Willy

Willy or Willie is a masculine given name or 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), racing driver
• Willie Anderson (disambiguation)
• 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
• Willy Brandt (1913-1992), 4th chancellor of West Germany
• Willie Brown (disambiguation)
• Willy Busch (1907–1982), German footballer
• Willie Cauley-Stein (born 1993), American National Basketball Association player
• Willie Clancy (hurler) (born 1907), Irish hurler
• Willie Clancy (musician) (1918–1973), Irish uilleann piper
• Willie Colón (musician) (born 1950), New York musician
• Willie Colon (American football) (born 1983), American National Football League player
• Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui (born 1974), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Willy De Clercq (1927-2011), Belgian politician, deputy primer minister and minister of finance
• Willie Dixon (1915–1992), American blues double-bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer
• Willy Eisenhart (1946-1995), American writer on art
• Willie Evans (disambiguation)
• Willy Fitz (1918–1993), Austrian football player and coach
• Willy Goldberger (1898-1960s), German-Spanish cinematographer
• Willie Green (born 1981), American National Basketball Association player
• Willie Green (American football) (born 1966), American retired National Football League player
• Willy van Hemert (1912–1993), Dutch actor, theatre and television director and songwriter
• Willy Hess (composer) (1906-1997), Swiss musicologist, composer and Beethoven scholar
• Willy Hess (violinist) (1859–1939), German violinist and violin teacher
• Willy In 't Ven (born 1943), Belgian former road racing cyclist
• Willy Jäggi (1906–1968), Swiss footballer
• Willie Johnson (disambiguation)
• Willy von Känel (1909–1991), Swiss footballer
• Willy Kanis (born 1984), Dutch female racing cyclist
• Willy van de Kerkhof (born 1951), Dutch retired footballer
• Willy Kernen (1929-2009), Swiss footballer
• Willy Komen (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner
• Willy Ley (1906-1969), German science writer, spaceflight advocate and historian of science
• Willy Lindström (born 1951), retired National Hockey League player from Sweden
• Willie Martinez (disambiguation)
• Willie Mays (born 1931), American Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame player
• Willie Mitchell (disambiguation)
• 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 Park, Sr. (1833-1903), American pioneer of professional golf
• Willie Park, Jr. (1864-1925), American golfer and golf course architect, son of the above
• Willie Revillame (born 1961), Filipino television host, actor and recording artist
• 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
• Willy Ronis (1910-2009), French photographer
• Willy Russell (born 1947), English dramatist, lyricist and composer
• Willy Schäfer (actor) (born 1933), German television actor
• Willy Schäfer (handballer) (1913–1980), Swiss Olympic field handball player
• Wilhelm Willy Schärer (1903-1982), Swiss middle-distance runner
• Willie Scott (American football) (born 1959), American retired National Football League player
• Willy Spühler (1902-1990), Swiss politician
• Willibald Stejskal, Austrian football player (1914-1923) and manager (1924-1953)
• Willy Stöwer (1864–1931), German artist, illustrator and author
• Willy Taveras (born 1981), Major League Baseball player from the Dominican Republic
• Willy Teirlinck (born 1948), Belgian retired road cyclist
• Willie Tonga, (born 1983), Australian Rugby League player
• Willy Tröger (1928–2004), German footballer
• Willy Vanden Berghen (born 1939), Belgian retired road bicycle racer
• Willie Williams (disambiguation)
• Willie Young (disambiguation)

Stage name, pen name or nom de guerre

• Simeon Cuba Sarabia or Willy (1935-1967), Bolivian trade unionist and guerrilla under Che Guevara
• Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859–1931), French fin-de-siecle writer and music critic, pen name Willy
• Willy DeVille (1950–2009), American singer and songwriter born William Paul Borsey, Jr.
• Willie Nile, (born 1948), American folk and rock singer and songwriter born Robert Anthony Noonan

Surname

• Drew Willy (born 1986), American football quarterback

Fictional characters

• Willy Loman, protagonist of the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
• Willy Wonka, in Roald Dahl's children's novels and film adaptations thereof
• Groundskeeper Willie, a recurring character on the television series The Simpsons
• Willy Roper, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Willy (EastEnders), a fictional dog
• Willy, a fictional whale in the film Free Willy
• Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott, female lead character in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Willy, a sailor from Wigan in the Captain Pugwash series of British children's comic strips and books
• Captain Willy Schultz, a comic book World War II soldier
• Willie the Wildcat (Kansas State), mascot of the Kansas State University Wildcats
• Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern), mascot of the Northwestern University Wildcats

Music

• Willie – Before His Time, a 1977 album by country singer Willie Nelson
• "Willy", a song by Joni Mitchell from Ladies of the Canyon
• "Willie", a 2006 song by Cat Power from The Greatest

Other uses

• slang for the penis
• Willy (textile machine)
• SS Willy, a Dutch cargo ship in service from 1938 to 1939
• Willie Lake, a lake in Minnesota
• Willie: An Autobiography, an autobiography by Willie Nelson with the assistance of Bud Shrake

See also

• Boxcar Willie (1931–1999), American country music singer
• "Willy-willy", Australian name for a dust devil wind phenomenon
• Willys, an American automobile brand name, noted for its design of the Jeep
• Wili (disambiguation)
• Willi, a given name
• William (name)
• Willies (disambiguation)
• Willys, a U.S. brand of car
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