Will (given name)
Will [wil] or Wil is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of William, Wilson, Wilfred, Wilbert, Willow, Wilmer, Wilbur, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Willard or Willeke.
It may refer to:
Men
[edit]- Will Alsop (1947–2018), British architect
- Will Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Will Arnett (born 1970), Canadian-American actor, voice actor and comedian
- Will Bagley (1950–2021), American historian
- Will Barclay (born 1969), American politician
- Will Barnet (1911–2012), American artist
- Will Biederman, American engineer
- Wil Boessen (born 1964), Dutch football manager and former player
- Will Brownsberger (born 1957), American politician
- Will Bynum (born 1983), American basketball player
- Wil Calhoun, American television producer and writer
- Will Chase (born 1970), American actor and singer
- Will Clapp (born 1995), American football player
- Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
- Will Clyburn (born 1990), American professional basketball player
- Wil Cordero (born 1971), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Will Craig (born 1994), American baseball player
- Will Dissly (born 1996), American football player
- Will Durant (1885–1981), American writer and historian
- Will Durst (born 1952), American humorist
- Will Eisner (1917–2005), American cartoonist
- Will Eno (born 1965), American playwright
- Will Estes (born 1978), American actor
- Will Ferrell (born 1967), American actor
- Will Finn (born 1958), American animator
- Will Flemming (born 1979), American sportscaster
- Will Fries (born 1998), American football player
- Will Forte (born 1970), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
- Will Fuller (born 1994), American football player
- Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor and social activist
- Will Graham (evangelist) (born 1975), American evangelist
- Will Grier (born 1995), American football player
- Will Grigg (born 1991), English footballer
- Will Gold (born 1996), English Internet personality and musician
- Will Harris (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Will Hastings (born 1996), American football player
- Will Hay (1888–1949), English comedian
- Will H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician
- Will Heard (born 1991), English singer-songwriter
- Will Heldt (born 2005), American football player
- Will Hernandez (born 1995), American football player
- Will Hill (born 1990), American football player
- Will Holden (American football) (born 1993), American football player
- Will Hutchins (born 1930), American actor
- Wil S. Hylton, American journalist
- Will Inman (poet) (1923–2009), American poet
- Will Johnson, multiple people
- Wil Jones (basketball) (born 1947), American basketball player
- Will Keith Kellogg (1860–1951), founder of the Kellogg food company
- Will Kemp (actor, born 1977), English actor and dancer
- Will Kimbrough (born 1964), American singer-songwriter
- Will Klein (baseball) (born 1999), American baseball player
- Will Lee (1908–1982), American actor
- Will Levis (born 1999), American football player
- Wil London (born 1997), American sprinter
- Wil Lutz (born 1994), American football player
- Will Lyman (born 1948), American voice actor
- Will Mallory (born 1999), American football player
- Will Mastin (1878–1975), American entertainer
- Wil McCarthy (born 1966), American science fiction novelist
- Will McClay (born 1966), American football player and coach
- Will McDonald IV (born 1999), American football player
- Will Muschamp (born 1971), American football head coach
- Wil Myers (born 1990), American baseball player
- Wil Nieves (born 1977), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Will Nightingale (born 1995), English footballer
- Will Overstreet (born 1979), American football player
- Will Patton (born 1954), American actor
- Will Pauling, American football player
- Will Poulter (born 1993), English actor
- Will Purdue (born 1965), American basketball player
- Will Putnam (born 2000), American football player
- Will Rayman (born 1997) American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Will Reichard (born 2001), American football player
- Wil Robinson (born 1949), American basketball player
- Will Rogers (1879–1935), American humorist
- Will Rogers (American football) (born 2001), American football player
- Will Ryan (1949-2021), American voice actor
- Will Sampson (1933-1987), American actor and painter
- Will Sasso (born 1975), Canadian actor
- Will Shipley (born 2002), American football player
- Will Shortz (born 1952), American puzzle creator
- Wil Shriner (born 1953), American actor
- Will Smith (born 1968), American actor and rapper
- Will Solomon (born 1978), American basketball player
- Will Sommers (died 1560), the best-known court jester of King Henry VIII
- Will Streets (1886–1916), English soldier and poet of the First World War
- Will Sutton (born 1991), American football player
- Will Tschetter (born 2003), American basketball player
- Wil Trapp (born 1993), American soccer player
- Wil Traval (born 1980), Australian actor
- Wil van der Aalst (born 1966), Dutch computer scientist, and professor
- Will Vinton (1947-2018), American filmmaker
- Wil Waluchow, Canadian philosopher
- Will Weaver (basketball), American basketball coach
- Wil Wheaton (born 1972), American actor
- Will Whitehorn (born 1960), British business executive
- Will Williams (born 1995), American long jumper
- Will Windham (born 1985), American football coach
- Will Wright (actor) (1894–1962), American actor
- Will Wright (born 1960), American video game designer
- Will Wynn (born 1961), former mayor of Austin, Texas
- Will Yun Lee (born 1971), American actor
Women
[edit]- Wil Burgmeijer (born 1947), Dutch retired speed skater
- Wil van Gogh (1862–1941), Dutch nurse and feminist, youngest sister of Vincent van Gogh
Fictional characters
[edit]- Will Graham, protagonist of Thomas Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon. Will Graham is also the protagonist of two film adaptations of the novel, Manhunter (1986) and Red Dragon (2002), and the television series Hannibal (2013–2015).
- Wil, the main character of the Welsh-language TV series Wil Cwac Cwac
- Will, in the video game Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
- Will (Pokémon), in the Pokémon universe
- Will Blake, in the Goosebumps series
- Will Byers, one of the main characters of Stranger Things
- Will Cloud, one of the main characters in the film, Cloud 9
- Will Gardner, on the American TV series The Good Wife
- Will Griggs, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Will Herondale from Cassandra Clare's The Infernal Devices
- Will Horton, on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Will Hunting, protagonist of the 1997 film Good Will Hunting
- Will Ladislaw, character in George Eliot's Middlemarch
- Wil Ohmsford, in the fantasy novel The Elfstones of Shannara and the TV series The Shannara Chronicles
- Will Robinson, one of the main characters in the TV series Lost in Space
- Will Sawyer, the protagonist in Skyscraper (2018 film)
- Will Scarlet, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men
- Will Solace from Rick Riordan's Trials of Apollo
- Will Treaty from John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice
- Will Truman, one of the title characters of the TV sitcom Will & Grace
- Will Turner, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
- Wilhelmina "Will" Vandom, one of the five main titular characters in the 2017 republished comic book series of W.I.T.C.H. Her full name changed to Wilma in the chapter books adaptation.
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