Celebrities Starting with the Letter W

Browse celebrities whose name starts with the letter W.

Walt Disney

American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company

Born:December 5, 1901

Died:December 15, 1966

Wanda Sykes

American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist

Born:March 7, 1964

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

Born:March 30, 1937

Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

Born:August 30, 1930

Warren G. Harding

president of the United States from 1921 to 1923

Born:November 2, 1865

Died:August 2, 1923

Wayne Rooney

English footballer and manager

Born:October 24, 1985

Wendy Richard

British actress

Born:July 20, 1943

Died:February 26, 2009

Wendy Williams

American media personality

Born:July 18, 1964

Wes Craven

American filmmaker

Born:August 2, 1939

Died:August 30, 2015

Wesley Snipes

American actor

Born:July 31, 1962

Whitney Houston

American singer, actress, and film producer

Born:August 9, 1963

Died:February 11, 2012

Whitney Port

American fashion designer

Born:March 4, 1985

Wilbur Smith

South African novelist

Born:January 9, 1933

Died:November 13, 2021

Wilhelm II

as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918

Born:January 27, 1859

Died:June 4, 1941

Wilhelm Steinitz

Austrian-American chess player

Born:May 17, 1836

Died:August 12, 1900

Will Arnett

Canadian and American actor and comedian

Born:May 4, 1970

Will Ferrell

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

Born:July 16, 1967

Will Smith

American actor, film producer and rapper

Born:September 25, 1968

Willem Dafoe

American actor

Born:July 22, 1955

William Baldwin

American actor, producer, and writer

Born:February 21, 1963

William Henry Harrison

president of the United States in 1841

Born:February 9, 1773

Died:April 4, 1841

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

Born:September 15, 1857

Died:March 8, 1930

William III of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702

Born:November 4, 1650

Died:March 8, 1702

William IV

King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837

Born:August 21, 1765

Died:June 20, 1837

William McKinley

president of the United States from 1897 to 1901

Born:January 29, 1843

Died:September 14, 1901

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born:April 26, 1564

Died:April 23, 1616

William Shatner

Canadian actor

Born:March 22, 1931

William, Prince of Wales

heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth Realms

Born:June 21, 1982

Willie Nelson

American country musician

Born:April 29, 1933

Willow Smith

American singer-songwriter and actress

Born:October 31, 2000

Willy DeVille

American singer-songwriter

Born:August 25, 1950

Died:August 6, 2009

Winona Ryder

American actress

Born:October 29, 1971

Winston Churchill

British statesman, soldier and writer

Born:November 30, 1874

Died:January 24, 1965

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Born:January 27, 1756

Died:December 5, 1791

Woodrow Wilson

28th President of the United States

Born:December 28, 1856

Died:February 3, 1924

Woody Allen

American filmmaker, actor and comedian

Born:December 1, 1935

Woody Harrelson

American actor

Born:July 23, 1961