| 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 |
