| Wes Fesler |
Football player |
June 29, 1908 - July 30, 1989 |
| William Feather |
Author |
August 25, 1889 - January 7, 1981 |
| Walter E. Williams |
Economist |
b. June 30, 1936 |
| William Carlos Williams |
Poet |
September 17, 1883 - March 4, 1963 |
| William Saroyan |
Dramatist |
August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981 |
| W. E. B. Du Bois |
Historian |
February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963 |
| William Golding |
Novelist |
September 19, 1911 - June 19, 1993 |
| Walter Benjamin |
Literary critic |
July 15, 1892 - September 26, 1940 |
| William O. Douglas |
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
October 16, 1898 - January 19, 1980 |
| William Osler |
Physician |
July 12, 1849 - December 29, 1919 |
| William Monahan |
Screenwriter |
b. November 3, 1960 |
| William Zinsser |
Writer |
October 7, 1922 - May 12, 2015 |
| William C. Bryant |
Poet |
November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878 |
| Walter Russell |
Author |
1871 - 1963 |
| William Howard Taft |
27th U.S. President |
September 15, 1857 - March 8, 1930 |
| Will Self |
Author |
b. September 26, 1961 |
| Wallace Stegner |
Historian |
February 18, 1909 - April 13, 1993 |
| William F. Buckley, Jr. |
Author |
November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008 |
| will.i.am |
Rapper |
b. March 15, 1975 |
| William Ralph Inge |
Author |
June 6, 1860 - February 26, 1954 |
| William Ellery Channing |
Preacher |
April 7, 1780 - October 2, 1842 |
| William Shenstone |
Poet |
November 18, 1714 - February 11, 1763 |
| William H. Macy |
Actor |
b. March 13, 1950 |
| Walter Bagehot |
Journalist |
February 3, 1826 - March 24, 1877 |
| Wendell Phillips |
Lawyer |
November 29, 1811 - February 2, 1884 |
| Wilferd Peterson |
Author |
August 21, 1900 - June 2, 1995 |
| Walter Raleigh |
Writer |
January 22, 1552 - October 29, 1618 |
| Wanda Sykes |
Comedian |
b. March 7, 1964 |
| Whoopi Goldberg |
Comedian |
b. November 13, 1955 |
| Wayne Gretzky |
Ice hockey player |
b. January 26, 1961 |
| Warren MacKenzie |
|
b. February 16, 1924 |
| Walter Cronkite |
Journalist |
November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009 |
| Walter Isaacson |
Writer |
b. May 20, 1952 |
| William Gurnall |
Author |
1617 - October 12, 1679 |
| Willem Dafoe |
Voice Actor |
b. July 22, 1955 |
| William Jennings Bryan |
Former United States Secretary of State |
March 19, 1860 - July 26, 1925 |
| W. Clement Stone |
Author |
May 4, 1902 - September 3, 2002 |
| Walter Darby Bannard |
Painter |
September 23, 1934 - October 2, 2016 |
| W. S. Gilbert |
Dramatist |
November 18, 1836 - May 29, 1911 |
| Woody Harrelson |
Actor |
b. July 23, 1961 |
| Wassily Kandinsky |
Artist |
December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944 |
| Wyclef Jean |
Rapper |
b. October 17, 1969 |
| William Kristol |
Commentator |
b. December 23, 1952 |
| William Safire |
Author |
December 17, 1929 - September 27, 2009 |
| William Hague |
British Politician |
b. March 26, 1961 |
| Wislawa Szymborska |
Poet |
July 2, 1923 - February 1, 2012 |
| Walter Schloss |
Investor |
August 28, 1916 - February 19, 2012 |
| Walter Mosley |
Novelist |
b. January 12, 1952 |
| Warren W. Wiersbe |
Writer |
b. May 16, 1929 |
| Walker Percy |
Author |
May 28, 1916 - May 10, 1990 |
