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- Whale, James, (1896-1957), film director
- Whalen, Philip, (beat)
- Wharton, Edith, (1862-1937), American novelist
- Wharton, Thomas, Canadian writer
- Wheatley, Jon, musician
- Wheatley, Phillis, (1753-1784), African-American slave, poet
- Wheatstone, Sir Charles, (1802-1875), British inventor
- Wheatstraw, Peetie, musician
- Whedon, Joss, (born 1964), US TV producer
- Wheel, Catherine, musician
- Wheeler, David A, (born 1965), Computer security and open source software specialist
- Wheeler, John, (born 1911), US physicist
- Wheeler, Mortimer, (1890-1976), British archaeologist
- Whelan, Bill, Irish choreographer and songwriter
- Whelan, Michael, science fiction visual artist
- Whigham, Jiggs, musician
- Whipple, Fred, US astronomer
- Whipple, George Hoyt, (1978-1976), Nobel Prize in medicine awardee
- Whistler, James McNeill, (1834-1903), painter
- Whitacre, Mark, (1964-2002), US whistle-blower
- Whitaker, TK, architect of post-war economic development
- Whitcomb, Edgar D, US politician
- Whitcomb, James, US politician
- Whitcomb, Richard, aerospace engineer
- Whiteaker, John, US Oregon Governor
- White, Albert B, US politician
- White, Andy, (born 1930), musician
- White, Barry, (1944-2003), US musician
- White, Dan, – US assassin of mayor of San Francisco George Moscone and councilman Harvey Milk
- White, E.B, (1899-1985), Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan
- White, Edward, (1930-1967), US astronaut
- White, Ellen G, (founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church)
- Whitefield, George, (1714-1770), C of E minister, Methodist leader
- White, Frank, US politician
- White, Gilbert, (1720-1795)
- White, Harry Dexter (1892-1948), bureaucrat, spy, (co)designer of Morgenthau plan and IMF
- Whitehead, Alfred North, (1861-1947), philosopher
- White, Horace, Republican, 1910
- Whitehouse, Paul, comedian
- James White (1928-1999), Irish science fiction writer of Sector General fame
- White, James, US politician
- White, Josh, musician
- Whiteman, Paul, (1890-1967), US band leader
- White, Mark, (1983-1987), American Governor of Texas
- White, Patrick, (1912-1990), Australian writer
- White, Pearl, actor
- White, Stanford, (1853-1906), architect
- White, Stewart Edward, US novelist
- White, T. H, author of The Sword in the Stone and The Once and Future King
- White, Theodore, United States
- White, William Allen, US novelist
- Whitfield, James M, poet
- Whitfield, June, (born 1925), British comedy actress
- Whitfield, Mark, musician
- Whitfield, Simon, Olympic triathelete
- Whitgift, John, (c. 1530-1604), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Whiting, Margaret, US popular singer
- Whiting, Richard, US popular composer
- Whitlam, Gough, (born 1916), Australian Prime Minister
- Whitlock, Brad, American novelist
- Whitman, Charles S, Republican, 1915-1918
- Whitman, Christine Todd, Governor of New Jersey
- Whitman, Mae, (born 1988), US actress in State Of Grace
- Whitman, Slim, (born 1924), musician
- Whitman, Walt, (1819-1892), American poet
- Whitney, Eli, (1765-1825), cotton gin, interchangeable parts
- Whitson, Peggy, astronaut
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, (1807-1892), poet
- Whittle, Frank, (1907-1996), US co-developer of the jet engine
- Whittlesey, William, (died 1374), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Whitworth, Joseph, (1803-1887), mechanical
- Whorf, Benjamin, (1897-1941), linguist
- Whymper, Edward, (1840-1911), climber - first ascent of the Matterhorn
- Whyte, John, focused on Northern Ireland and on divided societies
- Whyte, William Pinkney, US governor