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-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 automotive, aeronautical and astronautic 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 water-colour 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 union footballer
• 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
• 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)

1. AB de Villiers
2. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
3. De Villiers
4. George Villiers
5. Child Villiers
6. Villiers Engineering
7. George Child Villiers, Viscount Villiers
8. Villiers-le-Sec
9. Christopher Villiers
10. Villiers family
11. Theresa Villiers
12. Edward Villiers
13. Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
14. Thomas Villiers
15. De Villiers Graaff
16. James Villiers
17. Villiers Street
18. Tommy Villiers
19. Norton-Villiers
20. Charles Villiers