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- John Henry Waddell, painter and sculptor
- Ted Waitt, businessman
- Hynden Walch, actress
- Nellie Walker, sculptor
- Joseph Frazier Wall, historian
- Henry A. Wallace, politician and presidential candidate
- Marcia Wallace, actress
- Will Walling, actor
- Adam Walsh, athlete and coach
- Chile Walsh, football player, coach, and executive
- Rick Wanamaker, athlete
- Brian Wansink, scientist and professor
- Everett Warner, painter and printmaker
- Kurt Warner, athlete
- Fitz Henry Warren § politician, Civil War general
- Kiersten Warren, actress
- Tionne Watkins singer, songwriter
- Watseka Native Iowan
- James F. Watson, judge
- John Wayne, actor
- James B. Weaver §, politician
- Randy Weaver, survivalist involved in Ruby Ridge incident
- Irving Weber, businessman
- Elmarie Wendel, actress
- Susan Werner, singer-songwriter
- Emily West, singer-songwriter
- Matthew G. Whitaker, district attorney
- John White §, labor leader, president of the United Mine Workers
- Jim Whitesell, basketball coach
- Peggy Whitson, astronaut, scientist
- Casey Wiegmann, athlete
- Doreen Wilber, athlete
- J. Remington Wilde, songwriter
- Tom Wilkinson, athlete
- Andy Williams, singer
- Gregory Alan Williams, actor, author
- Roy Lee Williams, labor leader
- William Appleman Williams, historian
- William Williamson, politician
- Meredith Willson, composer
- James Falconer Wilson § politician
- JoAnn Wilson, murdered wife of Canadian politician
- Mortimer Wilson, composer
- Sid Wilson, disc jockey
- Wally Wingert, actor
- Charles E. Winter, politician
- Johannes B. Wist §, journalist, editor
- William P. Wolf §, politician
- Elijah Wood, actor
- Grant Wood, painter
- Joey Woody, athlete
- Hank Worden, actor
- Carleton H. Wright, Admiral in U. S. Navy
- Frank Wykoff, athlete
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