Willard

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The name Willard can refer to the following:

Buildings or places:

• The Willard InterContinental Washington, a historic hotel in Washington, DC
• Willard House and Clock Museum
• Willard Residential College, a Northwestern University residential hall
• J. Willard Marriott Library, at the University of Utah
• Emma Willard School, in Troy, New York
• University of Illinois Willard Airport
• Willard Munger State Trail, a system of recreational trails in Minnesota
• Henry Willard Coe State Park, California state park

Movies:

• Willard (1971 film), a 1971 horror movie
• Willard (2003 film), a 2003 remake of the above

Bands:

• Willard (band), an early grunge band from Seattle
• Willard Grant Conspiracy, an alt-country band from Massachusetts/California

Others:

• G22, a financial gathering also known as the "Willard Group"
• Trivers-Willard hypothesis, in evolutionary biology
• USS Willard Keith (DD-775), United States Navy ship
• Willard Batteries, Willard Batteries

Placenames:

• Willard, Kansas
• Willards, Maryland
• Willard, Michigan, a small unincorporated community in Bay County
• Willard, Missouri
• Willard, New Mexico
• Willard, New York
• Willard, Ohio
• Willard, Utah and South Willard, Utah
• Willard, Virginia
• Willard, Wisconsin

[edit] People

As a surname:

• Aaron Willard (born 1757), Boston industrialist
• Alexander Hamilton Willard (1778–1865), member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Aimee Willard, murdered lacrosse player
• Archibald MacNeal Willard (1836–1918), American painter
• Ashbel Parsons Willard, (1820–1860), American politician, 11th Governor of Indiana
• Adam "Atom" Willard, drummer
• Barbara Willard, British author
• Charles Willard (1827–1880), US Congressman from Vermont
• Dallas Willard, American philosophy professor and author
• Emma C. Hart Willard (1787–1870), American women's rights advocate
• Frances Willard (magician) (born 1940), noted female magician
• Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839–1898), American temperance reformer and women's suffragist
• Fred Willard (born 1939), Emmy-nominated American actor
• George Willard (officer) (1827–1863), Civil War Union Army Officer
• George Willard (representative) (1824–1901), US Representative, Michigan's 3rd district
• Huntington F. Willard, professor at Duke University
• J. Michael Willard, public relations counselor and author
• Jess Willard, (1881-1968), American boxer
• John Willard, condemned and hanged for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692
• John Willard (politician), Australian politician
• Joseph Willard, U.S. Congregational clergyman and academic
• Kelly Willard, American singer/songwriter
• Kenneth Henderson Willard, former American football player
• Ralph Willard, American college head coach of men's basketball
• Admiral Robert F. Willard, United States navy
• Rod Willard, National Hockey League one gamer
• Samuel Willard, Colonial clergyman
• Simon Willard, American clockmaker
• Solomon Willard, American carver and builder
• Zane, a famous Dee Dee Dee. Also known as yellow helmet boy.

As a given name:

• Gordon Willard Allport, American psychologist
• Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist
• Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist
• Willard Jessie Brown, American baseball player
• Willard Herbert Brownson, U.S. Navy officer
• Dwight Willard Burney, 33rd Governor of Nebraska
• Willard C. Butcher, vice President of the Chase Manhattan Bank
• Willard Sevier Curtin, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Willard Decker, fictitious character in the Star Trek universe
• Willard Dewveall, American football player
• Willard Dyson, drummer
• Willard Richardson Espy, American editor, philologist, writer, and poet
• Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey, former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American mathematical physicist
• Willard Gibbs, linguist and professor of theology and sacred literature at Yale
• Ernest Willard Gibson, United States Representative and Senator from Vermont
• Willard Hall, American lawyer and politician
• Willard Preble Hall, former Governor of Missouri
• Willard Hershberger, American baseball player
• Willard Ikola, American ice hockey player
• Willard Keith, American World War II veteran
• Willard Kennedy, American actor and voice artist
• Willard Frank Libby (1908–1980), an American chemist
• Willard Maas, American experimental filmmaker and poet
• Willard Kitchener MacDonald, "the Hermit of Gully Lake"
• Willard Mack, Canadian-born actor, director, and playwright
• Willard Manus, American novelist, playwright, and journalist
• John Willard Marriott, American entrepreneur and businessman
• Willard Warren Marshall, baseball player
• Willard Eugene McCombs, American politician
• Willard Metcalf, American artist
• John Willard Milnor, American mathematician
• Charles Willard Moore, American architect, educator, and writer
• Willard Mullin, American sports cartoonist
• Willard Munger, Minnesota state legislator
• Willard H. Murray, Jr., California State Assemblyman
• Willard Park, anthropologist
• Willard Leroy Phelps, former Yukon politician
• Willard Price, American natural historian and author
• Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician
• Willard Richards, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• Sophia Willard Dana Ripley, nineteenth-century feminist
• Willard Rockwell, businessman
• Willard Saulsbury, Jr., U. S. Senator from Delaware in the 1910s
• Willard Saulsbury, Sr., U. S. Senator from Delaware in the 1860s
• Willard Scott (born 1934), an American media personality
• Willard Christopher Smith, Jr., better known as Will Smith, American actor and hip hop artist
• Willard John Smith, former Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
• Willard Dickerman Straight, American investment banker and diplomat
• Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight, American Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, and businessman
• Daniel Willard Streeter, American hunter, adventurer and author
• Willard L. Thorp, economist, academic, and presidential advisor
• Willard Van Dyke, American filmmaker and photographer
• Frances Willard Vernon, James Cagney's wife
• Willard Warner, brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Caspar "Cap" Willard Weinberger, American politician and Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan
• Willard Garfield Weston, Canadian businessman
• Willard Wheatley, former Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
• Sir Willard Wentworth White, British bass-baritone
• Willard Whyte, character from the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever
• Willard Wigan, British sculptor
• William Willard Wirtz, U.S. administrator in the 1960s
• Willard Woolson, father of Albert Woolson
• Willard Huntington Wright (1888–1939), better known as S. S. Van Dine, art critic and author
• John Willard Young, leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints