Will may refer to:

Common meanings

Will and testament A will or testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property ( estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distributio ...

, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death *

Will (philosophy) Will, within philosophy, is a faculty of the mind. Will is important as one of the parts of the mind, along with reason and understanding. It is considered central to the field of ethics because of its role in enabling deliberate action. One of t ...

, or willpower *

Will (sociology) In sociology, will is a concept introduced by Ferdinand Tönnies in "''Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft''", 1887. Tönnies' approach was very much indebted to Spinoza's dictum ''voluntas atque intellectus unum et idem sunt'' ("will as well as ratio ar ...

* Will,

volition (psychology) Volition or will is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action. It is defined as purposive striving and is one of the primary human psychological functions. Others include affect (feeling ...

* Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will

People and fictional characters

Will (comics) Willy Maltaite (; 30 October 1927 – 18 February 2000), better known by the pseudonym Will (), was a Belgian comics creator and comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition. In the genre known in Francophone countries as bande dessinée, Will i ...

(1927–2000), a comic strip artist *

Will (given name) Will or Wil is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of William, Wilfred, Wilbur, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Willard or Willeke. It may refer to: Men *Will Alsop (1947–2018), British architect * Will Anderson (disambiguation), multiple peo ...

, a list of people and fictional characters named Will or Wil *

Will (surname) Will is a surname found in the English-speaking world. People with this surname include: * Clifford Martin Will (born 1946), Canadian-born mathematical physicist * Conrad Will (politician) (1779–1835), American physician, politician, and pione ...

Will (Brazilian footballer) Will Robson Emilio Andrade (born 15 December 1973), known as just Will, is a former Brazilian football player. Clubs Will played for Atlético Paranaense in Brazil, before moving to play in Japan. He spent three seasons in the J2 League with Oi ...

(born 1973)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* '' Will: G. Gordon Liddy'', a 1982 TV film * ''Will'' (1981 film), an American drama * ''Will'' (2011 film), a British sports drama * ''

Bandslam ''Bandslam'' is a 2009 American musical romantic comedy drama film directed by Todd Graff who co-wrote the screenplay with Josh A. Cagan. The film stars Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Porter, Ryan Donowho, ...

'', a 2008 film with the working title ''Will''

Literature

* ''Will'' (novel), by Christopher Rush * ''Will'', an autobiography by

G. Gordon Liddy George Gordon Battle Liddy (November 30, 1930 – March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, actor, and convicted felon in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon adm ...

Music

Will (band) Will was a Canadian electronic music act founded by Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson, both members of Front Line Assembly and Delerium at different times. The style was heavy medieval ambient industrial with sampled strings and featured growled vo ...

, a Canadian electronic music act * ''Will'' (Julianna Barwick album), a 2016 album by Julianna Barwick * ''Will'' (Leo O'Kelly album), a 2011 album by Leo O'Kelly *''Will'', a 1999 album by

Akina Nakamori is a Japanese singer and actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of the talent show ''Star Tanjō!''. Her debut single "Slow Motion" was relea ...

* "Will" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), 2005 * "Will" (Mika Nakashima song), 2002 * "Will" (Joyner Lucas song), 2020

Radio

WILL (AM) WILL ( 580 AM) is a public broadcasting station owned by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States. It is operated by Illinois Public Media, with studios located at Campbell Hall for Public Tele ...

, an NPR member station licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States * WILL-FM, an NPR member station licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States * WRMR (FM), a radio station licensed to Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, which called itself "Will FM" from 2006 to 2008 * WYHW, a radio station licensed to Wilmington, North Carolina, which called itself "Will FM" from 2008 to 2009

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Will'' (TV series), a TV series on the life of William Shakespeare * '' Will: The Death Trap II'', a video game * WILL-TV, a PBS member station licensed to Urbana, Illinois, United States

Law

* Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative law firm * Women in Law and Litigation ("WILL"), in India

Ships

* , a slave ship * , a 1925 Thames sailing barge

Other uses

* Will County, Illinois, United States * WiLL, a brand used by a small group of Japanese companies *

Weakside linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, pla ...

, or will, in gridiron football