Willy

People

Given name or nickname

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, the 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), an 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 (1907–1982), German footballer

Willy Caballero (born 1981), Argentina football goalkeeper

Willie Cauley-Stein (born 1993), American basketball player

Willy Chavarria (born 1967), an American fashion designer

Willy Claes (born 1938), Belgian former politician and eighth Secretary General of NATO

Willie Clancy (hurler) (1906–1967), Irish hurler

Willie Clancy (musician) (1918–1973), Irish uilleann piper

Willie Colón (1950–2026), American salsa musician and social activist

Willie Colon (American football) (born 1983), American football player

Wee Willie Davis (1906–1981), American actor and professional wrestler

Willie Davis (baseball) (1940–2010), American baseball player

Willie Davis (basketball) (1940–2010), 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

Willie Drew, American football player

Willy Eisenhart (1946–1995), American writer on art

Willie Evans (disambiguation)

Willie Christine King Farris (1927–2023), older sister of Martin Luther King Jr.

Willy Fitz (1918–1993), Austrian football player and coach

Willy Gamage, Sri Lankan politician

Willie Gault (born 1960), American football player and sprinter

Willie Gay (born 1998), American football player

Willie Geist (born 1975), American television personality

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

Willie Hernández (1954–2023), Puerto Rican baseball pitcher

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), an American convicted murderer whose crimes during a furlough were a significant issue in the 1988 US presidential campaign

Willie Horton (baseball) (born 1942), American former 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 Johnson (disambiguation)

Willie Jones (disambiguation)

Willy Kan (1978–1999), female apprentice jockey from Hong Kong

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 Cheruiyot Kipkirui (born 1974), Kenyan long-distance runner

Willy Komen (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner

Willy Koppen (1924–2002), Dutch motorcycle racer, one of the first women participating at international motor races during the nineteen fifties

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

Willie Limond (1979–2024), Scottish boxer

William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862), third son of President Abraham Lincoln

Willie Kirkpatrick Lindsay (1875–1954), American educator and temperance activist

Willy Lindström (born 1951), Swedish ice hockey player

Willy Lust (born 1932), Dutch multi-sport track-and-field athlete

Willie Person Mangum (1792–1861), American politician

Willie Martinez (disambiguation)

Willie Mays (1931–2024), American baseball player

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 McCovey (1938–2018), American baseball player

Willie McGee (born 1958), American former baseball player

Willy McIntosh (born 1970), Thai actor, model and TV producer

Willie McKenna (1889–1958), Scottish footballer

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), the 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 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) (1933–2011), 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) (1959–2021), an American retired National Football League player

Willie Sims (1958–2022), 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

Willie Stargell (1940–2001), American baseball player

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 (1939–2022), 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 (born 1970), Tongan rugby league player

Willy Wolterstorff (1864–1943), German herpetologist and palaeontologist

Willie Wood (disambiguation)

Willie Woodburn (1919–2001), Scottish footballer

Willy Workman (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for 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

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

Boxcar Willie (1931–1999), American country music singer

Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and screenwriter

Willy Corsari, Dutch singer and author Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt (1897–1998)

Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter William Paul Borsey, Jr. (1950–2009)

Willy Moon (born 1989), birth name William George Sinclair, New Zealand-born singer and producer

Willie Nile (born 1948), birth name Robert Anthony Noonan, American folk and rock singer and songwriter

Willie Pep, American boxer Guglielmo Papaleo (1922–2006)

Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859–1931), French fin-de-siecle writer and music critic, pen name Willy

Simeon Cuba Sarabia or Willy (1935–1967), Bolivian trade unionist and guerrilla under Che Guevara

Dogs

Willie (1942–1955), General George Patton's dog

Araki Fabulous Willy (2001–2008), champion Tibetan Terrier

Wheely Willy (1991–2009), Californian 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, the 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 the chocolate factory

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 in the late 1970s.

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)