Villiers

Villiers may refer to:

Places

France

• Villiers, Indre, in the Indre département
• Villiers, Vienne, in the Vienne département
• Villiers-Adam, in the Val-d'Oise département
• Villiers-au-Bouin, in the Indre-et-Loire département
• Villiers-aux-Corneilles, in the Marne département
• Villiers-Charlemagne, in the Mayenne département
• Villiers-Couture, in the Charente-Maritime département
• Villiers-en-Bière, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-en-Bois, in the Deux-Sèvres département
• Villiers-en-Désœuvre, in the Eure département
• Villiers-en-Lieu, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-en-Morvan, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Villiers-en-Plaine, in the Deux-Sèvres département
• Villiers-Fossard, in the Manche département
• Villiers-Herbisse, in the Aube département
• Villiers-la-Garenne, former community
• Villiers-le-Bâcle, in the Essonne département
• Villiers-le-Bel, in the Val-d'Oise département
• Villiers-le-Bois, in the Aube département
• Villiers-le-Duc, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Villiers-le-Mahieu, in the Yvelines département
• Villiers-le-Morhier, in the Eure-et-Loir département
• Villiers-le-Pré, in the Manche département
• Villiers-le-Roux, in the Charente département
• Villiers-lès-Aprey, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-le-Sec, Calvados, in the Calvados département
• Villiers-le-Sec, Haute-Marne, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-le-Sec, Nièvre, in the Nièvre département
• Villiers-le-Sec, Val-d'Oise, in the Val-d'Oise département
• Villiers-les-Hauts, in the Yonne département
• Villiers-Louis, in the Yonne département
• Villiers-Saint-Benoît, in the Yonne département
• Villiers-Saint-Denis, in the Aisne département
• Villiers-Saint-Frédéric, in the Yvelines département
• Villiers-Saint-Georges, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-Saint-Orien, in the Eure-et-Loir département
• Villiers-sous-Grez, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-sous-Mortagne, in the Orne département
• Villiers-sous-Praslin, in the Aube département
• Villiers-sur-Chizé, in the Deux-Sèvres département
• Villiers-sur-Loir, in the Loir-et-Cher département
• Villiers-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Morin, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Orge, in the Essonne département
• Villiers-sur-Seine, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Suize, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Tholon, in the Yonne département
• Villiers-sur-Yonne, in the Nièvre département
• Villiers-Vineux, in the Yonne département
• Villiers (Paris Metro), a station of the Paris Métro (lines 2 and 3)

Elsewhere

• Villiers Island, an artificial island at the north-west corner of Toronto's Port Lands
• Villiers, Ontario, Canada, a small settlement near Peterborough
• Villiers, Free State, South Africa
• Villiers, Switzerland, in the Val-de-Ruz district of the canton of Neuchâtel

People

• Villiers family, British noble family
• Villiers baronets, in the Baronetage of England
• Abraham de Villiers, French Huguenot refugee in South Africa
• AB de Villiers (born 1984), South African cricketer
• Alan Villiers (1903–1982), Australian author, adventurer, photographer and mariner
• Amherst Villiers (1900–1991), English engineer and portrait painter
• André Villiers (born 1954), French politician
• André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers (1772–1840), French mineralogist and geologist
• Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838–1889), French symbolist writer
• Barbara Villiers, later Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640–1709), English courtesan
• Charles Villiers (disambiguation)
• Constance Villiers-Stuart (1877–1966), English author and painter
• Édouard de Villiers du Terrage (1780–1855), French engineer
• Edward Villiers (disambiguation)
• Elizabeth Villiers, later Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney (1657–1733), English courtier
• Fanie de Villiers (born 1964), South African cricketer
• Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1753–1821), English mistress of the Prince Regent
• Francis Child Villiers (1819–1862), British politician
• Francis Hyde Villiers (1852–1925), British civil servant and diplomat
• François Villiers (1920–2009), French film director
• François Hüet Villiers (1772–1813), French-born artist resident in London
• Frederic Villiers (1851–1922), British war artist and war correspondent
• Sir George Villiers (of Brokesby) (c.1544–1606), High Sheriff of Leicestershire, England, and Member of Parliament
• George Villiers (disambiguation)
• Gérard de Villiers (1929–2013), French writer, journalist and publisher
• Giniel de Villiers (born 1972), South African racing and rally driver
• Jacques Villiers (1924–2012), French aerospace engineer and public servant
• James Villiers (1933–1998), British actor
• Jean de Villiers (grand master) of the Knights Hospitaller in the 13th century
• Jean de Villiers (born 1981), South African rugby player
• John Villers (born 1485/86), English politician
• Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham (died 1649)
• Sieur Louis Coulon de Villiers (1710–1757), French Canadian military officer
• Nora Villiers (–1871), Aboriginal Australian religious figure
• Philippe de Villiers (born 1949), French politician
• Pieter de Villiers (disambiguation)
• Priscilla de Villiers, Canadian activist
• Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1785–1867)
• Theresa Villiers (born 1968), British politician
• Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey (1845–1915), British banker, politician and colonial administrator
• William Villiers (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Diana Villiers, a fictional character in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
• Snow Villiers is a playable character in Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII
• A character in the 1596 play Edward III, partly written by William Shakespeare
• A character in the James Bond film Casino Royale
• Anthony Villiers, the protagonist of a science-fiction series by Alexei Panshin
• A character in Arthur Machen's novella The Great God Pan
• A character in The Bourne Identity series by Robert Ludlum

Other

• Battle of Villiers, a 1870 battle during the Franco-Prussian war
• Villiers Engineering, a manufacturer of bicycle and motorcycle parts
• Villiers School, in Limerick, Ireland

See also

• De Villiers, a surname
• Villers (disambiguation)