Willie

Look up willy, willie, or willies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. For the Wikipedia Essay, see WP:WILLY. Willy or Willie may refer to: In peopleedit: William (name), Boxcar Willie (1931-1999), American country music singer, Willy DeVille (1950-2009), American singer and songwriter, Willie Dixon (1915-1992), American blues double-bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, Willy Eisenhart, American writer on art, Willie Mays (born 1931), American Baseball Hall of Fame member, Willie Nelson (born 1933), American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist, Willie Revillame (born 1961), Filipino television host, actor, and recording artist, Willy, nom-de-plume for Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859-1931), Willys (pronounced "willis"), brand name used by the United States car manufacturing company Willys-Overland Moto, In animalsedit: Wiarton Willie, Canadian weather predicting groundhog, In entertainmentedit: In fictional charactersedit: Willie, a nickname for Wilhelmina Slater in the TV series Ugly Betty, Willy (EastEnders), fictional dog owned by Ethel Skinner in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Willy, a sailor from Wigan in Captain Pugwash, Willy, a Count in Mad Men: "The Jet Set", Willy, fictional whale in the film Free Willy (1993), played by Keiko (orca) (1977-2003), whose skeleton is now at the University of Puget Sound, Groundskeeper Willie, from The Simpsons, Miner Willy, hero of a series of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer, Oor Wullie, comic character in The Sunday Post, Uncle Willie, comic character in Moon Mullins, Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker created by Roald Dahl, In musicedit: Artists The Little Willies, American country music band, Songs "Willy", song by Joni Mitchell from her album Ladies of the Canyon, "Willie", song by Cat Power from her 2006 album The Greatest, In toysedit: Wooly Willy, a children's toy wherein metal filings are moved about with a magnetic wand to add features to a cartoon face, In geographyedit: Willies, Nord, in France, In shipsedit: SS Willy, a Dutch cargo ship in service 1938-1939, In sportsedit: Willie the Wildcat (Kansas State), mascot, Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern), mascot, World Cup Willie, 1966 FIFA World Cup mascot

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