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- M. Emmet Walsh, actor
- James M. Warner, General in the Union Army
- Seth Warner
- Cephas Washburn
- Ebenezer Washburn
- Peter T. Washburn
- Charles W. Waterman
- Sterry R. Waterman
- Andrew Wheating, Middle distance track athlete for the University of Oregon and was a 2008 member of the U.S. Olympic team.
- Hilton Wick
- Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, for efforts to clear away and ban anti-personnel mines
- John Henry Williams
- Bill W. (Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous)
- James Wilson
- Steve Wisniewski
- Brian Wood
- George Woodard
- Urban A. Woodbury
- Edwin T. Woodward
- Dean Conant Worcester
- Samuel Worcester
- Jay Wright
- Silas Wright
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