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- Chev Walker - English Rugby Union player for Bath RFC, formally a Rugby League player for Leeds Rhinos and Great Britain.
- Keith Waterhouse - Author of Billy Liar.
- Noel Whelan - Footballer who played for Leeds United, Coventry City and Middlesbrough F.C..
- Aidan White - Leeds United football player.
- Marco Pierre White - Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur
- Tom Wilkinson - actor who has appeared in such films as Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Full Monty.
- Ernie Wise - (real name Ernest Wiseman) of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.
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