| Willie Stargell |
Baseball player |
March 6, 1940 - April 9, 2001 |
| Woody Hayes |
Football player |
February 14, 1913 - March 12, 1987 |
| Willard Scott |
Actor |
b. March 7, 1934 |
| William Glasser |
Psychiatrist |
May 11, 1925 - August 23, 2013 |
| William Bernbach |
|
August 3, 1911 - October 2, 1982 |
| W. P. Kinsella |
Novelist |
May 25, 1935 - September 16, 2016 |
| Walter Pater |
Critic |
August 4, 1839 - July 30, 1894 |
| William J. H. Boetcker |
Motivational speaker |
1873 - 1962 |
| Woody Guthrie |
Singer-songwriter |
July 14, 1912 - October 3, 1967 |
| Winifred Holtby |
Novelist |
June 23, 1898 - September 29, 1935 |
| Willem de Kooning |
Artist |
April 24, 1904 - March 19, 1997 |
| Wernher von Braun |
Rocket scientist |
March 23, 1912 - June 16, 1977 |
| Wayne White |
Artist |
b. 1957 |
| William Booth |
Preacher |
April 10, 1829 - August 20, 1912 |
| William Lyon Phelps |
Author |
January 2, 1865 - August 21, 1943 |
| William McDonough |
Designer |
b. February 21, 1951 |
| Walton Goggins |
Actor |
b. November 10, 1971 |
| William Lane Craig |
Philosopher |
b. August 23, 1949 |
| William Least Heat-Moon |
Writer |
b. August 27, 1939 |
| Warren Beatty |
Actor |
b. March 30, 1937 |
| Willie Aames |
Actor |
b. July 15, 1960 |
| Wilbur Smith |
Novelist |
b. January 9, 1933 |
| Willow Smith |
Singer |
b. October 31, 2000 |
| William A. Dembski |
Mathematician |
b. July 18, 1960 |
| Wayne Gerard Trotman |
Filmmaker |
b. May 16, 1964 |
| William Gilmore Simms |
Poet |
April 17, 1806 - June 11, 1870 |
| William Rounseville Alger |
Author |
1822 - 1905 |
| W. G. Sebald |
Writer |
May 18, 1944 - December 14, 2001 |
| Wale |
Rapper |
b. September 21, 1984 |
| Warsan Shire |
Writer |
b. 1988 |
| Wes Craven |
Film director |
August 2, 1939 - August 30, 2015 |
| William Bennett |
Former United States Secretary of Education |
b. July 31, 1943 |
| William Eggleston |
Photographer |
b. July 27, 1939 |
| Wayne Muller |
Author |
b. 1953 |
| William Greider |
Journalist |
b. August 6, 1936 |
| Walter Kirn |
Novelist |
b. 1962 |
| William Ernest Henley |
Poet |
August 23, 1849 - July 11, 1903 |
| Winona LaDuke |
Activist |
b. August 18, 1959 |
| William Blackstone |
Jurist |
July 10, 1723 - February 14, 1780 |
| Wilford Woodruff |
|
March 1, 1807 - September 2, 1898 |
| Warren Ellis |
Author |
b. February 16, 1968 |
| William Dean Howells |
Author |
March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920 |
| Wilt Chamberlain |
Basketball player |
August 21, 1936 - October 12, 1999 |
| Willie Mays |
Baseball player |
b. May 6, 1931 |
| Walter de La Mare |
Poet |
April 25, 1873 - June 22, 1956 |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky |
Political figure |
March 26, 1838 - October 22, 1903 |
| Walker Evans |
Photographer |
November 3, 1903 - April 10, 1975 |
| William Lloyd Garrison |
Journalist |
December 12, 1805 - May 24, 1879 |
| Will Arnett |
Actor |
b. May 4, 1970 |
| Wilmer Valderrama |
Actor |
b. January 30, 1980 |
