| John Archibald Wheeler | American physicist | 1911–2008 |
| Stuart Wheeler | British businessman and polit… | 1935 |
| Allen Wheelis | American psychoanalyst | 1915–2007 |
| Gloria Whelan | British children's writer | 1923 |
| Elizabeth Bisland Whetmore | American writer and journalist | 1861–1929 |
| William Whewell | English philosopher & histori… | 1794–1866 |
| Edwin Percy Whipple | American writer | 1819–1886 |
| Henry Benjamin Whipple | Bishop of Minnesota | 1822–1901 |
| William Whipple | American signatory of the Dec… | 1730–1785 |
| James McNeill Whistler | American-born, British-based … | 1834–1903 |
| John J. Whitacre | American politician | 1860–1938 |
| Forest Whitaker | American actor | 1961 |
| Andrew Dickson White | American politician | 1832–1918 |
| Beverly White | American politician | 1928–2021 |
| Bouck White | American author and novelist | 1874–1951 |
| Byron White | Associate Justice of the U.S.… | 1917–2002 |
| Chilton A. White | American politician | 1826–1900 |
| Curtis White | American academic | 1951 |
| Dana White | President of the UFC | 1969 |
| E. B. White | American writer | 1899–1985 |
| Edmund White | American novelist and LGBT es… | 1940 |
| Edward Higgins White | | |
| Ellen G. White | American author and founder/l… | 1827–1915 |
| Ethel Lina White | British writer | 1876–1944 |
| Hayden White | American historian | 1928–2018 |
| Henry Kirke White | English poet | 1785–1806 |
| Jack White | American musician and record … | 1975 |
| Karen White | American writer | 1964 |
| Leonard D. White | American historian | 1891–1958 |
| Marco Pierre White | English chef and restaurateur | 1961 |
| Meg White | American musician | 1974 |
| Patrick White | English-born Australian writer | 1912–1990 |
| Paula White | American television evangelist | 1966 |
| Persia White | American actress and singer | 1972 |
| Ron White | American comedian | 1956 |
| Shaun White | American snowboarder and skat… | 1986 |
| T. H. White | author | 1906–1964 |
| Tim White | American musician | 1991 |
| Vanna White | American model and game show … | 1957 |
| William Allen White | American newspaper editor and… | 1868–1944 |
| John Whiteaker | American politician | 1820–1902 |
| George Whitefield | English minister and preacher | 1714–1770 |
| Jack Whitehall | British comedian, television … | 1988 |
| Alfred North Whitehead | English mathematician and phi… | 1861–1947 |
| Colson Whitehead | novelist | 1969 |
| Katharine Whitehorn | British writer | 1928 |
| Mary Whitehouse | British activist | 1910–2001 |
| William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw | British Conservative politici… | 1918–1999 |
| Rachel Whiteread | British sculptor | 1963 |
| Gough Whitlam | Australian politician, 21st P… | 1916–2014 |
| Jason Whitlock | American TV person | 1967 |
| Charles Otis Whitman | American zoologist | 1842–1910 |
| Christine Todd Whitman | American politician | 1946 |
| Meg Whitman | American business executive | 1956 |
| Sarah Helen Whitman | United States poet | 1803–1878 |
| Walt Whitman | American poet, essayist and j… | 1819–1892 |
| David Whitmer | Book of Mormon witness | 1805–1888 |
| Phyllis A. Whitney | American writer | 1903–2008 |
| Rich Whitney | American lawyer | 1955 |
| Gerald James Whitrow | British mathematician | 1912–2000 |
| Edward Whittemore | American writer | 1933–1995 |
| John Greenleaf Whittier | American Quaker poet and advo… | 1807–1892 |
| Bill Whittle | author, director, screenwrite… | 1959 |
| Charlotte Whitton | Canadian politician | 1896–1975 |
| Benjamin Lee Whorf | American linguist | 1897–1941 |
| David Whyte | | |
| Jack Whyte | Canadian writer | 1940 |
| Lancelot Law Whyte | Scottish industrial engineer | 1896–1972 |
| William Foote Whyte | American sociologist | 1914–2000 |
| George Whyte-Melville | Scottish writer | 1821–1878 |
| Leonard Wibberley | Irish-American author | 1915–1983 |
| Lori Wick | American writer | |
| Walter Wick | American photographer and cre… | 1953 |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | Former Prime Minister of Sri … | 1949 |
| Philip Wicksteed | English economist | 1844–1927 |
| Zoë Wicomb | South African author resident… | 1948 |
| John Edgar Wideman | Fiction writer, memoirist, es… | 1941 |
| Annette Widmann-Mauz | German politician | 1966 |
| Cainan Wiebe | Canadian actor | 1995 |
| Denis Wiehe | Seychellois bishop | 1940 |
| Lis Wiehl | American legal scholar | 1961 |
| Christoph Martin Wieland | German writer, poet and publi… | 1733–1813 |
| Helmin Wiels | Curaçao politician | 1958–2013 |
| Norbert Wiener | American mathematician | 1894–1964 |
| Eric F. Wieschaus | American geneticist | 1947 |
| Elie Wiesel | writer, professor, political … | 1928–2016 |
| Simon Wiesenthal | Austrian Holocaust survivor n… | 1908–2005 |
| Lambert Wiesing | German archaeologist, humanit… | 1963 |
| David Wiesner | American children's illustrat… | 1956 |
| Brianna Wiest | | 1992 |
| Kate Douglas Wiggin | American writer | 1856–1923 |
| Smith Wigglesworth | British evangelist | 1859–1947 |
| Susan Wiggs | American writer | 1958 |
| Eugene Paul Wigner | mathematician and Nobel Prize… | 1902–1995 |
| Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | President of Sri Lanka | 1916–2008 |
| Unni Wikan | Norwegian anthropologist | 1944 |
| Ken Wilber | American writer and public sp… | 1949 |
| Samuel Wilberforce | Bishop in the Church of Engla… | 1805–1873 |
| William Wilberforce | English politician | 1759–1833 |
| Ray Lyman Wilbur | President of Stanford Univers… | 1875–1949 |
