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Brewer's: Wandering Willie
or Willie Steenson. The blind fiddler who tells the tale of Redgauntlet. (SirWalterScott. Redgauntlet. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Willie Nelson Biography
Willie Nelsoncountry singer, songwriterBorn: 4/30/1933Birthplace: Abbott, Texas Grammy Award-winning country singer and songwriter known for his spare style and for inventing with Waylon…Bruce Willis Biography
Bruce WillisactorBorn: 3/19/1955Birthplace: Idar-Oberstein, Germany Emmy Award-winning film and television actor who gained fame as David Addison on Moonlighting (1985–89). His films include the Die…Willie Mays Biography
Willie MaysBorn: May 6, 1931Baseball OF nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid”; led NL in HRs and stolen bases 4 times each; 2-time MVP (1954,65) with NY-SF Giants; Hall of Famer who played in 24 All-…Willis Haviland Carrier
Willis Haviland CarrierBorn: 1876Birthplace: Angola, N.Y. Apparatus for treating air—Carrier developed the first safe, low pressure centrifugal refrigeration machine using non-toxic,…Stoph, Willi
(Encyclopedia) Stoph, WilliStoph, Willivĭlˈē shtôf [key], 1914–99, East German political leader. A member of the German Communist party from 1931, he helped build the East German Socialist Unity (…Willis Haviland Carrier Biography
Willis Haviland Carrier air conditioning pioneerBorn: 11/26/1876Birthplace: Angola, N.Y. Carrier grew up on his father's farm on the New York shore of Lake Erie. In 1895 he received a…Willie Thrower 2002 Deaths
Willie ThrowerAge: 71 became NFL's first African-American quarterback when he appeared in a game for the Chicago Bears on Oct. 18, 1953; never appeared in another game and it would be 15…Willie Pep 2006 Deaths
Willie PepAge: 84 boxer who was the featherweight champion for most of the 1940s; his lifetime record was 230–11–1. Known for his speed and dexterity, he deliberately won a round in 1949…Ellen Willis 2006 Deaths
Ellen WillisAge: 64 feminist journalist, cultural critic, and university professor who was a founder of the radical Redstockings group in 1969. Her books include No More Nice Girls:…Trending
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