| Waage, Peter (Norwegian chemist) |
1833-1900 |
| Waals, Johannes Diderik van der (Dutch physicist) |
1837-1923 |
| Waccho (Lombard king c.510-c.539) |
d.c.539 |
| Wace (Anglo-Norman poet) |
c.1100-1174? |
| Wach, Joachim (German-born American theologian) |
1898-1955 |
| Wackenhut, George Russell (Am. FBI agent; fd. security firm) |
1919-2004 |
| Wackenroder, Wilhelm Heinrich (German writer, critic) |
1773-1798 |
| Wackernagel, Jacob (German linguist; son of Wilhelm) |
1853-1938 |
| Wackernagel, Wilhelm (German scholar) |
1806-1869 |
| Waddel, Moses (American educator) |
1770-1840 |
| Waddell, Hugh (Irish-born American soldier) |
1734?-1773 |
| Waddell, James Iredell (American naval officer) |
1824-1886 |
| Wadding, Luke (Irish religious, historian) |
1588-1657 |
| Waddington, William Henry (French archaeologist, politician) |
1826-1894 |
| Wade, Benjamin Franklin (American politician) |
1800-1878 |
| Wade, George (Irish-born British soldier) |
1673-1748 |
| Wade, Sir Thomas Francis (English soldier, diplomat, scholar) |
1818-1895 |
| Wagnalls, Adam Willis (Am. publisher; fnd. Funk & Wagnalls Co.) |
1843-1924 |
| Wagner, Cosima (German art director; wife of Richard) |
1837-1930 |
| Wagner, George Raymond "Gorgeous George" (American wrestler) |
1915?-1963 |
| Wagner, Jane (American writer, actor, film director, producer) |
b.1935 |
| Wagner, John Peter (aka Honus, Hans) (American baseball player) |
1874-1955 |
| Wagner, Otto (Austrian architect; founder of modern movement) |
1841-1918 |
| Wagner, Robert Ferdinand (German-born American politician) |
1877-1953 |
| Wagner, Siegfried Helferich Richard (German composer, director) |
1869-1930 |
| Wagner, Wieland Adolf Gottfried (German festival director) |
1917-1966 |
| Wagner, Wilhelm Richard (German composer; father of Siegfried) |
1813-1883 |
| Wagner von Jauregg, Julius (Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist) |
1857-1940 |
| Wahloo, Per (Swedish journalist, writer with Maj Sjowall) |
1926-1975 |
| Wain, John Barrington (English writer, poet, critic) |
1925-1994 |
| Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew (American army officer) |
1883-1953 |
| Wainwright, Richard (American naval officer; father of Richard) |
1817-1862 |
| Wainwright, Richard (American naval officer; son of Richard) |
1849-1926 |
| Waismann, Friedrich (Austrian math., physicist, philosopher) |
1896-1959 |
| Waite, Morrison Remick (Am. Supr. Court chief justice 1874-88) |
1816-1888 |
| Waits, Tom (Thomas Alan) (American composer, actor, singer) |
b.1949 |
| Waitz, Georg (German historian) |
1813-1886 |
| Waitz, Theodor (German philosopher, anthropologist) |
1821-1864 |
| Wajda, Andrzej (Polish filmmaker) |
b.1926 |
| Wake, William (Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1716-37) |
1657-1737 |
| Wakefield, Edward Gibbon (English colonialist) |
1796-1862 |
| Wakefield, Gilbert (English scholar) |
1756-1801 |
| Wakeman, Richard Christopher "Rick" (English musician) |
b.1949 |
| Wakley, Thomas (English surgeon; founded The Lancet 1823) |
1795-1862 |
| Wakoski, Diane (American poet) |
b.1937 |
| Waksman, Selman Abraham (Ukrainian-born American biochemist) |
1888-1973 |
| Wala (Frankish prelate) |
d.836 |
| Walafrid Strabo (Swabian religious, poet) |
c.808-849 |
| Walburga (or Walpurga, Walpurgis), Saint (English religious) |
c.710-779 |
| Walcott, Charles Doolittle (American geologist, paleontologist) |
1850-1927 |
| Walcott, Derek Alton (St. Lucian-born Am. poet, playwright) |
b.1930 |
| Wald, George (American biochemist) |
b.1906 |
| Wald, Lillian D. (American nurse, social worker) |
1867-1940 |
| Waldeck-Rousseau, Pierre-Marie-Rene (French politician) |
1846-1904 |
| Walden, Paul (Latvian chemist) |
1863-1957 |
| Walden, Philip Michael (Am. businessman; fd. Capricorn Records) |
1940-2006 |
| Waldersee, Alfred von (German soldier) |
1832-1904 |
| Waldheim, Kurt (Austrian UN secy.-gen. 1972-82; pres. 1986-92) |
b.1918 |
| Waldis, Burkard (German poet, fabulist, monk) |
1495-1556 |
| Waldmann, Hans (Swiss soldier, political leader) |
c.1435-1489 |
| Waldmuller, Ferdinand Georg (Austrian painter) |
1793-1865 |
| Waldo, Peter (also Pierre Valdes) (French religious leader) |
d.1218? |
| Waldseemuller, Martin (aka Hylacomylus) (German cartographer) |
c.1470-c.1518/21 |
| Waldteufel, Charles-Emile (orig. surname Levy)(French composer) |
1837-1915 |
| Wales, Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" (Am. entrepreneur; fd. Wikipedia) |
b.1966 |
| Walesa, Lech (Polish politician; president 1990-) |
b.1943 |
| Walewski, Alexandre-Florian-Joseph Colonna (French diplomat) |
1810-1868 |
| Waley, Arthur David (orig. surname Schloss)(English sinologist) |
1889-1966 |
| Walgreen, Charles Rudolph (American pharmacy businessman) |
1873-1939 |
| Wali Allah, Shah (Muslim theologian of India) |
1702/03-1762 |
| Walid, al- (Islamic caliph 705-715; son of 'Abd al-Malik) |
d.715 |
| Walid ibn Yazid, al- (aka al-Walid II) (Islamic caliph 743-744) |
c.707-744 |
| Walker, A'Lelia (b. Lelia McWilliams) (American businesswoman) |
1885-1931 |
| Walker, Alice Malsenior (American writer, poet) |
b.1944 |
| Walker, Amasa (American economist; father of Francis) |
1799-1875 |
| Walker, David (American abolitionist) |
1785-1830 |
| Walker, Edward Patrick "Mickey" (American boxer) |
1901-1981 |
| Walker, Sir Emery (English engraver, printer) |
1851-1933 |
| Walker, Francis Amasa (American economist, educator) |
1840-1897 |
| Walker, George (Irish clergyman) |
1618-1690 |
| Walker, James John (American politician) |
1881-1946 |
| Walker, John (English actor, elocutionist, lexicographer) |
1732-1807 |
| Walker, John (English druggist; invented friction match) |
1781?-1859 |
| Walker, John Brisben (American journalist, publisher) |
1847-1931 |
| Walker, Joseph Reddeford (American trapper, guide) |
1798-1876 |
| Walker, Kath (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) (Australian Aboriginal poet) |
1920-1993 |
| Walker, Margaret Abigail (married: Alexander)(Am. poet, writer) |
b.1915 |
| Walker, Mary Edwards (American physician, reformer) |
1832-1919 |
| Walker, Robert John (or James) (American politician) |
1801-1869 |
| Walker, Sarah née Breedlove (American businesswoman) |
1867-1919 |
| Walker, Thomas (American land speculator, explorer) |
1715-1794 |
| Walker, William (American filibuster) |
1824-1860 |
| Wall, Monroe Eliot (Am. chemist; disc. Taxol, camptothecin) |
1916-2002 |
| Wallace, Alfred Russel (English naturalist) |
1823-1913 |
| Wallace, Bob (American engineer, bookseller, philanthropist) |
1949-2002 |
| Wallace, George Corley Jr. (American politician) |
b.1919 |
| Wallace, Henry (American editor, author) |
1836-1916 |
| Wallace, Henry Agard (American editor; vice-pres. 1941-1945) |
1888-1965 |
| Wallace, Lewis "Lew" (American soldier, lawyer, writer) |
1827-1905 |
| Wallace, Richard (English art connoisseur) |
1818-1890 |
| Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar (English writer, journalist) |
1875-1932 |
| Wallace, Sir William (Scottish patriot, revolutionary) |
c.1270-1305 |
| Wallace, William Roy DeWitt (American editor, publisher) |
1889-1981 |
| Wallace, William Vincent (Irish composer) |
1812-1865 |
| Wallach, Otto (German chemist) |
1847-1931 |
| Wallack, Henry John (English-born American actor) |
1790-1870 |
| Wallack, James William (English-born Am. actor; bro. of Henry) |
1795-1864 |
| Wallack, James William (English-born Am. actor; son of Henry) |
1818-1873 |
| Wallack, Lester (American actor; son of elder James) |
1820-1888 |
| Wallas, Graham (English political scientist) |
1858-1932 |
| Wallenberg, Andre Oscar (Swedish financier) |
1816-1886 |
| Wallenberg, Jacob (Swedish financier; son of Marcus) |
1892-1980 |
| Wallenberg, Knut Agaton (Swedish financier; son of Andre) |
1853-1938 |
| Wallenberg, Marcus (Swedish financier; son of Marcus) |
1899-1982 |
| Wallenberg, Marcus Laurentius (Swedish financier; son of Andre) |
1864-1943 |
| Wallenberg, Raoul (Swedish diplomat, hero of the Holocaust) |
1912-1947? |
| Wallenda, Karl (German-born American circus performer) |
1905-1978 |
| Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von (Austrian general) |
1583-1634 |
| Waller, Augustus Volney (English physiologist) |
1816-1870 |
| Waller, Edmund (English poet; cousin of John Hampden) |
1606-1687 |
| Waller, Max (orig. Maurice Warlomont) (Belgian poet) |
1860-1889 |
| Waller, Thomas Wright "Fats" (Am. composer, pianist, singer) |
1904-1943 |
| Waller, Willard Walter (American sociologist) |
1899-1945 |
| Waller, Sir William (English general) |
c.1597-1668 |
| Wallin, Johan Olof (Swedish prelate, hymnist) |
1779-1839 |
| Wallis, John (English mathematician) |
1616-1703 |
| Wallis, Samuel (English naval officer) |
1728-1795 |
| Wallis, Wilson Dallam (American anthropologist) |
1886-1970 |
| Wallon, Henri-Alexandre (French historian, politician) |
1812-1904 |
| Walpole, Horace (orig. Horatio) (English man of letters) |
1717-1797 |
| Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour (New Zealand-born English novelist) |
1884-1941 |
| Walpole, Sir Robert (1st Earl of Orford) (English statesman) |
1676-1745 |
| Walras, Marie-Esprit-Leon (French economist) |
1834-1910 |
| Walrond, Eric Derwent (Guyanan writer, editor) |
1898-1966 |
| Walser, Martin (German writer, playwright) |
b.1927 |
| Walsh, Roger N. (Australia-born Am. psychologist, acrobat) |
b.1946 |
| Walsh, Raoul (American cowboy, film director) |
1887-1980 |
| Walsh, Thomas James (American politician) |
1859-1933 |
| Walsingham, Sir Francis (English statesman, spymaster) |
c.1532-1590 |
| Walsingham, Thomas (English monk, chronicler) |
d.1422? |
| Walston, Ray (American actor) |
1914-2001 |
| Waltari, Mika Toumi (Finnish novelist) |
1908-1979 |
| Walter of Coventry (English monk) |
fl. 1290-1300 |
| Walter, Arthur Fraser (English newspaperman; son of John) |
1846-1910 |
| Walter, Bruno (orig. Bruno Schlesinger) (German-born Am. cond.) |
1876-1962 |
| Walter, Hubert (English prelate, statesman) |
d.1205 |
| Walter (or Walther), Johann (German composer, poet) |
1496-1570 |
| Walter, John (English newspaperman) |
1739-1812 |
| Walter, John (English newspaperman; son of John) |
1776-1847 |
| Walter, John (English newspaperman; son of John) |
1818-1894 |
| Walter, Thomas Ustick (American architect) |
1804-1887 |
| Walters, John Peter (American administrator, Drug Warrior) |
b.1951? |
| Walther, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm (German-born Am. clergyman) |
1811-1887 |
| Walther, Johannes (German geologist) |
1860-1937 |
| Walther, Johann Gottfried (German organist, composer) |
1684-1748 |
| Walther von der Vogelweide (Middle High Ger. poet, Minnesinger) |
1170?-1230? |
| Walton, Brian (or Bryan) (English scholar) |
c.1600-1661 |
| Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton (Irish physicist) |
1903-1995 |
| Walton, George (American politician) |
1741-1804 |
| Walton, Izaak (English biographer, author) |
1593-1683 |
| Walton, Sir William Turner (English composer) |
1902-1983 |
| Waltz, Jean-Jacques (pseud. Hansi) (Fr. caricaturist, satirist) |
1873-1951 |
| Walworth, Sir William (English politician) |
d.1385 |
| Wanamaker, John (American department store merchant) |
1838-1922 |
| Wang An-shih (Chinese statesman, reformer, poet, writer) |
1021-1086 |
| Wang Chen (Chinese courtier) |
d.1449 |
| Wang Ching-wei (orig. Wang Chao-ming) (Chinese politician) |
1883-1944 |
| Wang Ch'ung (Chinese philosopher) |
27-100? |
| Wang Fu-chih (Chinese historian) |
1619-1692 |
| Wang Hsi-chih (Chinese calligrapher) |
321-379 |
| Wang Hui (Chinese painter) |
1632-1717 |
| Wang Mang "the Usurper" (Chinese emperor 9-23) |
45 BC-AD 23 |
| Wang Meng (Chinese painter; grandson of Chao Meng-fu) |
1308-1385 |
| Wang Pi (Chinese philosopher) |
226-249 |
| Wang Shih-fu (orig. Wang Te-hsin) (Chinese dramatist) |
c.1250-1337? |
| Wang T'ao (Chinese journalist) |
1828-1897? |
| Wang Wei (Chinese poet, painter) |
699-759 |
| Wang Yang-ming (orig. Wang Shou-jen) (Chinese philosopher) |
1472-1529 |
| Waqidi, Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn 'Umar al- (Arab historian) |
747-823 |
| Warbeck, Perkin (Flemish imposter, pretender to English throne) |
1474?-1499 |
| Warburg, Aby (German art historian) |
1866-1929 |
| Warburg, Felix Moritz (German-born Am. banker; brother of Max) |
1871-1937 |
| Warburg, James Paul (German-born American banker; son of Paul) |
1896-1969 |
| Warburg, Max (German banker; brother of Aby) |
1867-1946 |
| Warburg, Otto Heinrich (German biochemist, physiologist) |
1883-1970 |
| Warburg, Paul Moritz (German-born American banker; bro. of Max) |
1868-1932 |
| Warburton, William (Eng. prelate, theologian, controversialist) |
1698-1779 |
| Ward, Aaron Montgomery (American merchant) |
1843-1913 |
| Ward, Artemas (American Revolutionary commander) |
1727-1800 |
| Ward, Artemus (Charles Farrar Browne) (American humorist) |
1834-1867 |
| Ward, Arthur Sarsfield (pen name Sax Rohmer) (English writer) |
1886-1959 |
| Ward, Barbara Mary (English economist, writer) |
1914-1981 |
| Ward, Edward "Ned" (English tavern keeper, humorist) |
1667-1731 |
| Ward, Elizabeth Stuart née Mary Gray Phelps (American author) |
1844-1911 |
| Ward, Frederick Townsend (American military adventurer) |
1831-1862 |
| Ward, James (English philosopher, psychologist) |
1843-1925 |
| Ward, John (English composer) |
1571?-1638? |
| Ward, John Quincy Adams (American sculptor) |
1830-1910 |
| Ward, Sir Joseph George (Australian-born New Zealand polit.) |
1856-1930 |
| Ward, Sir Leslie (pseud. Spy) (English caricaturist, painter) |
1851-1922 |
| Ward, Lester Frank (American sociologist) |
1841-1913 |
| Ward, Mary Augusta née Arnold (Tasmanian-born English novelist) |
1851-1920 |
| Ward, Nathaniel (English clergyman) |
1578?-1652 |
| Ward, Robert DeCourcy (American meteorologist) |
1867-1931 |
| Ward, Seth (English bishop, astronomer) |
1617-1689 |
| Ward, William George (English theologian, writer) |
1812-1882 |
| Wardlaw, Henry (Scottish prelate) |
d.1440 |
| Ware, David S. (American saxophonist) |
b.1949 |
| Ware, Henry (American clergyman) |
1764-1845 |
| Ware, Henry (American clergyman, writer; son of Henry) |
1794-1843 |
| Ware, William (American clergyman, writer; son of Henry) |
1797-1852 |
| Ware, William Robert (American architect) |
1832-1915 |
| Ware, Willis Howard (Am. electrical engineer, computer sci.) |
b.1920 |
| Wareru (aka Mogado or Chao Fa Rua) (Mon ruler) |
fl. 1300 |
| Warham, William (English prelate) |
c.1450-1532 |
| Warhol, Andy (Andrew Warhola) (American artist) |
1928-1987 |
| Waring, Edward (English mathematician) |
1734-1798 |
| Warming, Johannes Eugenius Bulow (Danish botanist) |
1841-1924 |
| Warne, Frederick (Eng. publisher; partner w/ George Routledge) |
1825-1901 |
| Warner, Albert (Polish-born American motion-picture executive) |
1884-1967 |
| Warner, Charles Dudley (American man of letters) |
1829-1900 |
| Warner, Glenn Scobey "Pop Warner" (American football coach) |
1871-1954 |
| Warner, Harry Morris (Polish-born Am. motion-picture executive) |
1881-1958 |
| Warner, Jack Leonard (Polish-born Am. motion-picture executive) |
1892-1978 |
| Warner, Rex Ernest (British writer, Greek scholar, poet) |
1905-1986 |
| Warner, Samuel Louis (Polish-born Am. motion-picture executive) |
1887-1927 |
| Warner, Seth (American Revolutionary officer) |
1743-1784 |
| Warner, Susan Bogert (pseud. Elizabeth Wetherell)(Am. novelist) |
1819-1885 |
| Warner, Sylvia Townsend (English writer, poet) |
1893-1978 |
| Warner, Sir Thomas (Eng. colonizer; fd. St. Kitts, Nevis, etc.) |
d.1649 |
| Warner, William (English poet) |
c.1558-1609 |
| Warren, Sir Charles (Welsh-born British soldier, archaeologist) |
1840-1927 |
| Warren, Earl (American Supreme Court chief justice 1953-1969) |
1891-1974 |
| Warren, Gouverneur Kemble (American army officer) |
1830-1882 |
| Warren, Harry (orig. Salvatore Guaragna) (American songwriter) |
1893-1981 |
| Warren, John Byrne Leicester (English poet) |
1835-1895 |
| Warren, John (American physician; brother of Joseph) |
1753-1815 |
| Warren, John Collins (American surgeon; son of John 1753-1815) |
1778-1856 |
| Warren, Joseph (American physician, Revolutionary officer) |
1741-1775 |
| Warren, Josiah (American reformer) |
1798?-1874 |
| Warren, Mercy née Otis (American woman of letters) |
1728-1814 |
| Warren, Sir Peter (British naval officer) |
1703-1752 |
| Warren, Robert Penn (American author; poet laureate 1986-1987) |
1905-1989 |
| Warren, Samuel (English lawyer, novelist) |
1807-1877 |
| Warton, Joseph (English literary critic; brother of Thomas) |
1722-1800 |
| Warton, Thomas (English literary hist.; poet laureate 1785-90) |
1728-1790 |
| Waser, Johann Heinrich (Swiss politician) |
1600-1669 |
| Washakie (American Shoshone Indian leader) |
1804?-1900 |
| Washburn, Cadwallader Colden (Am. politician; bro. of Israel) |
1818-1882 |
| Washburn, Israel (American politician) |
1813-1883 |
| Washburn, William Drew (American politician; brother of Israel) |
1831-1912 |
| Washburne, Elihu Benjamin (American politician; bro. of Israel) |
1816-1887 |
| Washington, Booker Taliaferro (American educator) |
1856-1915 |
| Washington, Bushrod (American jurist) |
1762-1829 |
| Washington, George (Am. general; 1st U.S. president 1789-1797) |
1732-1799 |
| Washington, Martha née Dandridge Custis (First First lady) |
1732-1802 |
| Washington, Henry Stephens (American geologist) |
1867-1934 |
| Wasil ibn 'Ata al-Ghazzal (aka Abu Hudhayfah) (Muslim theolog.) |
c.700-748 |
| Wasserman, Dale (American screenwriter, playwright) |
b.1917 |
| Wassermann, August von (German bacteriologist) |
1866-1925 |
| Wassermann, Jakob (German-born Austrian writer) |
1873-1934 |
| Wasserstein, Wendy (American dramatist) |
b.1950 |
| Wasson, Robert Gordon (banker, mycologist) |
1898-1986 |
| Wasson, Valentina Pavlovna (Russian-born physician, mycophile) |
1901-1958 |
| Wat, Aleksander (Polish poet, writer, essayist) |
1900-1967 |
| Watanabe Kazan (orig. Watanabe Jozei)(Japanese painter,scholar) |
1793-1841 |
| Waterhouse, Alfred (English architect) |
1830-1905 |
| Waterhouse, Benjamin (American physician) |
1754-1846 |
| Waterhouse, Keith Spencer (English writer, playwright) |
b.1929 |
| Waterman, Lewis Edson (American inventor, manufacturer) |
1837-1901 |
| Waters, Ethel (American singer, actor) |
1896-1977 |
| Waters, John (Am. director, screenwriter, actor, producer) |
b.1946 |
| Waters, McKinley Morganfield "Muddy" (American musician) |
1915-1983 |
| Watie, Stand (Degataga Oowatie) (Am. Cherokee Indian leader) |
1806-1871 |
| Watkins, James David (American Secretary of Energy 1989-1993) |
b.1927 |
| Watkins, Vernon Phillips (Welsh poet, bank clerk) |
1906-1967 |
| Watson, Elkanah (American businessman, agriculturist) |
1758-1842 |
| Watson, James Dewey (American biochemist) |
b.1928 |
| Watson, John (pseud. Ian Maclaren) (Scottish clergyman, author) |
1850-1907 |
| Watson, John Broadus (American behaviorist psychologist) |
1878-1958 |
| Watson, John Christian (Chile-born Australian politician) |
1867-1941 |
| Watson, Sir John William (English poet) |
1858-1935 |
| Watson, Paul (Canadian activist) |
b.1950 |
| Watson, Richard (English chemist, clergyman) |
1737-1816 |
| Watson, Sereno (American botanist) |
1826-1892 |
| Watson, Thomas (English poet) |
c.1557-1592 |
| Watson, Thomas (English Puritan Divine) |
c.1620-1686 |
| Watson, Thomas Augustus (Am. telephone tech.; assist. to Bell) |
1854-1934 |
| Watson, Thomas Edward (American politician) |
1856-1922 |
| Watson, Thomas John (American computer businessman: NCR, IBM) |
1874-1956 |
| Watson, William (English clergyman) |
1559?-1603 |
| Watson, Sir William (English physician) |
1715-1787 |
| Watson-Watt, Sir Robert Alexander (Scottish physicist) |
1892-1973 |
| Watson-Wentworth, Charles (English politician) |
1730-1782 |
| Watsuji Tetsuro (Japanese philosopher) |
1889-1960 |
| Watt, James (Scottish engineer, inventor, instrument maker) |
1736-1819 |
| Watt, James (Scottish marine engineer; son of James) |
1769-1848 |
| Watt, James Gaius (American administrator) |
b.1938 |
| Watt, Joachim von (pseud. Joachim Vadian) (Swiss Humanist) |
1484-1551 |
| Watteau, Jean-Antoine (French painter) |
1684-1721 |
| Wattenbach, Wilhelm (German historian, paleographer) |
1819-1897 |
| Watterson, Bill (American cartoonist) |
b.1958 |
| Watterson, Henry "Marse Henry" (Am. journalist, politician) |
1840-1921 |
| Watts, Alan Witson (English-born American philosopher) |
1915-1973 |
| Watts, George Frederic (English painter, sculptor) |
1817-1904 |
| Watts, Isaac (English theologian, hymn writer) |
1674-1748 |
| Watts, Sir Philip (British naval architect) |
1846-1926 |
| Watts-Dunton, Walter Theodore (English critic, poet) |
1832-1914 |
| Waugh, Alexander Raban "Alec" (English writer; bro. of Evelyn) |
1898-1981 |
| Waugh, Auberon Alexander (English writer, journalist) |
b.1939 |
| Waugh, Edwin (English poet) |
1817-1890 |
| Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St. John (English novelist) |
1903-1966 |
| Waugh, Hillary Baldwin (American writer) |
b.1920 |
| Wavell, Archibald Percival (British army officer) |
1883-1950 |
| Wavy Gravy (Hugh Nanton Romney) (American clown) |
b.1936 |
| Waxman, Meyer (Belarussian-born Am. literary historian, rabbi) |
1887-1969 |
| Wayland, Francis (American clergyman, educator) |
1796-1865 |
| Wayland, Francis (American educator; son of Francis) |
1826-1904 |
| Wayne, Anthony "Mad Anthony" (American Revolutionary officer) |
1745-1796 |
| Wayne, James Moore (American jurist) |
1790-1867 |
| Wayne, John (orig. Marion Michael Morrison) (American actor) |
1907-1979 |
| Wazyk, Adam (Polish poet, writer, social activist) |
1905-1982 |
| Weare, Meshech (American jurist, politician) |
1713-1786 |
| Weatherly, Frederic Edward (English lawyer, songwriter) |
1848-1929 |
| Weaver, James Baird (American politician) |
1833-1912 |
| Weaver, John (English dancer, ballet master) |
1673-1760 |
| Webb, Sir Aston (English architect) |
1849-1930 |
| Webb, Beatrice née Potter (English Socialist; wife of Sidney) |
1858-1943 |
| Webb, Catherine Merrial "Kate" (NZ-born Australian journalist) |
1943-2007 |
| Webb, Clement Charles Julian (English philosopher) |
1865-1954 |
| Webb, Don (pseud. Donna Young) (Am. writer, fireworks operator) |
b.1960 |
| Webb (or Webbe), John (English architect) |
1611-1672 |
| Webb, Mary Gladys née Meredith (English novelist) |
1881-1927 |
| Webb, Matthew (English swimmer; 1st to swim English Channel) |
1848-1883 |
| Webb, Philip Speakman (English architect, designer) |
1831-1915 |
| Webb, Sidney James (English economist, Socialist, statesman) |
1859-1947 |
| Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von (German composer) |
1786-1826 |
| Weber, Ernst Heinrich (German anatomist, physiologist) |
1795-1878 |
| Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm (German poet) |
1813-1894 |
| Weber, Joseph Morris "Joe" (American comedian with Lew Fields) |
1867-1942 |
| Weber, Karl Julius (German writer) |
1767-1832 |
| Weber, Max (German sociologist, economist) |
1864-1920 |
| Weber, Max (Russian-born American painter) |
1881-1961 |
| Weber, Wilhelm Eduard (German physicist; brother of Ernst) |
1804-1891 |
| Webern, Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von (Austrian composer) |
1883-1945 |
| Webster, Daniel (American lawyer, statesman, orator) |
1782-1852 |
| Webster, Jean (orig. Alice Jane Chandler) (American writer) |
1876-1916 |
| Webster, John (English dramatist) |
c.1580-c.1625 |
| Webster, Margaret (American-born British actor, director) |
1905-1972 |
| Webster, Noah (American lexicographer, author) |
1758-1843 |
| Weckherlin, Georg Rudolph (German poet) |
1584-1653 |
| Weckmann, Matthias (German organist, composer) |
1619?-1674 |
| Wedde, Ian (New Zealand poet) |
b.1946 |
| Weddell, James (Dutch-born British navigator) |
1787-1834 |
| Wedderburn, Alexander (Scottish-born British judge) |
1733-1805 |
| Weddigen, Otto (German naval officer) |
1882-1915 |
| Wedekind, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" (German poet, playwright) |
1864-1918 |
| Wedel-Jarlsberg, Johan Caspar Herman (Norwegian polit. leader) |
1779-1840 |
| Wedgwood, Josiah (English potter; partner of Thomas Whieldon) |
1730-1795 |
| Weed, Thurlow (American journalist, politician) |
1797-1882 |
| Weeks, Edward (Augustus) (American editor, author) |
1898-1989 |
| Weelkes, Thomas (English organist, composer) |
c.1576-1623 |
| Weems, Mason Locke "Parson Weems" (American clergyman, author) |
1759-1825 |
| Weenix, Jan (Dutch painter; son of Jan Baptist) |
1640?-1719 |
| Weenix, Jan Baptist (Dutch painter) |
1621-1660 |
| Wegelius, Martin (Finnish educator, composer) |
1846-1906 |
| Wegener, Alfred Lothar (German geophysicist, meteorologist) |
1880-1930 |
| Wegman, Robert B. (American businessman) |
1918-2006 |
| Wei Chung-hsien (aka Li Chin-chung) (Chinese courtier) |
1568-1627 |
| Weidenreich, Franz (German anatomist, anthropologist) |
1873-1948 |
| Weidman, Charles Edward Jr. (American dancer, choreographer) |
1901-1975 |
| Weidman, Jerome (American writer, playwright) |
b.1913 |
| Weierstrass, Karl Theodor Wilhelm (German mathematician) |
1815-1897 |
| Weigl, Joseph (Austrian composer) |
1766-1846 |
| Weigle, Luther Allan (American scholar) |
1880-1976 |
| Weil, Andrew Thomas (American physician) |
b.1942 |
| Weil, Simone (French philosopher, mystic, writer) |
1909-1943 |
| Weiland, Richard W. "Ric" (Am.? software eng., philanthropist) |
1953-2006 |
| Weill, Kurt Julian (German-born American composer) |
1900-1950 |
| Weimorts, Albert Lee (Am. engineer; des. Bunker Buster bomb) |
1938-2005 |
| Weinberg, Steven (American physicist) |
b.1933 |
| Weinberger, Caspar Willard (American Secy. of Defense 1981-87) |
1917-2006 |
| Weinberger, Jaromir (Czech-born American composer) |
1896-1967 |
| Weiner, Leo (Hungarian composer, teacher) |
1885-1960 |
| Weingartner, Paul Felix (Austrian composer, conductor) |
1863-1942 |
| Weinheber, Josef (Austrian poet) |
1892-1945 |
| Weinhold, Karl (German philologist) |
1823-1901 |
| Weininger, Otto (Austrian philosopher) |
1880-1903 |
| Weinrib, Leonard "Lennie" (American actor, voice actor, writer) |
1935-2006 |
| Weinstein, Nathan Wallenstein (pseud. Nathanael West)(Am. nov.) |
1903-1940 |
| Weinstock, Robert S. (Am. businessman; fd. Prestige records) |
1928-2006 |
| Weir, Robert Stanley (Canadian lawyer) |
1856-1926 |
| Weir, Robert Walter (American painter) |
1803-1889 |
| Weiser, Conrad (German-born American Indian agent) |
1696-1760 |
| Weishaupt, Adam (German mystic, philosopher, religious leader) |
1748-1830 |
| Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (German biologist) |
1834-1914 |
| Weiss, Bernhard (German theologian) |
1827-1918 |
| Weiss, Peter Ulrich (German-born Swedish playwright, writer) |
1916-1982 |
| Weiss, Pierre (French physicist) |
1865-1940 |
| Weisse, Christian Felix (German poet, dramatist) |
1726-1804 |
| Weisse, Christian Hermann (Ger. philosopher; grandson of C.F.) |
1801-1866 |
| Weisskopf, Victor Frederick (Austrian-born physicist, pianist) |
1908-2002 |
| Weissmuller, Johnny (Peter John) (American swimmer, actor) |
1903-1984 |
| Weisweiler, Adam (German cabinetmaker) |
c.1750-1810 |
| Wei Yuan (Chinese historian, geographer) |
1794-1856 |
| Weizenbaum, Joseph (German-born Am. computer scientist; ELIZA) |
1923-2008 |
| Weizmann, Chaim Azriel (Russian chemist, Zionist leader) |
1874-1952 |
| Wekerle, Sandor (Hungarian politician) |
1848-1921 |
| Welch, Adam Cleghorn (Jamaican-born Scot. clergyman, scholar) |
1864-1943 |
| Welch, Denton (Shanghai-born English painter, writer) |
1915-1948 |
| Welch, Joseph Nye (American lawyer) |
1890-1960 |
| Welch, William Henry (American pathologist) |
1850-1934 |
| Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb (German philologist, archaeologist) |
1784-1868 |
| Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius (English colonial administrator) |
1823-1891 |
| Weld, Theodore Dwight (American reformer) |
1803-1895 |
| Weldon, Fay (b. Franklin Birkinshaw) (Eng. writer, playwright) |
b.1931? |
| Welhaven, Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer (Norwegian poet, critic) |
1807-1873 |
| Weller, Thomas Huckle (American virologist) |
b.1915 |
| Welles, George Orson (American actor, director, producer) |
1915-1985 |
| Welles, Gideon (American politician, writer) |
1802-1878 |
| Welles, Sumner (American diplomat) |
1892-1961 |
| Wellesley, Arthur (Irish-born British general, statesman) |
1769-1852 |
| Wellesley, Richard Colley (Irish-born British statesman) |
1760-1842 |
| Wellhausen, Julius (German theologian, scholar) |
1844-1918 |
| Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, first duke of (English statesman) |
1769-1852 |
| Wellman, Walter (American journalist, explorer) |
1858-1934 |
| Wells, Carolyn (American writer) |
1862-1942 |
| Wells, Charles Jeremiah (pseud. H.L. Howard) (English poet) |
1800?-1879 |
| Wells, David Ames (American economist) |
1828-1898 |
| Wells, Henry (American express operator: Wells, Fargo & Co.) |
1805-1878 |
| Wells, Herbert George (English novelist, sociologist, hist.) |
1866-1946 |
| Wells, Horace (American dentist) |
1815-1848 |
| Wells, Ida Bell (aka Ida Wells-Barnett) (American journalist) |
1862-1931 |
| Wells, Sir Thomas Spencer (English surgeon) |
1818-1897 |
| Wells, William Charles (American physician, scientist) |
1757-1817 |
| Welsh, Jane Baillie (Scottish-born wife of Thomas Carlyle) |
1801-1866 |
| Welti, Friedrich Emil (Swiss politician) |
1825-1899 |
| Welty, Eudora (American short-story writer, novelist) |
1909-2001 |
| Wences, Senor (Wenceslao Moreno) (Spanish ventriloquist) |
1896-1999 |
| Wenceslas (or Wenceslaus), Saint (Prince-duke of Bohemia) |
c.907-929 |
| Wenceslas (King of Germany, Holy Roman emperor 1378-1400) |
1361-1419 |
| Wen Cheng-ming (orig. Wen Pi) (Chinese printer, calligrapher) |
1470-1559 |
| Wendell, Barrett (American man of letters, educator) |
1855-1921 |
| Wendt, Albert (Samoan writer, poet, teacher) |
b.1939 |
| Wen-hsiang (Chinese politician) |
1818-1876 |
| Wennerberg, Gunnar (Swedish poet, composer, politician) |
1817-1901 |
| Wenner-Gren, Axel Leonard (Swedish industrialist) |
1881-1961 |
| Went, Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian (Dutch botanist) |
1863-1935 |
| Wen T'ing-yun (aka Wen Ch'i or Wen Fei-ch'ing) (Chinese poet) |
812/18-870 |
| Wentworth, Benning (American-born British colonial governor) |
1696-1770 |
| Wentworth, Cecile de née Smith (American painter) |
d.1933 |
| Wentworth, Sir John (British col. governor; nephew of Benning) |
1737-1820 |
| Wentworth, Thomas (Earl of Strafford) (English politician) |
1593-1641 |
| Wentworth, William Charles (Australian politician) |
1793-1872 |
| Wen Wang (Chinese ruler) |
1231?-1135? BC |
| Weores, Sandor (Hungarian poet, writer, librarian) |
1913-1989 |
| Werboczi, Istvan (Hungarian statesman, jurist) |
c.1458-1542 |
| Werenskiold, Erik (Norwegian illustrator, painter) |
1855-1938 |
| Werfel, Franz (Czech-born German poet, dramatist, novelist) |
1890-1945 |
| Werff, Adriaen van der (Dutch painter) |
1659-1722 |
| Wergeland, Henrik Arnold (Norwegian poet, dramatist, patriot) |
1808-1845 |
| Werner (Guernieri; Duke of Urslingen) (Ger. soldier of fortune) |
d.c.1354 |
| Werner, Abraham Gottlob (German geologist, mineralogist) |
1750-1817 |
| Werner, Alfred (French-born Swiss chemist) |
1866-1919 |
| Werner, Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias (German poet, dramatist) |
1768-1823 |
| Wernher, Bruder (Brother Wernher) (Middle High German poet) |
13th cent. |
| Wernicke, Carl (German neurologist) |
1848-1905 |
| Wernicke (or Wernigke), Christian (German poet, epigrammatist) |
1661-1725 |
| Wert, Giaches (or Jaches) de (Flemish composer) |
1535-1596 |
| Werth (or Werdt), Johann von (aka Jean de Weert) (Ger. general) |
c.1600-1652 |
| Wertheimer, Max (German psychologist, philosopher) |
1880-1943 |
| Wertmuller, Lina (Italian filmmaker, screenwriter) |
b.1929 |
| Wescott, Roger Williams (American anthropologist) |
b.1925 |
| Wesker, Arnold (English playwright) |
b.1932 |
| Wesley, Charles (English Methodist preacher, hymn writer) |
1707-1788 |
| Wesley, John (English religious leader; founded Methodism) |
1703-1791 |
| Wesley, Samuel (English organist, composer; son of Charles) |
1766-1837 |
| Wesley, Samuel Sebastian (English organist; son of Samuel) |
1810-1876 |
| Wessel, Caspar (Norwegian mathematician, cartographer) |
1745-1818 |
| Wessel, Horst (German student; wrote Nazi rallying song) |
1907-1930 |
| Wessel, Johan Herman (Norwegian-born Danish writer, wit) |
1742-1785 |
| Wesselmann, Tom (American artist) |
1931-2004 |
| Wesson, Daniel Baird (Am. gun manufacturer with Horace Smith) |
1825-1906 |
| West, Anthony Panther (English writer, critic) |
1914-1987 |
| West, Benjamin (American painter) |
1738-1820 |
| West, Joseph (English-born American colonial governor) |
fl. 1669-1685 |
| West, Mae (American entertainer) |
1893?-1980 |
| West, Morris Langlo (Australian writer) |
b.1916 |
| West, Nathanael (orig. Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein) (Am. nov.) |
1903-1940 |
| West, Rebecca (Cecily Isabel Andrews née Fairfield)(Eng.critic) |
1892-1983 |
| West, Thomas (English soldier, colonialist) |
1577-1618 |
| Westcott, Brooke Foss (English prelate, scholar) |
1825-1901 |
| Westcott, Edward Noyes (American banker, novelist) |
1846-1898 |
| Westermann, Diedrich (German scholar, missionary) |
1875-1956 |
| Westermarck, Edward Alexander (Finnish philosopher, anthropol.) |
1862-1939 |
| Westheimer, Irvin Ferdinand (American banker, philanthropist) |
1879-1980 |
| Westheimer, Karola Ruth née Siegel (German psychologist) |
b.1928 |
| Westinghouse, George (American inventor, manufacturer) |
1846-1914 |
| Westlake, John (English lawyer, reformer) |
1828-1913 |
| Weston, Edward (English-born American electrical engineer) |
1850-1936 |
| Weston, Edward (American photographer) |
1886-1958 |
| Weston, Edward Paycon (American long-distance walker) |
1839-1929 |
| Weston, Richard (1st Earl of Portland) (English politician) |
1577-1635 |
| Westphal, James Adolph (American scientist; MacArthur genius) |
1930-2004 |
| Westphalen, Emilio Adolpho (Peruvian poet, journalist) |
b.1911 |
| Wet, Christiaan Rudolf de (Boer soldier, politician) |
1854-1922 |
| Wettach, Charles Adrien (pseud. Grock) (Swiss circus clown) |
1880-1959 |
| Wetterbergh, Carl Anton (pseud. Onkel Adam) (Swedish writer) |
1804-1889 |
| Wettstein, Johann Rudolf (Swiss politician) |
1594-1666 |
| Wetzel, Lewis (American scout, Indian fighter) |
1764-1808? |
| Wetzstein, Johann Gottfried (German Orientalist) |
1815-1905 |
| Wexler, Harry (American meteorologist) |
1911-1962 |
| Weyden, Rogier van der (Roger de La Pasture) (Flemish painter) |
1399?-1464 |
| Weyerhaeuser, Frederick (German-born Am. lumber businessman) |
1834-1914 |
| Weygand, Maxime (Belgian-born French soldier) |
1867-1965 |
| Weyl, Hermann Klaus Hugo (German mathematician, physicist) |
1885-1955 |
| Weyler y Nicolau, Valeriano (Spanish soldier) |
1838-1930 |
| Weyman, Stanley John (English novelist) |
1855-1928 |
| Weyprecht, Carl (German explorer) |
1838-1881 |
| Whalen, Philip Glenn (American poet, Zen Buddhist priest) |
b.1923 |
| Whalley, Edward (English regicide) |
d.1674/75 |
| Wharton, Edith Newbold née Jones (American novelist) |
1862-1937 |
| Wharton, Joseph (American industrialist) |
1826-1909 |
| Wharton, Thomas (1st Marquis of Wharton) (English politician) |
1648-1715 |
| Wharton, William (American pseudonymous writer, painter) |
fl. 20th cent. |
| Whately, Richard (English logician, theologian) |
1787-1863 |
| Wheatley, Phyllis (Senegalese-born? American poet) |
1753?-1784 |
| Wheaton, Henry (American jurist, diplomat) |
1785-1848 |
| Wheatstone, Sir Charles (English physicist, inventor) |
1802-1875 |
| Whedon, Daniel Denison (American clergyman) |
1808-1885 |
| Wheeler, Burton Kendall (American politician) |
1882-1975 |
| Wheeler, John Archibald (American physicist) |
b.1911 |
| Wheeler, Joseph (American army officer, politician) |
1836-1906 |
| Wheeler, Kenneth Vincent John "Kenny" (Canadian musician) |
b.1930 |
| Wheeler, Wayne Bidwell (American lawyer, reformer) |
1869-1927 |
| Wheeler, William Almon (American polit.; vice-pres. 1877-1881) |
1819-1887 |
| Wheelock, Eleazar (American clergyman, educator) |
1711-1779 |
| Wheelock, John (American educator; son of Eleazar) |
1754-1817 |
| Wheelwright III, George William (Am. inventor; co-fd. Polaroid) |
1903-2001 |
| Wheelwright, John (English-born American clergyman) |
1592?-1679 |
| Wheelwright, William (American businessman, promoter) |
1798-1873 |
| Whetstone, George (English playwright, author) |
1551?-1587 |
| Whewell, William (English philosopher, mathematician) |
1794-1866 |
| Whichcote (or Whitchcote), Benjamin (English theologian) |
1609-1683 |
| Whipple, Abraham (American naval officer) |
1733-1819 |
| Whipple, Edwin Percy (American essayist) |
1819-1886 |
| Whipple, Fred Lawrence (American astronomer) |
1906-2004 |
| Whipple, George Hoyt (American pathologist) |
1878-1976 |
| Whipple, Henry Benjamin (American clergyman) |
1822-1901 |
| Whipple, Squire (American civil engineer) |
1804-1888 |
| Whipple, William (American Revolutionary leader) |
1730-1785 |
| Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (American painter, etcher) |
1834-1903 |
| Whistler, Rex John (English painter, illustrator) |
1905-1944 |
| Whiston, William (English theologian, mathematician) |
1667-1752 |
| Whitaker, Joseph (English publisher; fd. Whitaker's Almanack) |
1820-1895 |
| Whitaker, Rodney William (pseudonym Trevanian) (Am. writer) |
1931-2005 |
| White, Andrew Dickson (American educator, diplomat) |
1832-1918 |
| White, Antonia (English writer, translator, journalist) |
1899-1980 |
| White, Barry (born Barry Eugene Carter) (American singer) |
1944-2003 |
| White, Byron Raymond (American Supreme Court Justice 1962-1993) |
b.1917 |
| White, Canvass (American engineer) |
1790-1834 |
| White, Charles David (American paleobotanist, geologist) |
1862-1935 |
| White, Edmund Valentine (American writer, teacher) |
b.1940 |
| White, Edward Douglass (Am. Supr. Court chief justice 1910-21) |
1845-1921 |
| White, Edward Higgins II (American astronaut; died in Apollo 1) |
1930-1967 |
| White, Elijah (American physician, pioneer) |
1806-1879 |
| White, Ellen Gould née Harmon (American religious leader) |
1827-1915 |
| White, Elwyn Brooks (American author, humorist) |
1899-1985 |
| White, Francis (English publican: White's Chocolate House) |
d.1711 |
| White, George Leonard (American music teacher, choral director) |
1838-1895 |
| White, Sir George Stuart (British soldier) |
1835-1912 |
| White, Gilbert (English clergyman, naturalist) |
1720-1793 |
| White, Gilbert Fowler (American geographer) |
1911-2006 |
| White, Henry Kirke (English poet) |
1785-1806 |
| White, Hugh Lawson (American lawyer, politician) |
1773-1840 |
| White, Israel Charles (American geologist) |
1848-1927 |
| White, John (English painter, cartographer) |
d.1593? |
| White, Joseph Blanco (Spanish-born British writer) |
1775-1841 |
| White, Leslie Alvin (American anthropologist) |
1900-1975 |
| White, Minor (American photographer) |
1908-1976 |
| White, Mollie Alma née Bridwell (American religious leader) |
1862-1946 |
| White, Patrick Victor Martindale (English-born Austral. writer) |
1912-1990 |
| White, Pearl Fay (American actor) |
1889-1938 |
| White, Peregrine (Am. colonist; born on Mayflower in Cape Cod) |
1620-1704 |
| White, Richard Grant (American essayist, critic) |
1821-1885 |
| White, Stanford (American architect; son of Richard) |
1853-1906 |
| White, Stewart Edward (American writer) |
1873-1946 |
| White, Ted (???) |
b.1926 |
| White, Terence Hanbury (Indian-born English writer) |
1906-1964 |
| White, Theodore Harold (American writer, journalist) |
1915-1986 |
| White, Thomas (English prelate) |
1628-1698 |
| White, Walter Francis (American author, civil rights leader) |
1893-1955 |
| White, William (American clergyman) |
1748-1836 |
| White, William Alanson (American neurologist, psychiatrist) |
1870-1937 |
| White, William Allen (American writer, journalist) |
1868-1944 |
| White, William Lindsay (Am. newspaperman; son of William Allen) |
1900-1973 |
| White, William Hale (pseud. Mark Rutherford) (English novelist) |
1831-1913 |
| Whitefield, George (English Methodist evangelist) |
1714-1770 |
| Whitehead, Alfred North (English mathematician, philosopher) |
1861-1947 |
| Whitehead, Charles (English poet, novelist) |
1804-1862 |
| Whitehead, John Henry (Constantine) (India-born British math.) |
1904-1960 |
| Whitehead, Robert (English inventor) |
1823-1905 |
| Whitehead, William (English poet; poet laureate 1757) |
1715-1785 |
| Whiteing, Richard (English journalist, novelist) |
1840-1928 |
| Whiteley, William (English department store merchant) |
1831-1907 |
| Whitelocke, Bulstrode (English lawyer, politician) |
1605-1675 |
| Whiteman, Paul "Pops" (American orchestra conductor) |
1890-1967 |
| Whitgift, John (English archbishop of Canterbury 1583-1604) |
c.1530-1604 |
| Whiting, John Robert (English playwright) |
1917-1963 |
| Whitley, John Henry (English politician) |
1866-1935 |
| Whitlock, Brand (American journalist, politician, diplomat) |
1869-1934 |
| Whitman, Charles Otis (American zoologist) |
1842-1910 |
| Whitman, Marcus (American missionary, pioneer; wife: Narcissa) |
1802-1847 |
| Whitman, Narcissa née Prentiss (American missionary, pioneer) |
1808-1847 |
| Whitman, Sarah Helen née Power (Am. poet; fiancee of E.A. Poe) |
1803-1878 |
| Whitman, Walter "Walt" (American poet, journalist, essayist) |
1819-1892 |
| Whitney, Anne (American sculptor) |
1821-1915 |
| Whitney, Asa (American inventor) |
1791-1874 |
| Whitney, Eli (American inventor; invented cotton gin) |
1765-1825 |
| Whitney, Gertrude née Vanderbilt (Am. sculptor; wife of Harry) |
1875-1942 |
| Whitney, Harry Payne (Am. financier; son of William Collins) |
1872-1930 |
| Whitney, Josiah Dwight (Am. geologist; bro. of William Dwight) |
1819-1896 |
| Whitney, Mary Watson (American astronomer) |
1847-1920 |
| Whitney, William Collins (American financier, politician) |
1841-1904 |
| Whitney, William Dwight (Am. philologist; brother of Josiah) |
1827-1894 |
| Whittaker, Charles Evans (American Supr. Court justice 1957-62) |
1901-1973 |
| Whittaker, Edmund Taylor (English mathematician) |
1873-1956 |
| Whittemore, Edward Reed II (American teacher, poet) |
b.1919 |
| Whittier, John Greenleaf (American poet, Abolitionist) |
1807-1892 |
| Whittington, Richard (English mercer, philanthropist) |
c.1358-1423 |
| Whittlesey (or Wittlesey), William (English prelate) |
d.1374 |
| Whittredge, Thomas Worthington (American painter) |
1820-1910 |
| Whitworth, Sir Joseph (English mechanical engineer, inventor) |
1803-1887 |
| Whorf, Benjamin Lee (American linguist) |
1897-1941 |
| Whymper, Edward (English wood engraver, alpinist) |
1840-1911 |
| Whyte-Melville, George John (Scottish-born British novelist) |
1821-1878 |
| Wickersham, George Woodward (American lawyer) |
1858-1936 |
| Wickham, Sir Henry (English explorer) |
1846-1928 |
| Wicksell, Johan Gustaf Knut (Swedish economist) |
1851-1926 |
| Widal, Georges-Ferdinand-Isidore (French physician) |
1862-1929 |
| Wideman, John Edgar (American writer, critic) |
b.1941 |
| Widener, Harry Elkins (American bibliophile; grandson of Peter) |
1885-1912 |
| Widener, Peter Arrell Brown (American businessman) |
1834-1915 |
| Widman (also Weideman, Wideman), Johannes (Ger. mathematician) |
c.1462-1498? |
| Widmann, Joseph Viktor (Moravian-born Swiss writer, editor) |
1842-1911 |
| Widor, Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert (French organist, composer) |
1844-1937 |
| Wiebe, Rudy H. (Canadian writer, essayist) |
b.1934 |
| Wiechert, Ernst Emil (Prussian teacher, writer) |
1887-1950 |
| Wied, Gustav Johannes (Danish writer, playwright, poet) |
1858-1914 |
| Wiedemann, Gustav Heinrich (German physicist, chemist) |
1826-1899 |
| Wieland, Christoph Martin (Ger. poet, prose writer, translator) |
1733-1813 |
| Wieland, Heinrich Otto (German chemist) |
1877-1957 |
| Wielopolski, Aleksander (Polish politician) |
1803-1877 |
| Wien, Max (German physicist; cousin of Wilhelm) |
1866-1938 |
| Wien, Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto (Polish-born German physicist) |
1864-1928 |
| Wienbarg, Ludolf (German writer) |
1802-1872 |
| Wiener, Leo (Polish-born American scholar) |
1862-1939 |
| Wiener, Norbert (American mathematician; founded cybernetics) |
1894-1964 |
| Wieniawski, Henryk (Polish violinist, composer) |
1835-1880 |
| Wierzynski, Kazimierz (Polish poet; leader of Skamander group) |
1894-1969 |
| Wiesel, Elizer "Elie" (Romanian-born American writer) |
b.1928 |
| Wiesel, Torsten (Swedish neurobiologist) |
b.1924 |
| Wiesenthal, Szymon "Simon" (Polish-born Austrian "Nazi Hunter") |
1908-2005 |
| Wiggin, Kate Douglas née Smith (American writer, educator) |
1856-1923 |
| Wigglesworth, Michael (English-born American clergyman, poet) |
1631-1705 |
| Wightman, Hazel née Hotchkiss (American tennis player) |
1886-1974 |
| Wigmore, John Henry (American legal scholar) |
1863-1943 |
| Wigner, Eugene Paul (Hungarian-born American physicist) |
1902-1995 |
| Wihtred (King of Kent 690-725) |
d.725 |
| Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Ulrich von (German scholar) |
1848-1931 |
| Wilberforce, Samuel "Soapy Sam" (Eng. prelate; son of William) |
1805-1873 |
| Wilberforce, William (English philanthropist, politician) |
1759-1833 |
| Wilbrandt, Adolf von (German writer) |
1837-1911 |
| Wilbur, Richard Purdy (American poet; poet laureate 1987-1988) |
b.1921 |
| Wilbye, John (English composer) |
1574?-1638 |
| Wilcke, Johan (Swedish physicist) |
1732-1796 |
| Wilcox, Ella née Wheeler (American journalist, poet) |
1850-1919 |
| Wilcox, Stephen (American inventor) |
1830-1893 |
| Wilczynski, Ernest Julius (German-born American mathematician) |
1876-1932 |
| Wild, Jack (English actor) |
1952-2006 |
| Wild, Jonathan (English criminal) |
1682?-1725 |
| Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills (Irish poet, wit, dram.) |
1854-1900 |
| Wildenbruch, Ernst von (German writer) |
1845-1909 |
| Wildenvey, Herman (Herman Theodore Portaas) (Norwegian poet) |
1886-1959 |
| Wilder, Alexander Lafayette Chew "Alec" (American composer) |
1907-1980 |
| Wilder, Burt Green (American zoologist) |
1841-1925 |
| Wilder, Gene (Jerome Silberman) (American actor) |
b.1935 |
| Wilder, Laura née Ingalls (American writer) |
1867-1957 |
| Wilder, Thornton Niven (American novelist, playwright) |
1897-1975 |
| Wildgans, Anton (Austrian poet, dramatist) |
1881-1932 |
| Wildmon, Donald Ellis (American clergyman, reformer) |
b.1938 |
| Wiley, Harvey Washington (American chemist, reformer) |
1844-1930 |
| Wilfrid (or Wilfrith), Saint (English prelate) |
634-709 |
| Wilgus, William John (American engineer) |
1865-1949 |
| Wilhelm, Carl (German conductor, composer) |
1815-1873 |
| Wilhelmina (Queen of Netherlands 1890-1948) |
1880-1962 |
| Wilhelmj, August (German violinist) |
1845-1908 |
| Wilhelm von Hirsau (Wilhelmus Hirsaugiensis) (Bav. religious) |
d.1091 |
| Wilkes, Charles (American naval officer, explorer) |
1798-1877 |
| Wilkes, John (English politician) |
1725-1797 |
| Wilkie, Sir David (Scottish painter) |
1785-1841 |
| Wilkins, Sir George Hubert (Australian explorer, aviator) |
1888-1958 |
| Wilkins, John (English prelate, scientist) |
1614-1672 |
| Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (New Z.-b. Brit. biophysicist) |
1916-2004 |
| Wilkins, Roy (American civil rights leader) |
1901-1981 |
| Wilkinson, Anne (Canadian poet, writer) |
1910-1961 |
| Wilkinson, Ellen Cicely (English feminist, politician) |
1891-1947 |
| Wilkinson, Geoffrey (British chemist) |
b.1921 |
| Wilkinson, James (American army officer, adventurer) |
1757-1825 |
| Wilkinson, Jemima "Publick Universal Friend" (Am. rel. leader) |
1752-1819 |
| Wilkinson, John (English ironmaster) |
1728-1808 |
| Wilkinson, John (American naval officer) |
1821-1891 |
| Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner (English traveler, Egyptologist) |
1797-1875 |
| Wilkinson, Richard James (British colonial administrator) |
1867-1941 |
| Will, George Frederick (American editor, columnist) |
b.1941 |
| Willading, Johann Friedrich (Swiss politician) |
1641-1718 |
| Willaert, Adriaan (Flemish composer) |
c.1490-1562 |
| Willard, Aaron (American clockmaker; brother of Simon) |
1757-1844 |
| Willard, Archibald MacNeal (American painter) |
1836-1918 |
| Willard, Benjamin (American clockmaker; brother of Simon) |
1743-1803 |
| Willard, Emma née Hart (American educator) |
1787-1870 |
| Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline (Am. educator, reformer) |
1839-1898 |
| Willard, Jess (American boxer) |
1881-1968 |
| Willard, Simon (American clockmaker) |
1753-1848 |
| Willcocks, Sir William (India-born British engineer) |
1852-1932 |
| Wille, Ulrich (Swiss military leader) |
1848-1925 |
| Willemer, Marianne von née Jung (German dancer, actor) |
1784-1860 |
| Willems, Jan Frans (Flemish scholar, poet, playwright) |
1793-1846 |
| Willem van Ruysbroeck (French Franciscan friar, traveler) |
c.1215-c.1295 |
| William I (William the Conqueror) (King of England 1066-1087) |
c.1028-1087 |
| William II (William Rufus) (King of England 1087-1100) |
c.1056-1100 |
| William III (King of England, Scotland, Ireland 1689-1702) |
1650-1702 |
| William IV (Silly Billy) (King of Great Britain 1830-1837) |
1765-1837 |
| William IX (French troubadour, soldier) |
1071-1127 |
| William of Auvergne (French philosopher, theologian) |
1180?-1249 |
| William of Auxerre (French philosopher, theologian) |
c.1150-1231 |
| William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (French philosopher) |
c.1100-1154 |
| William of Corbeil (also Corbail) (French-born British prelate) |
d.1136 |
| William of Malmesbury (English historian) |
c.1090-c.1143 |
| William of Moerbeke (French prelate, scholar) |
c.1215-c.1286 |
| William of Newburgh (English chronicler) |
1136-c.1198 |
| William of Norwich, Saint (English martyr) |
1132?-1144? |
| William of Saint-Amour (French philosopher, theologian) |
c.1200-1272 |
| William of Saint-Thierry (French theologian, mystic) |
c.1085-1148 |
| William of Tyre (Syrian-born Latin prelate) |
c.1130-1185 |
| William of Waynflete (orig. William Patyn) (English prelate) |
1395?-1486 |
| William of Wykeham (or Wickham) (English prelate, politician) |
1324-1404 |
| William Augustus (English military commander) |
1721-1765 |
| William de la Mare (English philosopher, theologian) |
d.c.1290 |
| William Longespee (i.e., Longsword) (English soldier) |
d.1226 |
| Williams, Ben Ames (American writer) |
1889-1953 |
| Williams, Sir Bernard Arthur Owen (Brit. philosopher, academic) |
1929-2003 |
| Williams, Charles Kenneth "C.K." (American poet) |
b.1936 |
| Williams, Charles Walter Stansby (English writer, poet) |
1886-1945 |
| Williams, Daniel Hale (American surgeon) |
1858-1931 |
| Williams, Egbert Austin "Bert" (American comedian, songwriter) |
1876?-1922 |
| Williams, Eleazar (Canadian-born American missionary) |
1789?-1858 |
| Williams, Elizabeth "Betty" (Irish peace worker) |
b.1943 |
| Williams, Ephraim (American army officer) |
1714-1755 |
| Williams, Sir Frederic Calland (English electrical engineer) |
1911-1977 |
| Williams, Sir George (English merchant, philanthropist) |
1821-1905 |
| Williams, George Emlyn (Welsh actor, playwright) |
1905-1987 |
| Williams, George Washington (American politician, historian) |
1849-1891 |
| Williams, Gluyas (American cartoonist) |
1888-1982 |
| Williams, Hiram Hank (American singer, songwriter) |
1923-1953 |
| Williams, Isaac (Welsh clergyman, author) |
1802-1865 |
| Williams, James Robert (Canadian-born American cartoonist) |
1888-1957 |
| Williams, John (English missionary) |
1796-1839 |
| Williams, John Alfred (American writer) |
b.1925 |
| Williams, John Sharp (American politician) |
1854-1932 |
| Williams, Mary Lou (orig. Mary Elfrieda Winn) (Am. musician) |
1910-1981 |
| Williams, Paul Martin (Am. climber, adventurer, attorney) |
1925-2005 |
| Williams, Raymond Henry (British writer, critic) |
1921-1988 |
| Williams, Robin (American actor, comedian) |
b.1952 |
| Williams, Robin Murphy (American sociologist) |
1914-2006 |
| Williams, Roger (English-born Am. clergyman; fd. Rhode Island) |
1603?-1683 |
| Williams, Tennessee (orig. Thomas Lanier Williams) (Am. dram.) |
1911-1983 |
| Williams, William (Welsh clergyman, hymn writer) |
1717-1791 |
| Williams, William (American merchant, politician) |
1731-1811 |
| Williams, William Carlos (American physician, writer) |
1883-1963 |
| Williams, Sir William Fenwick (British army officer) |
1800-1883 |
| Williamson, Alexander William (English organic chemist) |
1824-1904 |
| Williamson, David Keith (Australian dramatist, screenwriter) |
b.1942 |
| Williamson, Edward Nagle "Ned" (American baseball player) |
1857-1895 |
| Williamson, Henry (English novelist, nature writer) |
1895-1977 |
| Williamson, John Lee "Sonny Boy" (American musician) |
1914-1948 |
| Williamson, John Peter "Jack" (American writer) |
1908-2006 |
| Williamson, William Crawford (English naturalist) |
1816-1895 |
| Willibald, Saint (English missionary; nephew of Saint Boniface) |
700-786 |
| Willibrord (or Wilbrord, Wilbrod), Saint (English missionary) |
658?-739 |
| Willinghan, Calder Baynard Jr. (American writer, screenwriter) |
b.1922 |
| Willis, Bailey (American geologist; son of Nathaniel) |
1857-1949 |
| Willis, Ellen Jane (American writer, journalist, teacher) |
1941-2006 |
| Willis, Henry (English organ builder) |
1821-1901 |
| Willis, Nathaniel Parker (American editor, writer) |
1806-1867 |
| Willis, Thomas (English anatomist, physician) |
1621-1675 |
| Williston, Samuel Wendell (American paleontologist) |
1852-1918 |
| Willkie, Wendell Lewis (American politician, lawyer) |
1892-1944 |
| Willmott, Robert Eldridge Aris (English writer, poet) |
1809-1883 |
| Willoch, Kare Isaachsen (Norwegian prime minister 1981-1986) |
b.1928 |
| Willoughby, Francis William (English colonialist) |
c.1613-1666 |
| Willoughby, Sir Hugh (English navigator) |
d.1554 |
| Wills, William Gorman (Irish playwright, poet) |
1828-1891 |
| Wills, William John (English-born Australian explorer) |
1834-1861 |
| Willstatter, Richard (German chemist) |
1872-1942 |
| Willughby, Francis (English naturalist) |
1635-1672 |
| Willumsen, Jens Ferdinand (Danish painter, sculptor) |
1863-1958 |
| Willys, John North (American automobile industrialist) |
1873-1935 |
| Wilmot, David (American politician) |
1814-1868 |
| Wilmot, Frank Leslie Thomson (Furnley Maurice) (Austral. poet) |
1881-1942 |
| Wilmot, John (2nd Earl of Rochester) (English poet) |
1647-1680 |
| Wilson, Alexander (Scottish-born American ornithologist) |
1766-1813 |
| Wilson, Andrew Norman (English writer, journalist, biographer) |
b.1950 |
| Wilson, Sir Angus Frank Johnstone (English writer, educator) |
1913-1991 |
| Wilson, Sir Arthur Knyvet (British naval officer) |
1842-1921 |
| Wilson, August (American playwright, poet) |
1945-2005 |
| Wilson, Brian Douglas (American musician; member of Beach Boys) |
b.1942 |
| Wilson, Carl Dean (American singer; member of Beach Boys) |
1946-1998 |
| Wilson, Charles Edward (Am. industrialist: General Electric) |
1886-1972 |
| Wilson, Charles Erwin (American engineer, industrialist: GMC) |
1890-1961 |
| Wilson, Charles Kemmons (American businessman; fd. Holiday Inn) |
1913-2003 |
| Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees (Scottish physicist) |
1869-1959 |
| Wilson, Colin Henry (English critic, writer) |
b.1931 |
| Wilson, Dennis Carl (American musician; member of Beach Boys) |
1944-1983 |
| Wilson, Donald Roller (American artist) |
b.1938 |
| Wilson, Edmund (American literary and social critic, writer) |
1895-1972 |
| Wilson, Edmund Beecher (American biologist) |
1856-1939 |
| Wilson, Edward Adrian (English physician, Antarctic explorer) |
1872-1912 |
| Wilson, Edward Osborne (American biologist) |
b.1929 |
| Wilson, Ethel Davis Bryant (South African born Canadian writer) |
1888-1980 |
| Wilson, Flip Clerow (American comedian) |
1933-1998 |
| Wilson, Halsey William (American publisher) |
1868-1954 |
| Wilson, Harriet E. née Adams (pseudonym Our Nig) (Am. writer) |
1828?-1863? |
| Wilson, Harry Leon (American writer, playwright) |
1867-1939 |
| Wilson, Henry (Jeremiah Jones Colbath) (Am. vice-pres. 1873-75) |
1812-1875 |
| Wilson, Henry Braid (American naval officer) |
1861-1954 |
| Wilson, Sir Henry Hughes (Irish-born British army officer) |
1864-1922 |
| Wilson, Henry Maitland (British army officer) |
1881-1964 |
| Wilson, Horace Hayman (English Orientalist) |
1786-1860 |
| Wilson, James (Scottish-born American lawyer, politician) |
1742-1798 |
| Wilson, James (British economist; founded The Economist 1843) |
1805-1860 |
| Wilson, James Harrison (American army officer) |
1837-1925 |
| Wilson, Sir James Harold (British prime min. 1964-70,1974-76) |
b.1916 |
| Wilson, John (English composer, lute virtuoso) |
1595-1674 |
| Wilson, John (pseud. Christopher North) (Scot. poet, essayist) |
1785-1854 |
| Wilson, John Dover (British Shakespearean scholar, educator) |
1881-1969 |
| Wilson, John Mackay (English writer) |
1804-1835 |
| Wilson, Kenneth Geddes (American physicist) |
b.1936 |
| Wilson, Lanford Eugene (American playwright) |
b.1937 |
| Wilson, Peter Lamborn (American writer, poet) |
b.1945 |
| Wilson, Richard (Welsh painter) |
1714-1782 |
| Wilson, Robert (English actor, playwright) |
d.1600 |
| Wilson, Robert Anton (American writer) |
1932-2007 |
| Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas (English army officer) |
1777-1849 |
| Wilson, Robert Woodrow (American physicist, radio astronomer) |
b.1936 |
| Wilson, Samuel (American meat packer; source of "Uncle Sam") |
1766-1854 |
| Wilson, Thomas (English scholar, politician) |
1525?-1581 |
| Wilson, Thomas Woodrow (28th U.S. president 1913-1921) |
1856-1924 |
| Wilson, William Bauchop (Scottish-born American labor leader) |
1862-1934 |
| Wilson, William Lyne (American politician) |
1843-1900 |
| Wiman (Wei Man) (Chinese general) |
fl. c.190 BC |
| Wimpheling (or Wimpfeling, Wympfeling), Jacob (German Humanist) |
1450-1528 |
| Winchell, Alexander (American geologist; brother of Newton) |
1824-1891 |
| Winchell, Alexander Newton (American geologist; son of Newton) |
1874-1958 |
| Winchell, Horace Vaughn (American geologist; son of Newton) |
1865-1923 |
| Winchell, Newton Horace (American geologist, archaeologist) |
1839-1914 |
| Winchell, Paul (b.Paul Wilchin)(Am. ventriloquist,actor:Tigger) |
1922-2005 |
| Winchell, Verne H. (Am. businessman; fd.Winchell's Donut House) |
1915-2002 |
| Winchell, Walter (American journalist) |
1897-1972 |
| Winchelsea (or Winchelsey), Robert de (English prelate) |
d.1313 |
| Winchester, Oliver Fisher (American clothing, gun manufacturer) |
1810-1880 |
| Winchilsea, Anne Finch née Kingsmill (English poet) |
1661-1720 |
| Winckelmann, Johann Joachim (German archaeologist, art critic) |
1717-1768 |
| Winckler, Hugo (German archaeologist) |
1863-1913 |
| Windaus, Adolf Otto Reinhold (German chemist) |
1876-1959 |
| Windelband, Wilhelm (German philosopher) |
1848-1915 |
| Windham, William (English politician) |
1750-1810 |
| Windischgratz, Alfred Candidus Ferdinand (Austrian fld marshal) |
1787-1862 |
| Windthorst, Ludwig (German politician) |
1812-1891 |
| Wingate, Sir Francis Reginald (British army officer, admin.) |
1861-1953 |
| Wingate, Orde Charles (Indian-born British soldier) |
1903-1944 |
| Wingfield, Edward Maria (English colonist in Virginia) |
1560?-1613? |
| Wingfield, Walter Clopton (English soldier, sportsman) |
1833-1912 |
| Winkel, Dietrich Nikolaus (German inventor; inv. metronome) |
c.1780-1826 |
| Winkel, Lambert Allard te (Dutch philologist) |
1806-1868 |
| Winkelman, Henri Gerard (Dutch general) |
1876-1952 |
| Winkler, Clemens Alexander (German chemist) |
1838-1904 |
| Winner, Septimus (American songwriter) |
1827-1902 |
| Winogradsky, Sergei Nikolaevitch (Russian microbiologist) |
1856-1953 |
| Winslow, Edward (English-born American colonist at Plymouth) |
1595-1655 |
| Winslow, Josiah (America-born colonist at Plymouth) |
1629?-1680 |
| Winslow, John Ancrum (American naval officer) |
1811-1873 |
| Winsor, Justin (American librarian, historian) |
1831-1897 |
| Winstanley, Gerrard (English reformer) |
1609?-1660? |
| Winstedt, Sir Richard Olof (English educator, scholar) |
1878-1966 |
| Winter, Jan Willem de (Dutch admiral) |
1761-1812 |
| Winter, Peter von (German composer) |
1754-1825 |
| Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (German painter) |
1805-1873 |
| Winters, Arthur Yvor (American poet, critic, teacher) |
1900-1968 |
| Winterson, Jeanette (English writer, screenwriter) |
b.1959 |
| Winther, Rasmus Villads Christian Ferdinand (Danish poet) |
1796-1876 |
| Winthrop, John (English-born American colonist) |
1588-1649 |
| Winthrop, John (English-born Am. col. governor; son of John) |
1606-1676 |
| Winthrop, John (Am. gov. of Connecticut colony; son of John) |
1638-1707 |
| Winthrop, John (American astronomer, physicist) |
1714-1779 |
| Winthrop, Robert Charles (American politician) |
1809-1894 |
| Winthrop, Theodore (American writer) |
1828-1861 |
| Winton, Alexander (Scottish-born Am. automobile manufacturer) |
1860-1932 |
| Winwood, Sir Ralph (English diplomat) |
1563?-1617 |
| Wirnt von Grafenberg (Middle High German poet) |
13th cent. |
| Wirt, William (American lawyer) |
1772-1834 |
| Wirth, Karl Joseph (German politician) |
1879-1956 |
| Wirth, Louis (German-born American sociologist) |
1897-1952 |
| Wise (orig. Weis), Isaac Mayer (Bohemian-born Am. clergyman) |
1819-1900 |
| Wise, John (American clergyman) |
1652-1725 |
| Wise, John (American balloonist; made 1st balloon ascent 1835) |
1808-1879 |
| Wise, Stephen Samuel (Hungarian-born American clergyman) |
1874-1949 |
| Wise, Thomas James (English bibliophile, forger) |
1859-1937 |
| Wiseman, Adele (Canadian writer, essayist) |
1928-1992 |
| Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen (English prelate, author) |
1802-1865 |
| Wishart, George (Scottish reformer, martyr) |
c.1513-1546 |
| Wislicenus, Johannes Adolph (German chemist) |
1835-1902 |
| Wispelaere, Paul de (Flemish writer, essayist, critic) |
b.1928 |
| Wissler, Clark (American anthropologist) |
1870-1947 |
| Wissmann, Hermann von (German army officer, explorer) |
1853-1905 |
| Wissowa, Georg (German philologist) |
1859-1931 |
| Wistar, Caspar (German-born American glass manufacturer) |
1696-1752 |
| Wister, Owen (American novelist) |
1860-1938 |
| Witelo (or Vitellio) (Polish scientist) |
c.1230/35-1275? |
| Wither (or Withers), George (English poet, pamphleteer) |
1588-1667 |
| Witherspoon, John (Scottish-born American clergyman) |
1723-1794 |
| Witigis (Ostrogoth King of Italy 536-540) |
fl. 536-540 |
| Witkiewicz, Stanislaw Ignacy "Witkacy" (Polish dramatist) |
1885-1939 |
| Witos, Wincenty (Polish politician) |
1874-1945 |
| Witt, Friedrich (German cellist, composer) |
1770-1836 |
| Witt, Johan de (Dutch statesman) |
1625-1672 |
| Witte, Emanuel de (Dutch painter) |
1617-1692 |
| Witte, Karl (German jurist, scholar) |
1800-1883 |
| Witte, Sergey Yulyevich (Russian politician) |
1849-1915 |
| Wittekind (or Widukind) (Westphalian chieftain) |
d.c.807 |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan (Austrian-born Brit. philos.) |
1889-1951 |
| Wittig, Georg Friedrich Karl (German chemist) |
1897-1987 |
| Wittig, Monique (French-born American writer, radical feminist) |
b.1935 |
| Wittlin, Jozef (Polish writer, essayist, poet) |
1896-1976 |
| Witz, Konrad (German painter) |
c.1400-c.1445 |
| Wivallius, Lars (Swedish poet, adventurer) |
1605-1669 |
| Wladyslaw I "Lokielek" (Polish king 1320-1333) |
1260/61-1333 |
| Wladyslaw II Jagiello (orig. Jogaila) (Polish king 1386-1434) |
1351-1434 |
| Wladyslaw III (Polish king 1434-1444; son of Wladyslaw II) |
1424-1444 |
| Wladyslaw IV Vasa (Polish king 1632-1648) |
1595-1648 |
| Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville (English-born Am. novelist) |
1881-1975 |
| Woestijne, Karel van de (Belgian poet, government official) |
1878-1929 |
| Woffington, Margaret "Peg" (Irish actor) |
c.1714-1760 |
| Wohler, Friedrich (German chemist) |
1800-1882 |
| Wohlgemuth (or Wohlgemut), Michel (or Michael) (German painter) |
1434-1519 |
| Woiwode, Larry Alfred (American writer) |
b.1941 |
| Wojciechowski, Stanislaw (Polish economist, politician) |
1869-1953 |
| Wolcot, John (pseud. Peter Pindar) (English satirist, poet) |
1738-1819 |
| Wolcott, Oliver (American politician; son of Roger) |
1726-1797 |
| Wolcott, Oliver (American lawyer, politician; son of Oliver) |
1760-1833 |
| Wolcott, Roger (American colonial administrator) |
1679-1767 |
| Wolf, Charles-Joseph-Etienne (French astronomer) |
1827-1918 |
| Wolf, Christa née Ihlenfeld (German writer, essayist) |
b.1929 |
| Wolf, Friedrich August (German philologist) |
1759-1824 |
| Wolf, Hugo Philipp Jakob (Austrian composer) |
1860-1903 |
| Wolf, Markus Johannes "Mischa" (German spymaster) |
1923-2006 |
| Wolf, Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius (German astronomer) |
1863-1932 |
| Wolf, Naomi (American writer) |
b.1962 |
| Wolf, Rudolf (Swiss astronomer) |
1816-1893 |
| Wolfe, Charles (Irish clergyman, poet) |
1791-1823 |
| Wolfe, Humbert (Italian-born British poet, satirist) |
1886-1940 |
| Wolfe, James (British army officer) |
1727-1759 |
| Wolfe, Thomas Clayton (American novelist) |
1900-1938 |
| Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Jr. (American journalist, author) |
b.1930 |
| Wolff, Caspar Friedrich (German anatomist) |
1734-1794 |
| Wolff (or Wolf), Christian von (German philosopher, math.) |
1679-1754 |
| Wolff, Egon (Chilean playwright, writer) |
b.1926 |
| Wolff, Pierre (French playwright) |
1865-1944 |
| Wolff, Tobias Jonathan Ansell (American writer) |
b.1945 |
| Wolff-Bekker, Elisabeth née Bekker "Betje" (Dutch writer) |
1738-1804 |
| Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (surname orig. Wolf) (Italian composer) |
1876-1948 |
| Wolfflin, Eduard (Swiss scholar) |
1831-1908 |
| Wolfflin, Heinrich (Swiss art historian) |
1864-1945 |
| Wolfowitz, Paul Dundes (American ambassador, bureaucrat) |
b.1943 |
| Wolfram von Eschenbach (Middle High German poet, Minnesinger) |
c.1170-c.1220 |
| Wolfram, Stephen (English-born American physicist) |
b.1959 |
| Woll, Matthew (Luxembourg-born American labor leader) |
1880-1956 |
| Wollach, Yona (Israeli poet) |
1945-1986 |
| Wollaston, William (English philosopher) |
1659-1724 |
| Wollaston, William Hyde (English chemist, physicist) |
1766-1828 |
| Wollheim, Donald Allen (American editor, anthologist, writer) |
1914-1990 |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary (English author; wife of William Godwin) |
1759-1797 |
| Wolseley, Garnet Joseph (1st Viscount) (British army officer) |
1833-1913 |
| Wolsey, Thomas (English prelate, statesman) |
c.1475-1530 |
| Wolzogen, Ernst Ludwig von (German writer) |
1855-1934 |
| Wolzogen, Karoline von née von Lengefeld (German writer) |
1763-1847 |
| Wonder, Stevie (Steveland Judkins Morris) (American musician) |
b.1950 |
| Wong, Esther (Chinese-born American music promoter) |
1917-2005 |
| Wonhyo (aka Wonhyo Daisa) (Korean religious leader) |
617-686 |
| Wood, Aaron (English modeler; cousin of elder Ralph Wood) |
1717-1785 |
| Wood, Anthony (or Anthony a') (English antiquary, historian) |
1632-1695 |
| Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley (English politician) |
1881-1959 |
| Wood, Enoch (English potter, modeler; son of Aaron) |
1759-1840 |
| Wood, Fernando (American politician) |
1812-1881 |
| Wood, Garfield Arthur (American boat builder, racer) |
1880-1971 |
| Wood, George Bacon (American physician) |
1797-1879 |
| Wood, Grant De Volsen (American painter) |
1892-1942 |
| Wood, Mrs. Henry née Ellen Price (English novelist) |
1814-1887 |
| Wood, Sir Henry Joseph (English conductor, composer) |
1869-1944 |
| Wood, Sir Howard Kingsley (English politician) |
1881-1943 |
| Wood, James Rushmore (American surgeon) |
1813-1882 |
| Wood, John (John the Elder; Wood of Bath) (English architect) |
c.1704-1754 |
| Wood, John (English potter; son of Ralph) |
1746-1797 |
| Wood, John George (English clergyman, writer) |
1827-1889 |
| Wood, Leonard (American physician, army officer) |
1860-1927 |
| Wood, Ralph (English potter) |
1715-1772 |
| Wood, Ralph (English potter; son of Ralph) |
1748-1795 |
| Wood, Robert Elkington (American army officer, businessman) |
1879-1969 |
| Wood, Robert Williams (American physicist) |
1868-1955 |
| Wood, William (English ironmaster) |
1671-1730 |
| Woodard, Nathaniel (English clergyman, educator) |
1811-1891 |
| Woodberry, George Edward (American man of letters) |
1855-1930 |
| Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene (Canadian-born Am. educator) |
1867-1940 |
| Woodbury, Levi (American jurist; Supreme Court Justice 1845-51) |
1789-1851 |
| Woodcock, George (Canadian poet, critic, historian, playwright) |
1912-1995 |
| Woode II, James Bryant "Jimmy" (American musician) |
1927-2005 |
| Woodfall, Henry Sampson (English printer, journalist) |
1739-1805 |
| Woodham-Smith, Cecil (English biographer, historian) |
1896-1977 |
| Woodhull, Victoria née Claflin (American reformer, lecturer) |
1838-1927 |
| Woodruff, Wilford (American religious leader) |
1807-1898 |
| Woods, Margaret Louisa née Bradley (English writer) |
1856-1945 |
| Woods, William Burnham (American jurist) |
1824-1887 |
| Woodson, Carter Godwin (American historian) |
1875-1950 |
| Woodville (or Wydeville), Richard (English soldier) |
d.1469 |
| Woodward, Sir Arthur Smith (English paleontologist) |
1864-1944 |
| Woodward, Robert Burns (American chemist) |
1917-1979 |
| Wood, John Ellis (American army officer) |
1784-1869 |
| Wooldridge, Harry Ellis (English painter, writer) |
1845-1917 |
| Woolf, Adeline Virginia née Stephen (English novelist, critic) |
1882-1941 |
| Woolf, Douglas (American writer) |
1922-1992 |
| Woolf, Leonard Sidney (English writer, civil servant) |
1880-1969 |
| Woollcott, Alexander Humphreys (American writer; Algonquin Wit) |
1887-1943 |
| Woollett, William (English draftsman, line engraver) |
1735-1785 |
| Woolley, Catherine (pseudonym Jane Thayer) (American writer) |
1904-2005 |
| Woolley, Sir Charles Leonard (English archaeologist) |
1880-1960 |
| Woolley, Mary Emma (American educator) |
1863-1947 |
| Woolman, John (American clergyman, reformer) |
1720-1772 |
| Woolner, Thomas (English sculptor, poet) |
1825-1892 |
| Woolnough, Walter George (Australian geologist) |
1876-1958 |
| Woolrich, Cornell (American writer) |
1903-1968 |
| Woolridge, Dean Everett (Am. physicist; co-founded TRW Inc.) |
1913-2006 |
| Woolsey, Theodore Dwight (American educator) |
1801-1889 |
| Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey (pseud. Susan Coolidge) (Am. writer) |
1835-1905 |
| Woolson, Constance Fenimore (American writer) |
1840-1894 |
| Woolston, Thomas (English deist) |
1670-1733 |
| Woolworth, Frank Winfield (American merchant) |
1852-1919 |
| Wooster, Charles Whiting (Am. naval officer; grandson of David) |
1780-1848 |
| Wooster, David (American Revolutionary officer) |
1711-1777 |
| Worcester, Joseph Emerson (American lexicographer) |
1784-1865 |
| Worcester, William (English topographer, antiquary) |
1415-c.1482 |
| Worde, Wynkyn de (Alsatian-born British printer, stationer) |
d.1534? |
| Worden, John Lorimer (American naval officer) |
1818-1897 |
| Wordsworth, Charles (English scholar; son of Christopher) |
1806-1892 |
| Wordsworth, Christopher (English clergyman, biographer) |
1774-1846 |
| Wordsworth, Christopher (English educator; son of Christopher) |
1807-1885 |
| Wordsworth, Dorothy (English writer; sister of William) |
1771-1855 |
| Wordsworth, William (English poet; poet laureate 1843) |
1770-1850 |
| Work, Henry Clay (American songwriter) |
1832-1884 |
| Workman, Fanny née Bullock (American explorer; wife of William) |
1859-1925 |
| Workman, William Hunter (American physician, explorer) |
1847-1937 |
| Worm, Ole (Olaus Wormius) (Danish physician) |
1588-1654 |
| Worell, Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne (West Indian cricketer) |
1924-1967 |
| Worsaae, Jens Jacob Asmussen (Danish historian, archaeologist) |
1821-1885 |
| Worth, Charles Frederick (English dressmaker) |
1825-1895 |
| Worth, William Jenkins (American army officer) |
1794-1849 |
| Wotton, Sir Henry (English diplomat, poet, art connoisseur) |
1568-1639 |
| Wouk, Herman (American writer) |
b.1915 |
| Wouwerman, Philips (Dutch painter) |
1619-1668 |
| Wovoka (aka Jack Wilson) (American Paiute Indian mystic) |
1858?-1932 |
| Wozniak, Stephen Gary (Am. computer scientist, businessman) |
b.1950 |
| Wrangel, Ferdinand Petrovich von (Russian explorer) |
1796-1870 |
| Wrangel, Friedrich Heinrich Ernst von (Prussian field marshal) |
1784-1877 |
| Wrangel, Karl Gustav (Swedish admiral, marshal) |
1613-1676 |
| Wrangel, Pyotr Nikolayevich (Russian general) |
1878-1928 |
| Wrede, Karl Philipp (Bavarian field marshal) |
1767-1838 |
| Wren, Sir Christopher (English architect) |
1632-1723 |
| Wright, Sir Almroth Edward (British physician, pathologist) |
1861-1947 |
| Wright, Benjamin (American engineer) |
1770-1842 |
| Wright, Carroll Davidson (American statistician) |
1840-1909 |
| Wright, Chauncey (American philosopher, mathematician) |
1830-1875 |
| Wright, Elizur (American reformer, actuary) |
1804-1885 |
| Wright, Frances (or Fanny) (Scottish-born American reformer) |
1795-1852 |
| Wright, Frank Lloyd (American architect) |
1867-1959 |
| Wright, Harold Bell (American novelist) |
1872-1944 |
| Wright, Henry (English-born American baseball manager) |
1835-1895 |
| Wright, Henry (American architect, town planner) |
1878-1936 |
| Wright, Horatio Gouverneur (American army officer) |
1820-1899 |
| Wright, James Arlington (American poet, teacher) |
1927-1980 |
| Wright, John (English bookseller) |
1770?-1844 |
| Wright, John Joseph (American prelate) |
1909-1979 |
| Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby) (English painter) |
1734-1797 |
| Wright, Joseph (American painter, wax modeler; son of Patience) |
1756-1793 |
| Wright, Judith Arundell (Australian poet, critic) |
b.1915 |
| Wright, Louis Booker (American educator, librarian) |
1899-1984 |
| Wright, Orville (American airplane designer) |
1871-1948 |
| Wright, Patience née Lovell (American sculptor) |
1725-1786 |
| Wright, Philip Quincy (American political scientist) |
1890-1970 |
| Wright, Richard Nathaniel (American novelist) |
1908-1960 |
| Wright, Steven (American comedian, actor) |
b.1955 |
| Wright, Thomas (English astronomer) |
1711-1786 |
| Wright, Thomas (English antiquary, historian) |
1810-1877 |
| Wright, Wilbur (American airplane designer) |
1867-1912 |
| Wright, Willard Huntington (pseud. S.S. Van Dine)(Am. novelist) |
1888-1939 |
| Wright, William Aldis (English scholar) |
1836?-1914 |
| Wrigley, Philip Knight (American chewing gum businessman) |
1894-1977 |
| Wrigley, William Jr. (American chewing gum businessman) |
1861-1932 |
| Wrinch, Dorothy (British mathematician, biologist, chemist) |
1894-1976 |
| Wriothesley, Henry (English soldier; grandson of Thomas) |
1573-1624 |
| Wriothesley, Thomas (English politician) |
1505-1550 |
| Wroblewski, Zygmunt Florenty von (Polish physicist) |
1845-1888 |
| Wu Chao (aka Wu Hou; Wu Tse-t'ien) (Empress of China) |
625-705 |
| Wu Chen (Chinese painter) |
1280-1354 |
| Wu Ch'eng-en (Chinese novelist; author of Monkey) |
c.1500-c.1582 |
| Wu, Chien Shiung (Chinese-born American physicist) |
1912-1997 |
| Wu Ching-tzu (or Wu Jingzi) (Chinese writer) |
1701-1754 |
| Wu, Ray Jui (Chines-born Am. biologist, genetic engineer) |
1928-2008 |
| Wulfhere (King of the Mercians 657-674) |
d.674 |
| Wulfstan (English prelate) |
d.1023 |
| Wulfstan (or Wulstan), Saint (English prelate) |
c.1008-1095 |
| Wu Li (Chinese painter, priest) |
1632-1718 |
| Wullenwever, Jurgen (Hanseatic politician) |
c.1492-1537 |
| Wullner, Franz (German conductor, composer) |
1832-1902 |
| Wundt, Wilhelm Max (German physiologist, psychologist) |
1832-1920 |
| Wu P'ei-fu (Chinese general) |
1874-1939 |
| Wurmser, Dagobert Siegmund von (Austrian field marshal) |
1724-1797 |
| Wurtz, Charles-Adolphe (French chemist) |
1817-1884 |
| Wu San-kuei (Chinese general) |
1612-1678 |
| Wu Tao-tzu (or Wu Tau-hsuan) (Chinese painter) |
c.700-c.760 |
| Wuttke, Heinrich (German historian, politician) |
1818-1876 |
| Wu Wang (Chinese ruler c.1122-1115 BC; founded Chou dynasty) |
d.1115 BC |
| Wyant, Alexander Helwig (American painter; Hudson River school) |
1836-1892 |
| Wyatt, Benjamin Dean (English architect; son of James) |
1775-1850? |
| Wyatt, Sir Francis (English colonial administrator) |
1575?-1644 |
| Wyatt, James (English architect) |
1746-1813 |
| Wyatt (Wyatville), Sir Jeffry (Eng. architect; nephew of James) |
1766-1840 |
| Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby (English architect) |
1820-1877 |
| Wyatt, Robert (b. Robert Ellidge) (English musician) |
b.1945 |
| Wyatt (or Wyat), Sir Thomas (English poet, diplomat) |
1503-1542 |
| Wyatt (or Wyat), Sir Thomas (English soldier; son of Thomas) |
1521?-1554 |
| Wycherley, William (English dramatist) |
1640-1716 |
| Wycliffe, John (English religious reformer, theologian) |
c.1330-1384 |
| Wyeth, Andrew Newell (American painter; son of Andrew) |
b.1917 |
| Wyeth, Newell Convers (American illustrator, painter) |
1882-1945 |
| Wyld, Henry Cecil Kennedy (English lexicographer) |
1870-1945 |
| Wyler, William (German-born American motion-picture director) |
1902-1981 |
| Wylie, Elinor Morton née Hoyt (American poet, novelist) |
1885-1928 |
| Wylie, Philip Gordon (American author) |
1902-1971 |
| Wyman, Jane (orig. Sarah Jane Fulks) (American actor) |
b.1914 |
| Wyndham, George (English politician, man of letters) |
1863-1913 |
| Wyndham, Sir William (3rd Baronet Wyndham) (English politician) |
1687-1740 |
| Wyndham-Quin, Windham Thomas (Irish politician) |
1841-1926 |
| Wynn, Ed (orig. Isiah Edwin Leopold) (American comedian) |
1886-1966 |
| Wynne o Lasynys, Ellis (Welsh clergyman, writer) |
1671-1734 |
| Wyntoun, Andrew of (Scottish chronicler) |
c.1350-c.1423 |
| Wyspianski, Stanislaw Mateusz Ignacy (Polish painter, poet) |
1869-1907 |
| Wyss, Johann Rudolf (Swiss writer, philosopher, folklorist) |
1781-1830 |
| Wyszynski, Stefan (Polish prelate) |
1901-1981 |
| Wythe, George (American jurist, statesman) |
1726-1806 |