| Paul Joseph Watson | English YouTuber, radio host,… | 1982 |
| Richard Watson | British methodist theologian | 1781–1833 |
| Thomas Watson | English nonconformist preache… | 1616–1686 |
| Tom Watson | American businessman | 1874–1956 |
| Nobuhiro Watsuki | Japanese manga artist | 1970 |
| James Watt | British engineer | 1736–1819 |
| James G. Watt | United States Secretary of th… | 1938 |
| Mike Watt | musician, songwriter | 1957 |
| William Montgomery Watt | Scottish historian | 1909–2006 |
| Bill Watterson | American comic artist | 1958 |
| Wallace D. Wattles | American writer | 1860–1911 |
| Alan Watts | British philosopher, writer a… | 1915–1973 |
| Anthony Watts | American television meteorolo… | 1958 |
| George Frederick Watts | British painter and sculptor | 1817–1904 |
| Isaac Watts | English hymnwriter, theologia… | 1674–1748 |
| J. C. Watts | American politician | 1957 |
| Naomi Watts | British actress and film prod… | 1968 |
| Peter Watts | Canadian biologist and sci-fi… | 1958 |
| Reggie Watts | singer, musician and comedian | 1972 |
| Stephanie Powell Watts | | |
| Theodore Watts-Dunton | English literary critic and p… | 1832–1914 |
| Haim Watzman | American writer | 1956 |
| Alec Waugh | British novelist | 1898–1981 |
| Auberon Waugh | Author | 1939–2001 |
| Evelyn Waugh | British writer | 1903–1966 |
| Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell | senior officer of the British… | 1883–1950 |
| Gerard Way | American musician and comic b… | 1977 |
| Margaret Way | Australian romance fiction wr… | 1900 |
| Francis Wayland | President of Brown University | 1796–1865 |
| Anthony Wayne | Continental Army general | 1745–1796 |
| John Wayne | American film actor | 1907–1979 |
| Lil Wayne | American rapper, singer, reco… | 1982 |
| George Weah | Liberian association football… | 1966 |
| Rest For The Weary | | |
| Leslie Weatherhead | English theologian | 1893–1976 |
| Fred Weatherly | English lawyer, author, lyric… | 1848–1929 |
| Dennis Weaver | American actor | 1924–2006 |
| Richard M. Weaver | American scholar | 1910–1963 |
| Sigourney Weaver | American actress | 1949 |
| Warren Weaver | American mathematician | 1894–1978 |
| Hugo Weaving | Nigerian born British-Austral… | 1960 |
| Aileen Osborn Webb | American patron of the arts | 1892–1979 |
| Charles Henry Webb | American poet | 1834–1905 |
| Gary Webb | American investigative journa… | 1955–2004 |
| Jim Webb | American politician, military… | 1946 |
| Robin L. Webb | American politician | 1960 |
| Stephen H. Webb | American theologian | 1961–2016 |
| William Webbe | | |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber | British composer | 1948 |
| Charles Frederick Webber | American soldier killed in ac… | 1825–1863 |
| Mark Webber | | |
| Carl Maria von Weber | German composer | 1786–1826 |
| David Weber | author | 1952 |
| Eugen Weber | American historian | 1925–2007 |
| Katharine Weber | American novelist | 1955 |
| Max Weber | German sociologist, philosoph… | 1864–1920 |
| Anton Webern | Austrian composer and conduct… | 1883–1945 |
| Daniel Webster | Leading American senator and … | 1782–1852 |
| David L. Webster | American Physicist | 1888–1976 |
| Jean Webster | American novelist | 1876–1916 |
| John Webster | English dramatist | 1578–1634 |
| Nesta Helen Webster | British far-right conspiracy … | 1876–1960 |
| Noah Webster | lexicographer, textbook pione… | 1758–1843 |
| Thaddus E. Weckowicz | Canadian psychologist | 1919–2000 |
| Frank Wedekind | German playwright | 1864–1918 |
| Brent Weeks | American fiction writer | 1977 |
| Sarah Weeks | American children's writer | 1955 |
| Mason Weems | fictionalizing biographer of … | 1759–1825 |
| Wang Wei | a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, … | 699–759 |
| Wei Wu Wei | writer | 1895–1986 |
| Karl E. Weick | Organisational psychologist | 1936 |
| Karl Weierstrass | German mathematician | 1815–1897 |
| William Weigand | Catholic bishop | 1937 |
| André Weil | French mathematician | 1906–1998 |
| Simone Weil | French philosopher, Christian… | 1909–1943 |
| Sanford I. Weill | American banker and philantrh… | 1933 |
| Elizabeth Wein | American children's writer | 1964 |
| Len Wein | American comic book writer an… | 1948–2017 |
| Alvin M. Weinberg | American nuclear physicist | 1915–2006 |
| Gerald M. Weinberg | American computer scientist | 1933–2018 |
| Steven Weinberg | American theoretical physicist | 1933 |
| David Weinberger | American philosopher | 1950 |
| Anthony Weiner | American politician | 1964 |
| Jennifer Weiner | American writer | 1970 |
| Jonathan Weiner | American nonfiction writer | 1953 |
| Lawrence Weiner | American artist | 1942 |
| Jona Weinhofen | Australian singer | 1983 |
| Otto Weininger | austrian philosopher and writ… | 1880–1903 |
| Bret Weinstein | biologist, professor, public … | 1969 |
| Arnold Weinstock | English businessman | 1924–2002 |
| Cui Weiping | Chinese film critic | 1956 |
| Andy Weir | American writer | 1972 |
| Johnny Weir | figure skater | 1984 |
| Peter Weir | Australian film director | 1944 |
| Robert Stanley Weir | Canadian judge and poet | 1856–1926 |
| Margaret Weis | American fantasy novelist | 1948 |
| René Weis | | 1953 |
| Lauren Weisberger | American writer | 1977 |
| Dov Weisglass | Israeli lawyer | 1946 |
| Adam Weishaupt | German philosopher and founde… | 1748–1830 |
