| Waaktaar; Pal (1961- ); Oslo Norway; rock guitarist/vocalist (A-ha) |
| Wach; Joachim (1898- ); Chemnitz; Saxony; German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding) |
| Wachs; Caitlin (1989- ); Eugene; Oregon; USA.; actress (Chloe Waters-Profiler) |
| Wackenroder; Wilhelm H (1773- ); Berlin; German writer (Fantasies about Art) |
| Wadlow; Robert (1918- ); Alton; Ill.; tallest known human (2.72 m; 8' 11.1") |
| Wagenmakers; Linda (1975- ); Arnhem; Gelderland; Netherlands; singer; actress |
| Wagner; Robert (1930- ); Detroit; Mich.; USA.; actor (It Takes a Thief; Hart to Hart) |
| Wagner; Richard (1813- ); Leipsig Germany; composer (Ring; Flying Dutchman) |
| Wahlberg; Mark (1971- ); Dorchester; Massachusetts; USA; actor |
| Waits; Tom (1949- ); Calif; USA.; rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine) |
| Wajda; Andrzej (1926- ); Suwalki Poland; director (Ashes & Diamonds; Lotna; The Wedding) |
| Waksman; Selman (1888- ); Novaya Priluka; Russia (now the Ukraine); Russ/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951) |
| Walcker; Eberhard F (1794- ); German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt) |
| Walcott; Derek (1930- ); Castries; St Lucia; poet/writer (Omeros; Nobel 1992) |
| Wald; George (1906- ); US; physiologist/biologist (eye; Nobel 1967 1/3 of the prize 1/3 of the prize: Ragnar Granit; Sweden; 1/3 of the prize: Haldan Keffer Hartline; USA) |
| Waldmullerk; Ferdinand G. (1793- ); Austrian painter |
| Walker; Frederick (1840- ); English Social Realist Painter |
| Walker; Paul (1973- ); Glendale; California; actor (The Skulls; Joy Ride) |
| Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823- ); British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution) |
| Wallace; William Vincent (1812- ); Waterford; composer |
| Wallace; Edgar (1875- ); England; novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror) |
| Wallace; DeWitt (1889- ); St Paul; Minn; publisher; founded Readers Digest (1921) |
| Wallach; Otto (1847- ); Germany; chemist (Nobel 1910) |
| Wallach; Eli (1915- ); Bkln. NY.; USA.; actor (Misfits; People Next Door) |
| Wallenberg; Raoul (1912- ); Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10; 00 of Jews) |
| Waller; Edmund (1606- ); Coleshill; England; poet (Penshust) |
| Waller; Fats (1904- ); [Thomas Wright]; jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') |
| Wallis; John (1616- ); English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) |
| Walpole; Hugh S (1884- ); NZ; novelist/playwright (Jeremy; Maradick at 40) |
| Walschap; Gerard (1898- ); Flemish writer/journalist (Mary; Revolt in Congo) |
| Walsh; Joe (1947- ); Wichita; Ks.; guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy) |
| Waltari; Mika (1908- ); novelist; Helsinki; Finland |
| Walter; Bruno (1876- ); [B W Schlesinger]; Berlin; Germany; conductor; (NY Phil) |
| Walters; Charles (1911- ); Brooklyn; NY. US; actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade) |
| Walton; Sam (1918- ); billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart) |
| Walton; Izaak (1593- ); England; biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) |
| Wang; Shi Ting (1973- ); Tainan; Taiwan; tennis star (1994; Taipei) |
| Ward; Sela (1956- ); Meridian; Mississippi; USA; actress |
| Ward; Robert Eugene (1917- ); Cleveland; Ohio; composer (Pantaloon) |
| Ward; Billy (1921- ); US songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger (Dominoes) |
| Ward; Megan (1969- ); LA; Calif; actress (Kimberly Sayers-Mirror Man) |
| Ward; Fred (1942- ); SD.; Calif.; actor (Chain Reaction; Thunderheart; Equinox) |
| Wariner; Steve (1954- ); Noblesville Indiana; country singer (Small Town Girl) |
| Warner; Jack (1892- ); US movie studio head (Warner Bros) |
| Warren; Leonard (1911- ); NYC; NY.; USA.; baritone; Met 1939-60) died on stage |
| Warren; Leslie Ann (1946- ); actress; New York; USA |
| Warton; Thomas (1728- ); poet; laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) |
| Warwick; Dionne (1940- ); East Orange; NJ; singer; (Solid Gold; Way to San Jose) |
| Washington; George (1732- ); Father figure for US President (1789 - 1796) |
| Washington; Denzel (1954- ); Mount Vernon; NY; actor (Dr Chandler-St Elsewhere) |
| Washington Jr.; Grover (1943- ); jazz artist; (Mr Magic) |
| Wassermann; Jakob (1873- ); Fürth; Germany; novelist (My Life as German & Jew) |
| Waterlow; Ernest Albert (1850- ); water-color painter |
| Waters; Benny (1902- ); Brighton; Maryland; USA.; saxophonist |
| Waters; Roger (1944- ); Cambridge England; rock bassist (Pink Floyd-Wall) |
| Watson; [Doc] (1923- ); Deep Gap; North Carolina; USA.; bluegrass musician |
| Watson; William (1858- ); Burley; Wharfedale in Yorkshire; British poet (Prince's Quest; Father of Forest) |
| Watt; James (1736- ); Scotland; inventor (steam engine) |
| Watteau; Jean Antoine (1684- ); French rococo painter; (Onverschillige) |
| Watts; George (1817- ); London; England; painter/sculptor (Choosing) |
| Watts; Charlie (1941- ); drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) |
| Watts; Isaac (1674- ); England; writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican) |
| Wayne; John (1907- ); Winterset IA; actor (Green Berets; True Grit) |
| Weaver; Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] (1949- ); LA; actress (Alien Working Girl) |
| Webb; Veronica (1965- ); model; actress; writer |
| Webb; Harry (1940- ); [Cliff Richard]; Lucknow; India; rock voclist; (Suddenly) |
| Webber; Andrew Lloyd (1948- ); composer; producer |
| Weber; Max (1864- ); German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism) |
| Weber; Alfred (1868- ); German economist/sociologist |
| Weber; Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von (1925- ); Winnetka; Ill; actor; (Pillow Talk; A Farewell to Arms) |
| Weber; Carl Maria von (1786- ); German composer |
| Webern; Anton [Friedrich Wilhelm] von (1883- ); Vienna; Austria; 12-tone composer |
| Webster; Noah (1758- ); lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) |
| Weddell; James (1787- ); Ostend; England; Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) |
| Wedekind; Frank (1864- ); Hannover; German writer |
| Wedgwood; Josiah (1730- ); England; pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) |
| Weill; Kurt J (1900- ); Dessau; Germany; composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany) |
| Weinberger; Jaromir (1896- ); Prague; Czechoslovakia; composer (Bird's Opera) |
| Weinbrenner; Friedrich (1766- ); Karlsruhe; German architect/archaeologist |
| Weinheber; Joseph (1892- ); Austria; poet/writer (Adel und Untergang) |
| Weir; Peter (1944- ); Sydney Aust; director/writer (Witness; Dead Poets Society) |
| Weisgerber; Albert (1878- ); German painter/graphic artist |
| Weiss; Erich (1874- ); [Harry Houdini]; Budapest; Czech; magician/escape artist |
| Weiss; Silvius Leopold (1686- ); Breslau; Silesia. (Wroclaw; Poland); composer |
| Weiss; Peter (1916- ); Germany/Swedish author/dramatist/novelist (Marat/Sade) |
| Weissenbruch; Johannes H (1824- ); landscape painter |
| Weissmuller; Johnny (1904- ); (The original Tarzan) |
| Weitz; John (1923- ); spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places) |
| Welch; Bob (1946- ); rock vocalist/guitarist (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well) |
| Welch; Raquel (1940- ); Chic; Ill; (Myra Breckenridge; 100; 000; 000 BC; 100 Rifles) |
| Weld; [Susan] Tuesday (1943- ); actress; NYC; (Dobie Gillis; Wild in Country I.) |
| Welie; Antoon van (1867- ); Dutch painter |
| Welitsch; Ljuba (1913- ); Borisovo; Bulgaria; opera soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci) |
| Wellek; Rene (1903- ); Vienna Austria; writer (Concepts of Criticism) |
| Weller; Paul (1958- ); Woking; UK; singer |
| Weller; Peter (1947- ); actor; Robocop! |
| Weller; Walter (1939- ); Vienna; Austria; conductor/ violinist (Vienna; Tonkstler Orch.) |
| Welles; Orson (1915- ); |
| Wellesley; Arthur (1769- ); [Duke of Wellington]; ho made Napoleon very unhappy |
| Wellington; Duke of (1769- ); [Arthur Wellesley]; ho made Napoleon very unhappy |
| Wellman; William W (1896- ); Brookline; Mass.; USA; director (Star is Born) |
| Wells; H.G. (1866- ); futurist |
| Werefkin; Marianne von (1860- ); Russian/German/Swiss painter |
| Werfel; Franz (1890- ); Austria; author (40 Days of Musa Dagh) |
| Werner; Theodor (1886- ); German painter |
| Werner; Oskar (1922- ); Vienna; Austria; film actor/director (Shoes of the Fisherman; Das Ekel) |
| Werner; Alfred (1866- ); Swiss chemist (Nobel; 1913) |
| Wernic; Richard (1934- ); Boston; Mass.; USA.; composer |
| Wesendonck; Mathilde (1828- ); German writer/poet (Tagebuchblatter) |
| Wess; Frank (1922- ); Kansas City; Missouri.; USA.; flutist/saxophonist/composer |
| Wessely; Paula (1908- ); Vienna; Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade) |
| West; Morris L (1916- ); Australia; novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman) |
| West; Jerry (1938- ); W Virginia; NBA superstar (LA Lakers; Olympic-gold-1960) |
| West; Mae (1892- ); Brooklyn; New York; USA; actress (Go Up & See Her Sometime; Klondike Annie) |
| West; Benjamin (1738- ); painter; (Death of General Wolfe) |
| West; Dottie (1932- ); Smithville; Tennessee; USA.; country singer |
| West; Rebecca (1892- ); [Cicily I F Andrews]; England; author (Meaning of Treason) |
| Westinghouse; George (1846- ); responsible for alternating current in US |
| Wewerka; Stefan (1928- ); Magedeburg; German architect/sculptor |
| Whalin; Justin (1974- ); SF; Calif; actor; (Jimmy-Lois & Clark Charles in Charge) |
| Wheaton; Wil (1972- ); Burbank; CA; USA; actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley; Stand By Me) |
| Whigfield; (1970- ); [Sannie Charlotte Carlson]; Danish singer |
| Whipple; George Hoyt (1878- ); US; astrophysicist (Nobel-1934) |
| Whistler; James A McNeill (1834- ); US/British painter (Whistler's Mother) |
| Whitaker; Joseph (1820- ); England; publisher; founded Whitaker's Almanack |
| Whitaker; Forest (1961- ); actor; Longview; Texas; USA |
| White; Bryan (1974- ); Lawton; Oklahoma; USA; singer |
| White; Patrick (1912- ); Australia; novelist (Happy Valley; Nobel 1973) |
| White; E. B. (1899- ); writer; Mount Vernon; New York; (Charlotte's Web; Elements of Style) |
| White; Barry (1944- ); Los Angeles; USA; Soul Singer |
| Whitman; Slim (1942- ); Tampa; Florida; USA.; yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range) |
| Whitman; Stuart (1926- ); SF; Calif; USA.; actor (Capt Apache; Ransom; Cimarron Strip) |
| Whitman; Walt (1819- ); poet; |
| Whittle; Frank A (1907- ); Earlsdon district of Coventry; England; English/US inventor (jet engine) |
| Whymper; Edward (1840- ); 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) |
| Widmark; Richard (1914- ); Surise; Minnesota; USA.; actor |
| Widor; Charles-Marie (1844- ); Lyon; France; composer/prof (Paris Conservatory) |
| Wieland; Heinrich (1877- ); German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927) |
| Wien; Wilhelm (1864- ); Fischhausen; Prussia; German phyicist (Nobel 1911) |
| Wien; Julius Bittner (1874- ); Austrian composer (Little Violet) |
| Wiener; Norbert (1894- ); US mathematician/discovered cybernetics |
| Wieniawski; Henryk (1835- ); Lubin; Poland; violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou) |
| Wiesel; Elie (1928- ); Romania; author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986) |
| Wiesenthal; Simon (1908- ); Polish/Austrian; nazi hunter; (Wiesenthal Center) |
| Wigner; Eugene Paul (1902- ); Budapest; Hungary; American mathematician/physicist (A Bomb; Nobel 1963; 1/4 of the prize: Maria Goeppert-Mayer; USA; 1/4 of the prize: J. Hans D. Jensen; Germany) |
| Wilander; Mats (1964- ); Vaxjo Sweden; tennis star (1988-US; Aust; French) |
| Wilde; Oscar (1854- ); [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills]; Dublin; (Pic of Dorian Gray) |
| Wilder; Thornton N (1897- ); Madison; Wisconsin; US; novelist/playwright (Our Town) |
| Wilder; Billy (1906- ); Vienna; director (Ninotchka; Apartment; Stalag 17) |
| Wilhelm; Reich (1897- ); Austrian-US psycho analysist (character analysis) |
| Wilkes; Maurice (1913- ); inventor (stored program concept for computers) |
| Wilkins; George Hubert (1888- ); Australia; polar explorer (Flying the Arctic) |
| Wilkins; Maurice (1916- ); England; physicist; worked with DNA (Nobel 1962) |
| Wilkomirska; Wanda (1929- ); Warsaw; Poland; violinist |
| Willcox; Toyah (1958- ); Birmingham; UK singer; actress; writer |
| Williams; Leona (1943- ); singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues) |
| Williams; Vanessa (1963- ); singer; actress |
| Williams; Maisie (1951- ); Montserrat; rock vocalist (Boney M) |
| Williams; Tennessee (1911- ); Columbus; Mississippi; USA; author |
| Williams; Venus (1980- ); Lynwood Calif; tennis star |
| Williams; Robin (1952- ); Chicago; Ill; comedian; (Mork & Mindy Awakenings) |
| Williams; Esther (1923- ); Inglewood; Cal. USA. actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet) |
| Williams; Michelle (1980- ); Kalispell; Montana; USA; actress (Me Without You) |
| Williams; Kimberly (1971- ); Rye; New York; USA; actress (Simpatico; Lucky 7 - TV) |
| Williams; Hank (1923- ); country singer (Cold Cold Heart; Hey Good Lookin') |
| Williams; Paul (1940- ); Omaha NE; singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes) |
| Williams; Treat (1951- ); Rowayton; CT; US; actor (Flashpoint; Hair; Everwood) |
| Williams; Andy (1930- ); Wall Lake; Iowa; singer (Moon River; Andy Williams Show) |
| Williams Jr.; Hank (1949- ); Shreveport La; country singer (Honky Tonk) |
| Williamson; Kevin (1965- ); screenwriter; director; (Dawson's Creek -creator) |
| Willis; Chuck (1928- ); Atlanta; Georgia; USA.; rock vocalist (C C Rider) |
| Willis; Bruce (1955- ); Idar-Oberstein; West Germany; US actor (The Fifth Element; Die Hard; Twelve Monkeys; The Sixth Sense) |
| Wills; Fingal O'Flahertie (1854- ); [Oscar Wilde]; Dublin; (Pic of Dorian Gray) |
| Wilson; Don (1935- ); rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run; Batman Theme) |
| Wilson; Charles (1869- ); English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel) |
| Wilson; Richard (1714- ); Welsh landscape painter |
| Wilson; Angus (1913- ); England; writer (Mulberry Bush-1955) |
| Wilson; Gerald (1918- ); Shelby; Miss.; USA.; trumpet/composer/orch leader (Redd Foxx) |
| Wilson; Ransom (1951- ); Tuscaloosa; Alabama; flutist (Soliste NY) |
| Wilson; Theodore "Teddy" (1912- ); Austin; Texas; US jazz pianist/arranger |
| Wilson; Dennis (1944- ); Hawthorne; Ca; drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-My Room) |
| Wilson; Cassandra (1955- ); jazz singer |
| Wilson; Carl Dean (1946- ); Hawthorne; Calif; rock vocalist (Beach Boys-Barbie) |
| Wilson; Woodrow (1856- ); 28. President (1912 - 1921) |
| Wilton; Joseph (1722- ); sculptor |
| Wimshurst; James (1832- ); British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) |
| Winckelmann; Johann J (1717- ); German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) |
| Windgassen; Wolfgang (1914- ); tenor (Stuttgart Opera); Annemasse Germany |
| Windsor; William Arthur Philip Louis (1982- ); Prince William |
| Winebrenner; John (1797- ); US; clergyman; founded Church of God |
| Winfield; Paul (1941- ); LA; actor (Star Trek II; Huckleberry Finn; Mars Attack) |
| Winfrey; Oprah (1954- ); Mississippi; actress/TV host |
| Wingfield; Peter (1962- ); actor; Grangetown; Wales (Highlander) |
| Winner; Michael (1935- ); London; England; UK.; producer/director (Big Sleep; Death Wish) |
| Winslet; Kate (1975- ); Reading; Engld; actress (Titanic; Jude; Hamlet; Get Back) |
| Winstone; Ray (1957- ); Hackney; London; England; actor |
| Winter; Johnny [John Dawson] (1944- ); Leland; Miss.; USA.; guitarist (Silver Train) |
| Winter; Edgar (1946- ); Beaumont; Tx.; USA.; rocker (They Only Come Out at Night) |
| Winters; Shelley (1922- ); [Schrift]; St Louis Mo; actress (Poseidon Adventure) |
| Winthrop; John (1588- ); first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Wirth; Niklaus (1934- ); Switzerland; computer programmer/inventor (PASCAL) |
| Wise; Isaac Mayer (1819- ); rabbi/founder (American Hebrew Congregations) |
| Wise; Robert (1914- ); director (Day the Earth Stood Still; West Side Story) |
| Witt; Alicia (1975- ); actress; Worcester; Massachusetts; USA |
| Witt; Katarina (1965- ); Staaken; GDR; figure skater; (Olympic-Gold-1984; '88) |
| Wittgenstein; Ludwig (1889- ); Vienna; Austria; philosopher (Tractatus)a |
| Wittgenstein; Paul (1887- ); Vienna; Austria left hand specialist pianist |
| Wodehouse; P G (1881- ); British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves) |
| Woizikowski; Leon (1899- ); Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) |
| Wolf; Christian (1934- ); Nice; French/US.; composer |
| Wolf; Scott (1968- ); actor; Boston; Mass.; US (Party of Five) |
| Wolfe; Thomas (1900- ); American novelist (Look Homeward Angel) |
| Wolff; Christian von (1679- ); German philosopher |
| Wolff; Tobias (1945- ); US writer (This Boy's Life) |
| Wolf-Ferrari; Ermanno (1876- ); Venice; Italy; composer |
| Wolkers; Jan (1925- ); Dutch sculptor/novelist (Brief American) |
| Wonder; Stevie (1950- ); singer/songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love) |
| Wong; Fann (1971- ); actress; Singapore |
| Wong; Victor (1927- ); San Francisco; California; USA.; actor |
| Wood; Ellen (1814- ); English author (East Lynne; Pomeroy Abbey) |
| Wood; Elijah (1981- ); actor; Cedar Rapids; Iowa; USA (The Lord of the Rings; The Adventures of Huck Finn) |
| Wood; Grant (1892- ); US; painter (American Gothic) |
| Wood; Beatrice (1893- ); potter artist/author |
| Wood; Haydn (1882- ); English composer/conuctor/violinist |
| Wood; Ron (1947- ); Hillingdon; England; UK.; rock guitarist (Faces; Jeff Beck Group; Rolling Stones) |
| Wood; Natalie (1938- ); [Natasha Gurdin]; SF; (Gypsy; Rebel Without a Cause) |
| Woodard; Alfre (1953- ); Tulsa; Oklahoma; USA; actress |
| Woodbridge; Todd (1971- ); Sydney Australia; tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon) |
| Woods; James (1947- ); Vernal; Utah; USA.; actor (Northfork; Any Given Sunday; The Visitors) |
| Woods; [Eldrick] Tigar (1975- ); Golfer |
| Woodward; Joanne (1930- ); actress; Thomas Ville; Georgia; USA (From the Terrace; Philadelphia) |
| Woolf; Virginia [Adeline] (1882- ); London; author (Jacob's Room To Lighthouse) |
| Woolf; Leonard S (1880- ); London; English author/husband of Virginia Woolf |
| Wordsworth; William (1770- ); England; poet; laureate; (Prelude) |
| Wouk; Herman (1915- ); NYC; novelist (Caine Mutiny; Winds of War) |
| Wouters; Rik (1882- ); Belgian painter/sculptor (Virgin Doll) |
| Wren; Sir Christopher (1632- ); astronomer; greatest English architect of his time; built many of the cathedrals in London. |
| Wright; Mickey (1935- ); San Diego CA; LPGA golfer (4 times LPGA champ) |
| Wright; Erykah (1971- ); [Erica Badu]; singer; songwriter |
| Wright; Wilbur (1867- ); of aeroplane fame |
| Wright; Thomas (1904- ); [Fats Waller]; jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') |
| Wright; Frank Lloyd (1869- ); Richland Center Wisc; master builder (Guggenheim) |
| Wright; Richard William (1945- ); rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall) |
| Wright; Orville (1871- ); Dayton OH; aviator (Wright Brothers) |
| Wright; Chely (1970- ); Kansas City; Missouri; USA.; country singer |
| Wright; Leo N (1933- ); US saxophonist (I left my heart in SF) |
| Wright; "Little" Stevie (1948- ); rocker (Easybeats) |
| Wright; Betty (1953- ); US gospel/singer/TV hostess (Little Miss Broadway) |
| Wunderlich; Fritz (1930- ); Kusel; Germany; tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58) |
| Wundt; Wilhelm (1832- ); German physiologist/philosopher |
| Wyle; Noah (1971- ); Hollywood; California; USA; actor |
| Wyler; William (1902- ); Mulhouse; France; director (Ben Hur; Mrs Miniver) |
| Wyman; Jane (1914- ); St. Joseph; Missouri; USA.; actress (Falcon Crest; Magic Town; The Lost Weekend) |
| Wynette; Tammy (1942- ); Redbay; Alabama; country singer (Stand by your Man) |
| Wynonna; (1964- ); [Christina Judd]; Ashland Ky; singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
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