# Willems

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'''Willems''' is a [patronymic surname](/source/patronymic_surname) of [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) origin, equivalent to [Williams](/source/Williams_(surname)). In 2008, it was the 6th most common surname in Belgium (18,604 people) [http://www.familienaam.be/] and in 2007 it was the 39th most common surname in the Netherlands (17,042 people).[http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/documenten/top100.pdf].

==People with this surname==
* [Creed Willems](/source/Creed_Willems) (born 2003), American baseball player
* [Daniel Willems](/source/Daniel_Willems) (1956–2016), Belgian road cyclist
* [Dirk Willems](/source/Dirk_Willems) (died 1569), Dutch anabaptist martyr
* [Edgar Willems](/source/Edgar_Willems) (1890–1978), Belgian artist and musician
* [Eddy Willems](/source/Eddy_Willems) (born 1962), Belgian security expert
* [Emilio Willems](/source/Emilio_Willems) (1905–1997), German-American sociologist and ethnologist
* [Florent Joseph Marie Willems](/source/Florent_Joseph_Marie_Willems) (1823–1905), Belgian painter
* [Frederik Willems](/source/Frederik_Willems) (born 1979), Belgian road cyclist
* [Gerard Willems](/source/Gerard_Willems) (born 1946), Dutch-born Australian pianist
* [Gladys Willems](/source/Gladys_Willems) (born 1977), Belgian archer
* [Hans Willems](/source/Hans_Willems) (born 1934), Dutch Olympic sailor
* [Henri Willems](/source/Henri_Willems) (1899–?), Belgian bobsledder
* [Jan Willems](/source/Jan_Willems_(Dutch_buccaneer)) a.k.a. Yankey Willems (died 1688), Dutch buccaneer
* [Jan Camiel Willems](/source/Jan_Camiel_Willems) (1939–2013), Belgian mathematician
* [Jan Frans Willems](/source/Jan_Frans_Willems) (1793–1846), Flemish writer
* [Jean-Pierre Willems](/source/Jean-Pierre_Willems) (1886–?), Belgian fencer
* [Jennifer Willems](/source/Jennifer_Willems) (1947–2015), Dutch actress
* [Jeroen Willems](/source/Jeroen_Willems) (1962–2012), Dutch actor and singer
* [Jetro Willems](/source/Jetro_Willems) (born 1994), Dutch footballer
* [Jo Willems](/source/Jo_Willems) (born 1970), Belgian cinematographer
* [Ko Willems](/source/Ko_Willems) (1900–1983), Dutch track cyclist
* [Louis Willems](/source/Louis_Willems) (1822–1907), Belgian physician and bacteriologist
* [Ludwig Willems](/source/Ludwig_Willems) (born 1966), Belgian road cyclist
* [Maurice Willems](/source/Maurice_Willems) (born 1929), Belgian footballer
* [Menno Willems](/source/Menno_Willems) (born 1977), Dutch footballer
* [Michael Willems](/source/Michael_Willems) (born 1959), Dutch/Canadian Photographer
* [Mo Willems](/source/Mo_Willems) (born 1968), American writer, animator, author and illustrator
* [Nathan Willems](/source/Nathan_Willems) (born c.1981), American politician in Iowa
* [Patrick H. Willems](/source/Patrick_H._Willems) (born 1987), American video essayist and filmmaker
* Paul Willems (1912–1997), Belgian novelist and playwright
* [Pierre Willems](/source/Pierre_Willems) (1840–1898), Dutch philologist and historian of Ancient Rome
* [Rein Willems](/source/Rein_Willems) (born 1945), Dutch businessman
* [Ron Willems](/source/Ron_Willems) (born 1966), Dutch footballer
* [Sandrine Willems](/source/Sandrine_Willems) (born 1968), Belgian writer and documentary maker
* [Steeven Willems](/source/Steeven_Willems) (born 1990), French footballer
* [Theo Willems](/source/Theo_Willems) (1891–1960), Dutch archer
* {{interlanguage link|Thom Willems|de||ja|トム・ウィレムス}} (born 1955), Dutch composer
* {{interlanguage link|Ton Willems|de||fr|Antonius Willems}} (born 1954), Duch sculptor
* [Victor Willems](/source/Victor_Willems) (1877–1918), Belgian fencer
* {{interlanguage link|Willem J. H. Willems|de|}} (1950–2014), Dutch archaeologist
* [Harry Willems](/source/Harry_Willems) (born 1999), Australian Accountant

==See also==
* [Willems, Nord](/source/Willems%2C_Nord), a commune of France
* [Willem](/source/Willem)
* [Willemse](/source/Willemse)
* [Willemsen](/source/Willemsen)

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Category:Dutch patronymic surnames
Category:Surnames of Belgian origin
Category:Surnames derived from given names

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