Willis (surname)
Willis, a variant of the name William, is a surname, of Scottish and English origin meaning (Son of William). Notable persons with that surname include:
A
- Adam Willis (footballer) (born 1976), retired English footballer
- Albert Sydney Willis (1843–1897), American politician
- Alicia Leigh Willis (born 1978), American actress
- Allee Willis, American songwriter
- Arthur Willis (1920–1987), English footballer
- Austin Willis (1917–2004), Canadian actor
- Achille Murat Willis, Jr. (1916–2011), Chairman of the Board of Regents, University of North Texas
B
- Bailey Willis (1857-1949), American geologist
- Beth Willis (producer), British television producer
- Bill Willis (1921–2007), American footballer
- Bob Willis (born 1949), English cricketer
- Bobby Willis (1942–1999), British songwriter
- Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquarian and numismatist
- Bruce Willis (born 1955), American actor
C
- Cardis Cardell Willis (1937-2007), American comedian
- Carl Willis (born 1960), former American baseball player
- Carl Willis (Australian) (1893–1930), Australian rules footballer
- Carol Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Charles Willis (1827–1895), English cricketer
- Charles T. Willis (1841–1921), New York politician
- Chris Willis, American singer
- Chuck Willis (1928–1958), American blues singer/songwriter
- Connie Willis (born 1945), American science fiction writer
- Craig Willis (born 1954), Australian sports announcer
D
- Dave Willis (born 1970), American voice actor
- David Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Deborah Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Dinah Willis (born 1945), American model
- Dixie Willis (born 1941), former Australian middle distance runner
- Donald Willis (born 1973), former American football player
- Don Willis (1909–1984), American pool hustler
- Dontrelle Willis (born 1982), Major League pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
E
- Eddie Willis (born 1936), African-American musician
- Edward Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Edwin B. Willis (1893–1963), American film set designer
- Edwin E. Willis (1904–1972), American politician
- Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), American poet
- Ellen Willis (1941–2006), American political essayist
- Eric Willis (1922–1999), Australian politician
- Errick Willis (1896–1967), Canadian politician
F
- Felicity Willis (born 1978), Puerto Rican basketball player
- Francis Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Frank Wills (disambiguation), several people
- Fred Willis (born 1947), retired American football player
- Sir Frederick Arthur Willis (d. 1899), British Army general
G
- Gary Willis, American musician
- Geoff Willis (born 1959), Formula One Technical Director (Red Bull)
- George Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Gerri Willis, CNN news anchor
- Gordon Willis (1931–2014), American cinematographer
H
- Henry Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Henry Parker Willis (1874–1937), American finance expert
- Horace Luther "H. L." Willis (1892-1979), American mayor
- Humphrey Willis, Anglo-Irish soldier of the 16th century
I
- Ike Willis, American musician
J
- James Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Jason Willis (born 1980), American footballer
- Jerome Willis (born 1928), British stage and screen actor
- Jim Willis (baseball) (born 1927), American former baseball player
- John Willis (disambiguation), several people
K
- Katherine Willis (born 1971), American actress
- Kelly Willis (born 1968), American country music singer/songwriter
- Keith Willis (born 1959), former American footballer
- Ken Willis (born 1968), former American footballer
- Kevin Willis (born 1962), former American professional basketball player
L
- Larry Willis (born 1942), American jazz pianist
- Leo Willis (1890–1952), American actor
- Linda Willis (born 1949), witness during the assassination of President Kennedy
M
- Mark Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Matthew Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Meredith Sue Willis (born 1946), American writer
- Michael Willis (born 1949), American actor
- Michelle Willis, American composer
- Mike Willis (born 1950), former American baseball player
N
- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867), American author, poet and editor
- Nick Willis (born 1983), New Zealand middle distance athlete
- Noah G. Willis (1940-2015), American politician
- Norman Willis (born 1933), British TYC General Secretary (1984–93)
P
- Patrick Willis (born 1985), American footballer
- Patrick Willis (judge) (born 1950), American judge
- Paul Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Pete Willis (born 1960), British musician
- Peter Willis (born 1937), former English footballer
- Peter Tom Willis (born 1967), former American footballer
- Phil Willis (b 1941), British politician
- Phillip Willis (1918–1995), witness the assassination of President Kennedy
- Patricia Willis, American novelist who wrote a handful of novels most notably Danger Along the Ohio
R
- Ralph Willis (born 1938), Australian politician
- Ray Willis (born 1982), American footballer
- Raymond E. Willis (1875–1956), US senator from Indiana
- Rex Willis (1924–2000), Welsh rugby union player
- Richard Storrs Willis (1818–1900), American composer
- Richard Willis (spy) (c. 1613-1690), English Civil War spy
- Richard Gardiner Willis (1865–1929), Canadian politician
- Richard Raymond Willis (1876–1968), English Victoria Cross recipient
- Robert Willis (1800–1875), English scientist
- Robert Willis (1800–1875), English academic and writer on church architecture
- Robert Willis, dean of Canterbury since 2001
- Rosemary Willis (born 1953), witness to the assassination of President Kennedy
- Rumer Willis (born 1968), American actress
S
- Sarah Willis (author), American novelist
- Shane Willis (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Simon Willis, British journalist
- Simon Willis (cricketer) (born 1974), former English cricketer
T
- Ted Willis, Baron Willis (1914–1992), British television dramatist
- Thomas Willis (1621–1675), English doctor and founder of modern neurology
- Tom Willis (born 1983), Australian soccer player
- Tom Willis (rugby union) (born 1979), New Zealand rugby union player
V
- Vic Willis (1875–1947), American Major League baseball player
- Victor Willis (born 1951), American singer/songwriter
W
- Walt Willis (1919–1999), Irish science fiction writer
- Walter Willis (disambiguation), several people
- Wesley Willis (1963–2003), Chicago artist and musician
- William Nicholas Willis (1858–1922), Australian politician
- William Willis (1837–1894), British physician
- William Willis (1897–1971), American sailor and adventurer
- William Willis (1841–1923), British inventor
- William Willis (1794–1870), American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine, in 1857
- William Willis Garth (1828–1912), American politician
- Wincey Willis (born 1948), weather forecaster on TVAM in Britain in the 1980s
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