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- David Foster Wallace, American writer
- Mike Wallace, American journalist on 60 Minutes
- David Walliams,British actor, writer and comedian
- Tyler "NonY" Wasieleski, American electronic sports player
- Evelyn Waugh, British novelist and journalist
- Ruby Wax American Comedienne
- Gerard Way, American singer and comic book writer, frontman of the rock band My Chemical Romance.
- Denise Welch, English actress and television presenter
- Billy West, American voice artist
- Delonte West, American basketball player
- Jerry West, American basketball player and executive
- Dan White, American killer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone
- Walt Whitman, American poet
- Kevin Whitrick, British electrical engineer
- Kenneth Williams, British Comedian
- Robbie Williams, British pop singer
- Tennessee Williams, American playwright
- William Carlos Williams, American poet
- Brian Wilson, American musician (Beach Boys)
- Owen Wilson, American comedian and actor
- Gregory Wilton, Australian politician
- Dean Windass, British Football Player
- Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host
- Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
- Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer
- Lewis Wolpert, British developmental biologist, author and broadcaster
- Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen, British novelist (1882–1941)
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer
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