| Ella Woodward | British blogger | 1991 |
| Joan Woodward | British sociologist | 1916–1971 |
| Joanne Woodward | Actress, producer | 1930 |
| Robert Burns Woodward | American chemist | 1917–1979 |
| Samuel Woodworth | American writer | 1784–1842 |
| Leonard Woolf | English political theorist, a… | 1880–1969 |
| Virginia Woolf | English writer | 1882–1941 |
| Alexander Woollcott | American critic | 1887–1943 |
| John Woolman | American Quaker preacher | 1720–1772 |
| Cornell Woolrich | American author and screenwri… | 1903–1968 |
| Sarah Chauncey Woolsey | writer | 1835–1905 |
| Dorothy Wordsworth | English author, poet and diar… | 1771–1855 |
| William Wordsworth | English Romantic poet | 1770–1850 |
| Henry Clay Work | American composer and songwri… | 1832–1884 |
| Molly Worthen | American writer | 1981 |
| Calum Worthy | Canadian actor | 1991 |
| Fritz Wotruba | Austrian sculptor (23 April … | 1907–1975 |
| Henry Wotton | English ambassador | 1568–1639 |
| Herman Wouk | Pulitzer Prize-winning Americ… | 1915–2019 |
| Steve Wozniak | American inventor, computer e… | 1950 |
| Richard Wrangham | British Primatologist | 1948 |
| Christopher A. Wray | American lawyer, and current … | 1966 |
| Fay Wray | actress | 1907–2004 |
| L. Randall Wray | American economist | 1953 |
| Patricia C. Wrede | author | 1953 |
| Christopher Wren | English architect | 1632–1723 |
| Daniel A. Wren | American business theorist | 1932 |
| Bonnie Wright | English actress, model, scree… | 1991 |
| Chester W. Wright | American economic historian | 1879–1966 |
| Claud William Wright | British paleontologist | 1917–2010 |
| David Wright | American baseball player | 1982 |
| Frances Wright | American activist | 1795–1852 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | American architect (1867-1959) | 1867–1959 |
| Franz Wright | American poet | 1953–2015 |
| John C. Wright | American novelist and technic… | 1961 |
| Lawrence Wright | American writer | 1947 |
| N.T. Wright | Anglican bishop | 1948 |
| Orville Wright | American aviation pioneer | 1871–1948 |
| Richard Wright | African-American writer | 1908–1960 |
| Robert Wright | American journalist, born 1957 | 1957 |
| Samuel E. Wright | American actor | 1946 |
| Sarah E. Wright | American writer | 1929–2009 |
| Steven Wright | American actor and author | 1955 |
| Wilbur Wright | American aviation pioneer | 1867–1912 |
| Will Wright | American video game designer … | 1960 |
| William Burnet Wright | American clergyman | 1836–1924 |
| R. Lee Wrights | American gubernatorial candid… | 1958–2017 |
| John Gardner (British writer) | | |
| Chien-Shiung Wu | Chinese American experimental… | 1912–1997 |
| Constance Wu | American actress | 1982 |
| David Wu | American politician | 1955 |
| Gordon Wu | Hong Kong businessman | 1935 |
| Joseph Wu | Taiwanese politician | 1954 |
| Michelle Wu | City Councilor in Boston, Mas… | 1985 |
| Su Wu | | |
| Sheryl WuDunn | American journalist and execu… | 1959 |
| William Wulf | American computer scientist | 1939 |
| Wilhelm Wundt | German physician, physiologis… | 1832–1920 |
| Richard Wurmbrand | Romanian Christian minister o… | 1909–2001 |
| Elizabeth Wurtzel | American author and journalist | 1967–2020 |
| Thomas Wyatt | English poet and diplomat (15… | 1503–1542 |
| William Wycherley | English dramatist of the Rest… | 1640–1716 |
| John Wycliffe | English theologian and early … | |
| Ron Wyden | American politician | 1949 |
| Andrew Wyeth | Realist painter | 1917–2009 |
| Elinor Wylie | American poet | 1885–1928 |
| Philip Wylie | American writer | 1902–1971 |
| A. Wayne Wymore | American mathematician | 1927–2011 |
| Oswald Wynd | Scottish writer | 1913–1998 |
| John Wyndham | British author | 1903–1969 |
| Ed Wynn | American actor | 1886–1966 |
| Natalie Wynn | YouTube personality | 1988 |
| Steve Wynn | | |
| Kathleen Wynne | 25th Premier of Ontario | 1953 |
| Jon Wynne-Tyson | British writer | 1924 |
| Lois Wyse | American advertising executive | 1926–2007 |
| Amanda Wyss | American actress | 1960 |
