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Willy or Willie is a masculine given name or 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), racing driver
- Willie Anderson (disambiguation)
- 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
- Willy Brandt (1913-1992), 4th chancellor of West Germany
- Willie Brown (disambiguation)
- Willy Busch (1907–1982), German footballer
- Willie Cauley-Stein (born 1993), American National Basketball Association player
- Willie Clancy (hurler) (born 1907), Irish hurler
- Willie Clancy (musician) (1918–1973), Irish uilleann piper
- Willie Colón (musician) (born 1950), New York musician
- Willie Colon (American football) (born 1983), American National Football League player
- Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui (born 1974), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Willy De Clercq (1927-2011), Belgian politician, deputy primer minister and minister of finance
- Willie Dixon (1915–1992), American blues double-bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer
- Willy Eisenhart (1946-1995), American writer on art
- Willie Evans (disambiguation)
- Willy Fitz (1918–1993), Austrian football player and coach
- Willy Goldberger (1898-1960s), German-Spanish cinematographer
- Willie Green (born 1981), American National Basketball Association player
- Willie Green (American football) (born 1966), American retired National Football League player
- Willy van Hemert (1912–1993), Dutch actor, theatre and television director and songwriter
- Willy Hess (composer) (1906-1997), Swiss musicologist, composer and Beethoven scholar
- Willy Hess (violinist) (1859–1939), German violinist and violin teacher
- Willy In 't Ven (born 1943), Belgian former road racing cyclist
- Willy Jäggi (1906–1968), Swiss footballer
- Willie Johnson (disambiguation)
- Willy von Känel (1909–1991), Swiss footballer
- Willy Kanis (born 1984), Dutch female racing cyclist
- Willy van de Kerkhof (born 1951), Dutch retired footballer
- Willy Kernen (1929-2009), Swiss footballer
- Willy Komen (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Willy Ley (1906-1969), German science writer, spaceflight advocate and historian of science
- Willy Lindström (born 1951), retired National Hockey League player from Sweden
- Willie Martinez (disambiguation)
- Willie Mays (born 1931), American Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame player
- Willie Mitchell (disambiguation)
- 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 Park, Sr. (1833-1903), American pioneer of professional golf
- Willie Park, Jr. (1864-1925), American golfer and golf course architect, son of the above
- Willie Revillame (born 1961), Filipino television host, actor and recording artist
- 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
- Willy Ronis (1910-2009), French photographer
- Willy Russell (born 1947), English dramatist, lyricist and composer
- Willy Schäfer (actor) (born 1933), German television actor
- Willy Schäfer (handballer) (1913–1980), Swiss Olympic field handball player
- Wilhelm Willy Schärer (1903-1982), Swiss middle-distance runner
- Willie Scott (American football) (born 1959), American retired National Football League player
- Willy Spühler (1902-1990), Swiss politician
- Willibald Stejskal, Austrian football player (1914-1923) and manager (1924-1953)
- Willy Stöwer (1864–1931), German artist, illustrator and author
- Willy Taveras (born 1981), Major League Baseball player from the Dominican Republic
- Willy Teirlinck (born 1948), Belgian retired road cyclist
- Willie Tonga, (born 1983), Australian Rugby League player
- Willy Tröger (1928–2004), German footballer
- Willy Vanden Berghen (born 1939), Belgian retired road bicycle racer
- Willie Williams (disambiguation)
- Willie Young (disambiguation)
Stage name, pen name or nom de guerre
- Simeon Cuba Sarabia or Willy (1935-1967), Bolivian trade unionist and guerrilla under Che Guevara
- Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859–1931), French fin-de-siecle writer and music critic, pen name Willy
- Willy DeVille (1950–2009), American singer and songwriter born William Paul Borsey, Jr.
- Willie Nile, (born 1948), American folk and rock singer and songwriter born Robert Anthony Noonan
Surname
- Drew Willy (born 1986), American football quarterback
Fictional characters
- Willy Loman, protagonist of the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
- Willy Wonka, in Roald Dahl's children's novels and film adaptations thereof
- Groundskeeper Willie, a recurring character on the television series The Simpsons
- Willy Roper, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Willy (EastEnders), a fictional dog
- Willy, a fictional whale in the film Free Willy
- Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott, female lead character in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Willy, a sailor from Wigan in the Captain Pugwash series of British children's comic strips and books
- Captain Willy Schultz, a comic book World War II soldier
- Willie the Wildcat (Kansas State), mascot of the Kansas State University Wildcats
- Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern), mascot of the Northwestern University Wildcats
Music
- Willie – Before His Time, a 1977 album by country singer Willie Nelson
- "Willy", a song by Joni Mitchell from Ladies of the Canyon
- "Willie", a 2006 song by Cat Power from The Greatest
Other uses
- slang for the penis
- Willy (textile machine)
- SS Willy, a Dutch cargo ship in service from 1938 to 1939
- Willie Lake, a lake in Minnesota
- Willie: An Autobiography, an autobiography by Willie Nelson with the assistance of Bud Shrake
See also
- Boxcar Willie (1931–1999), American country music singer
- "Willy-willy", Australian name for a dust devil wind phenomenon
- Willys, an American automobile brand name, noted for its design of the Jeep
- Wili (disambiguation)
- Willi, a given name
- William (name)
- Willies (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing willie
- All pages with titles containing Willy
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