- Waage. Peter Waage.
- Wace. Robert Wace.
- Wachsmann. Konrad Wachsmann.
- Wackenroder. Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder.
- Waddington. William Henry Waddington.
- Wade. Abdoulaye Wade.
- Wagenseil. Georg Christoph Wagenseil.
- Wägner. Elin Wägner.
- Wagner. Richard Wagner.
- Wagner. Adolph Wagner.
- Wagner. Otto Wagner.
- Wagner-Jauregg. Julius Wagner-Jauregg.
- Wagner von Jauregg. Julius Wagner von Jauregg.
- Wahid. Abdurrahman Wahid.
- Wain. John Barrington Wain.
- Waits. Tom Waits.
- Wajda. Andrzej Wajda.
- Wakefield. Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
- Wakhevitch. Georges Wakhevitch.
- Waksman. Selman Abraham Waksman.
- Walahfrid Strabo.
- Walcott. Derek Walcott.
- Wald. George Wald.
- Waldeck-Rousseau. Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau.
- Walden. Georg Levin, dit Herwarth Walden.
- Walder. Francis Walder.
- Waldersee. Alfred, comte von Waldersee.
- Waldetrude. sainte Waldetrude.
- Waldheim. Kurt Waldheim.
- Waldmüller. Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller.
- Waldseemüller. Martin Waldseemüller.
- Waldteufel. Émile Waldteufel.
- Wałęsa. Lech Wałęsa.
- Walewska. Maria Łaczyñska, comtesse Marie Walewska.
- Walewski. Alexandre Joseph Colonna, comte Walewski.
- Walid Ier (al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik).
- Walid II (al-Walid ibn Yazid).
- Walker. sir John Ernest Walker.
- Walker. Aaron Thibeaux Walker, dit T-Bone Walker.
- Wallace. sir William Wallace.
- Wallace. sir Richard Wallace.
- Wallace. Alfred Russel Wallace.
- Wallace. Lewis, dit Lew Wallace.
- Wallace. Edgar Wallace.
- Wallach. Otto Wallach.
- Wallenstein. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein.
- Waller. Edmund Waller.
- Waller. Maurice Warlomont, dit Max Waller.
- Waller. Thomas, dit Fats Waller.
- Wallia.
- Wallin. Johan Olof Wallin.
- Wallington. Giacinto Figlia, dit George Wallington.
- Wallis. John Wallis.
- Wallis. Samuel Wallis.
- Wallon. Henri Wallon.
- Wallon. Henri Wallon.
- Walpole. Robert Walpole, 1er comte d'Orford.
- Walpole. Horace Walpole, comte d'Orford.
- Walpurgis. sainte Walpurgis.
- Walras. Léon Marie Esprit Walras.
- Walschap. Gerard Walschap.
- Walser. Robert Walser.
- Walser. Martin Walser.
- Walsh. Raoul Walsh.
- Waltari. Mika Waltari.
- Walter. Hubert Walter.
- Walter. Johann Walter.
- Walter. Bruno Walter Schlesinger, dit Bruno Walter.
- Walther. Johann Gottfried Walther.
- Walther von der Vogelweide.
- Walton. Izaak Walton.
- Walton. Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton.
- Wamba.
- Wandrille. saint Wandrille.
- Wang Anshi.
- Wang Chong.
- Wanggon.
- Wang Hongwen.
- Wang Hui.
- Wang Jingwei.
- Wang Mang.
- Wang Meng.
- Wang Shifu.
- Wang Shimin.
- Wang Wei.
- Wang Yangming, dit aussi Wang Shouren.
- Wang Yuanqi.
- Wanjiru. Samuel Wanjiru.
- Wankel. Felix Wankel.
- Wappers. Gustave Wappers.
- Waqidi. al-Waqidi.
- Warburg. Emil Warburg.
- Warburg. Aby Warburg.
- Warburg. Otto Heinrich Warburg.
- Ward. Mary Augusta Arnold, Mrs. Humphry Ward.
- Warens. Louise Éléonore de La Tour du Pil, baronne de Warens.
- Warhol. Andy Warhol.
- Warren. Earl Warren.
- Warren. Robert Penn Warren.
- Warren. J. Robin Warren.
- Wartburg. Walther von Wartburg.
- Warton. Thomas Warton.
- Washakie.
- Washington. George Washington.
- Wasiti. Yahya ibn Mahmud, dit al-Wasiti.
- Wassermann. August von Wassermann.
- Wassermann. Jakob Wassermann.
- Wast. Gustavo Martínez Zuviría, dit Hugo Wast.
- Wat. Aleksander Wat.
- Watelet. Claude Henri Watelet.
- Waters. McKinley Morganfield, dit Muddy Waters.
- Watson. John Broadus Watson.
- Watson. James Dewey Watson.
- Watson. Ian Watson.
- Watson. Thomas Watson.
- Watson. sir William Watson.
- Watson. Thomas John Watson.
- Watson-Watt. sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt.
- Watt. James Watt.
- Watteau. Antoine Watteau.
- Watts. George Frederic Watts.
- Wauchier de Denain.
- Waugh. Evelyn Waugh.
- Wavell. Archibald Percival, 1er comte Wavell.
- Wayne. Marion Michael Morrison, dit John Wayne.
- Wazyk. Adam Wazyk.
- Weaver. John Weaver.
- Weaver. Warren Weaver.
- Webb. Philip Speakman Webb.
- Webb. Sidney Webb, baron Passfield.
- Webb. Mary Gladys Webb.
- Weber. Carl Maria von Weber.
- Weber. Ernst Heinrich Weber.
- Weber. Wilhelm Eduard Weber.
- Weber. Max Weber.
- Webern. Anton von Webern.
- Webster. John Webster.
- Webster. Noah Webster.
- Weddell. James Weddell.
- Wedekind. Frank Wedekind.
- Wedgwood. Josiah Wedgwood.
- Weegee. Arthur Fellig, dit Weegee.
- Weenix. Jan Baptist Weenix.
- Wegener. Paul Wegener.
- Wegener. Alfred Wegener.
- Wegmann. Eugène Wegmann.
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- Weidman. Charles Weidman.
- Weierstrass. Karl Weierstrass.
- Weigel. Helene Weigel.
- Wei Jingsheng.
- Weil. Éric Weil.
- Weil. André Weil.
- Weil. Simone Weil.
- Weill. Kurt Weill.
- Weill-Hallé. Marie-Andrée Weill-Hallé.
- Weinberg. Steven Weinberg.
- Weingarten. Romain Weingarten.
- Weingartner. Felix von Weingartner.
- Weinheber. Josef Weinheber.
- Weinreich. Uriel Weinreich.
- Weishaupt. Adam Weishaupt.
- Weismann. August Weismann.
- Weiss. Pierre Weiss.
- Weiss. Peter Weiss.
- Weisse. Christian Felix Weisse.
- Weissenbach. Jean Weissenbach.
- Weisskopf. Victor Weisskopf.
- Weissmuller. John Weissmuller, dit Johnny Weissmuller.
- Weisweiler. Adam Weisweiler.
- Weitling. Wilhelm Weitling.
- Weizman. Ezer Weizman.
- Weizmann. Chaïm Weizmann.
- Weizsäcker. Carl, baron von Weizsäcker.
- Weizsäcker. Richard, baron von Weizsäcker.
- Welhaven. Johan Sebastian Welhaven.
- Weller. Thomas Huckle Weller.
- Weller. John Weller, dit Paul Weller.
- Welles. Orson Welles.
- Wellesley. Richard Colley (ou Cowley) Wellesley, 1er marquis Wellesley.
- Wellesz. Egon Joseph Wellesz.
- Wellington. Arthur Wellesley, 1er duc de Wellington.
- Wells. Horace Wells.
- Wells. Herbert George Wells.
- Welty. Eudora Welty.
- Wemyss. Rosslyn Erskine, lord Wester Wemyss.
- Wenders. Wim Wenders.
- Wenker. Georg Wenker.
- Went. Friedrich August Went.
- Wentworth. Thomas Wentworth, 1er comte de Strafford.
- Wen Yiduo.
- Wen Zhengming.
- Weöres. Sándor Weöres.
- Werfel. Franz Werfel.
- Wergeland. Henrik Wergeland.
- Werich. Jan Werich.
- Werner. Abraham Gottlob Werner.
- Werner. Zacharias Werner.
- Werner. Alfred Werner.
- Werner. Pierre Werner.