| William Whipple |
Signatory |
January 14, 1730 - November 28, 1785 |
| Willie McCovey |
Baseball athlete |
b. January 10, 1938 |
| Willy Ronis |
Photographer |
August 14, 1910 - September 12, 2009 |
| Witney Carson |
Dancer |
b. October 17, 1993 |
| W. E. B. Griffin |
Writer |
b. November 10, 1929 |
| W. G. Grace |
Cricketer |
July 18, 1848 - October 23, 1915 |
| Wade Barrett |
Professional Wrestler |
b. August 10, 1980 |
| Wally Byam |
|
July 4, 1896 - July 22, 1962 |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
|
October 19, 1871 - October 19, 1945 |
| Walter Karp |
Journalist |
May 14, 1934 - July 19, 1989 |
| Walther Bothe |
Physicist |
January 8, 1891 - February 8, 1957 |
| Warren Sapp |
Football player |
b. December 19, 1972 |
| Warren Weaver |
Scientist |
July 17, 1894 - November 24, 1978 |
| Wayne Campbell |
Australian Rules Football Player |
b. September 23, 1972 |
| Wayne Jacobsen |
Author |
b. March 21, 1953 |
| Wayne Swan |
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia |
b. June 30, 1954 |
| Wayne Thomas Batson |
Writer |
b. 1968 |
| Wendy Lesser |
Novelist |
b. March 20, 1952 |
| Wendy Sherman |
Counselor |
b. 1949 |
| Werner Vogels |
|
b. October 3, 1958 |
| Weyes Blood |
|
b. June 11, 1988 |
| Wheeler McMillen |
Author |
1893 - March 4, 1992 |
| Wilbert Rideau |
Journalist |
b. February 13, 1942 |
| Willard Libby |
Chemist |
December 17, 1908 - September 8, 1980 |
| Willi Smith |
Fashion designer |
February 29, 1948 - April 17, 1987 |
| William Archibald Spooner |
|
July 22, 1844 - August 29, 1930 |
| William Browne |
Poet |
1590 - 1645 |
| William Cartwright |
Poet |
September 1, 1611 - November 29, 1643 |
| William Dampier |
|
b. 1651 |
| William Gurney Benham |
Author |
February 16, 1859 - 1944 |
| William H. Hastie |
Lawyer |
November 17, 1904 - April 14, 1976 |
| William Habington |
Poet |
November 4, 1605 - November 30, 1654 |
| William James Mayo |
Physician |
June 29, 1861 - July 28, 1939 |
| William Langewiesche |
Author |
b. June 12, 1955 |
| William McIlvanney |
Writer |
November 25, 1936 - December 5, 2015 |
| William Pickens |
Journalist |
January 15, 1881 - April 6, 1954 |
| William Rees-Mogg |
Journalist |
July 14, 1928 - December 29, 2012 |
| William Sadler |
Film actor |
b. April 13, 1950 |
| William Sharp |
Writer |
September 12, 1855 - December 12, 1905 |
| William Shirley |
Political figure |
December 2, 1694 - March 24, 1771 |
| William the Silent |
Prince |
April 24, 1533 - July 10, 1584 |
| William Wetmore Story |
Poet |
February 12, 1819 - October 7, 1895 |
| William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw |
|
June 28, 1918 - July 1, 1999 |
| Willie Brown |
Former Speaker of the California State Assembly |
b. March 20, 1934 |
| Willie D |
Rapper |
b. November 1, 1966 |
| Willie Herron |
|
b. 1951 |
| Wilson Pickett |
Singer-songwriter |
March 18, 1941 - January 19, 2006 |
| Witness Lee |
|
September 3, 1905 - June 9, 1997 |
| Witold Rybczynski |
Architect |
b. March 1, 1943 |
| Wolfgang Gullich |
|
October 24, 1960 - August 31, 1992 |
