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 (1859-1941), the German Emperor, was known as "Willy" to his family.

★ Willy Brandt (1913–1992), the German politician

★ Willie Carne, Australian rugby league footballer

★ Willy DeVille (born 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, New Zealand-Australian rugby league footballer

★ 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_%28whale%29, 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''