Willis (surname)Willis Bouchey (1907-1977), American actorWillis Carrier (1876-1950), American engineer and inventor, best known for inventing modern air conditioningWillis Carto (born 1926), American far right activist and Holocaust denierWillis Conover (1920-1996), jazz producer and longtime broadcaster on the Voice of AmericaWillis Van Devanter (1859–1941), an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme CourtWillis Goldbeck (1898-1979), American screenwriter and film directorWillis Hall (1929–2005), English playwright and radio and television writerWillis Harman (1918-1997), American engineer, social scientist, academic, futurist and writerWillis Hudlin (1906-2002), Major League Baseball pitcherWillis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley (1904–1970), British technologist and electrical engineerWillis Jackson (saxophonist) (1932–1987), American jazz tenor saxophonistWillis Linn Jepson (1867-1946), American botanistWillis Lamb (1913-2008), American physicist and Nobel laureateWillis Augustus Lee (1888-1945), vice-admiral of the United States Navy and Olympic Games sport shooterWillis McGahee (born 1981), National Football League running backWillis O'Brien (1886–1962), Irish American pioneering motion picture special effects artistWillis Polk (1867-1924), American architectWillis Reed (born 1942), American retired basketball player, coach and general managerWillis H. Stephens, Sr. (born 1925), American politicianWillis Stephens, Jr. (born 1955), American politician, son of the aboveWillis Ward (1912-1983?), African American track and field athlete and football player at the University of Michigan, lawyer and judge
Fictional characters
Willis Jackson (character), in the 1970s-1980s U.S. TV sitcom Diff'rent StrokesWillis family, in the Australian soap opera NeighboursWillis (Digimon), in the anime seriesWillis the Bouncer, a Martian character in the novel Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
Places
United States
Willis, Florida, a townWillis, Kansas, a cityWillis, Michigan, an unincorporated communityWillis, Texas, a cityWillis, Floyd County, Virginia, an unincorporated communityWillis, Russell County, Virginia, an unincorporated communityWillis River, a tributary of the James River in Virginia
Elsewhere
Willis, Grenada, a town
Buildings
Willis Tower, Chicago, tallest building in the United States and ninth tallest in the worldWillis Building (London), also known as 51 Lime Street, a skyscraper in LondonWillis Building (Ipswich), a lowrise office building in Ipswich
Companies
Willis & Co., former Canadian piano companyWillis Group Holdings, insurance broker operating around the world
Other uses
Willis (album), by The PietastersUlmus 'Willis', hybrid elm cultivar
