# 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 Chavarria, 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 (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.