Top Celebrity Names Starting With Willie

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   Willie Nelson

   Age 79 Male
   

   Entertainer and Songwriter

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   Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music.… read more

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   Willie Brown

   Age 78 Male
   

   Mayor, Politician, Lawyer

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   Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served over 30 years in the California State Assembly, spending 15 years as its Speaker, and afterward served as the 41st mayor of San Francisco, the first African American to do so. Under the current California term limits law, no Speaker of the California State Assembly will ever have a longer tenure than Brown's.… read more

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   Willie Colón

   Age 62 Male
   

   Trombonist, Musician, Singer

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   This article is about the Nuyorican musician; for the football player, see Willie Colon William Anthony Colón (born 28 April 1950) is a Nuyorican salsa musician. Primarily a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in municipal politics in New York City.… read more

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   Willie Mays

   Age 81 Male
   

   Baseball Player

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   Willie Howard Mays, Jr. is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Most people consider him to be the greatest all-around player of all time.… read more

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   Willie Mitchell

   Age 35 Male
   

   Ice Hockey Player

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   William Reid Mitchell is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is known primarily as a physical defensive defenceman. Mitchell played Junior A in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), before joining the college ranks with the Clarkson Golden Knights of ECAC Hockey in 1997.… read more

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   Willie Rushton

   1937 - 1996 Male
   

   Comedian, Cartoonist, Satirist

   
   

   William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.

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   Willie Lanier

   Age 66 Male
   

   Linebacker, American Football Player

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   Willie Edward Lanier is a former American football middle-linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977. He won postseason honors for eight consecutive years, making the American Football League All-Star team in 1968 and 1969 before being selected to the Pro Bowl from 1970 through 1975. He was inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.… read more

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   Willie Dixon

   1915 - 1992 Male
   

   Blues Musician, Singer-songwriter, Arranger, Record Producer

   
   

   William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the upright bass and the guitar and as a vocalist, Dixon is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time. He is recognized as one of the founders of the Chicago blues sound.… read more

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   Willie Mount

   Age 62 Female
   

   Politician

   
   

   Willie Landry Mount is an American politician from Louisiana who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 2000 to 2012. She represented District 27, which includes parts of Lake Charles and the surrounding cities of Sulphur and Westlake. From 1993 to 1999, Mount was the first female to have served as the mayor of Lake Charles. Mount was a candidate in the 2004 U.S. House of Representatives election for Louisiana's 7th congressional district.… read more

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    Willie Aames

    Age 51 Male
    

    Actor, Film and Television Director, Television Producer, Screenwriter

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    Willie Aames is an American actor, film and television director, television producer, and screenwriter. He played Tommy Bradford on the 1970s television series Eight Is Enough and Buddy Lembeck on the 1980s series Charles in Charge.… read more

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    Willie Irvine

    Age 68 Male
    

    Soccer Player, Forward, Basketball Player

    
    

    William John "Willie" Irvine is a former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Eden, County Antrim, into a large family, he grew up in the nearby town of Carrickfergus. He did well at school, but chose to pursue a career in professional football and initially played for local club Linfield. After a spell in amateur football, Irvine travelled to England for a trial with Burnley at the age of 16.… read more

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    Willie O'Dea

    Age 59 Male
    

    Politician

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    Willie O'Dea is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency. He served as the Minister for Defence from September 2004 until 18 February 2010, when he resigned from his post due to controversy over a defamation case.… read more

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    Willie Pep

    1922 - 2006 Male
    

    Boxer, Wrestler

    
    

    Guglielmo Papaleo was an American professional boxer, better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts. Pep, known for his speed and finesse, is considered to be one of the best fighters of the 20th century and was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.… read more

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    Willie Davis

    1940 - 2010 Male
    

    Baseball Player

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    William Henry Davis was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers. At the end of his career he ranked seventh in major league history in putouts (5449) and total chances (5719) in the outfield, and third in games in center field (2237); he was also ninth in National League history in total outfield games (2274), and won Gold Glove Awards from 1971 to 1973.… read more

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    Willie Nile

    Age 64 Male
    

    Rock and Folk Musician

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    Willie Nile is an American singer-songwriter. In 1980 Nile released his self-titled debut album which according to one critic remains “one of the most thrilling post-Byrds folk-rock albums of all time”. His career was interrupted several times by various problems, but he has always returned to recording and performing in the US and Europe, re-establishing himself as a singer-songwriter.… read more

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    Willie Rennie

    Age 44 Male
    

    Scottish Politician

    
    

    William Cowan "Willie" Rennie is a Scottish politician and current Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. After college, Rennie spent most of his early career as a Liberal Democrat campaigner and official before working as a public relations consultant in the private sector. He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline and West Fife after a by-election win in February 2006.… read more

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    Willie Heston

    1878 - 1963 Male
    

    Football Player and Coach

    
    

    William Martin "Willie" Heston was an American football player and coach. He played halfback at San Jose State University and the University of Michigan. Heston was the head football coach for Drake University in 1905 and North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North Carolina State University, in 1906. After he retired from coaching, he practiced law and served as a state court judge in Michigan.… read more

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    Willie Mason

    Age 32 Male
    

    Australian-tongan Rugby League Player

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    William Marshall "Willie" Mason is an Australian professional rugby union footballer for Toulon in the Top 14 competition, having previously being a rugby league footballer for Hull KR in the European Super League. Mason signed a 3-year contract with Hull KR in September 2010, pending a successful working visa application.… read more

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    Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

    1936 - 2011 Male
    

    Electric Blues Singer, Harmonica Player and Drummer

    
    

    Willie "Big Eyes" Smith was a Grammy Award-winning American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and multi-award winning drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning in the early 1960s.… read more

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    Willie "The Lion" Smith

    1893 - 1973 Male
    

    Pianist, Musician

    
    

    William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith, a.k.a. "The Lion", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas "Fats" Waller as the three greatest practitioners of the genre from its Golden Age, c. 1920–1943.… read more

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    Willie P. Bennett

    1951 - 2008 Male
    

    Singer, Songwriter, Musician

    
    

    Willie P. Bennett was a Canadian folk-music singer and song writer and mandolinist.

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    Willie Best

    1916 - 1962 Male
    

    Actor

    
    

    William "Willie" Best sometimes known as Sleep n' Eat was an American television and film actor. Best was one of the first well-known African American film actors and comedians, although his work, like that of Stepin Fetchit, is today sometimes reviled because he was often called upon to play stereotypically lazy, illiterate, and/or simple-minded characters in films.… read more

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    Willie MacRae

    1923 - 1985 Male
    

    Politician, Lawyer, Campaigner

    
    

    Willie MacRae was a Scottish nationalist politician and lawyer, best remembered for the mystery surrounding his death. MacRae was an active member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and an anti-nuclear campaigner. A solicitor, MacRae had contested the SNP leadership in 1979, coming third in a three-way contest with 52 votes to Stephen Maxwell's 117 votes and winner Gordon Wilson's 530 votes.… read more

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    Willie Redmond

    1861 - 1917 Male
    

    Politician, Member of Parliament, Counsel

    
    

    William Hoey Kearney Redmond (commonly known as Willie Redmond) was an Irish nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish Parliamentary Party for 34 years, a land reform agitator imprisoned three times, a determined advocate of Irish Home Rule, a barrister and a First World War fatality.… read more

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    Willie Smits

    Age 55 Male
    

    Environmentalist, Militant

    
    

    Willie Smits is a trained forester, a microbiologist, conservationist, animal rights activist and social entrepreneur. He has lived in Borneo since 1985 and is an Indonesian citizen. While working as a forest researcher in East Kalimantan, Indonesia in 1989, Smits encountered a baby orangutan in a cage in a market, and later returned to find it abandoned on a rubbish heap. This was a turning-point in his career: taking the orangutan home, he nurtured it back to health.… read more