Famous People with Name Willis

Willis Reed Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willis Reed Jr.: is a retired American basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career with the New York Knicks, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982.Reed was born in Hico, Louisiana. While Reed was growing up on a farm in nearby Bernice, the Knicks were floundering. New York managed only one winning season in the 12 campaigns between 1955-56 and 1966-67. From 1956 to 1966 the Knicks finished last nine times, and the club failed to make the playoffs in the seven seasons from 1959 to 1966. In 1963-64 the Knicks brought up the rear of the Eastern Division with a 22-58 record.

Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr.: was a physicist.Lamb was born in Los Angeles, California, United States and attended Los Angeles High School. First admitted in 1930, he received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1934. For theoretical work on scattering of neutrons by a crystal, guided by J. Robert Oppenheimer, he received the Ph.D. in physics in 1938. Because of limited computational methods available at the time, this research narrowly missed revealing the Mössbauer Effect, 19 years before its recognition by Mössbauer. Lamb was the Wykeham Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford from 1956 to 1962, and also taught at Yale, Columbia and Stanford.

Willis Andrew McGahee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willis Andrew McGahee: is a Serbian professional footballer. He plays for the English club Manchester United in the Premier League and for the Serbian national football team.Two and a half years later, before his 15th birthday, Red Star Belgrade signed Vidi? to their youth system. He started his senior career on a season-long loan deal at FK Spartak Subotica in 2000. He moved back to Red Star Belgrade after the loan deal ended, playing regularly in the top-flight Yugoslav League. He won the 2001/02 Yugoslav Cup with Red Star.[3][4] Vidi? quickly gained the captain's armband, and during his three years as captain, he scored 12 goals in 67 matches,

Willis Edwards            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Willis Edwards: was an English former professional football player and manager.Edwards played for the Elland Road club for 14 years, during which time he was never booked or sent off. He went on to make over 400 appearances and he was widely regarded as the best wing-half in the country, making his England debut in 1926 and going on to receive 16 caps.

Willis Vaughton            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Willis Vaughton: was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United. He was born in Sheffield.

Tom Willis            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Tom Willis: is a New Zealand international rugby union player. He plays his rugby at Hooker. On Saturday 8 June 2002, Willis became the 1012nd All Black, starting in a 64–10 win over Italy in Hamilton. Willis played for Western Force in Australia and Toulon in France

Max Frederick Willis            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Max Frederick Willis: is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1999. His brother Sir Eric Willis was briefly Premier of New South Wales in 1976. In 1970, Willis was appointed to the New South Wales Legis

Sir Eric Archibald Willis            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir Eric Archibald Willis: was an Australian politician, Cabinet Minister and the 34th Premier of New South Wales, serving from 23 January 1976 to 14 May 1976. Born in Murwillumbah in 1922, Willis was educated at Murwillumbah High School and the University of Sydney, where he obtai

Albert Charles Willis            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Albert Charles Willis: was an Australian politician.In 1911 he moved to New South Wales and worked at Balmain Colliery, becoming president and secretary of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association from 1913 to 1915. The first general secretary of the Australasian Coal and

William Nicholas Willis            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

William Nicholas Willis: was an Australian politician and newspaper proprietor. Willis ran unsuccessfully for Bourke in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1887, but won it as a Protectionist in 1889 and held it to 1894. Willis founded the Truth in 1890. He was the member