Wills is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Wills (1828–1912), English High Court judge and mountaineer
- Andrew Wills (b. 1972), Australian rules footballer
- Anneke Wills (b. 1941), British actress
- Arthur Wills (b. 1926), Director of Music at Ely Cathedral (1958–1990)
- Bob Wills (1905–1975), American Western swing musician
- Bump Wills (b. 1952), American Major League baseball player
- Chill Wills (1902–1978), American film actor
- Chris Wills (b. 1978), British gameshow Countdown champion
- Christopher Wills, American biologist
- Frank Wills (architect) (1822–1857), British architect
- Frank Wills (security guard) (1948–2000), security guard that discovered the break-in that led to the Watergate scandal
- Garry Wills (b. 1934), American author and historian
- Harry Wills (1889–1958), American boxer
- Helen Wills Moody (1905–1998), American tennis player
- James Wills (1790–1868), Irish writer and poet
- John Wills (d. 1806), Warden of Merton College, Oxford
- Jonathan Wills (journalist), British journalist
- Jonathon W. G. Wills, Scottish journalist
- Josh Wills, member of the American band Story of the Year
- Kevin Wills (b. 1980), English footballer
- Lucy Wills (1888–1964), English haematologist
- Marcus Wills (b. 1972), Australian artist
- Mark Wills (b. 1973), American country music artist
- Maury Wills (b. 1932), American Major League baseball player
- Michael Wills (b. 1952), English politician
- Royal Barry Wills (1895–1962), American architect
- Simon Wills (racing driver) (b. 1976), New Zealand racing driver
- Ted Wills (b. 1934), American Major League baseball player
- Tom Wills (1835–1880), Australian sportsman
- William Gorman Wills (1828–1891), Irish dramatist and painter
- William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke (1830–1911)
- William Henry Wills (politician) (1882–1946), United States politician and Governor of Vermont
- William John Wills (1834–1861), English explorer and second-in-command of the Burke and Wills expedition
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Famous quotes containing the word wills:
“I have sought his aid—but if after endeavoring to do my best in the light which he affords me, I find my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purpose unknown to me, He wills it otherwise.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master—something that at times strangely wills and works for itself.... If the result be attractive, the World will praise you, who little deserve praise; if it be repulsive, the same World will blame you, who almost as little deserve blame.”
—Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
“Affection, indulgence, and humor alike are powerless against the instinct of children to rebel. It is essential to their minds and their wills as exercise is to their bodies. If they have no reasons, they will invent them, like nations bound on war. It is hard to imagine families limp enough always to be at peace. Wherever there is character there will be conflict. The best that children and parents can hope for is that the wounds of their conflict may not be too deep or too lasting.”
—New York State Division of Youth Newsletter (20th century)