Author	Nationality	Profession	Year
	W. Averell Harriman	American	Politician	1891 - 1986
	W. C. Fields	American	Comedian	1880 - 1946
	W. Clement Stone	American	Businessman	1902 - 2002
	W. E. B. Du Bois	American	Writer	1868 - 1963
	W. Edwards Deming	American	Scientist	1900 - 1993
	W. Eugene Smith	American	Photographer	1918 - 1978
	W. G. Sebald	German	Writer	1944 - 2001
	W. H. Auden	English	Poet	1907 - 1973
	W. H. Davies	Welsh	Poet	1871 - 1940
	W. H. Murray	Scottish	Athlete	1913 - 1996
	W. L. George	English	Writer
	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	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	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	American	Cartoonist	1901 - 1966
	Walt Kelly	American	Cartoonist	1913 - 1973
	Walt Whitman	American	Poet	1819 - 1892
	Walter Anderson	German	Writer	1885 - 1962
	Walter Annenberg	American	Businessman	1908 - 2002
	Walter Bagehot	English	Author	1826 - 1877
	Walter Becker	American	Musician	1950 - 2017
	Walter Benjamin	German	Critic	1892 - 1940
	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	Scottish	Politician	1888 - 1958
	Walter F. Mondale	American	Lawyer	1928 - 2021
	Walter Gilbert	American	Scientist	1932
	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	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	English	Poet	1775 - 1864
	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	Kenyan	Activist	1940 - 2011
	Ward McAllister	American	Celebrity	1827 - 1895
	Warren Beatty	American	Actor	1937
	Warren Bennis	American	Writer	1925 - 2014
	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	American	Psychologist	1925 - 2014
	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	American	Musician	1947 - 2003
	Warwick Davis	English	Actor	1970
	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	American	Comedian	1972
	Wayne Coyne	American	Musician	1961
	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	English	Athlete	1985
	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	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	English	Poet	1945
	Wendy Wasserstein	American	Playwright	1950 - 2006
	Wentworth Miller	English	Actor	1972
	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	American	Writer	1969
	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	American	Athlete	1928
	Whitey Herzog	American	Athlete	1931 - 2024
	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	American	Actress	1949
	Wietse Venema	Dutch	Scientist
	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	English	Soldier	1893 - 1918
	Wilfrid Laurier	Canadian	Statesman	1841 - 1919
	Wilhelm Dilthey	German	Historian	1833 - 1911
	Wilhelm Frick	German	Celebrity	1877 - 1946
	Wilhelm II	German	Statesman	1859 - 1941
	Wilhelm Keitel	German	Celebrity	1882 - 1946
	Wilhelm Ostwald	German	Scientist	1853 - 1932
	Wilhelm Reich	Austrian	Psychologist	1897 - 1957
	Wilhelm Steinitz	American	Celebrity	1836 - 1900
	Wilhelm von Humboldt	German	Educator	1767 - 1835
	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	English	Musician	1978
	Will Cuppy	American	Writer	1884 - 1949
	Will Durant	American	Historian	1885 - 1981
	Will Durst	American	Writer
	Will Eisner	American	Cartoonist	1917 - 2005
	Will Estes	American	Actor	1978
	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	American	Actor	1879 - 1935
	Will Smith	American	Actor	1968
	Will Thomas	American	Novelist
	Will Wright	American	Scientist	1960
	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	American	Actor	1955
	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	American	Writer	1921 - 1994
	William B. Riley	American		1861 - 1947
	William Baldwin	American	Actor	1963
	William Banting	English	Celebrity	1796 - 1878
	William Barclay	Scottish	Theologian	1907 - 1978
	William Bartram	American	Environmentalist	1739 - 1823
	William Beebe	American	Explorer	1877 - 1962
	William Bell
	William Bennett	American	Politician	1943
	William Bernbach	American	Businessman	1911 - 1982
	William Beveridge	English	Economist	1879 - 1963
	William Billings	American	Composer	1746 - 1800
	William Blackstone	English	Judge	1723 - 1780
	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	Dutch	Athlete	1987
	William Booth	British	Leader	1829 - 1912
	William Broome	English	Poet
	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	English	Explorer	1651 - 1715
	William Davenant	English	Poet	1606 - 1668
	William Dean Howells	American	Author	1837 - 1920
	William Devane	American	Actor	1940
	William Drummond
	William Dunbar	Scottish	Poet	1459 - 1530
	William E. Geist	American	Journalist
	William E. Gladstone	British	Leader	1809 - 1898
	William E. Simon	American	Public Servant	1927 - 2000
	William Edward Hickson	British	Writer	1803 - 1870
	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