List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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- Wodehouse, P.G, (1881-1975), UK satirical writer
- Woerner, Manfred, secretary general of NATO
- Woese, Carl, (born 1928), biologist
- Wogan, Terry, TV and radio "personality"
- Wöhler, Friedrich, (1800-1882), German chemist
- Wohlfeiler, Ewelyne, (born 1951), actress.
- Wohmann, Gabriele, (born 1932), author
- Wojaczek, Rafal, poet
- Wojciechowski, Stanislaw, (1869-1953), president of Poland
- Wojniakowski, Kazimierz, Polish painter
- Wojtkiewicz, Witold, Polish painter
- Wojtyla, Karol,
- Wolcott, Oliver, (1726-1797), (Federalist) 1796-1797
- Wolcott, Roger, US Governor of Massachusetts
- Wolde, Mamo, (1932-2002), marathon runner
- Wolf, Christa, German poet
- Wolf, David, astronaut
- Wolf, Friedrich August, (1759-1824), philologist and archaeologist
- Wolf, Howlin, (died 1976), musician
- Wolf, Hugo, (1860-1903), composer, songwriter
- Wolf, Maximilian, (1863-1932), astronomer
- Wolf, Naomi, (born 1962), feminist writer
- Wolf, Peter, (born 1946), musician ("J Geils Band")
- Wolfe, Charles, (1791-1823), poet
- Wolfe, Gene, (born 1931), US fantasy author
- Wolfe, James, (1727-1759), British general
- Wolfe, Thomas, (1900-1938), novelist (You Can't Go Home Again)
- Wolfe, Tom, (born 1931), writer (The Bonfire of the Vanities)
- Wolff, Christian, composer
- Wolff, Christian, (1679-1754), philosopher
- Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, (1876-1948), composer
- Wolff, Ludwig, (1857-1919)
- Wolfit, Donald, (1902-1968), British actor
- Wolfram, Stephen, (born 1959), scientist
- Wolkenstein, Oswald von, (1377-1445), composer
- Wolkers, Jan, novelist
- Wollaston, William, (1659-1724), philosopher
- Wollaston, William Hyde, (1766-1828), English chemist
- Wolle, Dag, Swedish musician
- Wollheim, Donald A, (1914-1990), (wrote mostly under pseudonyms)
- Wollman, Harvey L, US politician
- Wollschläger, Hans, poet
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, (1759-1797), UK feminist, writer
- Wollter, Sven, Swedish actor
- Wolpe, Joseph, (1915-1997), psychotherapist
- Wolpe, Stefan, (1902-1972), composer
- Wolper, David L, (born 1928), producer
- Wolsey, Thomas (Cardinal), (c. 1475-1530), UK politician, Catholic Cardinal
- Wolstenholme, Joseph, (1829-1891), mathematician
- Wolvecamp, Theo, (1925-1992), painter
- Womack, Bobby, musician
- Womack, Jack, author
- Wonder, Stevie, (born 1950), singer-songwriter, musician
- Wong Fei Hung, (1847-1942), kung fu during the Qing dynasty
- Wong, Victor, (died 2001), aged 74 -- US Movie Actor/Artist
- Woo, John, (born 1946), Chinese film director
- Woo Tsin-hang, (1865-1953), linguist
- Wood, Albert Baldwin, (1879-1956), US inventor & engineer
- Wood, Beatrice, (1893-1998), artist/ceramist
- Wood, Beverly, Canadian writer
- Wood, Brenton, musician
- Wood, Chris, (born 1944), rock musician
- Wood, Del, (1920-1989) US pianist
- Wood, Ed, Jr, (1924-1978), film maker
- Wood, Elijah, (born 1981), US actor
- Wood, George T, (1847-1849), American Governor of Texas
- Wood, Grant, (1892-1942), painter
- Wood, Henry, (1869-1944), British orchestral conductor
- Wood, James, US politician
- Wood, John, British politician
- Wood, Leonard, (1860-1927), General
- Wood, Michael, historian
- Wood, Natalie, (1938-1981), actor
- Wood, Ron, (born 1947), guitarist, ("The Rolling Stones" and the "Jeff Beck Group")
- Wood, Victoria, (born 1953), British comedienne, actress, singer and writer
- Woodard, Alfre, (born 1953), actress
- Woodard, Lynette (born 1959), WNBA basketball player
- Woodbury, Charles H, (1864-1940), American painter
- Woodcock, George, (1912-1995), poet, critic and anarchist author of Anarchism
- Woodcock, Patrick, Canadian writer
- Wooden, John, (born 1910), basketball coach
- Woodhull, Victoria, (1838-1927), US suffragist
- Woodlawn, Holly, (born 1947), actor
- Woodley, Tony, (born 1948), British trade unionist
- Woodman, Britt, musician
- Woodman, Richard, author
- Woodring, Jim, comic creator
- Woods, Don, INTERCAL, Colossal Cave Adventure
- Woods, George L, US Oregon Governor
- Woods, James, (born 1947), US actor
- Woods, Tiger, (born 1975), American golfer
- Woodson, Silas, US governor
- Woodward, Bob, (born 1943), journalist
- Woodward, Harry M, did work with respect to the Old Faithful Geyser
- Woodward, Henry, co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
- Woodward, Joanne, (born 1930), actor
- Woodward, Mabel May, (1877-1945), American painter
- Woodward, Robert B, (1917-1979), 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Woodworth, Samuel, American novelist
- Woolaver, lance, Canadian writer
- Woolf, Virginia, (1882-1941), British author and feminist
- Woollcott, Alexander, (1887-1943), intellectual
- Woolley, Leonard, (1880-1960), British archaeologist
- Woolley, Monty, (1888-1963), actor
- Woolrich, Cornell, (1903-1968), author
- Woolson, Constance Fenimore, US novelist
- Woolvett, Gordon Michael, actor
- Woolworth, F.W, (1856-1919), merchant/businessman, founder of Woolworth's
- Ian Woosnam, British golfer
- Wooten, Michael W, painter
- Wopat, Tom, (born 1951), actor, singer
- Worden, Alfred, astronaut
- Wordsworth, Dorothy, (1771-1855), poet
- Wordsworth, William, (1770-1850), British Romantic poet
- Wörner, Manfred, CDU (Defense)
- Worley, Jo Anne, (born 1937), comedienne
- Worrell, Bernie, (born 1944), singer-songwriter
- Worsley, Gump, (born 1929), Hockey Hall of Famer
- Worsley, Philip Stanhope, (1835-1866), English poet
- Worth, Harry, (1920-1989), British comedian
- Worth, Irene, (born 1916), actress
- Wouk, Herman, (born 1915), US author
- Wouwerman, Philips, (1619-1668), painter
- Wozniak, Steve, (born 1950), US co-founder of Apple computer company