Willi is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist Willi Forst (1903–1980), Austrian actor, screenwriter, film Willi Hennig (1913–1976), German biologist Willi Münzenberg (1889–1940), Communist political activist Willi Stoph (1914–1999), East German politician Willi Tokarev (1934–2019), Russian and former expatriate Russian-American singer-songwriter Willi Weber, manager of German racing drivers Willi Ziegler (1929–2002), a German paleontologist Willi, Real Name Adegboyega Joshua Adegboyega, a Nigerian Singer, Songwriter and Producer