# Willard (name)

The name Willard may refer to:

## People
### Surname

* Aaron Willard (1757–1844), Boston industrialist
* Adam Willard, (born 1973), drummer
* Aimee Willard (1974–1996), murder victim
* Alexander Hamilton Willard (1778–1865), member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
* Alice Willard (1860-1936), American journalist and businesswoman
* Archibald Willard (1836–1918), American painter
* Ashbel P. Willard (1820–1860), American politician, governor of Indiana
* Barbara Willard (1909–1994), British author
* Beatrice Willard (1925–2003), American botanist
* Charity Cannon Willard (1914–2005), American scholar and author
* Charles W. Willard (1827–1880), American politician from Vermont
* Clarence E. Willard (1882-1962), American vaudeville performer
* Cyrus Field Willard (1858–1942), American journalist, political activist, theosophist, and freemason
* Dallas Willard (1935–2013), American philosopher and author
* Dan Willard, American computer scientist and logician
* Daniel Willard (1861–1942), American railroad executive
* Edward Smith Willard (1853–1915), English stage
* Elen Willard (born 1941), American actress
* Emma Willard (1787–1870), American activist and educator
* Frances Willard (suffragist) (1839–1898), American educator, temperance reformer and women's suffragist
* Frances Willard (magician) (born 1940), stage magician
* Fred Willard (1933–2020), American actor
* George Willard (1824–1901), American politician from Michigan
* Helen S. Willard (1894–1980), American occupational therapist
* Horace B. Willard (1825–1900), American politician
* Howard W. Willard (1894–1960), American printmaker, illustrator
* Huntington Willard (born c. 1953), American geneticist
* Jess Willard (1881–1968), American boxer
* Jess Willard (footballer) (1924–2005), English football player and coach
* John Willard (disambiguation), several people:
** John Willard (died 1692), American witchcraft defendant
** John Willard (judge) (1792–1862), American lawyer and politician from New York
** John Willard (playwright) (1885-1942), American
** John D. Willard (1799–1864), American lawyer and politician from New York
* Joseph Willard (1738–1804), American clergyman and academic
* Joseph A. Willard (1803–1868), American politician from New York
* Josiah Willard (1805–1868), American activist
* Ken Willard (born 1943), American football player
* Kenneth R. Willard (1902–1987), American politician from New York
* Kevin Willard (born 1975), American basketball coach
* Marcel Willard (1889-1956), French politician
* Martin Louis Willard (1842–1921), American politician from New York
* Mary Louisa Willard (1898-1993), American college professor
* Mary Thompson Hill Willard (1805–1892), American social reformer
* Nancy Willard (1936–2017), American author and poet
* Ralph Willard (born 1946), American basketball coach
* Robert F. Willard (born 1950), US Navy officer
* Rod Willard (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
* Samuel Willard (1640–1707), American colonial clergyman
* Sidney Willard (1780–1856), American politician from Massachusetts
* Simon Willard (1753–1848), American maker of Simon Willard clocks
* Simon Willard (first generation) (1605–1676), Massachusetts colonist
* Solomon Willard (1783–1861), American stonecarver and builder
* Sylvie Willard (born 1952), French bridge player
* Victor Willard (born 1815, date of death unknown), American farmer and politician
* Xerxes Addison Willard (1820–1882), American dairyman, lawyer, and newspaper editor

### Given name

* Willard Bartlett (1846–1925), American judge from New York
* Willard Harrison Bennett (1903–1987), American physicist
* Willard Boyle (1924–2011), Canadian physicist
* Willard Brown (1915–1996), American baseball player
* Willard H. Brownson (1845–1935), US Navy officer
* Willard C. Butcher (1926–2012), American banker
* Willard S. Curtin (1905–1996), American politician from Pennsylvania
* Willard Dewveall (1936–2006), American football player
* Willard Dyson, American drummer
* Willard R. Espy (1910–1999), American editor, philologist, writer, and poet
* Willard Estey (1919–2002), Canadian judge
* Willard Gemmill (1875–1935), American judge from Indiana
* Willard Hall (1780–1875), American lawyer and politician from Delaware
* Willard Preble Hall (1820–1882), American lawyer and politician, governor of Missouri
* Willard Hershberger (1910–1940), American baseball player
* Willard Ikola (born 1932), American ice hockey player and coach
* Willard Johnson (politician) (1820–1900), American politician from New York
* Willard F. Jones (1890–1967), Naval engineer and Gulf Oil executive
* Willard Keith (1920–1942), American Marine officer
* Willard Kennedy, better known as Bill Kennedy (actor) (1908–1997), American actor and voice artist
* Willard Libby (1908–1980), American chemist
* Willard Maas (1906–1971), American experimental filmmaker and poet
* Willard Kitchener MacDonald (1906–1971), "the Hermit of Gully Lake" in Canada
* Willard Mack (1873–1934), Canadian-American actor, director, and playwright
* Willard Manus (1930–2023), American novelist, playwright, and journalist
* J. Willard Marriott (1900–1985), American businessman
* Willard Marshall (1921–2000), American baseball player
* W. Eugene McCombs (1925–2004), American politician from North Carolina
* Willard Metcalf (1858–1925), American artist
* Willard Mullin (1902–1978), American sports cartoonist
* Willard H. Murray Jr. (1931–2021), American politician from California
* Willard Zerbe Park (1906–1965), anthropologist
* Willard Phelps (born 1941), former Yukon politician
* Willard Price (1887–1983), American natural historian and author
* Willard Van Orman Quine (1908–2000), American philosopher and logician
* Willard Ransom (1916–1995), American lawyer, businessman, community civic leader, and a civil rights activist
* Willard Richards (1804–1854), leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
* Willard Rockwell (1888–1988), businessman
* Willard Mitt Romney (born 1947), better known as Mitt Romney, 70th Governor of Massachusetts and Republican Presidential nominee
* Willard Ryan (1890-1962), American football coach
* Willard Saulsbury Jr. (1861–1927), American politician from Delaware
* Willard Saulsbury Sr. (1820–1892), American politician from Delaware
* Willard Scott (1934–2021), American journalist
* Willard Cleon Skousen (1913–2006), American author and conservative faith-based political theorist
* Willard Carroll Smith II, better known as Will Smith (born 1968), American actor, producer, and rapper
* Willard J. Smith (1910–2000), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
* Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918), American investment banker and diplomat
* Willard Thorp (1899–1992), economist, academic, and presidential advisor
* Willard Saxby Townsend (1895–1957), African-American labour leader
* Willard Van Dyke (1906–1986), American filmmaker and photographer
* Willard Warner (1826–1906), brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
* Willard Watson (1921–1995), African-American folk artist from Caddo Parish, Louisiana
* W. Garfield Weston (1898–1978), Canadian businessman
* Willard Wheatley (1915–1997), Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
* Sir Willard White (born 1946), British bass-baritone
* Willard Wigan (born 1957), British sculptor
* Willard Huntington Wright, better known under his pen name S. S. Van Dine (1888–1939), American art critic and author

## Other

* F.D.C. Willard, Siamese cat that coauthored several physics papers between 1975 and 1980.