Willy

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Willy or Willie may refer to:

• William (name), a male given name often shortened to Willy or Willie
• Penis, in British slang
• Dust devil, a miniature whirlwind known as a Willi Willi in Australia
• Willys (pronounced "willis"), the brand name used by the United States automobile company Willys-Overland Motors.
• A Frenchman, in Old English

People:

• William II (1858-1941), the German Emperor, was known as "Willy" to his family.
• Willy Brandt (1913–1992), the German politician
• Willy DeVille (hehehe willy hahahaborn 1950), the American singer and songwriter
• Willy Kan (1978–1999), a popular and promising female apprentice jockey in Hong Kong
• Willy Ley (1906–1969), the German/American science writer and space advocate
• Willie Mason, a rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs
• Willie Mays (born 1931), the baseball player
• Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978), the German aircraft designer and manufacturer
• Willie Miller (born 1955), the Scottish footballer
• Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), the German playwright, actor and director
• Willie Mitchell (music), a musician and record producer
• Willie Mitchell (baseball), a Major League Baseball player
• Willy Mitchell (hockey), an NHL player
• Willie Nelson, (born 1933), the American entertainer and songwriter
• Willy Russell (born 1947), the British playwright, lyricist and composer
• Willie Thorne (born 1954), the British snooker player
• Boxcar Willie (1931–1999), the American country music singer
• Peter Willey (born 1949), English cricketer and umpire
• Willy, the pen-name of the writer Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859-1931), husband of Colette

Fictional characters:

• Chilly Willy, the cartoon character, a diminutive anthropomorphic penguin
• Groundskeeper Willie, from The Simpsons
• Miner Willy, the hero of a series of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer
• Willy Wonka, a character in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• World Cup Willie, the 1966 FIFA World Cup mascot
• Oor Wullie, The comic characther in The Sunday Post
• Kansas State's Willie the Wildcat, academic and athletic mascot.
• Northwestern's Willie the Wildcat, athletic mascot.
• Willy Loman, the father in the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Animals:

• Willy_(whale), whale skeleton at the University of Puget Sound
• Free Willy, Whale in the movie by the same name.
• Wheely Willy, the paraplegic chihuahua
• Wiarton Willie, the Canadian weather predicting groundhog
• Willie, a bull terrier owned by General George S. Patton
• Willy (EastEnders) - a fictional dog owned by Ethel Skinner in the BBC soap opera EastEnders

In Entertainment:

• Free Willy, a film about a boy who befriends a whale
• Jet Set Willy, a ZX Spectrum computer game featuring Miner Willy
• Jet Set Willy II, the sequel to Jet Set Willy
• "Willie", a song by Cat Power from her 2006 album The Greatest