| 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 |
