Famous People with Name Willard

Willard F Somerset            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willard F Somerset: is an American former professional basketball player.A 5'8" guard from Duquesne University, Somerset played eight games for the Baltimore Bullets during the 1965-66 NBA season, averaging 5.6 points per game. He blossomed in the American Basketball Association, where he averaged 22.8 points in 135 games with the Houston Mavericks and New York Nets from 1967 to 1969. During the 1968-69 ABA season, when he was named an All-Star, Somerset ranked fifth in the league in points per game, eighth in assists per game, and third in free throw percentage.

Willard Leon Willie Sojourner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willard Leon Willie Sojourner: was an American basketball player recruited to Weber State University by head coach Dick Motta. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Sojourner's basketball career (1968-71) at Weber State included Big Sky Conference records in scoring and rebounding. He lead the Wildcats to three Big Sky Conference regular-season titles. His career stats include 1,563 points and 1,143 rebounds. Sojourner still ranks second in rebounding and first in career rebounding average at 14.1 per game.

Willard Herman Scott, Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willard Herman Scott, Jr: is an American media personality and author best known for his work on NBC's The Today Show and as the creator of the Ronald McDonald character.Scott showed an early interest in broadcasting as a teenager, working as a 16-year old in 1950 as an NBC page at WRC-AM, NBC's owned-and-operated television station in Washington, D.C..[1] Scott then attended American University, where he worked alongside fellow student Ed Walker at WAMU-AM, the university's radio station (1951–1953). Scott became a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity while at American University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and religion.[1]

Willard Mitt Romney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willard Mitt Romney: is an American businessman and former Governor of Massachusetts. Romney is also a former candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Willard Christopher Smith III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willard Christopher Smith III: He is the son of Will Smith and his first wife Sheree Zampino. His stepmother is Jada Pinkett Smith, mother of half-siblings Jaden Smith and Willow Smith.Trey was the inspiration for Smith's song "Just the Two of Us" and also the star of the video. He has served as Access Hollywood's special correspondent for events such as Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards and the premiere of The Pursuit of Happyness. He had a guest role in the TV series All of Us.As of July 2008, he attends Oaks Christian High School, and plays on its junior varsity football team; the quarterback is Wayne Gretzky's son, Trevor.

Kenneth Henderson Willard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenneth Henderson Willard: is a former American football running back/fullback in the National Football League. Willard was drafted with the second pick of the 1965 NFL Draft, by the San Francisco 49ers ahead of future NFL Hall of Famers Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers

Huntington F(axon) Willard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Huntington F(axon) Willard: an American human geneticist. In 2003 he became the Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences, the first Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, and Vice Chancellor for Genome Sciences at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.Willard graduated from the Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts in 1971. He received his A.B. degree in biology from Harvard University in 1975 and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1979. He did a postdoctoral fellowship in medical genetics at Johns Hopkins University from 1979-81.

Gerald Duane Willard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gerald Duane Willard: was a Major League Baseball catcher.Willard's career was spent mostly in obscurity, however he did experience one significant moment of fame. On October 23, 1991, playing for the Atlanta Braves in the 1991 World Series against the Minnesota Twins, Willard would make his only series plate appearance in the bottom of the 9th of a 2-2 game, having been sent up to pinch-hit for Francisco Cabrera after a Minnesota pitching change with Mark Lemke on 3rd Base. Facing top reliever Steve Bedrosian with one out, Willard would loft a high fly out to Right Fielder Shane Mack, which proved to be just barely deep enough to score Lemke with the winning run that won the game for the Braves.[citation needed]

Aimee Willard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Aimee Willard: was a star lacrosse player who was murdered on her way home from a night out with friends. Her car was left running and her body was found, but the killer was unknown. The unsolved crime was featured on Unsolved Mysteries. With DNA evidence, her killer wa

Ashbel Parsons Willard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ashbel Parsons Willard: was state senator, the 12th Lieutenant Governor, and the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. His terms in office were marked by increasingly severe partisanship leading to the breakup of the state Democratic Party in the years leading up to the Am