Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William (given name), William or Wilhelm (name), Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to:

People

Given name or nickname

* Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and screenwriter * Willie Allen (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player and director of the Growing Power urban farming program * Willie Allen (racing driver) (born 1980), American racing driver * Willie Anderson (disambiguation) * Willie Apiata (born 1972), New Zealand Army soldier, only recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand * Willie (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer Willie Hortencio Barbosa * Willy Böckl (1893–1975), Austrian world champion figure skater * Willy Bocklant (1941–1985), Belgian road racing cyclist * Willy Bogner, Sr. (1909–1977), German Nordic skier * Willy Bogner, Jr. (born 1942), German fashion designer and alpine skier * Willie Bosket (born 1962), American convicted murderer whose numerous crimes committed as a minor led to a change in New York state law * Willy Brandt (1913–1992), 4th chancellor of West Germany, originally a pseudonym of Herbert Frahm * Willie Brown (disambiguation) * Willy Busch (1907–1969), German footballer * Willy Caballero (born 1981), Argentina football goalkeeper * Willie Cauley-Stein (born 1969), American basketball player * Willy Claes (born 1938), Belgian former politician and eighth Secretary General of NATO * Willie Clancy (hurler) (born 1907), Irish hurler * Willie Clancy (musician) (1918–1973), Irish uilleann piper * Willie Colón (musician) (born 1950), New York musician and social activist * Willie Colon (American football) (born 1983), American football player * Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui (born 1974), Kenyan long-distance runner * Wee Willie Davis (1906–1981), American actor and professional wrestler * Willie Davis (baseball) (1940–2010), American baseball player * Willie Davis (basketball) (born 1945), American basketball player * Willie Davis (defensive end) (1934–2020), American football player * Willie Davis (wide receiver) (born 1967), American football player * Willy De Clercq (1927–2011), Belgian politician, deputy prime minister and minister of finance * Willie Dixon (1915–1992), American blues double-bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer * Willy Eisenhart (1946–1995), American writer on art * Willie Evans (disambiguation) * Christine King Farris, Willie Christine King Farris (born 1927), older sister of Martin Luther King Jr. and his only living sibling * Willy Fitz (1918–1993), Austrian football player and coach * Willie Gault (born 1960), American football player and sprinter * Willie Gay (born 1998), American football player * Willie Stevenson Glanton (1922–2017), American politician * Willy Goldberger (1898-1960s), German-Spanish cinematographer * Willie Green (born 1981), American basketball player * Willie Green (American football) (born 1966), American football player * Willie Harris (born 1978), American baseball player * Willie Harvey Jr. (born 1996), American football player * Willie Hector (born 1939), American football player * Willy van Hemert (1912–1993), Dutch actor, theatre and television director and songwriter * Willy Hernangómez (born 1994), Spanish basketball player * Willy Hess (composer) (1906–1997), Swiss musicologist, composer and Beethoven scholar * Willy Hess (violinist) (1859–1939), German violinist and violin teacher * Willie Heston (1878-1963), American football player * William Higinbotham (1910–1994), American physicist and anti-nuclear proliferation activist * Willie Horton (born 1951), American convicted murderer whose crimes during a furlough was a major issue in the 1988 US presidential campaign * Willie Horton (baseball) (born 1942), American baseball player * Willy In 't Ven (born 1943), Belgian former road racing cyclist * Willie Ito (born 1934), American animator * Willy Jäggi (1906–1968), Swiss footballer * Willy F. James Jr. (1920–1945), African-American United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor * Willie John McBride (born 1940), Northern Irish former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions * Willie Johnson (disambiguation) * Willie Jones (disambiguation) * Willy von Känel (1909–1991), Swiss footballer * Willy Kanis (born 1984), Dutch female racing cyclist * Willie Otey Kay (1894–1992), American dressmaker * Willy van de Kerkhof (born 1951), Dutch footballer * Willy Kernen (1929–2009), Swiss footballer * Willy Komen (athlete), Willy Komen (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner * Willie Lanier (born 1945), American football player * Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), 7th Prime Minister of Canada * Willy Ley (1906–1969), German science writer, spaceflight advocate and historian of science * William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862), third son of President Abraham Lincoln * Willy Lindström (born 1951), Swedish ice hockey player * Willy Lust (born 1932), Dutch multi-sport track-and-field athlete * Willie Person Magnum (1792-1861), American politician * Willie Martinez (disambiguation) * Willie Mays (born 1931), American Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame player * Willie McCovey (1938–2018), American baseball player * Willie McGee (born 1958), American baseball player * Willy McIntosh (born 1970), Thai actor, model and TV producer * Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978), German aircraft designer and manufacturer * Willie Mitchell (disambiguation) * Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), American pool player * Willie Moretti (1894–1951), Italian-American mobster * Willy Mutunga (born 1947), Kenyan lawyer, reformer and former Chief Justice of Kenya * Willie Naulls (1934–2018), American basketball player * Willie Nelson (born 1933), American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist * Willy Van Neste (born 1944), Belgian retired road racing cyclist * Willie Norwood (disambiguation) * Guillermo "Willy" Oddó (1943–1991), Chilean musician * Willie Ong (born 1963) Filipino cardiologist, media personality and politician * Willie O'Ree (born 1935), first black player in the National Hockey League * Willie Park, Sr. (1833–1903), Scottish golfer * Willie Park, Jr. (1864–1925), American golfer and golf course architect, son of the above * Willy Pogany (1882–1955), Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books * Willie Randolph (born 1954), American former Major League Baseball player, coach and manager * Willie Revillame (born 1961), Filipino television host, actor and recording artist * Willy Rizzo (1928–2013), Italian photographer and designer * Willie Robertson (born 1972), American TV personality, businessman, outdoorsman, hunter and author best known for appearing on the reality TV series ''Duck Dynasty'' * Willy Røgeberg (1905–1969), Norwegian rifle shooter and 1936 Olympic champion * Willy Rohr (1877–1930), German Army World War I officer and tactical innovator * Willy Ronis (1910–2009), French photographer * Willie Rushton (1937–1996), English cartoonist, comedian, actor and performer * Willy Russell (born 1947), English dramatist, lyricist and composer * Willy Sagnol (born 1977), French former football player and manager * Willy Schäfer (actor) (born 1933), German television actor * Willy Schäfer (handballer) (1913–1980), Swiss Olympic field handball player * Willy Schärer (1903–1982), Swiss middle-distance runner * Willie Scott (American football) (born 1959), American retired National Football League player * Willie Sims (basketball), Willie Sims (born 1958), American-Israeli basketball player * Willy Sluiter (1873–1949), Dutch painter * Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), American jazz pianist * Willie Smith (alto saxophonist) (1910–1967), jazz alto saxophonist * Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (1936–2011), American blues singer, harmonica player and drummer * Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1937) (born 1937), American former football player * Willie Smith (tight end) (born 1964), American former football player * Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1986) (born 1986), American former football player * Willy Spühler (1902–1990), Swiss politician * Willibald Stejskal, Austrian football player (1914–1923) and manager (1924–1953) * Willy Stöwer (1864–1931), German artist, illustrator and author * Willie Sutton (1901–1980), American bank robber * Willie Taggart (born 1976), American college football coach * Willy Taveras (born 1981), former Major League Baseball player from the Dominican Republic * Willy Teirlinck (born 1948), Belgian retired road cyclist * Willie Thorne (1954–2020), English snooker player and sports commentator * Willie Tonga (born 1983), Australian Rugby League player * Willy Tröger (1928–2004), German footballer * Willy Vanden Berghen (born 1939), Belgian retired road bicycle racer * Willy Vandersteen (1913–1990), Belgian creator of comic books * Willie Weeks (born 1947), American bass guitarist * Willie Williams (disambiguation) * Willie Wolfe (1951–1974), one of the founding members of the Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist group * Willie Wolfgramm, Tongan rugby league player * Willy Wolterstorff (1864–1943), German herpetologist and paleontologist * Willie Wood (disambiguation) * Willie Woodburn (1919–2001), Scottish footballer * Willy Workman (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Willie Worsley (born 1945), American basketball player * Willie Wright (disambiguation), multiple people * Willie Young (disambiguation), multiple people

Surname

* Boxcar Willie (1931–1999), American country music singer * Charles V. Willie (1927-2022), American sociologist and writer

Stage name, pen name, ring name or nom de guerre

* Simeon Cuba Sarabia or Willy (1935–1967), Bolivian trade unionist and guerrilla under Che Guevara * Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859–1931), French fin-de-siecle writer and music critic, pen name Willy * Willy Corsari, Dutch singer and author born Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt (1897–1998) * Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter born William Paul Borsey, Jr. (1950–2009) * Willy Moon, New Zealand-born singer and producer born William George Sinclair in 1989 * Willie Nile, American folk and rock singer and songwriter born Robert Anthony Noonan (born 1948) * Willie Pep, American boxer born Guglielmo Papaleo (1922–2006)

Dogs

* Araki Fabulous Willy or Willy (2001–2008), a champion Tibetan Terrier * Wheely Willy (1991–2009), a paraplegic chihuahua

Fictional characters

* Chilly Willy, a cartoon character * Willy Armitage, strongman and IMF agent in the TV series ''Mission: Impossible'' * Willy Fog, protagonist in the Spanish animated series ''Around the World with Willy Fog'' * Willy Loman, protagonist of the play ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller * Willie Lumpkin, supporting character in Marvel Comics * Willy Mackey, a villain from ''Double Dragon'' * Willy Roper, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Captain Willy Schultz, a comic book World War II soldier * Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott, female lead character in the film ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' * Willie Stark, central character of the novel ''All the King's Men'' by Robert Penn Warren * Willy Wonka, in Roald Dahl's children's novels and film adaptations thereof, owner of chocolate factory * Groundskeeper Willie, a recurring character on the television series ''The Simpsons'' * Willy (EastEnders), Willy (''EastEnders''), a fictional dog * Willy, a fictional orca, killer whale in the films ''Free Willy'', ''Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home'', ''Free Willy 3: The Rescue'', and Free Willy (TV series)'' * Willy, a fictional sperm in the book ''Where Willy Went'' * Willy, a sailor from Wigan in the Captain Pugwash#Willy, ''Captain Pugwash'' series of British children's comic strips and books * Willy, main character in ''Willy the Sparrow''. * Willie the Giant, Willie the Giant, a character in ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' * Willie, a whale in the ''Make Mine Music'' segment ''Willie the Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met'' * Willie the Wildcat (Kansas State), mascot of the Kansas State University Wildcats * Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern), mascot of the Northwestern University Wildcats * Willie and Joe, comics characters created by Bill Mauldin * King Willie, main villain in Predator 2 * Uncle Willy, character in the 1995 American horror comedy movie ''Demon Knight'' * Willie, a character from Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms.

People

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Surname

Stage name, pen name, ring name or nom de guerre

Dogs

Fictional characters

See also