| William Graham Sumner |
Political scientist |
October 30, 1840 - April 12, 1910 |
| Walter Dean Myers |
Writer |
August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014 |
| Will Oldham |
Singer-songwriter |
b. January 15, 1970 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Composer |
January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791 |
| William Morris |
Artist |
March 24, 1834 - October 3, 1896 |
| William Congreve |
Playwright |
January 24, 1670 - January 19, 1729 |
| Wladimir Klitschko |
Professional Boxer |
b. March 25, 1976 |
| Wilhelm von Humboldt |
Philosopher |
June 22, 1767 - April 8, 1835 |
| Wilhelm Reich |
Psychoanalyst |
March 24, 1897 - November 3, 1957 |
| Wyndham Lewis |
Painter |
November 18, 1882 - March 7, 1957 |
| Walter J. Phillips |
|
October 25, 1884 - July 5, 1963 |
| William Tecumseh Sherman |
U.S. General |
February 8, 1820 - February 14, 1891 |
| Wayne Coyne |
Singer-songwriter |
b. January 13, 1961 |
| William Barclay |
Author |
December 5, 1907 - January 24, 1978 |
| Whitney Houston |
Musical Artist |
August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012 |
| William Godwin |
Journalist |
March 3, 1756 - April 7, 1836 |
| Warren Zevon |
Singer-songwriter |
January 24, 1947 - September 7, 2003 |
| Wendelin Van Draanen |
Author |
b. January 6, 1965 |
| Wallace Shawn |
Actor |
b. November 12, 1943 |
| Waylon Jennings |
Singer-songwriter |
June 15, 1937 - February 13, 2002 |
| William Wilberforce |
British Politician |
August 24, 1759 - July 29, 1833 |
| Werner Heisenberg |
Physicist |
December 5, 1901 - February 1, 1976 |
| William Law |
Writer |
1686 - April 9, 1761 |
| Wolfgang Puck |
Chef |
b. July 8, 1949 |
| William E. Gladstone |
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer |
December 29, 1809 - May 19, 1898 |
| William Stafford |
Poet |
January 17, 1914 - August 28, 1993 |
| Wayne Rooney |
Soccer player |
b. October 24, 1985 |
| Wentworth Miller |
Actor |
b. June 2, 1972 |
| Wilfred Owen |
Poet |
March 18, 1893 - November 4, 1918 |
| Willard Van Orman Quine |
Philosopher |
June 25, 1908 - December 25, 2000 |
| William Weld |
Former Governor of Massachusetts |
b. July 31, 1945 |
| Will Cuppy |
Critic |
August 23, 1884 - September 19, 1949 |
| Wesley Clark |
Political figure |
b. December 23, 1944 |
| William Sloane Coffin |
Activist |
June 1, 1924 - April 12, 2006 |
| Wally Lamb |
Author |
b. October 17, 1950 |
| William Friedkin |
Film director |
b. August 29, 1935 |
| William H. Gass |
Novelist |
b. July 30, 1924 |
| Wes Anderson |
Film director |
b. May 1, 1969 |
| Wilson Mizner |
Playwright |
May 19, 1876 - April 3, 1933 |
| Wim Wenders |
Filmmaker |
b. August 14, 1945 |
| Wilkie Collins |
Novelist |
January 8, 1824 - September 23, 1889 |
| William Styron |
Novelist |
June 11, 1925 - November 1, 2006 |
| William Stanley Jevons |
Economist |
September 1, 1835 - August 13, 1882 |
| Wolfgang Schauble |
Former Federal Minister of the Interior (Germany) |
b. September 18, 1942 |
| W. S. Merwin |
Poet |
b. September 30, 1927 |
| William C. Brown |
Engineer |
May 22, 1916 - February 3, 1999 |
| Wesley Snipes |
Actor |
b. July 31, 1962 |
| William J. Brennan |
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
April 25, 1906 - July 24, 1997 |
| William Cobbett |
Pamphleteer |
March 9, 1763 - June 18, 1835 |
| Woody Hayes |
Football player |
February 14, 1913 - March 12, 1987 |
