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- Robert Wadlow, tallest man recorded. Franklin Lodge #25 in Alton, Illinois
- Elijah Wadsworth, Major General of Ohio Militia War of 1812. Master of the Erie Lodge (later Western Star Lodge No. 21) in Ohio, 1813.
- General Jonathan Wainwright, WWII General; Union Lodge No.7, Junction City, Kan. 1946.
- A. E. Waite, writer on occult and esoteric matters, and Freemasonry
- Rick Wakeman, musician - Member of Chelsea Lodge No. 3098
- Lew Wallace author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Governor of the New Mexico Territory and Union General in the American Civil War. Fountain Lodge #60 Indiana
- John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, British peer and politician. Grand Master, Grand Lodge of England
- Harry M. Warner, Film producer and co-founder of Warner Bros., Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California
- Jack L. Warner, Film producer and co-founder of Warner Bros., Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California
- Samuel L. Warner, Film producer and co-founder of Warner Bros., Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California
- Sir Charles Warren, English archaeologist. Surveyor of Herod's Temple. Royal Lodge of Friendship No. 278, Gibraltar.
- Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969), Grand Master of California 1935 to 1936
- Joseph Warren, American physician and major general during the American Revolutionary War, joined the Lodge of Saint Andrew in Boston, later serving as Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts.
- Booker T. Washington, American educator, President Tuskeegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Author of Up from Slavery in 1901, Mason at Sight
- George Washington General, Politician, and First President of the United States. Initiated in Fredericksburg VA, Past Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia.
- James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, Royal Society. Initiated in a Scottish Lodge in 1763.
- John Wayne, American actor, Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56, Arizona
- Thomas Smith Webb, New England Lodge No. 4, Worthington, Ohio, author of Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry, sometimes called the "Founding Father of the York or American Rite" for his efforts to promote that masonic body.
- Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Illuminati
- Charles H. Wesley Hiram Lodge No. 4, Prince Hall Affiliation, Washington, DC
- Samuel Wesley, English composer
- Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, English politician, atheist and member of the Hellfire club
- Jimmy Wheeler, British comedian
- Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet, Apollo University Lodge No. 357, Oxford (UGLE)
- John Wilkes, English politician and journalist
- William IV, King of Great Britain, UGLE
- James Wilson (Orangeman), co-founder of the Orange Order
- Frederick Thomas Wimble, Australian politician and founding editor of the Cairns Post.
- Jeff Winter, English football referee
- Donald Wolfit, English actor
- Levi Woodbury, US Associate Justice (1845–1851)
- William B. Woods, US Associate Justice (1881–1887)
- Clarendon Worrell, Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Primate of the Anglican Church in Canada
- Steve Wozniak Co-founder Apple Computers, Charity Lodge No. 362, Campbell, California
- Christopher Wren, English architect, Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2, "adopted" May 18, 1691
- William Wyler, Film director and producer, Loyalty Lodge No. 529, California
- Ed Wynn Lodge No. 9, Pennsylvania
- Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, British politician, Member of Parliament (1865–1868), 1st Grand Master of New South Wales (1888–1891)
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