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- Johnny Wakelin, musician, born in Brighton in 1939
- Peter Wales, Sussex cricketer, born in Hove in 1928
- Seann Walsh, comedian. born n Brighton in 1986
- Keith Waterhouse CBE (1929–2009), journalist, novelist and playwright, lived in Embassy Court, Brighton
- David Watkin (1925–2008) Oscar and BAFTA winning cinematographer lived in Sussex Mews, Kemp Town until his death
- Alan Weeks (1923–1996), BBC sports commentator, notably for ice hockey and other winter sports, grew up in Brighton and died in Hove
- Scott Welch (born 1968), boxer, moved to Brighton at age 16
- Louise Wener, lead singer of 1990's Britpop band Sleeper and author
- Gary Whelan, Irish actor, lives in Brighton and owns the Lion & Lobster pub there
- Thomas and Alex White, musicians and members of Electric Soft Parade and Brakes
- Wildman Whitehouse, surgeon and destroyer of the first transatlantic telegraph cable
- Rachel Whiteread, artist and Turner Prize winner in 1993
- Herbert Wilcox, (1892–1977) film producer and director lived in Lewes Crescent, Kemp Town
- Amon Wilds and his son Amon Henry Wilds, both Regency architects, prolific in Brighton
- Billy Williams (1878–1915), Australian music hall performer, died in Hove
- Mark Williams, member of The Fast Show team and actor in the Harry Potter films
- James Williamson (film pioneer), cinema pioneer had a chemist's shop in Church Road, Hove before building a studio in Cambridge Grove
- Holly Willoughby, television presenter, born in Brighton in 1981
- Joe Lee Wilson, jazz singer
- John Wisden, cricketer, founded Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
- Robert Wisden, actor, was born in Brighton
- Harry Witchel, physiology lecturer and TV pundit on body language and psychodynamics
- W.I.Z., music video director
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