People — W
Willis Adams
b. 1956
American football player
Willis Adcock
1922 – 2003
chemist
Willis Alan Ramsey
b. 1951
singer
Willis Allen
1806 – 1859
politician
Willis Alston
1769 – 1837
politician
Willis Augustus Hodges
1815 – 1890
abolitionist
Willis Augustus Lee
1888 – 1945
military officer
Willis B. Burns
1851 – 1915
entrepreneur
Willis B. Hunt, Jr.
b. 1932
lawyer
Willis Ball
b. 1800
architect
Willis Barnes
1900 – 1976
coach
Willis Barnstone
b. 1927
poet
Willis Bates
1880 – 1939
basketball coach
Willis Benson Machen
1810 – 1893
politician
Willis Blair
1923 – 2014
politician
Willis Bouchey
1907 – 1977
actor
Willis Bradley Haviland
1890 – 1944
aircraft pilot
Willis Brennan
1893 – 1950
American football player
Willis Brewer
1844 – 1912
politician
Willis Buell
1790 – 1851
politician
Willis Burks II
1935 – 2010
actor
Willis C. Cook
1874 – 1942
lawyer
Willis C. Hawley
1864 – 1941
politician
Willis C. Pulliam
1878 – 1952
politician
Willis C. Silverthorn
1838 – 1916
lawyer
Willis Carrier
1876 – 1950
inventor
Willis Carto
1926 – 2015
politician
Willis Cole
1882 – 1965
baseball player
Willis Collins Hoover Kirk
1858 – 1936
pastor
Willis Combs
1916 – 1994
diplomat
Willis Conover
1920 – 1996
radio personality
Willis Conway Pierce
1895 – 1974
chemist
Willis Crenshaw
1941 – 2025
American football player
Willis Crockett
b. 1966
American football player
Willis Cummins
politician
Willis Cuttell
1863 – 1929
cricketer
Willis D. Miller
1893 – 1960
lawyer
Willis Dale Crittenberger
1890 – 1980
military personnel
Willis Davis
Christian minister
Willis Dougherty
politician
Willis Dysart
1923 – 2011
mental calculator
Willis E. Bell
1924 – 1999
photographer
Willis E. Benedict
1858 – 1917
politician
Willis E. Blackshear Jr.
politician
Willis E. Cohoon
1902 – 1960
politician
Willis E. Davis
1893 – 2000
tennis player
Willis E. Davis
1855 – 1910
painter
Willis E. Donley
1901 – 1985
politician
Willis E. McNelly
1920 – 2003
science fiction writer
Willis E. Robinson
1854 – 1937
politician
Willis Earl Beal
b. 1983
songwriter
Willis Edwards
b. 1970
politician
Willis Edwards
1903 – 1988
association football player
Willis Elbert Mollison
1859 – 1924
politician
Willis F. Denny
1874 – 1905
architect
Willis F. La Du
1856 – 1929
politician
Willis F. Woods
1920 – 1988
exhibition curator
Willis Fawley
1929 – 1981
rugby league player
Willis Feasey
b. 1992
alpine skier
Willis Fletcher Johnson
1857 – 1931
journalist
Willis Forko
1983 – 2021
association football player
Willis Francis
b. 1985
association football player
Willis Franklin Jefcoat
1908 – 2001
Willis Frazell
1891 – 1958
businessperson
Willis Furtado
b. 1997
association football player
Willis G. Calderwood
1866 – 1956
Willis G. Hale
1848 – 1907
architect
Willis G. Sears
1860 – 1949
politician
Willis García
b. 1970
judoka
Willis Gaylord Clark
1808 – 1841
poet
Willis George Emerson
1856 – 1918
politician
Willis Gibson
b. 2010
professional gamer
Willis Glassgow
1907 – 1959
lawyer
Willis Goldbeck
1898 – 1979
screenwriter
Willis Grant
1907 – 1981
organist
Willis Green
1800 – 1900
politician
Willis Griffith
politician
Willis H. Downs
1866 – 1929
military personnel
Willis H. O'Brien
1886 – 1962
animator
Willis H. Shapley
1917 – 2005
Willis H. Stephens
1925 – 2024
politician
Willis H. Ware
1920 – 2013
computer scientist
Willis Halaholo
b. 1990
rugby union player
Willis Hall
1801 – 1868
lawyer
Willis Hall
1929 – 2005
screenwriter
Willis Hardy
1897 – 1972
Australian rules football player
Willis Hargrave
politician
Willis Harman
1918 – 1997
engineer
Willis Hawkins
1913 – 2004
military flight engineer
Willis Henry Bocock
1865 – 1947
classical philologist
Willis Ho
b. 1991
journalist
Willis Holly
1854 – 1931
official
Willis Hudlin
1906 – 2002
baseball player
Willis J. Abbot
1863 – 1934
military historian
Willis J. Bailey
1854 – 1932
politician
Willis J. Brogden
1877 – 1935
judge
Willis J. Dance
b. 1821
military officer
Willis J. Gertsch
1906 – 1998
arachnologist
Willis J. Potts
1895 – 1968
surgeon
Willis J. Powell
natural horsemanship