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

Walt Whitman 181

American poet, essayist and journalist 1819–1892

Orson Welles 53

American actor, director, writer and producer 1915–1985

Jack Welch 27

American executive: General Electric CEO 1935

Bill Walton
Izaak Walton	English author and biographer	1593–1683
Jo Walton	Welsh Canadian writer	1964
Nancy Bird Walton	Australian aviatrix	1915–2009
Sam Walton	Founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's…	1918–1992
Kenneth N. Waltz	American political scientist …	1924–2013
Michael Waltz	U.S. Representative from Flor…	1974
Michael Walzer	American philosopher	1935
Emmanuel Wamala	Catholic cardinal	1926
Clemantine Wamariya	Rwandan-American activist and…	1988
James Wan	Malaysian-born Australian fil…	1977
Michael Wandmacher	composer	1967
An Wang	American businessman	1920–1990
Esmé Weijun Wang	American writer
Jen Wang	American comics artist	1984
Lulu Wang	Asian-American filmmaker	1983
Nanfu Wang	director and filmmaker	1985
Qian Julie Wang	Chinese-American writer and c…	1987
Shuping Wang	Chinese-American medical rese…	1959–2019
Ti-Anna Wang	Chinese dissident	1989
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	King of Bhutan	1980
Jigme Singye Wangchuck	King of Bhutan 1972–2006	1955
Fetty Wap	American rapper and singer fr…	1991
Josaia Waqabaca	Fijian politician
Taito Waradi	Fijian businessman
Nigel Warburton	British author and lecturer	1962
Patrick Warburton	American actor	1964
Artemus Ward	American writer	1834–1867
Burt Ward	American actor	1945
Harry F. Ward	American methodist minister	1873–1966
Jesmyn Ward	American writer	1977
John Clive Ward	British-Australian nuclear ph…	1924–2000
Keith Ward	British philosopher, theologi…	1938
Kelli Ward	American politician	1969
M. Ward	singer-songwriter and guitari…	1973
Mary Augusta Ward	British novelist	1851–1920
Micky Ward
Nathaniel Ward	Puritan clergyman and pamphle…	1578–1652
Ned Ward	English writer	1667–1731
Pendleton Ward	American animator	1982
Jim Warda
William Ward-Higgs	English songwriter	1866–1936
Ellsworth Wareham		1914–2018
Emma Wareus	Miss Botswana 2010, 1st runne…	1990
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield	American theologian	1851–1921
Andy Warhol	American artist	1928–1987
Walter Warlimont	German general	1894–1976
Peter Warlock
Shane Warne	Australian former internation…	1969–2022
Anna Bartlett Warner	American hymnwriter	1827–1915
Charles Dudley Warner	American writer	1829–1900
C. Terry Warner	American writer
Harry Warner	Film studio executive	1881–1958
Kurt Warner	American football quarterback	1971
Marina Warner	writer and mythographer	1946
Mark Warner	United States Senator from Vi…	1954
Michael Warner	American writer	1958
Sylvia Townsend Warner	writer, poet, activist	1893–1978
William Warner	English poet	1558–1609
Mike Warnke	Evangelical Christian minister	1946
Mary Warnock	Philosopher of morality, educ…	1924–2019
Ibn Warraq	Pakistani writer	1946
Christine Warren	American writer
Earl Warren	United States federal judge	1891–1974
Ed Warren	American paranormal investiga…	1926–2006
Elizabeth Warren	28th United States Senator fr…	1949
Josiah Warren	American individualist anarch…	1798–1874
Rick Warren	Christian religious leader	1954
Robert Penn Warren	American poet, novelist, and …	1905–1989
David Warsh	American journalist	1944
Joseph Warton	English literary critic	1722–1800
Thomas Warton	English literary historian, c…	1728–1790
Kevin Warwick	British robotics and cybernet…	1954
Lavina Washines	American politician	1940–2011
Booker T. Washington	African-American educator, au…	1856–1915
Denzel Washington	actor, screenwriter, director…	1954
George Washington	first President of the United…	1732–1799
Kerry Washington	American actress	1977
Martha Washington	First Lady of the United Stat…	1731–1802
Lew Wasserman	American studio executive and…	1913–2002
Robin Wasserman	American writer of speculativ…	1978
Wendy Wasserstein	American playwright	1950–2006
Keith Waterhouse	British writer	1929–2009
Alan Tower Waterman	American physicist	1892–1967
Nixon Waterman	American writer	1859–1944
Robert H. Waterman	American writer	1950
Alice Waters	American chef, restaurateur, …	1944
John Waters	American filmmaker, actor, co…	1946
Maxine Waters	U.S. Representative from Cali…	1938
Roger Waters	English songwriter, bassist, …	1943
Sarah Waters	novelist	1966
T. A. Waters	American magician	1938–1998
Benjamin Watson	gridiron football player	1980
David Watson
Donald Watson	English vegan activist	1910–2005
Emma Watson	British actress and model	1990
James D. Watson	American molecular biologist,…	1928
Jude Watson	novelist	1956
Larry Watson	novelist	1947
Paul Watson	Canadian environmental activi…	1950