Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of
William
William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle ...
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Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to:
People
Given name or nickname
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Willie Allen (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player and director of the Growing Power urban farming program
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Willie Allen (racing driver) (born 1980), American racing driver
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Willie Anderson (disambiguation)
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Willie Apiata (born 1972), New Zealand Army soldier, the only recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand
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Willie (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer Willie Hortencio Barbosa
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Willy Böckl (1893–1975), Austrian world champion figure skater
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Willy Bocklant (1941–1985), Belgian road racing cyclist
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Willy Bogner Sr. (1909–1977), German Nordic skier
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Willy Bogner Jr. (born 1942), German fashion designer and alpine skier
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Willie Bosket (born 1962), an American convicted murderer whose numerous crimes committed as a minor led to a change in New York state law
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Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and concurrently served as the Chancellor ...
(1913–1992), 4th chancellor of West Germany, originally a pseudonym of Herbert Frahm
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Willie Brown (disambiguation)
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Willy Busch (1907–1982), German footballer
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Willy Caballero (born 1981), Argentina football goalkeeper
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Willie Cauley-Stein (born 1993), American basketball player
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Willy Chavarria
Willy Chavarria is an American fashion designer born in Huron, California. He is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of his eponymous label (stylized as WILLY CHAVARRIA), and previously served as the Senior Vice President of Design at Calvi ...
, an American fashion designer
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Willy Claes (born 1938), Belgian former politician and eighth Secretary General of NATO
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Willie Clancy (hurler) (1906–1967), Irish hurler
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Willie Clancy (musician) (1918–1973), Irish uilleann piper
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Willie Colón (musician)
William Anthony Colón Román (born April 28, 1950) is a Puerto Rican and American salsa music, Salsa musician and social activist. He began his career as a trombone, trombonist but also sings, writes, produces and acts. Colón was a pioneer o ...
(born 1950), New York musician and social activist
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Willie Colon (American football)
Willie Colon (born April 9, 1983) is an American former professional football guard. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL draft. He was part of the Steelers' Super Bowl XLIII victory over the Arizo ...
(born 1983), American football player
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Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui
Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui (born 24 August 1974), also known as William Cheruiyot, is a long-distance runner from Kenya, who won the Eindhoven Marathon a record four times, in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004. He ran his personal best (2:08:48) on 21 M ...
(born 1974), Kenyan long-distance runner
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Wee Willie Davis
Wee or WEE may refer to:
* Wee, a slang term for urine
Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and many other animals. In placental mammals, urine flows from the Kidney (vertebrates), kidneys through the ureters to the urinary ...
(1906–1981), American actor and professional wrestler
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Willie Davis (baseball)
William Henry Davis (April 15, 1940 – March 9, 2010) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as a center fielder from through , most prominently as an int ...
(1940–2010), American baseball player
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Willie Davis (basketball)
Willie Edward Davis (born August 9, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player.
College career
Davis attended North Texas State University, where he played college basketball.
Professional career
Davis was drafted in the seven ...
(1940–2010), American basketball player
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Willie Davis (defensive end)
Willie D. Davis (July 24, 1934 – April 15, 2020) was an American professional American football, football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Davis played college football for the Grambling State Tigers footb ...
(1934–2020), American football player
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Willie Davis (wide receiver)
Willie Clark Davis (born October 10, 1967) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston/Tennessee Oilers. Since rejoining t ...
(born 1967), American football player
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Willy De Clercq
Willy Clarisse Elvire Hector, Viscount De Clercq (8 July 1927 – 28 October 2011) was a Belgian liberal politician.
De Clercq was born in Ghent, son of Frans de Clercq.Etat présent de la noblesse belge 2015, p. 62 After his law and notariat ...
(1927–2011), Belgian politician, deputy prime minister and minister of finance
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Willie Dixon
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...
(1915–1992), American blues double-bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer
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Willie Drew, American football player
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Willy Eisenhart (1946–1995), American writer on art
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Willie Evans (disambiguation)
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Willie Christine King Farris (1927–2023), older sister of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Willy Fitz (1918–1993), Austrian football player and coach
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Willy Gamage, Sri Lankan politician
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Willie Gault (born 1960), American football player and sprinter
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Willie Gay (born 1998), American football player
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Willie Geist (born 1975), American television personality
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Willie Stevenson Glanton (1922–2017), American politician
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Willy Goldberger (1898–1960s), German-Spanish cinematographer
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Willie Green (born 1981), American basketball player
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Willie Green (American football) (born 1966), American football player
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Willie Harris (born 1978), American baseball player
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Willie Harvey Jr. (born 1996), American football player
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Willie Hector (born 1939), American football player
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Willy van Hemert (1912–1993), Dutch actor, theatre and television director and songwriter
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Willie Hernández (1954–2023), Puerto Rican baseball pitcher
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Willy Hernangómez (born 1994), Spanish basketball player
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Willy Hess (composer)
Willy Hess (12 October 1906 – 9 May 1997) was a Switzerland, Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven scholar. He achieved fame after compiling and publishing a List_of_compositions_by_Ludwig_van_Beethoven#Works_ ...
(1906–1997), Swiss musicologist, composer and Beethoven scholar
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Willy Hess (violinist) (1859–1939), German violinist and violin teacher
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Willie Heston (1878–1963), American football player
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William Higinbotham (1910–1994), American physicist and anti-nuclear proliferation activist
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Willie Horton (born 1951), an American convicted murderer whose crimes during a furlough were a significant issue in the 1988 US presidential campaign
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Willie Horton (baseball) (born 1942), American former baseball player
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Willy In 't Ven (born 1943), Belgian former road racing cyclist
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Willie Ito (born 1934), American animator
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Willy Jäggi (1906–1968), Swiss footballer
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Willy F. James Jr. (1920–1945), African-American United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
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Willie Johnson (disambiguation)
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Willie Jones (disambiguation)
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Willy Kan (1978–1999), female apprentice jockey from Hong Kong
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Willy von Känel (1909–1991), Swiss footballer
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Willy Kanis (born 1984), Dutch female racing cyclist
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Willie Otey Kay (1894–1992), American dressmaker
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Willy van de Kerkhof (born 1951), Dutch footballer
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Willy Kernen (1929–2009), Swiss footballer
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Willy Komen (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner
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Willy Koppen (1924-2002),
Dutch motorcycle racer, one of the first women participating at international motor races during the nineteen fifties
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Willie Lanier (born 1945), American football player
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Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and Liberal politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadians, French ...
(1841–1919), 7th Prime Minister of Canada
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Willy Ley (1906–1969), German science writer, spaceflight advocate and historian of science
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Willie Limond (1979–2024), Scottish boxer
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William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862), third son of President Abraham Lincoln
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Willie Kirkpatrick Lindsay (1875–1954), American educator and temperance activist
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Willy Lindström (born 1951), Swedish ice hockey player
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Willy Lust (born 1932), Dutch multi-sport track-and-field athlete
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Willie Person Magnum (1792–1861), American politician
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Willie Martinez (disambiguation)
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Willie Mays
Willie Howard Mays Jr. (May 6, 1931 – June 18, 2024), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of ...
(1931–2024), American baseball player
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Willie John McBride (born 1940), Northern Irish former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions
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Willie McCovey (1938–2018), American baseball player
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Willie McGee (born 1958), American former baseball player
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Willy McIntosh (born 1970), Thai actor, model and TV producer
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Willie McKenna (1889–1958), Scottish footballer
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Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978), German aircraft designer and manufacturer
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Willie Mitchell (disambiguation)
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Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), American pool player
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Willie Moretti (1894–1951), Italian-American mobster
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Willy Mutunga (born 1947), Kenyan lawyer, reformer and former Chief Justice of Kenya
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Willie Naulls (1934–2018), American basketball player
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Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restr ...
(born 1933), American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist
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Willy Van Neste (born 1944), Belgian retired road racing cyclist
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Willie Norwood (disambiguation)
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Guillermo "Willy" Oddó (1943–1991), Chilean musician
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Willie Ong (born 1963) Filipino cardiologist, media personality and politician
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Willie O'Ree (born 1935), the first black player in the National Hockey League
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Willie Park Sr. (1833–1903), Scottish golfer
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Willie Park Jr. (1864–1925), American golfer and golf course architect, son of the above
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Willy Pogany (1882–1955), Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books
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Willie Randolph (born 1954), American former baseball player, coach and manager
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Willie Revillame (born 1961), Filipino television host, actor and recording artist
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Willy Rizzo (1928–2013), Italian photographer and designer
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Willie Robertson (born 1972), American TV personality, businessman, outdoorsman, hunter and author best known for appearing on the reality TV series ''Duck Dynasty''
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Willy Røgeberg (1905–1969), Norwegian rifle shooter and 1936 Olympic champion
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Willy Rohr (1877–1930), German Army World War I officer and tactical innovator
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Willy Ronis (1910–2009), French photographer
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Willie Rushton (1937–1996), English cartoonist, comedian, actor and performer
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Willy Russell (born 1947), English dramatist, lyricist and composer
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Willy Sagnol (born 1977), French former football player and manager
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Willy Schäfer (actor) (1933–2011), German television actor
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Willy Schäfer (handballer) (1913–1980), Swiss Olympic field handball player
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Willy Schärer (1903–1982), Swiss middle-distance runner
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Willie Scott (American football) (1959–2021), an American retired National Football League player
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Willie Sims (1958–2022), American-Israeli basketball player
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Willy Sluiter (1873–1949), Dutch painter
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Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), American jazz pianist
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Willie Smith (alto saxophonist) (1910–1967), jazz alto saxophonist
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Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (1936–2011), American blues singer, harmonica player and drummer
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Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1937) (born 1937), American former football player
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Willie Smith (tight end) (born 1964), American former football player
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Willie Smith (offensive tackle, born 1986) (born 1986), American former football player
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Willy Spühler (1902–1990), Swiss politician
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Willie Stargell (1940–2001), American baseball player
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Willibald Stejskal, Austrian football player (1914–1923) and manager (1924–1953)
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Willy Stöwer (1864–1931), German artist, illustrator and author
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Willie Sutton (1901–1980), American bank robber
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Willie Taggart (born 1976), American college football coach
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Willy Taveras (born 1981), former Major League Baseball player from the Dominican Republic
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Willy Teirlinck (born 1948), Belgian retired road cyclist
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Willie Thorne (1954–2020), English snooker player and sports commentator
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Willie Tonga (born 1983), Australian Rugby League player
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Willy Tröger (1928–2004), German footballer
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Willy Vanden Berghen (1939–2022), Belgian retired road bicycle racer
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Willy Vandersteen (1913–1990), Belgian creator of comic books
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Willie Weeks (born 1947), American bass guitarist
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Willie Williams (disambiguation)
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Willie Wolfe (1951–1974), one of the founding members of the Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist group
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Willie Wolfgramm, Tongan rugby league player
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Willy Wolterstorff (1864–1943), German herpetologist and palaeontologist
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Willie Wood (disambiguation)
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Willie Woodburn (1919–2001), Scottish footballer
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Willy Workman (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for
Hapoel Jerusalem in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
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Willie Worsley (born 1945), American basketball player
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Willie Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
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Willie Young (disambiguation), multiple people
Stage name, pen name, ring name or nom de guerre
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Boxcar Willie (1931–1999), American country music singer
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Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and screenwriter
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Willy Corsari, Dutch singer and author Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt (1897–1998)
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Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter William Paul Borsey, Jr. (1950–2009)
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Willy Moon, New Zealand-born singer and producer William George Sinclair in 1989
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Willie Nile, American folk and rock singer and songwriter Robert Anthony Noonan (born 1948)
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Willie Pep, American boxer Guglielmo Papaleo (1922–2006)
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Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859–1931), French fin-de-siecle writer and music critic, pen name Willy
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Simeon Cuba Sarabia or Willy (1935–1967), Bolivian trade unionist and guerrilla under Che Guevara
Dogs
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Willie (1942-1955), General
George Patton's dog
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Araki Fabulous Willy (2001–2008), a champion Tibetan Terrier
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Wheely Willy (1991–2009), Californian paraplegic chihuahua
Fictional characters
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Chilly Willy, a cartoon character
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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''
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Willy Loman, protagonist of the play ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller
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Willie Lumpkin, supporting character in
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...
* Willy Mackey, a villain from ''
Double Dragon''
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Willy Roper, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders''
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Captain Willy Schultz, a comic book World War II soldier
* Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott, the female lead character in the film ''
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, based on a story by George Lucas. It is the second installment in the Indiana Jone ...
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* Willie Stark, central character of the novel ''
All the King's Men'' by Robert Penn Warren
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Willy Wonka, in Roald Dahl's children's novels and film adaptations thereof, owner of the chocolate factory
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Groundskeeper Willie, a recurring character on the television series ''The Simpsons''
* Wrong Way Willie, a recurring character in the adventures of Billy Jo Jive, an animated segment featured on ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...
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Willy (''EastEnders''), a fictional dog
* Willy, a fictional
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'' series of British children's comic strips and books
* Willy, main character in ''
Willy the Sparrow''.
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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''
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Willie the Wildcat (Kansas State), mascot of the Kansas State University Wildcats
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Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern), the mascot of the Northwestern University Wildcats
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Willie and Joe, comics characters created by Bill Mauldin
* King Willie, main villain in
Predator 2
* Uncle Willy, a character in the 1995 American horror comedy movie ''
Demon Knight''
* Willie, a character from Netflix's
Julie and the Phantoms.
* Willie, a character from
Sabritas.
See also
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Wili (disambiguation), includes a list of people with the name Wili
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Willi, a given name
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Willye, given name
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William (name)
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Willies (disambiguation), includes a list of people with the name Willies
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English masculine given names