Willis may refer to:

Places

United States

Willis, Florida Willis is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republ ...

, an unincorporated community * Willis, Kansas, a city * Willis, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Willis, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Willis, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community *

Willis, Texas Willis is a city in Montgomery County, Texas, Montgomery County, Texas, United States, located eight miles north of Conroe, Texas, Conroe in north central Montgomery County. The city began to develop in 1870 after what is now the Union Pacific Ra ...

, a city * Willis, Floyd County, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Willis, Russell County, Virginia Willis (also Macktown) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Russell County, Virginia, Russell County, Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 2,215 feet (675 m)., Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-28. Acc ...

, an unincorporated community * Willis River, a tributary of the James River in Virginia

Elsewhere

* Willis, Grenada, a town *

Willis Island Willis Island is the only permanently inhabited island in the Coral Sea Islands Territory, an external territory of Australia, located beyond the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. The island is located some east of Cairns, Queensland. It ...

, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Australia *

Willis Islands The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait. They were discovered on 14 January 1775 by Captain James Cook and na ...

, South Georgia Islands

Arts and entertainment

Works

* ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' ( , ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (; ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet () in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it was first perfor ...

'' or ''The Willis'', a ballet (in the ballet, the Willis are a group of supernatural women) * ''

Le Villi ''Le Villi'' (''The Willis'' or ''The Fairies'') is an opera–ballet in two acts (originally one) composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the short story "Les Willis" by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr. Karr ...

'' (''The Willis'' or ''The Fairies''), an opera-ballet composed by Giacomo Puccini * ''Willis'' (album), by The Pietasters

Fictional characters

Willis Jackson (character) This is a list of characters from the NBC and American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes''. Main characters table Phillip Drummond Phillip Drummond was portrayed by Conrad Bain. He is a friendly, wealthy white widower, who ...

, in the 1970s-1980s American sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'' *

Willis (Digimon) '' Digimon Adventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 02'', '' Digimon Adventure tri.'' '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning,'' and the 2020 reboot of '' Digimon Adventure'' are produced by Toei Animation for th ...

, in the anime series * Tom and Helen Willis, a fictional couple on the sitcom ''The Jeffersons'' *

Willis family The Willis family are a fictional family from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. They were introduced by Don Battye in 1989, but left screens in 1996, before being reintroduced in 2013. The first family member to be seen on-screen was Bra ...

, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Willis the Bouncer, a Martian in the novel '' Red Planet'' by Robert A. Heinlein * Private Willis, the soldier (of the Grenadier Guards) in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta ''

Iolanthe ''Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri'' () is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in 1882. It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh of fourteen operatic collaborations by Gilbert ...

'' * Leslie Willis, DC Comics villain

Livewire (DC Comics) Livewire is a supervillain appearing in multimedia produced by DC Entertainment, and American comic books published by DC Comics. Created for ''Superman: The Animated Series'', the character appeared in March 1997 in ''Superman Adventures'' #5 (b ...

* Jeremy Willis, the Scout from

Team Fortress 2 ''Team Fortress 2'' (''TF2'') is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation in 2007. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video g ...

Buildings

Willis Tower The Willis Tower, formerly and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-storey, story, skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer F ...

, Chicago, the tallest building in the United States and ninth-tallest in the world *

Willis Building (London) The Willis Building is a commercial skyscraper in London named after the primary tenant, Willis Group. It is located on Lime Street, London, Lime Street in the City of London financial district. The building was designed by Norman Foster, Baron ...

, a skyscraper *

Willis Building, Ipswich The Willis Building (originally the Willis Faber & Dumas regional headquarters) in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman after establishing Foster Associates. Constructed betwee ...

, a lowrise office building

Companies

* Willis & Co., a former Canadian piano company *

Willis Group Holdings Willis Group Holdings plc was a multinational risk advisor, insurance brokerage and reinsurance brokerage company headquartered in the Willis Building in London. It was the third-largest insurance broker worldwide by revenues. In 2016, the com ...

, a former insurance broker

People

Willis (given name) Willis is a masculine given name which may refer to the following people: Men *Willis Bouchey (1907–1977), American actor * Willis B. Burns (1851–1915), American businessman and politician *Willis Carrier (1876–1950), American engineer and in ...

, a list of people *

Willis (surname) Willis is a surname of English people, English, Norman French people, French, and Scottish people, Scottish origin. The oldest extant family of the name, the Willes family of Warwickshire, formerly of Newbold Comyn and Fenny Compton, has used the sp ...

, a list of people

Other uses

Willis Street Willis Street is a prominent street in the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Along with Courtenay Place, Manners Street and Lambton Quay, the lower reaches of Willis Street form part of the "Golden Mile ...

, Wellington, New Zealand * Willis High School, Conroe, Texas, United States * Ulmus 'Willis', a hybrid elm cultivar