Willoughby

Willoughby may refer to:

Places

Antigua

• Willoughby Bay (Antigua), on the southeast coast of Antigua

Australia

• Willoughby, New South Wales, suburb of Sydney
  • Willoughby Girls High School
• Willoughby East, New South Wales
• City of Willoughby, local government area of New South Wales
• Electoral district of Willoughby, in New South Wales
• Willoughby Parish, Cumberland, New South Wales
• Willoughby, South Australia, a locality on Kangaroo Island
  • Cape Willoughby, a headland in South Australia

Canada

• Willoughby Township, Ontario

England

• Willoughby, Lincolnshire
  • Willoughby railway station
• Willoughby, Warwickshire
• Willoughby Almshouses, Cossall, Nottingham
• Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire
• Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire

United States

• Willoughby, Ohio
• Willoughby Hills, Ohio
• Willoughby Condominium, Friendship Heights, Maryland
• Willoughby Park, Friendship Heights, Maryland
• Willoughby Run, waterway in Adams County, Pennsylvania
• Willoughby Spit, a peninsula of land in Norfolk, Virginia
• Lake Willoughby, in Westmore, Vermont

Elsewhere

• Willoughby's Land, elusive islands thought to be north of the Barents Sea

Toponyms

• Willoughby River, flowing in Vermont, United States

People

British aristocrats

• Baron Willoughby de Broke, a barony by writ in the peerage of England since 1491
• Baron Willoughby de Eresby, a barony by writ in the peerage of England, dating to 1313
• Baron Willoughby of Parham, a title in the peerage of England from 1547 until 1779
• Baron Middleton, a title in the peerage of England since 1711, held by the Willoughby family

Other persons

Also spelled Willughby

Given name

• Willoughby Williams, American politician.
• Willoughby Williams, Jr. (1798-1882), American banker and sheriff.

Surname

• Bart Willoughby (b.1960), Pitjantjatjara (Indigenous Australian) musician
• Bill Willoughby (b. 1957), American professional basketball player
• Charl Willoughby (b. 1974), South African cricketer
• Major General Charles A. Willoughby (1892–1972), American military officer
• Francis Willoughby (disambiguation), several people called Francis Willoughby or Willughby
• George Willoughby (disambiguation), several people called George Willoughby
• Holly Willoughby (b. 1981), English television presenter
• Hugh de Willoughby, English medieval theologian and university chancellor
• Hugh Willoughby (disambiguation), several people called Hugh Willoughby
• Kim Willoughby (b. 1980), American volleyball player
• Leonard Ashley Willoughby (1885–1977), British scholar of German literature
• Lillian Willoughby (1916–2009), American peace activist
• Marlene Willoughby (b. 1948), American pornographic actress
• Nesbit Willoughby (1777–1849), British Royal Navy officer
• Percival Willoughby (d.1643), MP for Nottinghamshire & Businessman
• Richard de Willoughby (Notts MP 1318) (d.1324), Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas and MP for Nottinghamshire
• Richard de Willoughby (d.1362), Lord Chief Justice of England and MP for Nottinghamshire, most famous for being kidnapped by the Folville Gang
• Westel Willoughby, Jr. (1769–1844), American statesman
• Westel W. Willoughby (1867–1945), American political theorist, twin brother of William F. Willoughby
• William F. Willoughby (1867–1960), American author and public administration, twin brother of Westel W. Willoughby

Fiction

• Willoughby the Dog, an animated character from Looney Tunes
• Inspector Willoughby, an animated character from The Woody Woodpecker Show.
• John Willoughby, one of the main characters in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
• "A Stop at Willoughby", an episode of The Twilight Zone television series
• Willobie His Avisa, an Elizabethan narrative poem
• Willoughby, Texas, a fictional town featured in the TV series, Revolution.

Ships

• USS Willoughby, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• English ship Mary Willoughby, a Tudor navy ship (1535–1573)

Other

• Willoughby Delta 8, a twin-engined aerodynamic test bed for a proposed flying wing airliner
• Willoughby Limestone, a geologic formation in Alaska
• Willoughby, a device used to help extract gemstones from alluvial gravel, in a process similar to gold panning

See also

• Willoughby baronets