (June 26, 1936 – February 19, 2017) was an American people, American writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of children's books. She won the 1982 Newbery Medal for ''A Visit to William Blake's Inn''. Biography Wi ...

(born 1936), American author and poet *

Ralph Willard Ralph Daniel Willard (born March 28, 1946) is an American former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Western Kentucky University from 1990 to 1994, the University of Pittsburgh from 1994 to 1999, and the College of ...

(born 1946), American basketball coach *

Robert F. Willard Robert Frederick Willard is a retired Admiral (United States), United States Navy admiral who last served as the 22nd Commander, United States Pacific Command, U.S. Pacific Command from October 19, 2009 to March 9, 2012. He previously served as C ...

(born 1950), US Navy officer * Rod Willard (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player *

Samuel Willard Samuel Willard (January 31, 1640 – September 12, 1707) was a New England Puritan clergyman. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard College in 1659, and was minister at Groton from 1663 to 1676, before being driven out by ...

(1640–1707), American colonial clergyman *

Sidney Willard Sidney Willard (September 19, 1780 – December 6, 1856) was an American academic and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, on the Massachusetts Governor's Council and as the second Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusett ...

(1780–1856), American politician from Massachusetts * Simon Willard (1753–1848), American maker of

Simon Willard clocks Simon Willard (April 3, 1753 – August 30, 1848) was a celebrated American clockmaker. Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston. Among his many innovations and timekeeping improvement ...

Simon Willard (first generation) Simon Willard (1605–1676) was an early Massachusetts fur trader, colonial militia leader, legislator, and judge. Early life Willard was born in Horsmonden, Kent, England and baptized on April 7, 1605. He emigrated to Cambridge, Massachusett ...

(1605–1676), Massachusetts colonist *

Solomon Willard Solomon Willard (June 26, 1783 – February 27, 1861) was a carver and builder in Massachusetts who is remembered primarily for designing and overseeing the Bunker Hill Monument, the first monumental obelisk erected in the United States. Backgr ...

(1783–1861), American stonecarver and builder * Sylvie Willard (born 1952), French bridge player *

Victor Willard Victor Mauro Willard (1813December 10, 1869) was an American farmer and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention and was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate in 1849 and 1850, representing Racin ...

(born 1815), American farmer and politician * Xerxes Addison Willard (1820–1882), American dairyman, lawyer, and newspaper editor

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Willard Bartlett Willard Bartlett (October 14, 1846 – January 17, 1925) was an American jurist. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Biography Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, the son of William Osborne Bartlett and Agnes E. H. Wil ...

(1846–1925), American judge from New York *

Willard Harrison Bennett Willard Harrison Bennett (June 13, 1903 – September 28, 1987) was an American scientist and inventor, born in Findlay, Ohio. Bennett conducted research into plasma physics, astrophysics, geophysics, surface physics, and physical chemistry. ...

(1903–1987), American physicist * Willard Boyle (1924–2011), Canadian physicist *

Willard Brown Willard Jessie Brown (June 26, 1915 – August 4, 1996), nicknamed "Home Run" Brown, was an American baseball player who played outfielder in the Negro leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Brown ...

(1915–1996), American baseball player *

Willard H. Brownson Rear-Admiral Willard Herbert Brownson (July 8, 1845 – March 16, 1935), was a United States Navy officer whose career included service against pirates in Mexico and service during the Spanish–American War. He also served a term as Superintende ...

(1845–1935), US Navy officer * Willard C. Butcher (born 1926), American banker *

Willard S. Curtin Willard Sevier Curtin (November 28, 1905 – February 4, 1996) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Willard S. Curtin was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He moved to Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylva ...

(1905–1996), American politician from Pennsylvania *

Willard Dewveall Willard Charles Dewveall (April 29, 1936November 20, 2006) was an American football end, the first player to jump from the National Football League to the American Football League. He left the Chicago Bears of the NFL after the 1960 season to pl ...

(1936–2006), American football player * Willard Dyson, American drummer *

Willard R. Espy Willard Richardson Espy (December 11, 1910February 20, 1999) was an American editor, philologist, writer, poet, and local historian. Raised in the seaside village of Oysterville, Washington, Espy later studied at the University of Redlands in Ca ...

(1910–1999), American editor, philologist, writer, and poet *

Willard Estey Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey (October 10, 1919 – January 25, 2002) was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Estey was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was the son of James Wilfred Estey, a puisne justice of the Supreme C ...

(1919–2002), Canadian judge *

Willard Gemmill Willard Beharrell Gemmill (August 7, 1875 – May 24, 1935) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 5, 1925 to January 4, 1931.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Br ...

(1875–1935), American judge from Indiana * Willard Hall (1780–1875), American lawyer and politician from Delaware *

Willard Preble Hall William Willard Preble Hall (May 9, 1820November 2, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 17th Governor of Missouri from 1864 to 1865 during the last years of the American Civil War. Early years Hall was born in Harpers ...

(1820–1882), American lawyer and politician, governor of Missouri *

Willard Hershberger Willard McKee Hershberger (May 28, 1910 – August 3, 1940) was an American baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1938 to 1940. In 160 career games, Hershberger recorded a batting average of .316 and accumula ...

(1910–1940), American baseball player * Willard Ikola (born 1932), American ice hockey player and coach * Willard Johnson (politician) (1820–1900), American politician from New York * Willard F. Jones (1890–1967), Naval engineer and Gulf Oil executive *

Willard Keith Willard Woodward Keith, Jr. (June 13, 1920 – November 3, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps infantry officer who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic leadership during World War II in the Matanikau Offensive of the Guadal ...

(1920–1942), American Marine officer * Willard Kennedy, better known as

Bill Kennedy (actor) Willard "Bill" Kennedy (June 27, 1908 – January 27, 1997) was an American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running Detroit-based television show, ''Bill Kennedy at the Movies.'' He began his career as a staff announcer in radio; ...

(1908–1997), American actor and voice artist *

Willard Libby Willard Frank Libby (December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980) was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology and palaeontology. For his contributions ...

(1908–1980), American chemist *

Willard Maas Willard Maas (June 24, 1906 – January 2, 1971) was an American experimental filmmaker and poet. Personal life and career Maas was born in Lindsay, California and graduated from State Teachers College at San Jose. He came to New York in the 193 ...

(1906–1971), American experimental filmmaker and poet * Willard Kitchener MacDonald (1906–1971), "the Hermit of Gully Lake" in Canada *

Willard Mack Willard Mack (September 18, 1873 – November 18, 1934) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and playwright. Life and career He was born Charles Willard McLaughlin in Morrisburg, Ontario. At an early age his family moved to Brooklyn, New ...

(1873–1934), Canadian-American actor, director, and playwright *

Willard Manus Willard Manus (born September 28, 1930, died January 19, 2023) was a Los Angeles-based novelist, playwright, and journalist. His best known book is ''Mott the Hoople (novel), Mott the Hoople'' (1966), the novel from which the British 1970s Mott th ...

(born 1930), American novelist, playwright, and journalist *

J. Willard Marriott John Willard Marriott, Sr. (September 17, 1900 – August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993), the parent company of the world's l ...

(1900–1985), American businessman * Willard Marshall (1921–2000), American baseball player *

W. Eugene McCombs Willard Eugene McCombs (16 June 1925 – 20 January 2004) was a United States Republican Party, Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's seventy-sixth House district (83rd and 84th) from Faith, North Carolin ...

(1925–2004), American politician from North Carolina *

Willard Metcalf Willard Leroy Metcalf (July 1, 1858March 9, 1925) was an American painter born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-painting and ill ...

(1858–1925), American artist *

Willard Mullin Willard Mullin (September 14, 1902 – December 20, 1978) was an American sports cartoonist. He is most famous for his creation of the "Brooklyn Bum", the personification of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, based on circus clown Emmett K ...

(1902–1978), American sports cartoonist * Willard H. Murray Jr. (born 1931), American politician from California * Willard Zerbe Park (1906–1965), anthropologist *

Willard Phelps Willard Leroy Phelps (born October 23, 1941) is a former Yukon politician, who briefly served as the second premier of Yukon in 1985. Background Born in 1941, he was the grandson of Willard "Deacon" Phelps and the son of John Phelps, both form ...

(born 1941), former Yukon politician *

Willard Price Willard DeMille Price (28 July 1887 – 14 October 1983) was a Canadian-born American traveller, journalist and author. Early life Price was born to a family of devout Methodists in Peterborough, Ontario. When he was four years old, his fat ...

(1887–1983), American natural historian and author *

Willard Van Orman Quine Willard Van Orman Quine (; known to his friends as "Van"; June 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000) was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century". ...

(1908–2000), American philosopher and logician *

Willard Richards Willard Richards (June 24, 1804 – March 11, 1854) was a physician and midwife/nurse trainer and an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He served as second counselor to church president Brigham Young in the First Presidency of th ...

(1804–1854), leader in the Latter Day Saint movement *

Willard Rockwell Willard Frederick Rockwell, Sr. (March 31, 1888 – October 16, 1978) was an American engineer businessman who helped shape and name what eventually became the Rockwell International company. He created and directed a number of major corporations ...

(1888–1988), businessman * Willard Mitt Romney (born 1947), better known as Mitt Romney, 70th Governor of Massachusetts and Republican Presidential nominee *

Willard Ryan Willard J. Ryan (May 8, 1890 – February 7, 1962) was an American teacher and football coach who served as the first head coach of the Green Bay Packers. Historically, Curly Lambeau has been credited as being the Packers' first head coach, ...

(1890-1962), American football coach *

Willard Saulsbury Jr. Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Preside ...

(1861–1927), American politician from Delaware *

Willard Saulsbury Sr. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (June 2, 1820 – April 6, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Chance ...

(1820–1892), American politician from Delaware *

Willard Scott Willard Herman Scott Jr. (March 7, 1934 – September 4, 2021) was an American weather presenter, radio and television personality, actor, narrator, clown, comedian, and author, whose broadcast career spanned 68 years, 65 years with the NBC br ...

(born 1934), American journalist * Willard Cleon Skousen (1913–2006), American author and conservative faith-based political theorist * Willard Carroll Smith Jr, better known as

Will Smith Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor and rapper. He began his Will Smith filmography, acting career starring as Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), a ...

(born 1968), American actor, producer, and rapper *

Willard J. Smith Willard John Smith (May 14, 1910 – April 1, 2000) served as the 13th commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1966 to 1970. He was born in Suttons Bay, Michigan, and was the son of Oscar Smith, a retired commissioned warrant offi ...

(1910–2000), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard *

Willard Dickerman Straight Willard Dickerman Straight (January 31, 1880 – December 1, 1918) was an American investment banker, publisher, reporter, diplomat and by marriage, a member of the very wealthy Whitney family. He was a promoter of Chinese arts and investments, an ...

(1880–1918), American investment banker and diplomat *

Willard Thorp Willard Long Thorp (1899–1992) was an economist and academic who served three US Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower as an advisor in both domestic and foreign affairs. He helped draft the Marshall ...

(1899–1992), economist, academic, and presidential advisor *

Willard Saxby Townsend Willard Saxby Townsend (December 4, 1895 – February 3, 1957) was an African-American labour leader. He worked to improve the working conditions of African-American baggage handlers in railroad terminals, and was the first African-American to se ...

(1895–1957), African-American labour leader *

Willard Van Dyke Willard Van Dyke (December 5, 1906 – January 23, 1986) was an American filmmaker, photographer, arts administrator, teacher, and former director of the film department at the Museum of Modern Art.http://www.moma.org/docs/press_archives/6278/rel ...

(1906–1986), American filmmaker and photographer *

Willard Warner Willard Warner (September 4, 1826 – November 23, 1906) was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war. Early life and career Warner was born in Gra ...

(1826–1906), brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War * W. Garfield Weston (1898–1978), Canadian businessman *

Willard Wheatley Willard Wheatley MBE (16 July 1915 – 22 January 1997) was a British Virgin Islands educator and politician who served two consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 1971 to 1979. He was the second ever Chief Mi ...

(1915–1997), Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands * Sir

Willard White Sir Willard Wentworth White, OM, CBE (born 10 October 1946) is a Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone. Early life White was born into a Jamaican family in Kingston. His father was a dockworker, his mother a housewife. White first beg ...

(born 1946), British bass-baritone *

Willard Wigan Willard Wigan, (born June 1957) is a British sculptor from Ashmore Park Estate, Wednesfield, England, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who makes micro miniature sculptures. His sculptures are typically placed in the eye of a needle or on the head ...

(born 1957), British sculptor * Willard Huntington Wright, better known under his pen name

S. S. Van Dine S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-Worl ...

(1888–1939), American art critic and author

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* F.D.C. Willard, Siamese cat that coauthored several physics papers between 1975 and 1980. Surnames from given names

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