| William Shakespeare |
Poet |
1564 - April 23, 1616 |
| Winston Churchill |
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965 |
| Wayne Dyer |
Author |
May 10, 1940 - August 29, 2015 |
| Warren Buffett |
Investor |
b. August 30, 1930 |
| Woody Allen |
Film producer |
b. December 1, 1935 |
| William J. Clinton |
42nd U.S. President |
b. August 19, 1946 |
| William James |
Philosopher |
January 11, 1842 - August 26, 1910 |
| Will Rogers |
Actor |
November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935 |
| William Hazlitt |
Writer |
April 10, 1778 - September 18, 1830 |
| William Butler Yeats |
Poet |
June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939 |
| Wendell Berry |
Novelist |
b. August 5, 1934 |
| W. Somerset Maugham |
Playwright |
January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965 |
| Walt Whitman |
Poet |
May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892 |
| William Wordsworth |
Poet |
April 7, 1770 - April 23, 1850 |
| William Blake |
Poet |
November 28, 1757 - August 12, 1827 |
| Woodrow Wilson |
28th U.S. President |
December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924 |
| W. H. Auden |
Poet |
February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973 |
| Walt Disney |
Animator |
December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966 |
| William S. Burroughs |
Novelist |
February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997 |
| William Faulkner |
Writer |
September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962 |
| William Cowper |
Poet |
November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800 |
| Walter Scott |
Baronet Scott |
August 15, 1771 - September 21, 1832 |
| Werner Herzog |
Film director |
b. September 5, 1942 |
| William Makepeace Thackeray |
Novelist |
July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863 |
| Wallace Stevens |
Poet |
October 2, 1879 - August 2, 1955 |
| Will Smith |
Actor |
b. September 25, 1968 |
| William Penn |
Author |
October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718 |
| Warren Farrell |
Activist |
b. June 26, 1943 |
| Walter Lippmann |
Writer |
September 23, 1889 - December 14, 1974 |
| Willa Cather |
Author |
December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947 |
| William Gibson |
Novelist |
b. March 17, 1948 |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Statistician |
October 14, 1900 - December 20, 1993 |
| Walter Savage Landor |
Writer |
January 30, 1775 - September 17, 1864 |
| W. C. Fields |
Comedian |
January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946 |
| Wallace D. Wattles |
Author |
1860 - 1911 |
| William Shatner |
Actor |
b. March 22, 1931 |
| Watchman Nee |
Author |
November 4, 1903 - June 1, 1972 |
| Wynton Marsalis |
Trumpeter |
b. October 18, 1961 |
| Will Durant |
Writer |
November 5, 1885 - November 7, 1981 |
| Wiz Khalifa |
Rapper |
b. September 8, 1987 |
| Washington Irving |
Author |
April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859 |
| Willie Nelson |
Singer-songwriter |
b. April 29, 1933 |
| Warren G. Bennis |
Author |
March 8, 1925 - July 31, 2014 |
| Will Ferrell |
Comedian |
b. July 16, 1967 |
| Wole Soyinka |
Writer |
b. July 13, 1934 |
| Winona Ryder |
Actress |
b. October 29, 1971 |
| William Arthur Ward |
Author |
1921 - March 30, 1994 |
| Wangari Maathai |
Political Activist |
April 1, 1940 - September 25, 2011 |
| William P. Young |
Author |
b. May 11, 1955 |
| Wes Fesler |
Football player |
June 29, 1908 - July 30, 1989 |
