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* [[Phillip Willis]] (1918-1995), witness the assissnation of President Kennedy |
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Willis, a variant of the name William, is a surname, of Scottish and English origin meaning (Son of William).
The name may refer too.
A
- Adam Willis (footballer) (b. 1976), retired English footballer
- Albert Sydney Willis (1843-1897), American politician
- Alicia Leigh Willis (b. 1978), American actress
- Allee Willis, American songwriter
- Amrit Kaur Willis (b. 1953), American author
- Arthur Willis (1920-1987), English footballer
- Austin Willis (1917-2004), Canadian actor
- Alexandra Willis (b.1996), British Child Actress
B
- Beth Willis (producer), British television producer
- Bill Willis (1921-2007), American footballer
- Bob Willis (b. 1949), English cricketer
- Bobby Willis (1942-1999), British songwriter
- Browne Willis (1682-1760), English antiquarian and numismatist
- Bruce Willis (b. 1955), American actor
C
- Carl Willis (b. 1960), former american baseball player
- Carl Willis (sportsman) (1893-1930), Australian rules footballer
- Carol Willis, several people
- Charles Willis (1827-1895), English cricketer
- Chris Willis, American singer
- Chuck Willis (1928-1958), American blues singer/songwriter
- Connie Willis (b. 1945), American science fiction writer
- Craig Willis (b. 1954), Australian sports announcer
D
- Dave Willis (b. 1970), American voice actor
- David Willis, several people
- Deborah Willis (b. 1948), African American photographer and author
- Dinah Willis (b. 1945), American model
- Dixie Willis (b. 1941), former Australian middle distance runner
- Donald Willis (b. 1973), former American football player
- Don Willis (1909-1984), American pool hustler
- Dontrelle Willis (b. 1982), Major League pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
E
- Eddie Willis (b. 1936), African-American musician
- Edward Willis (1835-1891), Canadian journalist
- Edwin B. Willis (1893-1963), American film set designer
- Edwin E. Willis (1904-1972), American politician
- Elizabeth Willis (b. 1961), American poet
- Ellen Willis (1941-2006), American political essayist
- Eric Willis (1922-1999), Australian politician
- Errick Willis (1896-1967), Canadian politician
F
- Felicity Willis (b. 1978), Puerto Rican basketball player
- Francis Willis, several people
- Frank Wills, several people
- Fred Willis (b. 1947), retired American football player
- Sir Frederick Arthur Willis (d. 1899), British Army general
G
- Gary Willis, American musician
- Geoff Willis (b. 1959), Formula One Technical Director (Red Bull)
- George Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Gerri Willis, CNN news anchor
- Glen Willis (musician), guitarist for Clubber Lang Band
- Gordon Willis (b. 1931), American cinematographer
H
- Harold (Chuck) Willis (1928-1958), American blues/rock singer/songwriter
- Henry Willis, several people
- Henry Parker Willis (1874-1937), American finance expert
I
- Ike Willis, American musician
J
- James Willis (b. 1972), former American footballer
- Jason Willis (b. 1980), American footballer
- Jerome Willis (b. 1928), British stage and screen acyor
- James Hamlyn Willis (1910-1995), Australian botanist
- Jim Willis (baseball) (b. 1927), American former baseball player
- John Willis, several people
- John E. Willis, American astronomer
K
- Katherine Willis (b. 1971), American actress
- Kelly Willis (b. 1968), American country music singer/songwriter
- Keith Willis (b. 1959), former American footballer
- Keith Tyrone Willis (b. 1980), American footballer
- Ken Willis (b. 1968), former American footballer
- Kevin Willis (b. 1962), former American professional basketball player
L
- Larry Willis (b. 1942), American jazz pianist
- Leo Willis (1890-1952), American actor
- Linda Willis (b. 1949), witness during the assassination of President Kennedy
M
- Mark Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Matthew Willis, American saxophonist
- Meredith Sue Willis (b. 1946), American writer
- Michael Willis (b. 1949), American actor
- Michelle Willis, American composer
- Mike Willis (b. 1950), former American baseball player
N
- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867), American author, poet and editor
- Nick Willis (b. 1983), New Zealand middle distance athlete
- Norman Willis (b. 1933), British TYC General Secretary (1984-93)
P
- Patrick Willis (b. 1985), American footballer
- Patrick Willis (judge), (born 1950), American judge
- Paul Willis, several people
- Pete Willis (b. 1960), British musician
- Peter Willis (b. 1937), former English footballer
- Peter Tom Willis (b. 1967), former American footballer
- Phil Willis (b 1941), British politician
- Phillip Willis (1918-1995), witness the assissnation of President Kennedy
- Patricia Willis, American novelist who wrote a handful of novels most nobley Danger Along the Ohio.
R
- Ralph Willis (b. 1938), Australian politician
- Ray Willis (b. 1982), American footballer
- Raymond E. Willis (1875-1956), US senator from Indiana
- Rex Willis (1924-2000), Welsh rugby union player
- Richard Storrs Willis (1818-1900), American composer
- Richard Willis (spy) (c. 1613-1690), English Civil War spy
- Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929), Canadian politician
- Richard Raymond Willis (1876-1968), English Victoria Cross recipient
- Robert Willis (1800-1875), English scientist
- Robert Willis (1800-1875), English academic and writer on church architecture
- Robert Willis, dean of Canterbury since 2001
- Rosemary Willis (b. 1953), witness to the assassination of President Kennedy
- Rumer Willis (b. 1968), American actress
S
- Sarah Willis, American novelist
- Shane Willis (b. 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Simon Willis, British journalist
- Simon Willis (cricketer) (b. 1974), former English cricketer
T
- Ted Willis, Baron Willis (1914-1992), British television dramatist
- Thomas Willis (1621-1875), English doctor and founder of modern neurology
- Tom Willis (b. 1983), Australian soccer player
- Tom Willis (rugby union) (b. 1979), New Zealand rugby union player
V
- Vic Willis (1875-1947), American Major League baseball player
- Victor Willis (b. 1951), American singer/songwriter
W
- Walt Willis (1919-1999), Irish science fiction writer
- Walter Willis (AKA Bruce Willis)
- Wesley Willis (1963-2003), Chicago artist and musician
- William Nicholas Willis (1858-1922), Australian politician
- William Willis (1837–1894), British physician
- William Willis (1897–1971), American sailor and adventurer
- William Willis (1841–1923), British inventor
- William Willis (1794–1870), American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine, in 1857
- William Willis Garth (1828–1912), American politician
- Wincey Willis (b. 1948), weather forecaster on TVAM in Britain in the 1980s (AKA Bryony Willis)