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Willow (TV series)
Willow (2022) is a Disney+ live-action fantasy series by Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment, a sequel to the 1988 film, starring Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood; eight episodes ran November 2022 to January 2023 before cancellation and removal from streaming.
Willow Avalon
Willow Avalon, stage name of Willow Martin (born 1998, Carlton, Georgia), is an American country singer-songwriter, daughter of Jim White, signed to Atlantic/Assemble Sound, known for Southern Belle Raisin' Hell (2025) and Pink Pocket Pistol (2026).
Willow Bay
Willow Bay (Kristine Carlin Bay) is an American broadcast journalist and dean of the USC Annenberg School since 2017, its first female dean; former CNN Moneyline co-anchor and, with Bob Iger, controlling owner of Angel City FC.
Willow Creek (film)
Willow Creek (2013) is a found-footage Bigfoot horror film written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, starring Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson as a couple retracing the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film site in Humboldt County, California, famous for its long single-take tent scene.
Willow Garage
Willow Garage was a Silicon Valley robotics research company in Menlo Park, California, founded by Scott Hassan in 2006, that developed ROS and the PR2 robot.
Willow processor
The Willow processor, also known as Google Willow, is a 105-qubit superconducting quantum processor by Google Quantum AI, announced in 2024 as the first to demonstrate below-threshold error correction.
Willow Rock Energy Storage Center
Willow Rock Energy Storage Center is a 500 MW, 4,000 MWh long-duration storage facility in Kern County, California, using Hydrostor's advanced compressed air energy storage technology.
Willow Rosenberg
Willow Rosenberg, also called Dark Willow, is the witch character played by Alyson Hannigan in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003); her romance with Tara Maclay was primetime TV's first recurring lesbian couple, and her sexuality is debated as lesbian or bisexual.
Willow Shields
Willow Shields (born 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American actress known as Primrose Everdeen in all four Hunger Games films (2012–2015), a season 20 Dancing with the Stars youngest-ever contestant, and lead of Spinning Out and When Time Got Louder.
Willow Smith
Willow Smith, full name Willow Camille Reign Smith, is an American singer and daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, known for "Whip My Hair."
Willowbrook State School
Willowbrook State School, a Staten Island institution for children with developmental disabilities, was exposed by Geraldo Rivera's 1972 Peabody-winning report, producing a class action, the 1975 Consent Judgement, and closure in 1987.
Willows Inn
The Willows Inn was a resort and tasting-menu restaurant on Lummi Island, Washington, run by chef Blaine Wetzel from 2010 until its 2022 closure after wage-theft lawsuits.
Wills Navy Cut
Wills Navy Cut is an Indian cigarette brand owned by ITC Limited, sold in unfiltered and filter versions and known for the "Made for each other" campaign.
Willson Contreras
Willson Contreras, Venezuelan MLB first baseman and former catcher (Cubs 2016-22, Cardinals 2023-25, Red Sox 2026), 2016 World Series champion, three-time All-Star, traded to Boston in December 2025.
Willy and the Poor Boys
Willy and the Poor Boys is Creedence Clearwater Revival's fourth studio album, released November 2, 1969 on Fantasy Records, the third of three 1969 LPs, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and featuring "Down on the Corner" and "Fortunate Son."
Willy Benz
Willy Benz (W. Benz) is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Bern, founding director of NCCR PlanetS and Principal Investigator of ESA's CHEOPS exoplanet mission.
Willy Blioch
Willy Blioch (1932-2022) was a French freestyle swimmer of the Racing Club de France, a non-Olympian who set the 4x200 m freestyle relay world record (8:33.0, Marseille 1951) with Boiteux, Jany, and Bernardo, and was credited with the flip turn.
Willy Boly
Willy-Arnaud Zobo Boly (born 1991, Melun, France) is an Ivorian centre-back who played for Auxerre, Braga, Porto, Wolves, and Nottingham Forest, won AFCON 2023 with Côte d'Ivoire, and made 126 Premier League appearances.
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm, 1913–1992), German SPD statesman: anti-Nazi exile, Governing Mayor of Berlin, first Social Democratic Chancellor 1969–1974, architect of Ostpolitik, 1971 Nobel Peace laureate.
Willy Bruderlin
Willy Brüderlin, full name Wilhelm Brüderlin, was a Swiss rower from Zürich who won Olympic gold in the men's coxed four at the 1920 Antwerp Games.
Willy Burgers
Willy Burgers, full name Wilhelm Gerard Burgers (1897–1988), was a Dutch physicist and crystallographer, professor of physical chemistry at Delft, known for work on the plastic deformation and recrystallization of metals.
Willy Caballero
Willy Caballero, Wilfredo Daniel Caballero Lazcano, is an Argentine former goalkeeper who coached for Chelsea under Enzo Maresca after playing for Manchester City until 2023.
Willy den Ouden
Willy den Ouden was a Dutch freestyle swimmer who won two silvers at the 1932 Olympics, relay gold in 1936, and set 15 world records.
Willy den Turk
Willy van den Turk (Wilhelmina den Turk, 1908–1937), Dutch swimmer; 1927 European 100 m backstroke champion and world record holder (1:22.0) who withdrew from the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics before swimming.
Willy DeVille
Willy DeVille (William Borsey, 1950 or 1953 to 2009) was an American singer-songwriter who fronted Mink DeVille at CBGB, later blending R&B, blues, Cajun, and Latin styles; known for "Spanish Stroll," "Storybook Love," and "Hey Joe."
Willy Falck Hansen
Willy Falck Hansen (1906–1978) was a Danish track cyclist who won Olympic gold in the 1 km time trial at Amsterdam 1928 and became world sprint champion as both an amateur and a professional.
Willy Falcon
Willy Falcon (Augusto Guillermo Falcon), Cuban-born Miami trafficker who with Sal Magluta ran Los Muchachos, importing 75 tons of cocaine; acquitted in 1996 amid jury bribery, later imprisoned for money laundering and released in 2017.
Willy Gilbert
Willy Gilbert (Willy Carl Jens Gilbert, 1881–1956), Norwegian sailor from Bergens Seilforening, Bergen; won Olympic gold at Antwerp 1920 in the 10-metre (1919 Rating) class aboard Mosk II, unopposed.
Willy Haeberli
Willy Haeberli (1925–2021) was a Swiss-born American nuclear physicist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who pioneered experimental spin polarization physics, developing polarized ion sources and gas targets used worldwide.
Willy Hernangómez
Willy Hernangómez (Guillermo Gustavo Hernangómez Geuer), Spanish center born 1994 in Madrid; EuroBasket 2022 TISSOT MVP and champion with Spain; NBA 2016-2023 with Knicks, Hornets, Pelicans; now Unicaja Málaga.