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Linda Wachner, apparel industry executive
Henry Wade, district attorney
Robert Wadlow, tall man
Robert Wagner, actor
Donnie Wahlberg, singer, actor
Mark Wahlberg, singer, actor
Tom Waits, songwriter, actor, singer
Frederique Van der Wal, model
Jimmy Wales, inventor, entrepreneur
Lech Walesa, politician, electrician, activist
Christopher Walken, actor
Alice Walker, writer
Brian Walker, inventor, adventurer
John Walker, terrorist
Maggie Lena (Mitchell) Walker, businesswoman
Paul Walker, actor
Sarah Breedlove Walker, businesswoman, philanthropist
Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin
William Walker, adventurer
David Foster Wallace, writer
William Wallace, outlaw, ruler
Eli Wallach, actor
The Flying Wallendas, circus performers
Fats Waller, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
The Wallflowers, rock band
QuvenzhanÃÂ© Wallis, actor
J. T. Walsh, actor
M. Emmet Walsh, actor
Kate Walsh, actor
Stella Walsh, runner
Ray Walston, actor
Barbara Walters, television reporter and anchor
Julie Walters, actor
Sam Walton, business personality
Christoph Waltz, actor
Abby Wambach, soccer player
James Wan, filmmaker
John Wanamaker, merchant
Sam Wanamaker, actor, director
An Wang, computer entrepreneur
Charles B. Wang, computer software entrepreneur
Vera Wang, fashion designer
Wayne Wang, film director
Perkin Warbeck, fraud
Fred Ward, actor
Nancy Ward , Cherokee leader and Beloved Woman
Rachel Ward, actor
Andy Warhol, artist, filmmaker
Margaret Warner, TV news reporter
Ty Warner, toy industry executive
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator, Professor
Estella Warren, model, actor
Rick Warren, clergyman, evangelist
Dionne Warwick, singer
Denzel Washington, actor
Dinah Washington, singer
Isaiah Washington, actor
Kerry Washington, actor
Washoe, sign-Language chimp
Mia Wasikowska, actor
Wendy Wasserstein, playwright
John Waters, filmmaker
Maxine Waters, U.S. congresswoman
Muddy Waters, blues singer
Roger Waters, rock musician
Sam Waterston, actor
Doc Watson, guitarist, country musician
Emily Watson, actor
Emma Watson, actor
James Watson, genetic scientist
John H. Watson, M.D., fictional sidekick
Thomas John Watson, Jr., computer industry executive
Thomas John Watson, Sr., business executive
Tom Watson, golfer
James Watt, inventor
Bill Watterson, cartoonist
(Alyce) Faye Wattleton, activist
Charlie Watts, musician
J. C. Watts, politician
Naomi Watts, actor
Reggie Watts, comedian, rapper
Damon Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, producer
Keenan Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, director
John Wayne, actor
Lil Wayne, rapper
Carl Weathers, actor, former professional football player
Jacki Weaver, actor
Sigourney Weaver, actor
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer
John and Eliza Webb, Florida homesteaders
Dick Weber, bowler
Edwin S. Webster, electrical engineer
Noah Webster, lexographer, writer
Josiah Wedgwood, potter
Anthony Weiner, politician, U.S. Representative
Bob Weinstein , producer
Harvey Weinstein, producer
Bob Weir, singer, guitarist
Frederick R. Weisman, businessman, art collector, philanthropist
Rachel Weisz, actor
Raquel Welch, actor
Orson Welles, actor, filmmaker
Emmeline Blanche Woodward Wells , Mormon community leader and suffragist
H.G. Wells, writer
Junior Wells , musician
Kitty Wells, country singer
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, activist
Eudora Welty, writer
Jann Wenner, publisher
Bernard Werber, writer
Devon Werkheiser, actor
Cornel West, scholar
Kanye West, music producer, rapper
Mae West, actor, writer
Shane West, actor
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex advisor
George Westinghouse, inventor, entrepreneur
George Hunt Weyerhaeuser, lumber executive
Wil Wheaton, actor, writer, internet celebrity
Joss Whedon, filmmaker
Forest Whitaker, actor, director
Barry White, singer
Betty White, actor
Ellen G. White, religious figure
Shaun White, skateboarder, snowboarder
Snow White, fictional character
Vanna White, game show host
Colson Whitehead, author
The White Stripes, rock band
Brad Whitford, guitarist
Christine Todd Whitman, U.S. politician, public official
Margaret C. Meg, Whitman, business executive
Eli Whitney, inventor
Ludwig Whittgenstein, philosopher
Dr. Who, fictional TV character
The Who, rock band
Otto Wichterle, inventor
John Edgar Wideman, writer
Michelle Wie, golfer
Elie Wiesel, writer
Simon Wiesenthal, writer, activist
Dianne Wiest, actor
Albert Henry Wiggin, banker
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman , athlete
Kristen Wiig, comedian, actor
Wilco, rock group
Jack Wild, actor
Olivia Wilde, actor
Billy Wilder, director, writer, producer
Gene Wilder, actor, filmmaker
Charles Wiley, publisher
Wilhelm II, political leader, emperor, King of Prussia
Willem-Alexander, royalty
Jonny Wilkinson, rugby player
Tom Wilkinson, actor
King William IV, royalty
Prince William, royalty
Andy Williams, singer, TV personality
Barry Williams, actor
Dar Williams, singer, songwriter
Esther Williams, swimmer, actor
George Washington Williams, religious leader, historian
Gluyas Williams, cartoonist
Hank Williams, country singer, songwriter
Jayson Williams, basketball player
Jody Williams, activist
John Williams, composer
Michelle Williams, actor
O. S. Ozzie Williams, aeronautical engineer
Robin Williams, actor, comedian
Serena Williams, tennis player
Stanley Tookie Williams, gangster, writer
Ted Williams, baseball player
Vanessa Williams, singer, actor
Venus Williams, tennis player
Fred Williamson, football player, actor
Sonny Boy Williamson, blues singer, harmonica player
Maisie Williams, actor
Peter Williams, Jr., religious leader
Peter Williams, Sr., religious leader
Tennessee Williams, playwright, author
Tony Williams, musician
Treat Williams, actor
Wendy Williams, TV and radio personality
George Willig, daredevil, climber
Bruce Willis, actor
Gordon Willis, cinematographer
Bob Wills, country musician
August Wilson, playwright, poet, writer
Brian Wilson, songwriter, vocalist
Carl Wilson, guitarist, vocalist
Cassandra Wilson, singer
Charlie Wilson, U.S. Representative
Dennis Wilson, pop musician
Dooley Wilson, actor, musician
Ellen Axson Wilson, U.S. first lady
Jackie Wilson, singer, songwriter
Kemmons Wilson, hotelier
Lanford Wilson, playwright
Luke Wilson, actor
Owen Wilson, actor, screenwriter
Rebel Wilson, actor, comedian
Robert Anton Wilson, writer
Russell Wilson, football player
Valerie Plame Wilson, political figure, spy
Ross Winans, inventor, manufacturer
Oliver Fisher Winchester, arms manufacturer
Amy Winehouse, singer, songwriter
Oprah Winfrey, media personality
Paul Winfield, actor
Debra Winger, actor
Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute lecturer, educator, and writer
Mare Winningham, actor, singer
Kate Winslet, actor
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, actor
Jonathan Winters, comedian, actor
Shelley Winters, actor
Anna Wintour, magazine editor
Tom Wiseau, filmmaker, actor
Reese Witherspoon, actor
Alicia Witt, actor
Katarina Witt, figure skater
Charlene Wittstock, royal consort
Scott Wolf, actor
Thomas Wolfe, writer
Nat Wolff, pop musician
Tobias Wolff, writer
Arlington Springs Woman, ancient human
Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter
Wonder Woman, cartoon character
Faye Wong, musician, actor
Tim Wong, high technology executive
Willy Wonka, fictional character
John Woo, filmmaker
Elijah Wood, actor
Natalie Wood, actor
Ron Wood, guitarist
Alfre Woodard, actor
Shailene Woodley, actor
Elin Nordegren Woods, celebrity relative
Granville T. Woods, inventor
James Woods, actor
Carter G. Woodson, historian, educator
Jacqueline Woodson, author
C. Vann Woodward,, historian
Joanne Woodward, actor
Sam Worthington, actor
Lil' Bow Wow, rapper
Steve Wozniak, computer industry pioneer
D'Arcy Wretzky, bassist
Charles Wright, poet
Jeremiah Wright, clergyman
Robin Wright, actor
Magdalena Wrobel, model
Chien-Shiung Wu, experimental physicist
David Wu, U.S. Congressman
Aileen Wuornos, murderer
Wu-Tang Clan, hip-hop band
John Wycliffe, theologian, translator
Andrew Wyeth, artist
Noah Wyle, actor
William Wyler, filmmaker
Bill Wyman, rock musician
Jane Wyman, actor, producer
Tammy Wynette, country singer
Keenan Wynn, actor

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