Will (given name)

**Will**  [wil] or **Wil** is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of William, Wilfred, Wilbur, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Willard or Willeke. 

It may refer to:

## 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
*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 1979), 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 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 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), founder of the Kellogg food company
*Will Kemp (actor, born 1977), English actor and dancer
*Will Lee (1908–1982), American actor
*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 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 Poulter (born 1993), English actor
*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
*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 Wright (actor) (1894–1962), American actor
*Will Wright (born 1960), American video game designer
*Will Wynn (born 1961), former mayor of Austin, Texas
*Will Yun Lee (born 1971), American actor

## Women
* Wil Burgmeijer (born 1947), Dutch retired speed skater
* Wil van Gogh (1862–1941), Dutch nurse and feminist, youngest sister of Vincent van Gogh

## Fictional characters
* 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 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*
* 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 *Skyscraper (2018 film)*
* Will Scarlet, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men
* Will Solace from Rick Riordan's *Trials of Apollo*
* 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.* Her full name changed to Wilma in TV series adaptation.