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Linda Wachner, apparel industry executive
Henry Wade, district attorney
Robert Wadlow, tall man
Robert Wagner, actor
Mark Wahlberg, singer, actor
Tom Waits, songwriter, actor, singer
Frederique Van der Wal, model
Jimmy Wales, inventor, entrepreneur
Christopher Walken, actor
Alice Walker, writer
Brian Walker, inventor, adventurer
John Walker, terrorist
Maggie Lena (Mitchell) Walker, businesswoman
Paul Walker, actor
Sarah Breedlove Walker, businesswoman, philanthropist
William Walker, adventurer
William Wallace, outlaw, ruler
Eli Wallach, actor
The Flying Wallendas, circus performers
Fats Waller, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
The Wallflowers, rock band
Lech Walesa, politician, electrician, activist
J. T. Walsh, actor
M. Emmet Walsh, actor
Kate Walsh, actor
Stella Walsh, runner
Ray Walston, actor
Barbara Walters, television reporter and anchor
Julie Walters, actress
Sam Walton, business personality
John Wanamaker, merchant
Sam Wanamaker, actor, director
An Wang, computer entrepreneur
Charles B. Wang, computer software entrepreneur
Vera Wang, fashion designer
Wayne Wang, film director
Perkin Warbeck, fraud
Fred Ward, actor
Nancy Ward , Cherokee leader and Beloved Woman
Rachel Ward, actress
Andy Warhol, artist, filmmaker
Margaret Warner, TV news reporter
Ty Warner, toy industry executive
Estella Warren, model, actor
Rick Warren, clergyman, evangelist
Dionne Warwick, singer
Denzel Washington, actor
Dinah Washington, singer
Isaiah Washington, actor
Washoe, sign-Language chimp
Wendy Wasserstein, playwright
John Waters, filmmaker
Maxine Waters, U.S. congresswoman
Muddy Waters, blues singer
Sam Waterston, actor
Doc Watson, guitarist, country musician
Emily Watson, actor
Emma Watson, actor
James Watson, genetic scientist
John H. Watson, M.D., fictional sidekick
Thomas John Watson, Jr., computer industry executive
Thomas John Watson, Sr., business executive
James Watt, inventor
Bill Watterson, cartoonist
(Alyce) Faye Wattleton, activist
Charlie Watts, drummer
J. C. Watts, politician
Naomi Watts, actor
Damon Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, producer
Keenan Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian, writer, director
John Wayne, actor
Carl Weathers, actor, former professional football player
Sigourney Weaver, actor
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer
John and Eliza Webb, Florida homesteaders
Dick Weber, bowler
Edwin S. Webster, electrical engineer
Josiah Wedgwood, potter
Bob Weinstein , producer
Harvey Weinstein, producer
Bob Weir, singer, guitarist
Frederick R. Weisman, businessman, art collector, philanthropist
Rachel Weisz, actor
Raquel Welch, actress
Orson Welles, actor, filmmaker
Emmeline Blanche Woodward Wells , Mormon community leader and suffragist
H.G. Wells, writer
Junior Wells , musician
Kitty Wells, country singer
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, activist
Eudora Welty, writer
Bernard Werber, writer
Devon Werkheiser, actor
Cornel West, scholar
Kanye West, music producer, rapper
Mae West, actor, writer
Shane West, actor
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex advisor
George Westinghouse, inventor, entrepreneur
George Hunt Weyerhaeuser, lumber executive
Wil Wheaton, actor, writer, internet celebrity
Forest Whitaker, actor, director
Barry White, singer
Ellen G. White, religious figure
Snow White, fictional character
Vanna White, game show host
The White Stripes, rock band
Brad Whitford, guitarist
Christine Todd Whitman, U.S. politician, public official
Margaret C. Meg, Whitman, business executive
Eli Whitney, inventor
Dr. Who, fictional TV character
The Who, rock band
Otto Wichterle, inventor
John Edgar Wideman, writer
Michelle Wie, golfer
Elie Wiesel, writer
Simon Wiesenthal, writer, activist
Dianne Wiest, actress
Albert Henry Wiggin, banker
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman , athlete
Wilco, rock group
Jack Wild, actor
Billy Wilder, director, writer, producer
Gene Wilder, actor, filmmaker
Charles Wiley, publisher
Jonny Wilkinson, rugby player
Tom Wilkinson, actor
Prince William, royalty
Barry Williams, actor
Dar Williams, singer, songwriter
George Washington Williams, religious leader, historian
Gluyas Williams, cartoonist
Jayson Williams, basketball player
Jody Williams, activist
John Williams, composer
Michelle Williams, actor
O. S. Ozzie Williams, aeronautical engineer
Robin Williams, actor, comedian
Serena Williams, tennis player
Stanley Tookie Williams, gangster, writer
Ted Williams, baseball player
Vanessa Williams, singer, actor
Venus Williams, tennis player
Fred Williamson, football player, actor
Sonny Boy Williamson, blues singer, harmonica player
Peter Williams, Jr., religious leader
Peter Williams, Sr., religious leader
Tennessee Williams, playwright, author
Tony Williams, musician
Treat Williams, actor
Bruce Willis, actor
Bob Wills, country musician
August Wilson, playwright, poet, writer
Brian Wilson, songwriter, vocalist
Carl Wilson, guitarist, vocalist
Cassandra Wilson, singer
Dennis Wilson, pop musician
Dooley Wilson, actor, musician
Jackie Wilson, singer, songwriter
Kemmons Wilson, hotelier
Lanford Wilson, playwright
Luke Wilson, actor
Owen Wilson, actor, screenwriter
Robert Anton Wilson, writer
Valerie Plame Wilson, political figure, spy
Ross Winans, inventor, manufacturer
Oliver Fisher Winchester, arms manufacturer
Amy Winehouse, singer, songwriter
Oprah Winfrey, media personality
Paul Winfield, actor
Debra Winger, actress
Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute lecturer, educator, and writer
Mare Winningham, actress, singer
Kate Winslet, actor
Shelley Winters, actress
Anna Wintour, magazine editor
Reese Witherspoon, actor
Alicia Witt, actor
Katarina Witt, figure skater
Scott Wolf, actor
Nat Wolff, pop musician
Tobias Wolff, writer
Arlington Springs Woman, ancient human
Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter
Faye Wong, musician, actress
Tim Wong, high technology executive
Willy Wonka, fictional character
John Woo, filmmaker
Elijah Wood, actor
Natalie Wood, actor
Ron Wood, guitarist
Alfre Woodard, actress
Granville T. Woods, inventor
James Woods, actor
Carter G. Woodson, historian, educator
Jacqueline Woodson, author
C. Vann Woodward,, historian
Joanne Woodward, actress
Lil' Bow Wow, rapper
Steve Wozniak, computer industry pioneer
D'Arcy Wretzky, bassist
Magdalena Wrobel, model
Chien-Shiung Wu, experimental physicist
David Wu, U.S. Congressman
Aileen Wuornos, murderer
Wu-Tang Clan, hip-hop band
John Wycliffe, theologian, translator
Noah Wyle, actor
William Wyler, director
Bill Wyman, bassist
Jane Wyman, actress, producer
Tammy Wynette, country singer
Keenan Wynn, actor

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