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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 Janu
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (/??e?ksp??r/; 26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet,
William J. Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politi
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, vaud
William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer, drama and literary crit
Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett (/?b?f?t/; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor and
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (/?d?zni/; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American entrep
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, December 1, 1935) is an American actor, comedi
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats (/?je?ts/; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the f
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. La
William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (/?f??lkn?r/, September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer
Wayne Dyer
Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American philosopher, self-help author,
William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (/?b?ro?z/ BURR-ohz; also known by his pen name William Lee; February 5,
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman (/?hw?tm?n/; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist a
W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham CH (/?m??m/ MAWM; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W.
William Shatner
William "Bill" Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, singer, author, producer, director
William Penn
William Penn (24 October 1644 (O.S. 14 October 1644) – 30 July 1718) was an English real estate en
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samu
William Cowper
William Cowper (/?ku?p?r/ KOO-p?r; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymno
Wendell Berry
Wendell E. Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultur
Will Smith
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, rapper,
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (/w?li n?ls?n/; born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter,
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray (/??æk?ri/; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academ
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter, and pol
Will Ferrell
John William "Will" Ferrell (/?f?r?l/; born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, producer,
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American Modernist poet. He was born in
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is a trumpeter, composer, teacher, music educator, a
William Gibson
William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and ess
W. Edwards Deming
William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American engineer, statistici