# Will (given name)

Will [wil] or Wil is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of William, Wilson, Wilfred, Wilbert, Willow, Wilmer, Wilbur, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Willard or Willeke.
Notable people with the name include:

## Men

* Will Alsop (1947–2018), British architect
* Will Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Will Arnett (born 1970), Canadian-American actor, voice actor and comedian
* Will Bagley (1950–2021), American historian
* Will Barclay (born 1969), American politician
* Will Barnet (1911–2012), American artist
* Will Biederman, American engineer
* Wil Boessen (born 1964), Dutch football manager and former player
* Will Brownsberger (born 1957), American politician
* Will Bynum (born 1983), American basketball player
* Wil Calhoun, American television producer and writer
* Will Chase (born 1970), American actor and singer
* Will Clapp (born 1995), American football player
* Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
* Will Clyburn (born 1990), American professional basketball player
* Wil Cordero (born 1971), Puerto Rican baseball player
* Will Craig (born 1994), American baseball player
* Will Dissly (born 1996), American football player
* Will Durant (1885–1981), American writer and historian
* Will Durst (born 1952), American humorist
* Will Eisner (1917–2005), American cartoonist
* Will Eno (born 1965), American playwright
* Will Estes (born 1978), American actor
* Will Ferrell (born 1967), American actor
* Will Finn (born 1958), American animator
* Will Flemming (born 1979), American sportscaster
* Will Fries (born 1998), American football player
* Will Forte (born 1970), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
* Will Fuller (born 1994), American football player
* Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor and social activist
* Will Graham (evangelist) (born 1975), American evangelist
* Will Grier (born 1995), American football player
* Will Grigg (born 1991), English footballer
* Will Gold (born 1996), English Internet personality and musician
* Will Hall (American football) (born 1980), American football coach
* Will Hall (writer) (born 1966), American mental health advocate, writer, and counselor
* Will Harris (American football) (born 1997), American football player
* Will Hastings (born 1996), American football player
* Will Hay (1888–1949), English comedian
* Will H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician
* Will Heard (born 1991), English singer-songwriter
* Will Heldt (born 2005), American football player
* Will Hernandez (born 1995), American football player
* Will Hill (born 1990), American football player
* Will Holden (American football) (born 1993), American football player
* Will Hutchins (born 1930), American actor
* Wil S. Hylton, American journalist
* Will Inman (poet) (1923–2009), American poet
* Will Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Wil Jones (basketball) (born 1947), American basketball player
* Will Keith Kellogg (1860–1951), American businessman, founder of the Kellogg food company
* Will Kemp (actor, born 1977), English actor and dancer
* Will Kimbrough (born 1964), American singer-songwriter
* Will Klein (baseball) (born 1999), American baseball player
* Will Lee (disambiguation), several people
* Will Levis (born 1999), American football player
* Wil London (born 1997), American sprinter
* Wil Lutz (born 1994), American football player
* Will Lyman (born 1948), American voice actor
* Will Mallory (born 1999), American football player
* Will Mastin (1878–1975), American entertainer
* Wil McCarthy (born 1966), American science fiction novelist
* Will McClay (born 1966), American football player and coach
* Will McDonald IV (born 1999), American football player
* Will Murray (born 1953), American author and scholar of pulp fiction
* Will Muschamp (born 1971), American football head coach
* Wil Myers (born 1990), American baseball player
* Wil Nieves (born 1977), Puerto Rican baseball player
* Will Nightingale (born 1995), English footballer
* Will Overstreet (born 1979), American football player
* Will Patton (born 1954), American actor
* Will Pauling, American football player
* Will Poulter (born 1993), English actor
* Will Purdue (born 1965), American basketball player
* Will Putnam (born 2000), American football player
* Will Rayman (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Will Reichard (born 2001), American football player
* Wil Robinson (born 1949), American basketball player
* Will Rogers (1879–1935), American humorist
* Will Rogers (American football) (born 2001), American football player
* Will Ryan (1949–2021), American voice actor
* Will Sampson (1933–1987), American actor and painter
* Will Sasso (born 1975), Canadian actor
* Will Shipley (born 2002), American football player
* Will Shortz (born 1952), American puzzle creator
* Wil Shriner (born 1953), American actor
* Will Smith (born 1968), American actor and rapper
* Will Solomon (born 1978), American basketball player
* Will Sommers (died 1560), the best-known court jester of King Henry VIII
* Will Streets (1886–1916), English soldier and poet of the First World War
* Will Sutton (born 1991), American football player
* Will Tschetter (born 2003), American basketball player
* Wil Trapp (born 1993), American soccer player
* Wil Traval (born 1980), Australian actor
* Wil van der Aalst (born 1966), Dutch computer scientist, and professor
* Will Vinton (1947–2018), American filmmaker
* Wil Waluchow, Canadian philosopher
* Will Weaver (basketball), American basketball coach
* Wil Wheaton (born 1972), American actor
* Will Whitehorn (born 1960), British business executive
* Will Williams (born 1995), American long jumper
* Will Wilson (disambiguation), several people
* Will Windham (born 1985), American football coach
* Will Wright (disambiguation), several people
* Will Wynn (born 1961), former mayor of Austin, Texas
* Will Wood, American musician, singer-songwriter, and comedian
* Will Young (disambiguation), several people
* Will Yun Lee (born 1971), American actor

## Women

* Wil Burgmeijer (born 1947), Dutch speed skater
* Wil de Visser (born 1952), Dutch footballer
* Will Allen Dromgoole (1860–1934), American author and poet
* Wil Lou Gray (1883–1984), American educator
* Wil Schuurman (born 1943), Dutch politician
* Wil van Gogh (1862–1941), Dutch nurse and feminist, youngest sister of Vincent van Gogh
* Will van Kralingen (1951–2012), Dutch actress
* Wil Velders-Vlasblom (1930–2019), Dutch politician

## Fictional characters

* Will Graham, protagonist of Thomas Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon, two film adaptations of the novel and the television series Hannibal
* Wil, the main character of the Welsh-language TV series Wil Cwac Cwac
* Will, in the video game Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
* Will (Pokémon), in the Pokémon universe
* Will Blake, in the Goosebumps series
* Will Byers, one of the main characters of Stranger Things
* Will Cloud, one of the main characters in the 2014 film Cloud 9
* Will Gardner, on the American TV series The Good Wife
* Will Griggs, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
* Will Herondale from Cassandra Clare's The Infernal Devices
* Will Horton, on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
* Will Hunting, protagonist of the 1997 film Good Will Hunting
* Will Ladislaw, in George Eliot's Middlemarch
* Wil Ohmsford, in the fantasy novel The Elfstones of Shannara and the TV series The Shannara Chronicles
* Will Robinson, one of the main characters in the TV series Lost in Space
* Will Sawyer, the protagonist in the 2018 film Skyscraper
* Will Scarlet, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men
* Will Solace from Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo
* Will Treaty from John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice
* Will Truman, one of the title characters of the TV sitcom Will & Grace
* Will Turner, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
* Wilhelmina "Will" Vandom, one of the five main titular characters in the 2017 republished comic book series of W.I.T.C.H.