Willis



Gender:
Origin: German
583 famous people named Willis found on Wikipedia.
51925 male, 822 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 2403-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 86-th in year 1880
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of William.


Willis is a masculine given name which may refer to:
People:
Willis Bouchey (1907–1977), American actor
Willis Carrier (1876–1950), American engineer and inventor, best known for inventing modern air conditioning
Willis Carto (born 1926), American far right activist and Holocaust denier
Willis Conover (1920–1996), jazz producer and longtime broadcaster on the Voice of America
Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941), an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Willis Goldbeck (1898–1979), American screenwriter and film director
Willis Hall (1929–2005), English playwright and radio and television writer
Willis Harman (1918–1997), American engineer, social scientist, academic, futurist and writer
Willis Hudlin (1906–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher
Willis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley (1904–1970), British technologist and electrical engineer
Willis Jackson (saxophonist) (1932–1987), American jazz tenor saxophonist
Willis Linn Jepson (1867–1946), American botanist
Willis Lamb (1913–2008), American physicist and Nobel laureate
Willis Augustus Lee (1888–1945), vice-admiral of the United States Navy and Olympic Games sport shooter
Willis McGahee (born 1981), National Football League running back
Willis O'Brien (1886–1962), Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artist
Willis Peguese (born 1966), American football player
Willis Polk (1867–1924), American architect
Willis Reed (born 1942), American retired basketball player, coach and general manager
Willis H. Stephens, Sr. (born 1925), American politician
Willis Stephens, Jr. (born 1955), American politician, son of the above
Willis Ward (1912-1983?), African-American track and field athlete and football player, lawyer and judge
Fictional characters:
Willis Jackson (character), in the 1970s-1980s U.S. TV sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
Willis (Digimon), in the anime series
Willis the Bouncer, a Martian in the novel Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein


Combine of wil (will, desire) and helm (helmet, protection).

Famous People: 583 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Bruce Willis 1955 American actor, producer, and musician
2 Rumer Willis 1988 Actress from the United States
3 Emma Willis 1976 English television presenter and model
4 Matt Willis 1983 English singer (*1983)
5 Victor Willis 1951 American singer-songwriter
6 Willis McGahee 1981 All-American college football player, professional football player, running back
7 Bobby Willis 1942 British songwriter
8 Willis Carrier 1876 American inventor
9 Marcus Willis 1990 British tennis player
10 Wesley Willis 1963 American singer-songwriter
11 Willis Reed 1942 American basketball player and coach
12 Dontrelle Willis 1982 American baseball player
13 Pete Willis 1960 English musician
14 Kevin Willis 1962 American basketball player
15 Steve Willis 1976 The Biggest Loser trainer
16 Connie Willis 1945 American science fiction writer
17 Terese Willis
18 Gerri Willis 1959 American news anchor
19 Patrick Willis 1950 American judge
20 Sam Willis 1977 British historian
21 Gordon Willis 1931 American cinematographer
22 Bob Willis 1949 Cricket player of England.
23 Imogen Willis
24 Allee Willis 1947 American songwriter, artist and set designer
25 Willis Carto 1926 American activist
26 Doug Willis
27 Nick Willis 1983 New Zealand middle-distance runner
28 Ellen Willis 1941 Writer, activist
29 Willis Bouchey 1907 American actor
30 Willis Earl Beal 1983 Singer/Songwriter/Producer
31 Chris Willis 1969 Singer from the United States
32 Kelly Willis 1968 American country music singer-songwriter
33 Wincey Willis 1948 British broadcaster
34 Thomas Willis 1621 English doctor
35 Willis Lamb 1913 American Physicist
36 Alicia Leigh Willis 1978 American actress
37 Chuck Willis 1928 American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
38 Cody Willis
39 Willis Meehan 1995 New Zealand-Australian rugby league player and boxer
40 Willis H. O'Brien 1886 American animator
41 Willis Van Devanter 1859 Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
42 Ike Willis 1955 American musician
43 George Willis 1926 English footballer
44 Nathaniel Parker Willis 1806 American magazine writer, editor, and publisher
45 Willis Augustus Lee 1888 Admiral
46 Bill Willis 1921 American football player
47 Willis Plaza 1987 Trinidad and Tobago footballer
48 Gaby Willis
49 Pam Willis
50 Wallace Willis American songwriter
51 Willis Alan Ramsey 1951 American singer-songwriter
52 Sarah Willis 1969 British musician
53 Carl Willis 1960 American baseball player
54 Willis V. McCall 1909 American sheriff
55 Nicole Willis 1963 American singer-songwriter
56 Willis Ward 1912 Track and field athlete and American football player
57 Austin Willis 1917 Canadian actor
58 Gary Willis 1957 American musician
59 Eddie Willis 1936 African-American soul musician
60 Coady Willis 1974 American drummer
61 Francis Willis 1718 British physician
62 Odell Willis 1984 American football player
63 Geoff Willis 1959 Formula One designer
64 Willis C. Hawley 1864 American politician
65 Frank B. Willis 1871 American politician
66 Willis Conover 1920 American radio producer
67 H. A. Willis 1948 Australian writer
68 James Willis 1972 American football player and coach
69 Willis Jackson 1932 American jazz tenor saxophonist
70 Willis Halaholo 1990 New Zealand rugby union player
71 Vic Willis 1876 American baseball player
72 Larry Willis 1940 American pianist
73 Katherine Willis 1971 American actress and producer
74 Jerome Willis 1928 British actor
75 Benjamin Willis
76 Peter Tom Willis 1967 American football quarterback
77 Betty Willis 1923 American graphic designer
78 Willis Polk 1867 American architect
79 Willis Barnstone 1927 American poet, translator, and Hispanist
80 Willis Smith 1887 American politician
81 Andrew Willis 1990 British swimmer, Olympic athlete
82 Willis Harman 1918 American electrical engineer
83 Deborah Willis 1948 American photographer
84 Joe Willis 1988 American soccer player
85 Daphne Willis 1987 Musician
86 Winston E. Willis 1939 American businessman
87 Noah G. Willis 1940
88 Willis Hawkins 1913 American aerospace engineer
89 Christopher Willis 1978 British film score composer
90 David Willis 1960 English journalist
91 John Christopher Willis 1868 English botanist
92 Willis Adcock 1922 Canadian American physical chemist
93 Willis Dale Crittenberger 1890 United States Army officer
94 Ted Willis, Baron Willis 1918 British playwright, novelist and screenwriter
95 Eric Willis 1922 New South Wales politician and Premier
96 Michael Willis 1949 American actor
97 Henry Willis 1821 British organ builder
98 Jordan Willis
99 Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough 1941 British politician
100 Bailey Willis 1857 American geologist
101 Phillip Willis 1918 Witness to the Kennedy assassination
102 Jack Willis American documentary filmmaker
103 Willis Wilson 1960 American basketball player and coach
104 Elizabeth Willis 1961 American poet
105 Robert Willis 1800 English academic
106 Kathy Willis British ecologist
107 Willis Ware 1920 American computer and privacy pioneer
108 Willis Pyle 1914
109 Denny Willis 1920 Scottish comedian
110 Keith Willis 1959 American football player
111 Adam Willis 1976 English footballer
112 Chick Willis 1934 American singer
113 Willis A. Gorman 1816 American lawyer, soldier, politician, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
114 Willis W. Bradley 1884 United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
115 Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1869 American businessman
116 Brad Willis 1949 International news correspondent and yoga instructor
117 Richard Storrs Willis 1819 American composer
118 Rhoda Willis 1867 English murderer
119 John Willis 1921 United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
120 Shane Willis 1977 Canadian ice hockey player
121 Ken Willis 1966 American football player
122 Jeanne Willis 1959 English writer
123 Willis R. Whitney 1868 American chemist and founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company
124 Jane Willis American blackjack player
125 Craig Willis 1954 Australian actor
126 Edwin E. Willis 1904 American politician
127 Edwin B. Willis 1893 American scenic designer
128 Thornton Willis 1936 American painter
129 Mark W. Willis American businessman
130 Willis Bradley Haviland 1890 Aviator
131 Willis George Emerson 1856 American writer
132 Willis Benson Machen 1810 American politician
133 Andra Willis 1943 American singer
134 Darryl Willis 1969 American businessman
135 Norman Willis 1933 British trade unionist; General Secatary of the TUC
136 Willis Adams 1956 American football player
137 Simeon S. Willis 1879 American lawyer and politician
138 Raymond E. Willis 1875 American politician
139 Beth Willis 1978 British television prducer
140 Fred Willis 1947 American football player
141 Algernon Willis 1889 Lord of the Admiralty
142 Jan Willis 1948 American Buddhist scholar, Tibetan Buddhist
143 Cassius Willis American actor
144 Ray Willis 1982 American football player
145 Harold Buckley Willis 1890 American soldier
146 Hal Willis 1933 Canadian singer
147 Ralph Willis 1910 American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
148 Beverly Willis 1928 American architect
149 Tony Willis 1960 Boxer
150 Tyler Willis 1980 American model
151 Willis J. Abbot 1863 Journalist
152 Willis Glassgow 1907 American football player
153 John A. Willis 1916 American film book editor
154 Browne Willis 1682 English politician
155 Josh Willis
156 Albert S. Willis 1843 American politician
157 Derek Willis 1995 American basketball player
158 Willis Goldbeck 1898 Screenwriter
159 Willis G. Hale 1848 American architect
160 Richard Willis 1664 English bishop
161 Willis Linn Jepson 1867 American scientist
162 Dale Willis 1938 American college baseball player, Major League Baseball player, pitcher
163 Justin Willis 1988 Footballer
164 Chester Willis 1958 American football player
165 Willis Seaver Adams 1842 Painter
166 Garrett Willis 1973 Professional golfer
167 Matthew Willis 1984 American football player
168 Peter Willis 1937 English football referee
169 Willis J. Bailey 1854 American politician
170 Ron Willis 1943 American baseball player
171 Lisa Willis 1984 American professional women's basketball player
172 Willis White American actor
173 Willis Whitfield 1919 Physicist
174 Lynn Willis RPG designer
175 Rex Willis 1924 Welsh rugby union player
176 Michelle Willis American composer
177 Willis Hudlin 1906 American baseball player
178 Cillian Willis 1985 Irish rugby union player
179 Benita Johnson 1979 Australian distance runner
180 Olive Willis 1877 Founder of Downe House School
181 Jason Willis 1980 American football player
182 Jimmy Willis 1968 English footballer
183 Royce Willis 1975 New Zealand rugby union player
184 Willis Kienholz 1875 American football player and coach
185 Mark Willis 1969 American politician
186 Richard Raymond Willis 1876 British military hero
187 Kathleen Willis 1962 Illinois politician
188 Willis Peguese 1966 American football player
189 Willis Alston 1769 American politician
190 Willis Edwards 1903 English footballer and manager
191 Carol Willis 1949
192 Simon Willis BBC Scotland journalist
193 Alfred Willis 1836 Anglican Bishop of Honolulu
194 Leo Willis 1890 Actor
195 Willis Crockett 1966 American football player
196 Tom Willis 1983 Australian soccer player
197 Willis Burks II 1935 American actor
198 Willis Lent 1904 United States admiral
199 Willis E. McNelly 1920 American writer
200 Willis Ricketts 1924 United States Marine