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People

* Herbert

Geoffrey Willans Herbert Geoffrey Willans, RNVR, (4 February 1911 – 6 August 1958), an English writer and journalist, is best known as the creator of Nigel Molesworth, the "goriller of 3B" and "curse of St. Custard's", as in the four books with illustration ...

, (4 February 1911 – 6 August 1958), an English author and journalist, is best known as the co-creator, with the illustrator Ronald Searle, of Nigel Molesworth * Owen Willans Richardson, (26 April 1879 – 15 February 1959), was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 * Joel Willans (b. 1972), British copywriter and author *

John Bancroft Willans John Bancroft Willans (1881 - 1957) was an English landowner, historian, photographer and philanthropist Early life Willans was born on 27 May 1881 in Liverpool, the only child of John William Willans - the chief engineer of the Liverpool Overh ...

(1881–1957) landowner and philanthropist * John William Willans (c.1845-1895) Chief Engineer of the

Liverpool Overhead Railway The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella or Ovee) was an overhead railway in Liverpool that operated along the Liverpool Docks and opened in 1893 with lightweight electric multiple units. The railway had a number o ...

, and father of John Bancroft Willans

Firms

Willans (company) Willans is a British-based safety harness provider. History Willans were founded in England in 1967 and has provided safety equipment to top motor sport teams in Formula One, NASCAR, the Indy Racing League and rallying Rallying is a wide-ran ...

, British-based safety harness provider * Willans & Robinson, were manufacturing engineers of Thames Ditton, Surrey. Later, from 1896, at Victoria Works, Rugby, Warwickshire, England

Other

* Willans engine, was a high-speed stationary steam engine used for electricity generation around the start of the 20th century *

Willans Hill Miniature Railway Willans Hill Miniature Railway is a rideable miniature railway located in Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens in the suburb of Turvey Park, New South Wales, Turvey Park in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. The ra ...

, in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia {{disambig