Willink

Willink is a Dutch toponymic surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Abraham Willink (1920–1998), Dutch-Argentine entomologist
  • Arthur Willink (1850–1913), British theologian and clergyman
  • Carel Willink (1900–1983), Dutch painter
  • Charles Willink (1929–2009), English classical scholar, teacher and baronet, son of Henry
  • Daniel Willink (1779–1859), Dutch Consul of the Netherlands in Liverpool; ancestor of the Willink family in England
  • Henry Willink PC, MC, KC (1894–1973), British politician, public servant and baronet
  • Jocko Willink (born 1971), American podcaster, author and retired United States Navy SEAL
  • John Willink (1858–1927), Anglican Dean
  • Mathilde Willink (1938–1977), Dutch socialite and wife of Carel Willink
  • Wilhem Ferdinand Willink van Collen (1847–1881), Dutch painter who funded an arts award
  • Willem Willink (1750–1841), Dutch merchant, investor in the Holland Land Company and the Louisiana Purchase
Tjeenk Willink

See also
  • Willink, New York, former town in Western New York, USA, named after WIllem Willink
  • The Willink School, Berkshire school named after Henry George Willink, grandson of Daniel Willink
  • Willink baronets of Dingle Bank in the City of Liverpool, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

References
  1. Willink at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands.
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