Woolsey Explained

Woolsey may refer to:

In places:

• Woolsey Memorial Airport, a small airport in Michigan
• Woolsey, Georgia, USA, a town
• Woolsey Flat, California, USA, a former settlement
• Woolsey Hall, the primary auditorium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

In people:

• Bill Woolsey, (1934–2022), American competition swimmer and Olympic champion
• Calvin Woolsey, American physician and pianist
• Gamel Woolsey, American author and poet
• John M. Woolsey, American judge
• Kit Woolsey, bridge expert
• Lynn Woolsey, American politician
• Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, United States Naval officer
• R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA under the Bill Clinton administration
• Robert Woolsey, American film comedian
• Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, American children's author
• Ted Woolsey, American video game translator
• Theodore Dwight Woolsey, past president of Yale University
  • Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, American legal scholar and son of the above
    • Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Jr., son of Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, grandson of Theodore Dwight Woolsey
• Thomas Wolsey circa 1470-1530), English statesman and clergyman

In fictional characters:

• Richard Woolsey, a character in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis

In other uses:

• USS Woolsey, two ships in the United States Navy
• Woolsey (convention), a Bridge convention
• The Woolsey Fire, a 2018 wildfire in southern California

See also

• Wolsey (disambiguation)
• Wolseley (disambiguation)