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

Richard Wilbur	American poet	1921–2017
Ysabeau S. Wilce	American writer
Ulrich Wilcken	German historian	1862–1944
Carlos Wilcox	American poet	1794–1827
David Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox	American author and poet	1850–1919
Lisa Wilcox	American actress	1964
Frank Wilczek	physicist	1951
Kim Wilde	English pop singer	1960
Larry Wilde	American comedian	1928
Lori Wilde	American writer	1958
Oscar Wilde	Irish writer and poet	1854–1900
Stuart Wilde	English writer	1946–2013
Peter Wildeblood	British writer	1923–1999
Billy Wilder	American filmmaker	1906–2002
Deontay Wilder	American boxer	1985
Gene Wilder	American actor	1933–2016
Laura Ingalls Wilder	American children's writer, d…	1867–1957
Thornton Wilder	American playwright and novel…	1897–1975
Geert Wilders	Dutch politician	1963
Andrew Wiles	British mathematician	1953
Deborah Wiles	American children's writer	1953
Marcellus Wiley	American football player	1974
Peter Wilfahrt	German author and entrepreneur	1986
Richard Wilhelm	German sinologist	1873–1930
Isabel Wilkerson	American journalist	1961
Lawrence Wilkerson	Chief of Staff to Colin Powell	1945
John Wilkes	English journalist and politi…	1725–1797
Maurice Wilkes	British computer scientist	1913–2010
Robert Wilkie	10th United States Secretary …	1962
William J. Wilkins
James H. Wilkinson	English mathematician	1919–1986
Eileen Wilks	fiction writer	1952
James Wilks	English martial artist	1978
George Will	American newspaper columnist,…	1941
Dallas Willard	American philosopher	1935–2013
Frances Willard	American suffragist	1839–1898
Fred Willard	American actor and comedian	1939
Nancy Willard	American writer	1936–2017
Jean-Pierre Willem	French humanitarian	1938
Mo Willems	American children's illustrat…	1968
Don Willett	American judge	1966
Jincy Willett	American writer
Kathleen Willey	White House aide	1946
Bernard Williams	English moral philosopher	1929–2003
Bert Williams	American comedian and actor	1874–1922
Charles Williams	British poet, novelist, theol…	1886–1945
C.K. Williams	American poet and critic	1936–2015
Clayton Williams	American businessman	1931–2020
Emlyn Williams	British dramatist and actor	1905–1987
Esther Williams	competitive American swimmer …	1921–2013
Hank Williams	American country music singer	1923–1953
Hayley Williams	American singer-songwriter an…	1988
Helen Maria Williams	British writer	1759–1827
John Williams	American composer, conductor …	1932
John Edward Williams	American author	1922–1994
JPR Williams	Welsh rugby union player	1949
KaShamba Williams
Katt Williams	American stand-up comedian	1973
Kenneth Williams	English actor and comedian	1926–1988
Kim A. Williams	American cardiologist	1955
Kristian Williams	American historian	1974
Lucinda Williams	American rock, folk, blues, a…	1953
Mark Williams	American conservative activis…
Maynard Owen Williams	American journalist	1888–1963
Ralph Vaughan Williams	English composer	1872–1958
Raymond Williams	philosopher	1921–1988
Ricky Williams	All-American college football…	1977
Robbie Williams	British singer and entertainer	1974
Robin Williams	American actor and stand-up c…	1951–2014
Rodney Williams	Governor-General of Antigua a…	1947
Rowan Williams	Archbishop of Canterbury (200…	1950
Samm-Art Williams	American playwright and scree…	1946
Saul Williams	American singer, musician, po…	1972
Serena Williams	American tennis player	1981
Sonny Bill Williams	New Zealand rugby player and …	1985
Stanley Tookie Williams	American criminal	1953–2005
Tad Williams	novelist	1957
Ted Williams	American professional basebal…	1918–2002
Tennessee Williams	American playwright	1911–1983
Terry Tempest Williams	American writer	1955
Theodore Chickering Williams	American hymnwriter	1855–1915
Vanessa L. Williams	American actress, singer and…	1963
Venus Williams	American tennis player	1980
Walter E. Williams	American economist, commentat…	1936
Walter Jon Williams	American fiction writer	1953
Wendy Williams	American television personali…	1964
William Carlos Williams	American poet	1883–1963
Rita Williams-Garcia	American children's writer	1957
Alexander William Williamson	English scientist	1824–1904
Henry Williamson	British ruralist and natural …	1895–1977
Jack Williamson	American science fiction writ…	1908–2006
Kane Williamson	New Zealand cricketer	1990
Kevin D. Williamson	American writer	1972
Marianne Williamson	American writer	1952
Oliver E. Williamson	American economist	1932
Charles V. Willie	American sociologist	1927
Williemgc	Dominican singer-songwriter, …	1994
Lauren Willig	American author	1977
Bill Willingham	American comics writer and ar…	1956