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People whose names start with W

Author Nationality Profession Year
W. Averell Harriman American Politician 1891 - 1986
W. C. Fields, Tiny W. C. Fields American Comedian 1880 - 1946
W. Clement Stone, Tiny W. Clement Stone American Businessman 1902 - 2002
W. E. B. Du Bois, Tiny W. E. B. Du Bois American Writer 1868 - 1963
W. Edwards Deming, Tiny W. Edwards Deming American Scientist 1900 - 1993
W. Eugene Smith American Photographer 1918 - 1978
W. G. Sebald German Writer 1944 - 2001
W. H. Auden, Tiny W. H. Auden English Poet 1907 - 1973
W. H. Davies, Tiny W. H. Davies Welsh Poet 1871 - 1940
W. H. Murray Scottish Athlete 1913 - 1996
W. L. George English Writer
W. Mark Felt, Tiny W. Mark Felt American Public Servant 1913 - 2008
W. Richard Stevens American Scientist 1909 - 1999
W. S. Merwin American Poet 1927 - 2019
W. Somerset Maugham, Tiny W. Somerset Maugham British Playwright 1874 - 1965
Wade Boggs American Athlete 1958
Walid Jumblatt Lebanese Politician 1949
Walker Evans American Photographer 1903 - 1975
Walker Percy American Writer 1916 - 1990
Wallace Shawn American Actor 1943
Wallace Stegner American Novelist 1909 - 1993
Wallace Stevens, Tiny Wallace Stevens American Poet 1879 - 1955
Wallis Simpson American Royalty 1895 - 1986
Wally Amos American Businessman 1936
Wally George American Celebrity 1931 - 2003
Wally Lamb American Author 1950
Wally Schirra American Astronaut 1923 - 2007
Walt Alston American Athlete 1911 - 1984
Walt Disney, Tiny Walt Disney American Cartoonist 1901 - 1966
Walt Kelly American Cartoonist 1913 - 1973
Walt Whitman, Tiny Walt Whitman American Poet 1819 - 1892
Walter Anderson German Writer 1885 - 1962
Walter Annenberg American Businessman 1908 - 2002
Walter Bagehot, Tiny Walter Bagehot English Author 1826 - 1877
Walter Becker American Musician 1950 - 2017
Walter Benjamin, Tiny Walter Benjamin German Critic 1892 - 1940
Walter Chrysler, Tiny Walter Chrysler American Inventor 1875 - 1940
Walter Crane English Artist 1845 - 1915
Walter Cronkite American Journalist 1916 - 2009
Walter de La Mare English Poet 1873 - 1956
Walter Duranty American Journalist 1884 - 1957
Walter Elliot, Tiny Walter Elliot Scottish Politician 1888 - 1958
Walter F. Mondale American Lawyer 1928 - 2021
Walter Gilbert American Scientist 1932
Walter Gropius, Tiny Walter Gropius German Architect 1883 - 1969
Walter Hagen American Athlete 1892 - 1969
Walter Hill American Director 1942
Walter Isaacson American Writer 1952
Walter Johnson American Athlete 1887 - 1946
Walter Jon Williams American Writer 1953
Walter Kaufmann German Philosopher 1921 - 1980
Walter Kerr American Critic 1913 - 1996
Walter Koenig American Actor 1936
Walter Kohn Austrian Physicist 1923 - 2016
Walter Lang American Director 1896 - 1972
Walter Legge British Businessman 1906 - 1979
Walter Lippmann, Tiny Walter Lippmann American Journalist 1889 - 1974
Walter Lord American Author 1917 - 2002
Walter Map Welsh Writer
Walter Martin American Clergyman 1928 - 1989
Walter Matthau American Actor 1920 - 2000
Walter Mosley American Novelist 1952
Walter Murch American Editor 1943
Walter Pater English Critic 1839 - 1894
Walter Pidgeon Canadian Actor 1897 - 1984
Walter Raleigh English Explorer 1552 - 1618
Walter Rauschenbusch American Writer 1861 - 1918
Walter Reisch Austrian Scientist 1903
Walter Rudolf Hess Swiss Scientist 1881 - 1973
Walter Salles Brazilian Director 1956
Walter Savage Landor, Tiny Walter Savage Landor English Poet 1775 - 1864
Walter Scott, Tiny Walter Scott Scottish Novelist 1771 - 1832
Walter Smith Scottish Athlete 1948 - 2021
Walter Ulbricht German Politician 1893 - 1973
Walter Wager American Novelist 1924 - 2004
Walter Washington American Politician 1915 - 2003
Walter Winchell American Journalist 1897 - 1972
Walter Wriston American Businessman 1919 - 2005
Walther Bothe German Physicist 1891 - 1957
Wanda Jackson American Musician 1937
Wanda Sykes American Comedian 1964
Wangari Maathai, Tiny Wangari Maathai Kenyan Activist 1940 - 2011
Ward McAllister American Celebrity 1827 - 1895
Warren Beatty American Actor 1937
Warren Bennis American Writer 1925 - 2014
Warren Buffett, Tiny Warren Buffett American Businessman 1930
Warren Christopher American Statesman 1925 - 2011
Warren Cuccurullo American Musician 1956
Warren De la Rue British Scientist 1815 - 1889
Warren E. Burger American Judge 1907 - 1995
Warren Farrell American Writer 1943
Warren G. Bennis, Tiny Warren G. Bennis American Psychologist 1925 - 2014
Warren G. Harding, Tiny Warren G. Harding American President 1865 - 1923
Warren Jeffs American Criminal 1955
Warren Mitchell Australian Actor 1926
Warren R. Austin American Politician 1877 - 1962
Warren Rudman American Politician 1930
Warren Spahn American Athlete 1921 - 2003
Warren Weaver American Scientist 1894 - 1978
Warren Zevon, Tiny Warren Zevon American Musician 1947 - 2003
Warwick Davis English Actor 1970
Washington Irving, Tiny Washington Irving American Writer 1783 - 1859
Wassily Kandinsky Russian Artist 1866 - 1944
Waverley Lewis Root American Journalist 1903 - 1982
Wavy Gravy American Activist 1936
Waylon Jennings American Musician 1937 - 2002
Wayne Allard American Politician 1943
Wayne Brady, Tiny Wayne Brady American Comedian 1972
Wayne Coyne American Musician 1961
Wayne Dyer, Tiny Wayne Dyer American Psychologist 1940 - 2015
Wayne Gretzky Canadian Athlete 1961
Wayne Kramer American Writer
Wayne Newton American Musician 1942
Wayne Rogers American Actor 1933
Wayne Rooney, Tiny Wayne Rooney English Athlete 1985
Wayne Shorter, Tiny Wayne Shorter American Musician 1933 - 2023
Wayne White American Artist
Wayne Wonder Jamaican Musician 1966
Wellington Mara American Businessman 1916 - 2005
Wen Ho Lee American Scientist 1939
Wendell Berry, Tiny Wendell Berry American Poet 1934
Wendell Mayes American Screenwriter
Wendell Phillips American Activist 1811 - 1884
Wendell Willkie American Lawyer 1892 - 1944
Wendie Malick American Actress 1950
Wendy Carlos American Musician 1939
Wendy Cope, Tiny Wendy Cope English Poet 1945
Wendy Wasserstein American Playwright 1950 - 2006
Wentworth Miller English Actor 1972
Werner Heisenberg, Tiny Werner Heisenberg German Physicist 1901 - 1976
Werner Herzog German Director 1942
Werner Klemperer German Actor 1920 - 2000
Wernher von Braun German Scientist 1912 - 1977
Wes Anderson, Tiny Wes Anderson American Writer 1969
Wes Bentley, Tiny Wes Bentley American Actor 1978
Wes Borland American Musician 1975
Wes Boyd American Activist
Wes Craven American Director 1939 - 2015
Wes Montgomery American Musician 1925 - 1968
Wesley Clark American Soldier 1944
Wesley Ruggles American 1889 - 1972
Whitey Ford, Tiny Whitey Ford American Athlete 1928
Whitey Herzog American Athlete 1931 - 2024
Whitfield Diffie, Tiny Whitfield Diffie American Scientist 1944
Whitley Strieber American Writer 1945
Whitney Houston American Musician 1963 - 2012
Whitney M. Young American Activist 1921 - 1971
Whittaker Chambers American Writer 1901 - 1961
Whoopi Goldberg, Tiny Whoopi Goldberg American Actress 1949
Wietse Venema Dutch Scientist
Wil Wheaton, Tiny Wil Wheaton American Actor 1972
Wilbur Mills American Politician 1909 - 1992
Wilbur Wright American Inventor 1867 - 1912
Wild Bill Hickok American Celebrity 1837 - 1876
Wiley Post American Aviator 1898 - 1935
Wilferd A. Peterson American Writer
Wilford Brimley American Actor 1924
Wilford O. Cross Writer
Wilfred Burchett Australian Journalist 1911 - 1983
Wilfred Grenfell Welsh Activist 1865 - 1940
Wilfred Owen, Tiny Wilfred Owen English Soldier 1893 - 1918
Wilfrid Laurier, Tiny Wilfrid Laurier Canadian Statesman 1841 - 1919
Wilhelm Dilthey, Tiny Wilhelm Dilthey German Historian 1833 - 1911
Wilhelm Frick German Celebrity 1877 - 1946
Wilhelm II, Tiny Wilhelm II German Statesman 1859 - 1941
Wilhelm Keitel, Tiny Wilhelm Keitel German Celebrity 1882 - 1946
Wilhelm Ostwald German Scientist 1853 - 1932
Wilhelm Reich, Tiny Wilhelm Reich Austrian Psychologist 1897 - 1957
Wilhelm Steinitz American Celebrity 1836 - 1900
Wilhelm von Humboldt German Educator 1767 - 1835
Wilhelm Wundt, Tiny Wilhelm Wundt German Psychologist 1832 - 1920
Wilkie Collins English Novelist 1824 - 1889
Will Adams English Explorer 1564 - 1620
Will Arnett Canadian Actor 1970
Will Carleton American Poet
Will Champion, Tiny Will Champion English Musician 1978
Will Cuppy American Writer 1884 - 1949
Will Durant, Tiny Will Durant American Historian 1885 - 1981
Will Durst American Writer
Will Eisner, Tiny Will Eisner American Cartoonist 1917 - 2005
Will Estes, Tiny Will Estes American Actor 1978
Will Ferrell, Tiny Will Ferrell American Comedian 1967
Will Friedle American Actor 1976
Will Harvey American Businessman
Will M. Cook
Will McDonough American Writer 1935 - 2003
Will Oldham American Musician 1970
Will Rogers, Tiny Will Rogers American Actor 1879 - 1935
Will Smith, Tiny Will Smith American Actor 1968
Will Thomas American Novelist
Will Wright American Scientist 1960
Willa Cather, Tiny Willa Cather American Author 1873 - 1947
Willa Ford American Musician 1981
Willard Gaylin American Scientist
Willard Scott American Entertainer 1934 - 2021
Willard Van Orman Quine American Philosopher 1908 - 2000
Willem Dafoe, Tiny Willem Dafoe American Actor 1955
Willem de Kooning, Tiny Willem de Kooning American Artist 1904 - 1997
William Adams English Explorer 1564 - 1620
William Albert Allard American Photographer 1937
William Alexander Writer
William Alexander Henry Canadian Lawyer 1816 - 1888
William Allan Scottish Artist 1782 - 1850
William Allen Butler American Writer 1825 - 1902
William Allen White American Editor 1868 - 1944
William Allingham Irish Poet 1821 - 1889
William Ames English Philosopher 1576 - 1633
William Arthur Ward, Tiny William Arthur Ward American Writer 1921 - 1994
William B. Riley American 1861 - 1947
William Baldwin American Actor 1963
William Banting, Tiny William Banting English Celebrity 1796 - 1878
William Barclay Scottish Theologian 1907 - 1978
William Bartram American Environmentalist 1739 - 1823
William Beebe, Tiny William Beebe American Explorer 1877 - 1962
William Bell
William Bennett American Politician 1943
William Bernbach, Tiny William Bernbach American Businessman 1911 - 1982
William Beveridge English Economist 1879 - 1963
William Billings, Tiny William Billings American Composer 1746 - 1800
William Blackstone, Tiny William Blackstone English Judge 1723 - 1780
William Blake, Tiny William Blake English Poet 1757 - 1827
William Bligh British Soldier 1754 - 1817
William Blum American Author 1933 - 2018
William Bolcom American Composer 1938
William Bonac, Tiny William Bonac Dutch Athlete 1987
William Booth British Leader 1829 - 1912
William Broome English Poet
William Butler Yeats, Tiny William Butler Yeats Irish Poet 1865 - 1939
William C. Bryant American Poet 1794 - 1878
William Camden English Historian 1551 - 1623
William Cartwright English Dramatist 1611 - 1643
William Cavendish British Public Servant
William Christopher Handy American Musician 1873 - 1958
William Cobbett English Politician 1763 - 1835
William Congreve English Poet 1670 - 1729
William Cowper English Poet 1731 - 1800
William Dampier, Tiny William Dampier English Explorer 1651 - 1715
William Davenant English Poet 1606 - 1668
William Dean Howells, Tiny William Dean Howells American Author 1837 - 1920
William Devane American Actor 1940
William Drummond
William Dunbar, Tiny William Dunbar Scottish Poet 1459 - 1530
William E. Geist American Journalist
William E. Gladstone, Tiny William E. Gladstone British Leader 1809 - 1898
William E. Simon American Public Servant 1927 - 2000
William Edward Hickson, Tiny William Edward Hickson British Writer 1803 - 1870
William Ellery Channing, Tiny William Ellery Channing American Writer 1780 - 1842
William Emerson English Mathematician 1701 - 1782
William Ernest Henley English Poet 1849 - 1903
William Ernest Hocking American Philosopher 1873 - 1966
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