Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist
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Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violinist and conductor
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Willi Forst (1903–1980), born Wilhelm Anton Frohs, Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer
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Willi Hennig (1913–1976), German biologist
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Willi Lesch (born 1942), German alpine skier
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Willi Liebherr (born 1947), German-Swiss businessman and billionaire
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Willi Smith (1948–1987), African-American fashion designer
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Willi Tiefel, German footballer
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Willi Ziegler (1929–2002), German paleontologist
Nickname
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Willi Graf (1918–1943), German member of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance group, under consideration for sainthood
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Willi Münzenberg (1889–1940), German communist political activist and publisher
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Willi Orbán (born 1992), German-Hungarian footballer
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Willi Ostermann (1876–1936), German lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Cologne
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Willi Schmid (1893–1934), German music critic
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Willi Stoph (1914–1999), East German politician
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Willi Tokarev (1934–2019), Russian and former expatriate Russian-American singer-songwriter
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Willi Weber (born 1942), manager of German racing drivers
Surname
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Andrea Willi (born 1955), politician from Liechtenstein, first woman Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Andreas Willi (born 1972), Swiss linguist, philologist and classicist
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Herbert Willi (born 1956), Austrian composer of classical music
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Monika Willi (born 1968), Austrian film editor
See also
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Wili (disambiguation)
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Willy (disambiguation)
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William (given name)