title: Willet (name)
text: # Willet (name)
  
  Willet is an English-language given name and surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Willet Babcock cabinetmaker, alderman, fireman, and opera house proprietor in Paris, Texas, United States
  * Willet Ball (1873 – 1 June 1962) was a British journalist and political activist
  * Willet Casey (1762–1848), farmer and political figure in Upper Canada
  * Willet Green Miller (1867–1925), American geologist, the namesake of the Willet G. Miller Medal
  * Willet M. Hays (1859–1927), American plant breeder and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Abraham Willet (1825–1888), Dutch art collector and amateur painter.
  * Andrew Willet (1562 – 4 December 1621) was an English clergyman and controversialist
  * Deb Willet (1650–1678), maid of Samuel Pepys, famous for her diary which chronicled her liaison with Pepys
  * Gerald Willet (1934–2017), American businessman and politician
  * Jennifer Willet (born 1975), Canadian artist, researcher and curator
  * John Willet (1815–1889), Scottish engineer
  * Samuel Walter Willet Pickup (March 1, 1859 – November 15, 1935) was a Canadian farmer, merchant, shipbuilder, shipowner, and politician
  * Slim Willet (1919–1966), American disc jockey, musician, and songwriter
  * William Willet (1869–1921), American portrait painter, muralist, stained glass designer, studio owner and writer
  * Willet brothers of Willet (band), American Christian rock band
  