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

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