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An English patronymic surname from the name Will
A male given name transferred from the surname
Carrier Willis Haviland Reed Willis Scripps Edward Willis Young Lester Willis
{i} male first name; Bruce Willis (born 1955, born Walter Willison), American actor

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Willis D. Gatch
{i} (1877-1962) United States surgeon
Willis Haviland Carrier
born Nov. 26, 1876, Angola, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 7, 1950, New York, N.Y. U.S. inventor and industrialist. Carrier designed the first system to control temperature and humidity in 1902. His "Rational Psychrometric Formulae," introduced in 1911, initiated scientific air-conditioning design. In 1915 he cofounded the Carrier Engineering Company, which became the world's largest manufacturer of air-conditioning equipment. Carrier was purchased by United Technologies Corporation in 1979
Willis Reed
born June 25, 1942, Hico, La., U.S. U.S. basketball player. Drafted by the New York Knicks in 1964, he averaged 19.5 points in his first season and was named Rookie of the Year. He led the Knicks to the NBA title in 1970 and that year became the only player ever to win the Most Valuable Player award for the regular season, the championships, and the All-Star game. After retiring in 1974 he coached the Knicks (1977-79) and other teams
Bruce Willis
(born 1955 as Walter Willison), famous American movie actor
Edward Willis Scripps
born June 18, 1854, near Rushville, Ill., U.S. died March 12, 1926, at sea off Monrovia, Liberia U.S. newspaper publisher. He was first employed by his half brother, James Edmund Scripps (1835-1906), on newspapers in Detroit. He began publishing his own papers in 1878 and eventually owned 34 in 15 states. He was a partner in forming the first major U.S. newspaper chain, the Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers (1894). In 1907 he consolidated regional Scripps news services as United Press (after 1958, United Press International). In 1922 he transferred his interests to his son, Robert Paine Scripps (1895-1938), who with Roy W. Howard formed the Scripps-Howard chain. The E.W. Scripps Co. now operates the latter chain and includes varied media holdings in addition to newspapers
Lester Willis Young
born Aug. 27, 1909, Woodville, Miss., U.S. died March 15, 1959, New York, N.Y. U.S. tenor saxophonist. Young joined Count Basie's band in 1936 and was recognized as a major new stylist on the instrument. His small-group recordings from the late 1930s with Basie and vocalist Billie Holiday are classics. He was nicknamed Prez by Holiday (short for "President of the saxophone"). Young's subtle harmonies and unconventional rhythmic independence influenced both bebop and cool-jazz musicians; his gentle tone and ethereal lyricism inspired an entire school of jazz saxophone playing
circle of willis
a ring of arteries at the base of the brain
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