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Will Durant William James Durant (November 5, 1885–November 7, 1981) was an American philosopher, historian, and writer. He is best known for his authorship and co-authorship with his wife Ariel Durant of The Story of Civilization.
Will Eisner William Erwin Eisner (March 6 1917 – January 3 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an instructional medium; for his leading role in establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature with his book A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories; and for his educational work about the medium as exemplified by his book Comics and Sequential Art.
Will Elder William Elder (aka Bill Elder) (born September 22, 1921 in the Bronx, New York) is an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art yet is best known for a zany cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzman's Mad comic book in 1952. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003.
Will Eno Will Eno is a contemporary American playwright based in Brooklyn, NY. His plays include Tragedy: a tragedy, The Flu Season, Kid Blanco, King: a problem play, THOM PAIN (based on nothing) and, most recently, an adaptation of Ibsen's Peer Gynt.
Will Ferguson Will Ferguson is a Canadian writer and novelist who is best known for his humorous observations on Canadian history and culture. His success as a writer can be attributed to an innate ability to view Canada much the same way an outsider would.
Will Forte Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and comedian best known for appearing on the television show Saturday Night Live, where he has been a cast member since 2002.
Will Friedle William Alan "Will" Friedle (born August 11, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his comedic roles, most notably the underachieving older brother Eric Matthews on the long-running TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000.
Will Fyffe Will Fyffe (1885, Dundee, Scotland – December 14 1947) was a popular music-hall entertainer in the United Kingdom in the early years of the 20th Century, best known for his song 'I Belong To Glasgow', even though the east coast city of Dundee was his hometown. He died from injuries sustained in an accidental fall from a hotel window in St.
Will Goodhand Will Goodhand is best known in the UK as a contestant on the British version of 'reality TV' show 'Beauty and the Geek', and the winner of "A Face For Radio", a national radio competition to find new presenter talent.
Will Harvey Will Harvey (born ~1967) is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and game programmer who first made his mark in the video game industry when he was just fifteen and still in high school. Harvey is the Founder of IMVU, an instant messaging company, and of There, Inc.
Will Hutchins Will Hutchins (born May 51932, Los Angeles, CA), is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of Tom Brewster in the Warner Brothers western television series Sugarfoot (1957). Hutch, as he prefers to be known, attended Pomona College and UCLC, in addition to serving two years as a U.
Will Hutton Will Hutton is a British writer, weekly columnist (and formerly editor-in-chief) for The Observer in London and currently Chief Executive of The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society). The analysis in his books is characterised by a support for the European Union and its potential, and a disdain for what he calls American conservatism — defined as a certain attitude to markets, property and the social contract, among other factors.
Will Christopher Baer Will Christopher Baer is an American author of noir fiction, often delving into sex, violence, mystery and erotica. Currently published works include Kiss Me, Judas, Penny Dreadful and Hell's Half Acre, all of which have since been published in the single volume Phineas Poe.
Will it play in Peoria? The saying, "Will it play in Peoria?" is traditionally used to ask whether a given product, person, promotional theme or event will appeal to mainstream (also called "Main Street") America, or across a broad range of demographic/psychographic groups.
Will Jefferson William Ingleby Jefferson (born October 25, 1979) is a professional cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club until 2006, and has joined Nottinghamshire for the 2007 season. Standing about 6 foot 10 inches (2.
Will Jimeno Will Jimeno (born November 26, 1967) is a Port Authority Police officer of Colombian origin who survived the World Trade Center attack on September 11th. He was buried under the rubble for nearly 12 hours, but survived miraculously, along with fellow Port Authority officer John McLoughlin.
Will Jordan Will Jordan (born July 27, 1927) is an American character actor who is best known for his resemblance to long-time TV host Ed Sullivan, and his ability to mimic Sullivan's unique presentation style. Sullivan often tended to appear ill-at-ease on stage, with stiff-armed, jerky mannerisms, which made him easy to impersonate.
Will Keenan Will Keenan is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed, internationally renowned actor/director/producer/writer and stuntman who started his career in underground and "B" movies. Keenan became a cult superstar with his lead performances in Troma's "Tromeo and Juliet" and "Terror Firmer", and Good Machine's "Love God.
Will Lahti Will Lahti-poet, painter, founder of west bank school of art and culture, formerly located in West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis. Provided workspace to Twin Cities artists such as Ryan Doyle, Dan Scheidt, Jeff Petrich, Laura Brandenburg, among others.
Will Leitch Will Leitch (born October 10, 1975) is a writer based in New York City. He is the founding editor of the Gawker Media sports blog Deadspin, and author of a memoir, Life As A Loser (ISBN 0-9746270-0-3), and a young adult novel, Catch (ISBN 978-1-59514-069-2).
Will Lyman Will Lyman (born May 20, 1948 in Burlington, Vermont) is a Boston-based actor best known for his role as William Tell in the 1987 television series Crossbow and as the polished, resonant voice that has narrated the PBS series Frontline since 1982. Lyman has made a successful career in television and theater.
Will Malnati William Marc Malnati (born April 28, 1985), known commonly as Will Malnati, is a popular up and coming singer also known as Will or Malnati who rose to fame following his debut in the Ben Affleck and Matt Damon produced Miramax film: Stolen Summer (2002). His debut album which is still unnamed is set to be released in mid-August 2006.
Will Malone Will Malone was a British music producer, who has worked with artists like, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Todd Rundgren. In 1976, Malone & Lou Reizner covered a Beatles song, "You Never Give Me Your Money", for the evanescent musical documentary All This and World War II.
Will Marshall Will Marshall is one of the founders of the New Democrat movement, which aims to steer the US Democratic Party toward a more right-wing orientation. Since its founding in 1989, he has been president of the Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council.
Will McFadden Will McFadden is a politician of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. On July 28, 2004, he ran for the Canadian House of Commons, representing the Green Party of Canada in Charlottetown, but lost to Shawn Murphy of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Will Montgomery Will Montgomery (born February 13, 1983 in Brunswick, Maine) is an American football center who was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round (234th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. Montgomery originally joined Virginia Tech as a walk-on defensive tackle where he earned a scholarship.
Will o' the wisp The will o' the wisp or ignis fatuus, or in plural form as ignes fatui ("fool's fire(s)") is the phenomenon of ghostly lights sometimes seen at night or in twilight hovering over damp ground in still air, often over bogs. It looks like a flickering lamp, is sometimes said to recede if approached.
Will o' the Wisp (comics) Will o' the Wisp is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. He was a physicist who gained control over the electromagnetic attraction between his body's molecules, allowing him to adjust his density (like the Vision).
Will Ohman William McDaniel Ohman (born August 13, 1977 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Chicago Cubs. Ohman made his major league debut in 2000 and also pitched in 2001, but had elbow surgery in 2002, and recovered from it in the 2002-2003 seasons.
Will Oldham Will Oldham (born 24 December 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has recorded music under his birth name, as well as a number of monikers, including Palace, Palace Music, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and most recently as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, sometimes shortened to Bonny Billy.
Will Overstreet Will Overstreet is a former American Football player for the Atlanta Falcons and the University of Tennessee. He was drafted by the Falcons in the 3rd round of the 2002 NFL Draft and was a captain on the 2001 Tennessee team.
Will Owen William James Owen (18 February, 1901 – 3 April, 1981) was a British miner and politician, whose career as a Member of Parliament was blighted by his trial under the Official Secrets Act 1911 for giving secrets to Czechoslovak intelligence. Although found not guilty, it is generally accepted that Owen was a regular contact.
Will Parry Will Parry is one of the protagonists in Philip Pullman's novel The Subtle Knife, along with Lyra Belacqua. He is first introduced into the series in the second novel; "The Subtle Knife" and is also in the final part of the trilogy "The Amber Spyglass", however he does not appear in the first novel Northern Lights (The Golden Compass in North America).
Will Penny Will Penny is a 1968 western film directed by Tom Gries starring Charlton Heston and Donald Pleasence. It was based upon an episode of the 1960 Sam Peckinpah television series The Westerner called "Line Camp," which was also written and directed by Tom Gries.
Will Pennyfeather William Nathaniel Pennyfeather (Born May 25, 1968 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball player. Currently a member of the Newark Bears in the Atlantic League, he is 6'2" tall, weighs 195 pounds, bats from the right side and throws with his right hand.
Will Perdue William Edward Perdue (born August 29 1965 in Melbourne, Florida) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. Following a college career at Vanderbilt University, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls, 11th overall in the 1988 NBA Draft.
Will Proctor William Bartlett (Will) Proctor (born November 3, 1983 in Winter Park, FL) is a starting quarterback for the Clemson Tigers at Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference in NCAA Division I-A. He attended Trinity Prep High School.
Will Richardson Will Richardson is the author of the highly ranked and read edublog Weblogged and author of the book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Formerly a teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, N.
Will Rock Will Rock is a first-person shooter released in the United States on June 9, 2003. The game, developed by Saber Interactive and published by Ubisoft, did not attract much attention and was deemed average by most video game reviewersas opposed to the game it liberally borrows from, Serious Sam].
Will Rogers Memorial Center The Will Rogers Memorial Center (WRMC) is an 85-acre public entertainment, sports and livestock complex located in Fort Worth, Texas in the United States. The complex is named for American humorist and writer Will Rogers.
Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun is Spencer Penrose's tomb, taking the rather unique form of an 80-foot observation tower on the side of Cheyenne Mountain. It overlooks the Broadmoor Hotel and from the tower one can see the entire Colorado Springs metropolitan area and Garden of the Gods.
Will Rogers, Jr. William Vann Rogers, generally known as Will Rogers, Jr. (October 20, 1911–July 9, 1993), was the son of legendary humorist Will Rogers (1879–1935) and his wife, the former Betty Blake (1879–1944), and a Democratic Congressman from California from January 3, 1943 until May 23, 1944, when he resigned to return to the United States Army.
Will Scarlet Will Scarlet (also Scarlett, Scarlock, Scadlock, Scatheloke and Scathelocke) was a prominent member of Robin Hood's Merry Men. He was present in the earliest ballads along with Little John and Much the Miller's SonJeffrey Richards, Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York, p 190, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Lond, Henly and Boston, 1988 .
Will Shade Will Shade (February 5, 1898 – September 18, 1966) was an African-American Memphis blues musician best known for his membership in the Memphis Jug Band. Shade was commonly called Son Brimmer, a nickname from his grandmother Annie Brimmer, because "son" is short for "grandson".
Will Sheff Will Sheff is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998–present). Originally from New Hampshire, he is also a founding member and co-songwriter (along with Okkervil bandmate Jonathan Meiburg) for Shearwater (2001–present), another Austin band.
Will Shetterly Will Shetterly (born 1955) is a fantasy and comic book writer whose best-known novel is Dogland (1997), which was based on his childhood, when his parents owned a tourist attraction called Dog Land. He has participated in Terri Windling's The Borderland Series shared universe, the setting of his novels Nevernever (1993) and Elsewhere (1991), for which he won the Minnesota Book Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Will Shivers Will Shivers is an American comedic actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Will is best known for appearing in commercials for Discover Card, and Cisco Systems as well as for his voice over work in the more recent Honda Element commercial playing a mole DJ.
Will Simpson William ("Will") Simpson is a Northern Irish comic book artist who has illustrated comics for such industry heavyweights as DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He has worked on such comics as Batman, Judge Dredd and John Constantine of Hellblazer.
Will Sterrett Will Sterrett (born May 20, 1983 in Moberly, Missouri) is a radio news anchor for CNN, based in the network's headquarters in Atlanta. Sterrett has also been heard on radio networks and stations in Omaha, Kansas City, and Phoenix, among others.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is a 1957 20th Century Fox comedy motion picture starring Jayne Mansfield, with Tony Randall, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Lili Gentle, Mickey Hargitay, and a cameo by Groucho Marx.
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down was a 1970 animated showcase for various caricatured Jerry Lewis characters, all based on characters from the Lewis film, The Family Jewels and styled in a fashion similar to Archie's TV Funnies and the Groovie Goolies.
Will to believe doctrine "The Will to Believe" is the title of William James classic lecture (published in 1897) defending the right to violate evidentialism in cases of hypothesis venturing (hypothetico-deductivism) and self-fulfilling prophecies. The work is controversial because James' attempts to use these allowed violations of evidentialism to justify beliefs generally only adopted on faith: freewill, God, immortality, and so on.
Will to Power (band) Will to Power is an American dance music group led by music producer, remixer, and DJ Bob Rosenberg. The group had several notable chart hits in the late '80s and early '90s, most notably 1988's "Free Baby", a medley of Peter Frampton's "Baby, I Love Your Way" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird", which was a Billboard #1 smash.
Will Theakston William Theakston (born October 4, 1984) is a British actor that appeared in the first Harry Potter movie. He played the role of the Slytherin seeker Terence Higgs that was replaced the next year by Draco Malfoy.
Will Thomas Will Thomas (Born 1958 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania) is a novelist who writes a Victorian mystery series featuring Cyrus Barker, a Scottish detective or "private enquiry agent," and his Welsh assistant, Thomas Llewelyn. The Barker/Llewelyn novels are set in the 1880's and often feature historical events, people, and movements.
Will Truman William "Will" Truman is a fictional character on the American sitcom Will & Grace, portrayed by Eric McCormack. He is a flamboyantly homosexual lawyer living in New York City with his best friend, Grace Adler.
Will Tura Will Tura (born August 2, 1940 in Veurne) is the stage name of Arthur, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherlands. Tura is a singer, musician (he can play the piano, guitar, drums, accordion and harmonica), composer and songwriter.
Will Vodery Will Vodery (October 8, 1885 - November 18, 1951) was an African-American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and arranger, and one of the few black Americans of his time to make a name for himself as a composer on Broadway, working largely for Florenz Ziegfeld. While Vodery did compose the music for a 1924 show called From Dixie to Broadway, he is most famous for the vocal and choral arrangements that he created for the original 1927 Broadway stage production of the classic musical Show Boat.
Will Weaver Will Weaver (1950) is an American author, born and raised in northern Minnesota. His big debut was with Red Earth, White Earth, about a native Minnesotan returning to his hometown due to conflicts between white farmers and local Native Americans.
Will Wikle Will Wikle (born December 15, 1978) is a registered nurse and a reality television participant best known for his appearance in the fifth American season of Big Brother. Wikle parlayed his Big Brother notoriety into a gig as co-host of the Logo network travel-themed program, Round Trip Ticket.
Will Wilkinson Will Wilkinson (born 1973) is an American libertarian writer and thinker. Currently he is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute where he works on a variety of issues including Social Security reform and, most notably, the policy implications of happiness research.
Will Wyatt Will Wyatt (born January 7 1942) is a British is a media consultant and company director, formerly a journalist, television producer and senior executive at the BBC. His career began in 1964 as a trainee journalist on the Sheffield Telegraph newspaper, before moving to the BBC in 1965 as a sub-editor in BBC radio news.
Will You Be There (In the Morning) "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" is a song recorded by American rock band Heart. It was released as the first single from the band's eleventh studio album Desire Walks On and was the only charting single from the album.
Will's Coffee House For several decades after the Restoration, Will's Coffee House in Russell Street, Covent Garden, was the London center of the Wits, centring on the figure of John Dryden, who liked to frequent the coffee house that had been founded by Will Unwin. Will's is mentioned repeatedly in Samuel Pepys' diary.
Will-o'-Wisp In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game the will-o'-wisp is a malevolent entity which makes its home in swamps and bogs. This aberration consists of a bizarre, spongy substance which hovers telephatically in the air, enveloped in a mysterious glow of yellow, white, green or blue.
Willa Shalit Willa Shalit (born 1955 in New York City, New York) is a Jewish-American artist, theatrical and television producer, photographer, author/editor, socially-conscious entrepreneur and philanthropist. She graduated from St.
Willamette Cattle Company The Willamette Cattle Company was formed in 1837 by pioneers in the Willamette Valley of present day Oregon. The company was formed with the express purpose of purchasing cattle in California to bring to Oregon Country.
Willamette locomotive The Willamette locomotive was a geared locomotive of the Shay locomotive type, built by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland, Oregon. Key patents on the Shay locomotive had expired, and it was now possible for other manufacturers to produce Shay "clones".
Willamette Pass ski area Willamette Pass is a ski area located in the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in the Cascade Range of Oregon. The summit elevation of the ski area is 6683 ft (2037 m), and the total vertical rise from the base is 1563 ft (476 m).
Willamette Shore Trolley The Willamette Shore Trolley is a heritage railway trolley which travels along the west bank of the Willamette River between Portland and Lake Oswego in Oregon, on a train line known as the Jefferson Street Branch Line. The line runs for about six miles, including a passage through the quarter-mile-long Elk Rock Tunnel.
Willamette Stone The Willamette Stone was a small stone obelisk originally located in the western hills of Portland, Oregon in the United States. It marked the intersection and origin of the Willamette Meridian and Willamette Baseline, which defined the grid system of sections and townships from which all real property in the states of Oregon and Washington has been measured following the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850.
Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced ), with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its emergence from mountains near Eugene to its confluence with the Columbia River at Portland. One of the most productive agricultural areas of the world, the valley was the destination of choice for the emigrants on the Oregon Trail in the 1840s.
Willamette Valley AVA The Willamette Valley American Viticultural Area, or Willamette Valley AVA, is an American Viticultural Area which lies in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The Willamette Valley AVA was established in 1984, and now has four smaller AVAs enclosed within its boundaries.
Willamette Valley Flood of 1996 The Willamette Valley Flood of 1996 was part of a larger series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States which took place between late January and mid-February, 1996. It was Oregon's largest flood event in terms of fatalities and monetary damage during the 1990s.
Willamette Valley Railway The Willamette Valley Railway (WVR) was created in December 1984 when the Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway Company purchased three miles of the former Valley and Siletz Railroad in Independence, Oregon, from Boise Cascade and renamed itself. The WVR was merged into the Albany and Eastern Railroad in November 2000.
Willan Saddle Willan Saddle (Sedlovina Willan se-dlo-vi-'na 'wi-l&n) is a flat crescent-shaped saddle extending 1km in the NE-SW direction between Burdick South Peak and Willan Nunatak in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The saddle has an elevation of 396m and is part of the overland route from Balkan Snowfield to Orpheus Gate, Wörner Gap and Camp Academia site.
Willapa Bay Willapa Bay is a bay located on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington state in the United States. Like the usual bay, Willapa Bay is a large inlet of salt water otherwise similar to freshwater lakes in shape and size.
Willapa River The Willapa River is a river on the Pacific coast of southwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long. It drains an area of low hills and a coastal plain into Willapa Bay, a large estuary north of the mouth of the Columbia River.
Willaq Umu The Willaq Umu ("priest who recounts") were the High Priests of the Sun in theInca Empire. They were usually the brothers of the Sapa Inca (the ruler of the empire), and most likely the second most powerful person in the entire empire.
Willard "Digger" Barnes Willard "Digger" Barnes was a character in the popular American television series Dallas, played by David Wayne (1978-1979) and also played by Keenan Wynn (1979-1980). Digger Barnes was the father of Cliff Barnes and Pamela Barnes Ewing.
Willard Brothers All Willard Brothers were born at their modest family farm which was located at Grafton, Massachusetts, successively between 1743 and 1755. Owning independent workshops at Boston they were the most celebrated clockmakers in the wee United States.
Willard Decker In the Star Trek universe, Captain Willard Decker (played by Stephen Collins) is briefly commanding officer of the USS Enterprise after its refit in 2270. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry asserted that Willard Decker is the son of Commodore Matt Decker , who commands the USS Constellation and is killed by the Doomsday Machine in an episode of The Original Series.
Willard Dewveall Willard Dewveall was an American college and professional football player. He was the first player to jump from one American professional football league to another, leaving the NFL Bears to play for the American Football League's Houston Oilers for the 1961 season.
Willard Duncan Vandiver Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the US state of Missouri. He is widely credited with the authorship of the famous expression: "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me" leading the state's famous nickname, "The Show Me State".
Willard Hall Willard Hall (December 24, 1780 – May 10, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.
Willard Harrison Bennett Willard Harrison Bennett (June 13, 1903 – September 28, 1987) was a scientist and inventor, born in Findlay, Ohio. Bennett conducted research into plasma physics, astrophysics, geophysics, surface physics, and physical chemistry.
Willard Hershberger Willard McKee Hershberger (May 28, 1910 – August 3, 1940) was a major league baseball catcher from 1938 to 1940. Hershberger has the unfortunate distinction of being the only major league player to commit suicide during the season.
Willard House and Clock Museum The Willard House and Clock Museum, located in North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA, is the former farm homestead of the Willard brothers (Benjamin, Simon, Ephraim, and Aaron), who made clocks there in the late 18th century, before they moved the business to Roxbury, Mass.where they became pillars of the emerging american clockmaking industry The house was built about 1718.
Willard Huyck Willard Huyck (born September 8, 1945) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer, best known for his association with George Lucas. Along with his wife Gloria Katz, Huyck has created the screenplays of films including American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Willard Ikola Willard Ikola (born July 28, 1932) was an American ice hockey player and high school boy's hockey coach. Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, a powerhouse in hockey (owning seven state high school championships, including the very first Minnesota state hockey tournament in 1945First MN State Tournament, and producing six members of US Olympic hockey teamsEdina High School Hall of FameEveleth Hockey History) he began playing hockey as a young boy, eventually going on to play in the 1956 Winter Olympics and coaching high school for over 30 years.
Willard InterContinental Washington The Willard InterContinental Washington is a historic luxury hotel located equidistant from the White House and the National Mall in Washington, DC. Among its facilities are numerous luxurious guest rooms, several restaurants, the famed Round Robin Bar, and voluminous function rooms.
Willard Keith Willard Woodward Keith, Jr. (13 June 1920 - 3 November 1942) born in Berkeley, California, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on 18 April 1939 and served as an enlisted man until he received an honorable discharge on 3 November 1940 to take an appointment as 2nd lieutenant in the reserves on the following day.
Willard Kitchener MacDonald Willard Kitchener MacDonald (August 13, 1916 – 2003), popularly known as the Hermit of Gully Lake, was a recluse who, after jumping a troop train to avoid going to war in the 1940s, lived in a secluded hut by Gully Lake for nearly 60 years. According to his birth certificate, Kitchener was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on August 13, 1916, to his parents, Findlay Howard MacDonald and Jessie E.
Willard Metcalf Willard Leroy Metcalf (July 1, 1858 – March 9, 1925) was an American artist. Born at Lowell, Massachusetts, he was a pupil of the Massachusetts Normal Art School, of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and of the Académie Julian, Paris.
Willard Miller Willard Dwight Miller (5 June 1877 – 19 February 1959) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Spanish-American War.
Willard Mullin Willard Mullin (September 14 1902 - December 20 1978) was an American sports cartoonist. He is most famous for his creation of the "Brooklyn Bum", the personification of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team.
Willard Residential College Willard Residential College is a residential college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois known for its strong spirit of community and unique traditions including Willard Formal, Polka Party, Woo-au Luau, and the notorious Frances Willard Party.
Willard Richards Willard Richards (June 24, 1804–March 11, 1854) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to President Brigham Young in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1854.
Willard Rockwell Willard Rockwell (born 1888 - died 1978) was a businessman who helped shape and name what eventually became the Rockwell International company. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1919, bought his own business which he transformed.
Willard's Canteen Willard's Canteen is the moniker of one-man band Matthew Pamatmat, a northern California musician known for being a prolific proponent of psychedelic folk, ambient soundscapes, and weird rock. Recording exclusively on a four-track tape recorder and using a motley assortment of instruments, Willard's Canteen has created around 200 songs and released at least twelve albums on CD, including the double album How to Tell a Dead Horse from One that is Merely Resting and the simultaneously-released CDs Eatin' a cupcake in Hell and Gnap Gnightmares.

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