Willy

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

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 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 (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) (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 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 Magnum (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, 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, New Zealand-born singer and producer William George Sinclair in 1989
Willie Nile, American folk and rock singer and songwriter Robert Anthony Noonan (born 1948)
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), a 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)
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.
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), the mascot of the Northwestern University Wildcats
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.

People

Given name or nickname

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

Dogs

Fictional characters

See also