List of people by name: Wa

Wailer, Bunny, of Bob Marley & the Wailers and a solo career
Wailling, Donald Percy, (1934-1946)
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, IV, (1883-1953), major general in the defense of Bataan and Corregidor
Wainwright, Loudon, III, (born 1946), singer, composer
Wainwright, Rufus, songwriter
Waite, Arthur Edward, (1857-1942), British occultist
Waite, Terry, (born 1939), British hostage turned negotiator
Wai, Tony Leung Chiu, (born 1962), English actor
Waits, Tom, (born 1949), US singer, songwriter and pianist
Waitz, Grete, long distance runner

Waj

Wajda, Andrzej, (born 1926), Pole

Wak

Wakata, Koichi, astronaut

Wakeman, Rick, (born 1949), musician
Wake, Nancy, (born 1912), French Resistance fighter and SOE agent
Wakenius, Ulf, musician
Wake, William, (1657-1737), Archbishop of Canterbury
Wakoski, Diane, (born 1937), (The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems)

Wal

Walcott, Derek, (born 1930), poet, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1992
Walcott, Jersey Joe, (1914-1994), world boxing champion
Waldeck, Jean Frederic, (1766-1875), French antiquarian, artist, explorer
Waldegrave, James, (1715-1763), First Lord of the Treasury
Waldegrave, William, (born 1946), UK politician
Walden, Roger, (died 1406), Archbishop of Canterbury
Waldheim, Kurt, (born 1918), Austrian politician, UN secretary general
Waldner, Jan-Ove, table tennis player
Waldo, Caroline, synchronized swimmer
Waldorff, Jerzy, (died 1999), Polish film and music critic
Waldrop, Howard, (born 1946), US author
Waldrop, Rosmarie, poet
Waldseem�ller, Martin, (circa 1470-circa 1521/1522), cartographer
Walen, Philip, poet
Walesa, Lech, (born 1943), Polish leader of Solidarity movement and later president
Waley, Arthur, (Translations from the Chinese)
Walgreen, Charles, (1873-1939), entrepreneur
Walheim, Rex, astronaut
Waliszewski, Zygmunt, Polish painter
Walkem, George Anthony, (1st time) 1874-February 11 to 1876-February 1
Walken, Christopher, (born 1943), US actor
Walker, Alice, (born 1944), poet, author
Walker, Charles, astronaut
Walker, C. J, she was the first African-American millionaire
Walker, Clint, (born 1927), actor
Walker, Daniel, US politician
Walker, David, astronaut
Walker, David S, US Governor of Florida
Walker, Doak, (born 1927), American football star
Walker, Fred
Walker, Jimmy (commedian), stand-up comedian
Walker, John Ernest, chemist
Walker, John (runner), (born 1952), athlete
Walker, Joseph, (born 1798), explorer
Walker, Junior, (died 1995), musician
Walker, Margaret, poet
Walker, M C, (born 1946), CEO of Iceland Frozen Foods.
Walker, Mickey (1903-1981), world boxing champion
Walker, Mort, (born 1923), US cartoonist
Walker, Paul, (born 1973), actor
Wallace, Alfred Russel, (1823-1913), UK natural selection co-discoverer
Wallace, Barnes (1887-1979), Wellington bomber, skipping antidam bomb
Wallace, Bronwen, Canadian writer
Wallace, Danny, (born 1976) British author and Leader of 'Join Me' cult
Wallace, David, US politician
Wallace, David Foster, (born 1962), USA novelist
Wallace, DeWitt, (1889-1981), publisher of"Reader's Digest"
Wallace, Edgar, (1875-1932), author
Wallace, George, (1919-1998), American politician
Wallace, Henry A, (1888-1965), Vice President of the United States
Wallace, Irving, (1916-1990), novelist
Wallace, Lew, (1827-1905), USA novelist
Wallace, Mike, (born 1918), television personality
Wallace, Walter Wilkinson, Governor of the British Virgin Islands
Wallace, William, (c. 1270-1305), Scottish patriot
Wallach, Eli, (born 1915), US actor
Wallenberg, Raoul, (born 1912), Swedish vanished diplomat
Waller, Edmund, (1606-1687), poet
Waller, Gordon, (born 1945), musician ("Peter and Gordon")
Waller, Thomas "Fats, (1904-1943), US jazz pianist & composer
Wallgren, Monrad C, US Governor of Washington
Wallia, (died 419), king of the Visigoths
Wallin, Homer N, (1893-1984), US
Wallis, Alfred, (1855-1942), painter
Wallis, Barnes, (1887-1979)
Walliser, Maria, (born 1963), Alpine skiing champion
Wallis, Hal, (1899-1986), film producer
Wall, Jeff, photographer
Wall, Larry, warp, rn, patch, Perl
Wallraff, G�nther, (born 1942), German journalist
Walpole, Horace, (born 1717), British novelist and politician
Walpole, Robert, (born 1676), British prime minister
Walpole, Spencer, (1830-1907), British politician
Walras, Leon, (1834-1910), economist
Walschaerts, Egide, engineer / inventor
Walser, Martin, (born 1927), poet
Walser, Robert, (1878-1956), dramatist, author
Walser, Theresia, dramatist, author
Walsh, Adam, murdered son of John Walsh
Walsh, Bill, (1913-1975), American movie producer and writer.
Walsh, David I, US Governor of Massachusetts
Walsh, Gertrude Maude, (1886-1954)
Walsh, Jill Paton, (born 1937), author
Walsh, Joe, (born 1947), musician
Walsh, John, (born 1945), talk show host, television presenter
Walsh, Raoul, (1892-1980), film director
Walsh, Ruby, jockey
Walsinghame, poet
Walsingham, Francis, (c.1532-1590), Elizabethan spymaster
Walston, Ray, (1914-2001), 2001), US actor
Waltari, Mika, (1908-1979), Finnish author
Walter, Bruno, (1876-1962), conductor
Walter, Fritz, (1920-2002), footballer
Walter, Hellmuth, (1900-1980), German engineer and inventor
Walter, Hubert, (died 1205), Archbishop of Canterbury
Walter, Little, musician
Walter of Ch�teau-Thierry, scholastic philosopher
Walters, Angus, (1882-1968), schooner captain
Walters, Barbara, (born 1931), US television presenter
Walters, Julie, (born 1950), actor
Walter, Thomas Ustik, architect
Walter, Ulrich, (born 1954), German astronaut
Walther, Erhard, (born 1939), artist
Walton, Bill, (born 1952), basketball star, commentator
Walton, Izaak, (1593-1683), English writer.
Walton, William, (1902-1983), composer
Waltos, Jacek, Polish painter
Waltrip, Darrell, (born 1947), automobile racer
Walz, Carl, astronaut

Wam

Wambaugh, Joseph, (born 1936), author

Wan

Wanamaker, John, (1838-1922), USA father of the department store
Wanamaker, Sam, (1919-1993), actor
Wanamaker, Zoe, (born 1949), British actor
Wan, Boon, industrial and systems engineer
Wan Hu, Ming dynasty astronaut
Wang, An, (1920-1990), Chinese-born US computer pioneer
Wang An-shih, (1021-1086)
Wang Go, (�ljeit�), King of Shen
Wang Hongwen, (1933/1935-1992)
Wang Jingwei, (died 1944)
Wang, Taylor, astronaut
Wang, Vera, (born 1949), fashion designer
Wang, Wayne, (born 1949), director
Wankel, Felix (1902-1988)
Wankie, Wladyslaw, Polish painter
Wankowicz, Walenty, Polish painter

War

Warbeck, Perkin, (died 1499), pretender to the throne of England
Warburg, Max, (1867-1946), German banker
Warburg, Paul, (1868-1932), American banker, Federal Reserve board member
Ward, Artemas, (1727-1800), American General in the Revolutionary War
Ward, Artemus, (1834-1867), US humorist, a.k.a. Charles Farrar Browne
Bernie Ward, U.S talk radio host
Ward, Billy, musician
Ward, Candice, poet
Ward, Clara, (1924-1973), musician
Ward, Clifford T, singer-songwriter
Warden, Jack, (born 1920), actor
Ward, Fred, (born 1942), actor
Ward, Jay, (1920-1989), tv cartoon creator & producer
Ward, Lyman, actor
Ward, Mary Augusta, (1851-1920), English novelist
Ward, Micky, (born 1965), boxer
Ward, Montgomery, (born 1844), department store founder
Ward, Rachel, (born 1957), actress
Ward-Steinman, David, (born 1936), composer
Ward, Tom, actor
Ward, Vincent, (born 1956), film director
Wardrop, John Glen, transport economist
Ware, Chris, comic creator
Ware, William, American novelist
Warfield, Edwin, US governor
Warfield, Paul, (born 1942), American football player
Warfield, Wallis, (1896-1986), Duchess of Windsor
Warham, William, (c. 1450-1532), Archbishop of Canterbury
Warhol, Andy, (1928-1987), US pop art painter
Waring, Edward, (1736-1798), mathematician
Waring, Fred, (1900-1984), band leader, inventor
Waring, Laura Wheeler, (1887-1948), painter
Wark, David, (1804-1905), Canadian politician and Senator
Warlow, Anthony (born 1961), Australian singer
Warnell, Ted, Canadian writer
Warner, David, (born 1941), actor
Warner, Glenn 'Pop', (died 1954), American football coach
Warner, Jack, (1892-1978), founder: Warner Bros Studios
Warner, John, US politician
Warner, Malcolm-Jamal, (born 1970), actor
Warner, Mark R, US politician
Warner, Susan, American novelist
Warne, Shane, (born 1969), Australian cricket player
Warnes, Jennifer, musician
Warnicke, Retha M, (born 1939), Tudor history & gender issues
Warniek Marilyn Nelson, poet
Warnke, Mike, televangelist
Warnke, Paul, (1920-2001), diplomat
Warren, Earl, (1891-1974), governor of California, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Warren, Francis E, US politician
Warren, Fuller, US Governor of Florida
Warren, Lesley Ann, (born 1946), actress
Warren, Marc, actor
Warren, Patrick, musician
Warren, Peter, (1703-1752), British Admiral
Warren, Robert Penn, (1905-1989), poet
Warrick, Ruth, (born 1915), actress
Wartenburg, Ludwig Yorck von, German soldier
Warton, Joseph, (1722-1800), English academic
Warton, Thomas, (1728-1790), English academic, poet laureate
Warwick, Dionne, (born 1940), musician

Was

Was, Don, (born 1952), singer, composer

Washbourne, Mona, (1903-1988), actress

Washburn, Cephas, (1793-1860), missionary
Washburn, Edward, (1831-1860), artist
Washburn, Emory, US Governor of Massachusetts
Washburn, William B, US Governor of Massachusetts
Washington, Baby, musician
Washington, Booker T, (1856-1915), African-American educator
Washington, Denzel, (born 1954), US actor
Washington, Desiree, (born 1972), beauty queen
Washington, Dinah, (1924-1963), musician
Washington, George, (1732-1799), USA "Father of his country"
Washington, Grover, (died 1999), saxophone player, aged 56
Washington, Grover, Jr, (1943-1999), musician
Washington, Kenny, musician
Washington, Martha, (1731-1802), US First Lady
Washington, Walter, US politician
Washington, William, (1752-1810), American revolutionary soldier
Wasowicz, Waclaw, Polish painter
Wassberg, Thomas, Swedish athlete
Wassberg, Tomas, cross country skier
Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm, composer
Wasserstein, Wendy, (born 1950), dramatist
Wasyluk, Harry, co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag

Wat

Watanabe, Chuck, (born 1975), kayaker

Watanabe, Jiro, (born 1955), Japanese world champion boxer
Watanabe, Kazumi, Japanese musician
Waterfield, Bob, (1920-1983), National Football League player
Waterhouse, John William, (1849-1917), painter
Waterman, Pete, songwriter
Waters, Ethel, (1896-1977), US singer
Waters, J. Angus, Bluenose
Waters, John, (born 1946), director, writer
Waters, Muddy, (1915-1983), musician
Waterson, Norma, musician
Waters, Roger, (born 1943), of Pink Floyd
Waterston, Sam, (born 1940), actor
Wathelet, Melchior, Minister-President of Wallonia
Watie, Stand, (1806-1871), Confederate general, Cherokee leader
Watkins, Alfred, ley hunter
Watmough, David, Canadian writer
Watson, Barry, star of 7th Heaven
Watson, Emily, (born 1967), actress
Watson, Emma, (born 1990), British actress
Watson, Guitar, musician
Watson, Ian, (born 1943), British science fiction writer
Watson, James Dewey, (born 1928), Nobel Prize-winning biologist
Watson, John B, (1878-1958), psychologist
Watson, Leo, musician
Watson, Thomas, (born 1854), telephone pioneer
Watson, Thomas J, (born 1874), computer pioneer, first president of IBM
Watson-Watt, Robert, (1892-1973), invented radar
Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, (1730-1782), Prime Minister
Watt, Charlie, Canadian senator
Watteau, Antoine, (1684-1721), painter
Wattenwyl, Niklaus Rudolf von, Swiss president
Watterson, Bill, (born 1958), US cartoonist, creator of Calvin and Hobbes
Watt, James, (1736-1819), Scottish mathematician & engineer
Watt, Jim, (born 1948), Scottish world champion boxer
Watt, Mike, (born 1957), bassist
Watts, Alan, (1915-1973, Mt.)
Watts, Charlie, (born 1941), British rock musican ("The Rolling Stones")
Watts, Isaac, (1674-1748), poet
Watts, Jeff 'Tain', musician
Watts, Naomi, (born 1968), actress

Wau

Waugh, Alec, (1898-1981), British writer
Waugh, Evelyn, (1903-1966), British writer
Waugh, Hillary, (born 1920) British writer
Waugh, Steve, Australian cricketer

Wav

Wavell, Archibald, (born 1883), field marshal

Wax

Wax, Ruby, (born 1953), television personality

Way

Wayans, Damon, (born 1960), comedian

Wayans, Keenan Ivory, (born 1958), US comedian

Wayans, Shawn, (born 1971), actor, writer, producer

Wayne, Anthony, (1745-1796)
Wayne, Chuck, musician
Wayne, David, (1914-1995), poet
Wayne, John, (1907-1979), US actor
Wayne, Johnny (1918-1990), comedian
Wayne, Naunton, (1901-1970), actor

Waz

Wazir, Khalil, military leader of the PLO