Authors by W

Oscar Wilde 812

Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

Virginia Woolf 382

English writer 1882–1941

Ludwig Wittgenstein 228

Austrian-British philosopher 1889–1951

Tennessee Williams 139

American playwright 1911–1983

George Washington 186

first President of the United States 1732–1799

Neale Donald Walsch 71

American writer 1943

Steven Weinberg 46

American theoretical physicist 1933

Orson Welles 53

American actor, director, writer and producer 1915–1985

Jack Welch 27

American executive: General Electric CEO 1935

Richard Wagner 39

German composer, conductor 1813–1883

Gustav Friedrich Waagen	German art historian	1794–1868
Frans de Waal	Dutch primatologist and ethol…	1948
Abdourahman A. Waberi	Djiboutian writer	1965
J. Augustine Wade	Irish composer	1796–1845
Nicholas Wade	British writer	1942
Adrianne Wadewitz	academic and Wikipedian	1977–2014
Vivek Wadhwa	American academic
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar	Indian writer	1919–1974
Ann Wagner	American diplomat	1962
Jane Wagner	Playwright, actress	1935
Richard Wagner	German composer, conductor	1813–1883
Scott Wagner	American politician	1955
Szeto Wah	Hong Kong politician and teac…	1931–2011
Majalli Wahabi	Israeli politician	1954
Abdurrahman Wahid	4th President of Indonesia, I…	1940–2009
Mark Wahlberg	American actor, television pr…	1971
Navneet Aditya Waiba	Nepali folk singer
Mark Waid	American comics writer	1962
John Wain	British writer	1925–1994
Adam Wainwright	baseball player	1981
Rufus Wainwright	American-Canadian singer-song…	1973
Morrison Waite	American politician	1816–1888
Lena Waithe	American actress, producer, a…	1984
Denis Waitley	American writer	1933
Tom Waits	American singer-songwriter an…	1949
Josh Waitzkin	Chess player	1976
Buddy Wakefield	American poet	1974
Gilbert Wakefield	English scholar	1756–1801
Rick Wakeman	English keyboardist, songwrit…	1949
Selman Waksman	American scientist, biochemis…	1888–1973
Chris Walas	American special effects arti…	1955
Barbados Joe Walcott	British boxer	1873–1935
Derek Walcott	Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet…	1930–2017
Theo Walcott	English association football …	1989
Greg Walden	American politician	1957
Herwarth Walden	German artist	1878–1941
Alfred von Waldersee	Prussian Field Marshal	1832–1904
Friedrich von Waldersee	Prussian general (1795-1864)	1795–1864
Kurt Waldheim	4th Secretary-General of the …	1918–2007
Ayelet Waldman	American- Israeli writer	1964
Paul Waldman	American op-ed columnist and …	1968
Dwight Waldo	American political scientist	1913–2000
Jeremy Waldron	American lawyer	1953
Charles, Prince of Wales	son of Queen Elizabeth II of …	1948
Diana, Princess of Wales	First wife of Charles, Prince…	1961–1997
Gerald of Wales	Medieval clergyman and histor…	1146
Jimmy Wales	Wikipedia co-founder and Amer…	1966
Lech Wałęsa	Polish politician, Nobel Peac…	1943
Arthur Waley	British academic	1889–1966
Wali Mohammed Wali	Indian poet	1667–1707
Christopher Walken	American actor	1943
Alice Walker	American author and activist	1944
Clement Walker	English politician	1595–1651
Kara Walker	African American artist	1969
Murray Walker	Motorsport commentator and jo…	1923
Paul Walker	American actor	1973–2013
Rebecca Walker	American writer	1969
Shiloh Walker	American writer	1950
Arnold Wall	university professor, philolo…	1869–1966
Larry Wall	American computer programmer …	1954
Leland Val Van De Wall
Chris Walla	American musician	1975
Alfred Russel Wallace	British naturalist, explorer,…	1823–1913
B. Alan Wallace	American author, translator, …	1950
Daniel Wallace	American author	1959
David Foster Wallace	American fiction writer and e…	1962–2008
Edgar Wallace	British crime writer, journal…	1875–1932
Frank R. Wallace	Philosopher, author, entrepre…	1932–2006
George Wallace	45th Governor of Alabama	1919–1998
Henry A. Wallace	Vice President of the United …	1888–1965
Irving Wallace	American writer	1916–1990
Mick Wallace	Irish politician and football…	1955
Randall Wallace	American filmmaker	1949
Tommy Lee Wallace	American film director	1949
William Wallace	Scottish landowner and leader…	1270–1305
William Ross Wallace	American poet	1819–1881
Edward Lewis Wallant	American writer	1926–1962
Edmund Waller	English poet and politician	1606–1687
Robert James Waller	American writer	1939–2017
Immanuel Wallerstein	economic historian	1930–2019
Annabelle Wallis	British Actress	1984
George Wallis
John Wallis	English mathematician	1616–1703
Jeannette Walls	American writer and journalist	1960
Horace Walpole	English art historian, man of…	1717–1797
Hugh Walpole	New Zealand writer	1884–1941
Robert Walpole	British statesman	1676–1745
Léon Walras	French mathematical economist	1834–1910
Neale Donald Walsch	American writer	1943
Robert Walser	Swiss writer	1878–1956
David Walsh	Irish sports journalist	1955
David I. Walsh	U.S. Senator from Massachuset…	1872–1947
Gerald Thomas Walsh	Catholic bishop	1942
Francis Walsingham	English spy, diplomat and pol…	1532–1590
Stephen M. Walt	American political scientist	1955
Mika Waltari	Finnish author	1908–1979
Jess Walter	American writer	1965
William Grey Walter	American-born British neurosc…	1910–1977
Barbara Walters	American broadcast journalist…	1929
Minette Walters	British crime writer	1949