Willis is a masculine

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which may refer to the following people:

Men

Willis Bouchey Willis Ben Bouchey (May 24, 1907 - September 27, 1977) was an American character actor. Bouchey may be best known for his movie appearances in '' The Horse Soldiers'', '' The Long Gray Line'', '' Sergeant Rutledge'', '' Two Rode Together'', ...

(1907–1977), American actor * Willis B. Burns (1851–1915), American businessman and politician *

Willis Carrier Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning. Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corpora ...

(1876–1950), American engineer and inventor, best known for inventing modern air conditioning *

Willis Carto Willis Allison Carto (July 17, 1926 – October 26, 2015) was an Far right in the United States, American far-right political activist. He described himself as a Jeffersonian democracy, Jeffersonian and a Right-wing populism, populist, but wa ...

(1926–2015), American far right activist and Holocaust denier *

Willis Conover Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and televisi ...

(1920–1996), jazz producer and longtime broadcaster on the Voice of America * Willis Gibson (born 2010), American ''Tetris'' player * Willis Goldbeck (1898–1979), American screenwriter and film director * Willis Hall (1929–2005), English playwright and radio and television writer *

Willis Harman Willis W. Harman (August 16, 1918 – January 30, 1997) was an American engineer, futurist, and author associated with the human potential movement. He was convinced that late industrial civilization faced a period of major cultural crisis whic ...

(1918–1997), American engineer, social scientist, academic, futurist and writer * Willis A. Hawkins (died 1886), justice of the Georgia Supreme Court * Willis Nichols Hawley, American soldier * 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 Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. (; July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum". Lamb was able to p ...

(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 H. 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 Willis Reed Jr. (June 25, 1942 – March 21, 2023) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball ...

(1942–2023), American basketball player, coach and general manager * Willis Robards (1873–1921), American actor, film director, and film producer * Willis H. Stephens (1925–2024), American politician * Willis Stephens, Jr. (born 1955), American politician, son of the above *

Willis Van Devanter Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 – February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1911 to 1937. He was a staunch conservative and was regarded as a part of the Four ...

(1859–1941), an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court * Willis Ward (1912-1983?), African-American track and field athlete and football player, lawyer and judge

Women

*Willis Marie Van Schaack, birth name of

Lili St. Cyr Marie Frances Van Schaack (June 3, 1917 – January 29, 1999), known professionally as Lili St. Cyr, was a prominent American burlesque dancer and stripper.. Early years St. Cyr was born Marie Frances Van Schaack in Minneapolis, Minnesota, o ...

(1918–1999), American burlesque dancer and stripper {{given name Masculine given names English masculine given names