Alphabetical Author Index. Click a date to go to the Born (or Died) Today page for that author.
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| Name | Occupation | Born | Died |
| Waddles, Charleszetta | US nun | 10/07/1912 | 07/12/2001 |
| Wadsworth, Charles | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wagner, Honus | US baseball player | 02/24/1874 | 12/06/1955 |
| Wagner, Jack | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wagner, Jane | US writer | 02/02/1935 | |
| Wagner, Richard | German composer | 05/22/1813 | 02/13/1883 |
| Wagner, Robert F. | US mayor of New York | 04/20/1910 | 02/21/1991 |
| Waits, Tom | US singer | 12/07/1949 | |
| Walesa, Lech | Polish leader | 09/29/1943 | |
| Waley, Arthur | English sinologist | 08/19/1889 | 06/27/1966 |
| Walinsky, Adam | ??/??/???? | ||
| Walken, Christopher | US actor | 03/31/1943 | |
| Walker, Alice | US writer | 02/09/1944 | |
| Walker, Edward Craven | US inventor (lava lamp) | 07/04/1918 | 08/15/2000 |
| Walker, James | ??/??/???? | ||
| Walker, Johnny | US wristwrestling champ | ??/??/???? | |
| Walker, Laura | ??/??/???? | ||
| Walker, Lou Ann | ??/??/???? | ||
| Walker, Margaret | US writer | 07/07/1915 | 11/30/1998 |
| Walker, Mary Edwards | US physician | 11/26/1832 | 02/21/1919 |
| Walker, Mort | US cartoonist | 09/03/1923 | |
| Walker, Nancy | US comic actor | 05/10/1921 | 03/25/1992 |
| Walker, Robert | US actor | 10/13/1918 | 08/28/1951 |
| Wallace, George | US pol Gov AL | 08/25/1919 | 09/13/1998 |
| Wallace, Henry Agard | US VP (24) | 10/07/1888 | 11/18/1965 |
| Wallace, J. Mark | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wallace, General Lew | US military | 04/10/1827 | 02/15/1905 |
| Wallach, Eli | US actor | 12/07/1915 | |
| Wallenda, Karl | Austri-hunga aerialist | 01/21/1905 | 03/22/1978 |
| Waller, Edmund | English writer | 03/03/1606 | 10/21/1687 |
| Waller, Fats | US pianist, singer | 05/21/1904 | 12/15/1943 |
| Walpole, Horace | English writer | 09/24/1717 | 03/02/1797 |
| Walpole, Sir Hugh | English writer | 03/13/1884 | 06/01/1941 |
| Walston, Ray | US actor | 12/02/1914 | 01/01/2001 |
| Walters, Barbara | US telejournalist | 09/25/1931 | |
| Walters, Roy W. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Walton, Bill | US Trailblazers center | 11/05/1952 | |
| Walton, Izaak | English writer, angler | 08/09/1593 | 12/15/1683 |
| Walton, Sam | US businessman Wal-Mart | 03/29/1918 | 04/05/1992 |
| Wanamaker, John | US merchant | 07/11/1838 | 12/12/1922 |
| Wang, An | Chinese engineer | 02/07/1920 | 03/24/1990 |
| Warburton, William | English bishop, lit crit | 12/24/1698 | 06/07/1779 |
| Ward, Artemus | US writer | 04/26/1834 | 03/06/1867 |
| Ware, E. F. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Warhol, Andy | Polish-US artist | 08/06/1928 | 02/22/1987 |
| Warner, Carolyn | ??/??/???? | ||
| Warner, Charles Dudley | US writer | 09/12/1829 | 10/20/1900 |
| Warner, Christi Mary | ??/??/???? | ||
| Warner, Harry M. | Polish producer | 12/12/1881 | 07/25/1958 |
| Warner, Jack Leonard | Canadian producer | 08/02/1892 | 09/09/1978 |
| Warner, Sylvia Townsend | English writer | 12/06/1893 | 05/01/1978 |
| Warren, Earl | US Supreme Court | 03/19/1891 | 07/09/1974 |
| Warren, Robert Penn | US writer | 04/24/1905 | 09/15/1989 |
| Warrick, Ruth | US actor | 06/29/1915 | 01/15/2005 |
| Was, David | US music producer | ??/??/???? | |
| Washburn, Lemuel K. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Washington, Booker T. | US educator | 04/05/1856 | 11/14/1915 |
| Washington, Denzel | US actor | 12/28/1954 | |
| Washington, George | US President (1) | 02/22/1732 | 12/14/1799 |
| Washington, Martha | US First Lady (1) | 06/21/1732 | 05/22/1802 |
| Wasserstein, Wendy | US comic | 10/18/1950 | |
| Waterhouse, Keith | English writer | 02/06/1929 | |
| Waters, John | US filmmaker | 04/22/1946 | |
| Waters, Muddy | US music singer | 04/04/1915 | 04/30/1983 |
| Waterston, Bill | US cartoonist | ??/??/???? | |
| Watson, Emily | English actor | 01/14/1967 | |
| Watson, James D. | US geneticist | 04/06/1928 | |
| Watson, Tom | US golfer | 09/04/1949 | |
| Watson. Jr., Thomas John | US Chairman of IBM | 02/17/1874 | 06/19/1956 |
| Watt, James | Scottish industrialist | 01/19/1736 | 08/19/1819 |
| Wattenberg, Ben | US columnist, commentat | 08/26/1933 | |
| Watts, Alan | English writer | 01/06/1915 | 11/16/1973 |
| Watts, Naomi | English-Aust actor | 09/28/1968 | |
| Waugh, Evelyn | English writer | 10/18/1903 | 04/10/1966 |
| Wayne, Carl | English singer (the Move) | 08/18/1943 | 09/01/2004 |
| Wayne, John | US actor | 05/26/1907 | 06/11/1979 |
| Wayne, June | US | ??/??/???? | |
| Weatherford, Cathy Warner | ??/??/???? | ||
| Weaver, Ken | ??/??/???? | ||
| Webb, Beatrice Potter | English writer | 01/02/1858 | 04/30/1943 |
| Webb, Clifton | English actor | 11/19/1891 | 10/13/1966 |
| Webb, Veronica | US model | 02/23/1965 | |
| Webster, Daniel | US Sen (MA) | 01/18/1782 | 10/24/1852 |
| Webster, John | English writer | 12/18/1580 | ??/??/1632 |
| Webster, Noah | US lexicographer | 10/16/1758 | 05/28/1843 |
| Ween, Dean | US singer (Ween) | ??/??/???? | |
| Weil, Andre | French mathematician | 05/06/1906 | 08/06/1998 |
| Weil, Simone | French mystic | 02/03/1909 | 08/24/1943 |
| Weiler, A. H. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Weinberg, Darin | ??/??/???? | ||
| Weir, Bob | US singer (Dead) | 10/16/1947 | |
| Welch, Lew | US writer | 08/16/1926 | 05/23/1971 |
| Welch, Raquel | US actor | 09/05/1940 | |
| Weld, Tuesday | US actor | 08/27/1943 | |
| Weldon, Casey | US Sports QB | 02/03/1969 | |
| Weldon, Faye | English writer | 09/22/1931 | |
| Welk, Lawrence | music | 03/11/1903 | 05/17/1992 |
| Welles, Orson | English actor director | 05/06/1915 | 10/10/1985 |
| Wellesley, Duke Arthur | English PM (21) | 05/01/1769 | 09/14/1852 |
| Wells, Bob | US magazine editor | 11/01/1966 | |
| Wells, Carolyn | US writer | 06/18/1869 | 03/26/1942 |
| Wells, H. G. | English writer | 09/21/1866 | 08/13/1946 |
| Welty, Eudora | US writer | 04/13/1909 | 07/23/2001 |
| Wenders, Wim | German director | 08/14/1945 | |
| Wenner, Jann | US Rolling Stone editor | 01/07/1946 | |
| Wesley, John | English religious leader | 06/28/1703 | 03/02/1791 |
| West, Adam | US actor | 09/19/1928 | |
| West, Jessamyn | US writer | 07/18/1902 | 02/23/1984 |
| West, Mae | US comic actor | 08/17/1892 | 11/22/1980 |
| West, Dame Rebecca | English writer | 12/21/1892 | 03/15/1983 |
| Westcott, Edward Noyes | US writer | 09/27/1846 | 03/31/1898 |
| Westerberg, Paul | US singer Replacements | 12/31/1959 | |
| Westheimer, Dr. Ruth | German-US psychiatrist | 06/04/1928 | |
| Westmoreland, General William | US military | 03/26/1914 | 07/18/2005 |
| Westrum, Wes | US Mets coach | 11/28/1922 | 05/28/2002 |
| Weymouth, Tina | US bassist | 11/22/1950 | |
| Whalen, Grover A. | ??/??/1886 | ??/??/1962 | |
| Wharton, Edith | US writer | 01/24/1862 | 08/11/1937 |
| Whately, Richard | English archbishop | 02/01/1787 | 10/08/1863 |
| Wherry, Kenneth Spicer | US Senator (NE) | 02/28/1892 | 11/29/1951 |
| Whetzel, Norman | US ? | 03/04/1953 | |
| Whistler, James McNeil | US artist | 07/10/1834 | 07/17/1903 |
| White, Betty | US actor | 01/17/1922 | |
| White, Byron R. | US Supreme Court | 06/08/1917 | |
| White, E. B. | US writer | 07/11/1899 | 10/01/1985 |
| White, Ernestyne | ??/??/???? | ||
| White, Jack | US comic | 09/02/1944 | |
| White, Nelia Gardner | ??/??/???? | ||
| White, Patrick | Australian writer | 05/28/1912 | 09/30/1990 |
| White, Slappy | US comic actor | 09/20/1921 | 11/07/1995 |
| White, T. H. | English writer | 05/29/1906 | 01/17/1964 |
| White, Vanna | US model | 02/18/1957 | |
| White, William Allen | US writer | 02/10/1868 | 01/29/1944 |
| Whitehead, Alfred North | English mathematician | 02/15/1861 | 12/30/1947 |
| Whitehorn, Katherine | English writer | ??/??/1926 | |
| Whitelaw, Lord William | Scottish pol conservative | 06/28/1918 | 07/01/1999 |
| Whiteman, Paul | US bandleader | 03/28/1890 | 12/29/1967 |
| Whitman, Walt | US writer | 05/31/1819 | 03/26/1892 |
| Whittier, John Greenleaf | US writer | 12/17/1807 | 09/07/1892 |
| Whittlesey, Faith | ??/??/???? | ||
| Whitton, Charlotte | ??/??/1896 | ??/??/1975 | |
| Whyte-Melville, George | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Wiedlin, Jane | US singer (Go-Gos) | 05/20/1958 | |
| Wiesel, Elie | Roumanian-US writer | 09/30/1928 | |
| Wigg, George | ??/??/1900 | ??/??/1983 | |
| Wiggam, Albert | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Wigner, Eugene | Hungarian physicist | 11/17/1902 | 01/01/1995 |
| Wilbur, John | Superchunk | ??/??/???? | |
| Wilbur, Lee | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wilcox, Colleen | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wilcox, Ella Wheeler | US writer | 11/05/1850 | 10/30/1919 |
| Wilde, Cornel | US actor | 10/13/1915 | 10/16/1989 |
| Wilde, Oscar | Irish writer | 10/16/1854 | 11/30/1900 |
| Wilder, Billy | Austrian-US director | 06/22/1906 | 03/27/2002 |
| Wilder, L. Douglas | US governor (VA) | 01/18/1931 | |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | US writer | 02/07/1867 | 02/10/1957 |
| Wilder, Preston | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wilder, Thornton | US writer | 04/17/1897 | 12/07/1975 |
| Wilding, Michael | US director | 07/23/1912 | 07/08/1979 |
| Wilkes, John | English statesman | 10/17/1725 | 12/26/1797 |
| Will, George | US humorist | 05/04/1941 | |
| Williams, Bern | ??/??/???? | ||
| Williams, Bruce | ??/??/???? | ||
| Williams, Clayton | US Republican candidate | ??/??/???? | |
| Williams, Don | US prison unit manager | ??/??/???? | |
| Williams, Emlyn | Welsh actor writer directo | 11/26/1905 | 09/25/1987 |
| Williams, Esther | US actor, swimmer | 08/08/1921 | |
| Williams, H. H. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Williams, Otis | US singer (Temptations) | 10/30/1939 | |
| Williams, Pat | US Orlando Magic GM | 03/17/1941 | |
| Williams, Pearl | ??/??/???? | ||
| Williams, Robin | US comic actor | 07/21/1952 | |
| Williams, Ted | US baseball | 08/30/1918 | 07/05/2002 |
| Williams, Tennessee | US writer | 03/26/1911 | 02/25/1983 |
| Williams, Wendy O. | US singer (Plasmatics) | 05/28/1949 | 04/06/1998 |
| Williams, William Carlos | US writer | 09/17/1883 | 03/04/1963 |
| Williams, Sr., Hank | US singer, songwriter | 09/17/1923 | 01/01/1953 |
| Williamson, Nicol | Scottish actor | 09/14/1938 | |
| Willis, Bruce | US actor | 03/19/1955 | |
| Willis, Ellen | US journalist | ??/??/???? | |
| Willkie, Wendell | US pol candidate | 02/18/1892 | 10/08/1944 |
| Wills, Garry | US journalist | ??/??/???? | |
| Wilmot, John | English Earl of Rochester | 04/01/1647 | 07/26/1680 |
| Wilson, August | US writer | 04/27/1945 | |
| Wilson, Brian | US music singer | 06/20/1942 | |
| Wilson, Carnie | US singer | 04/29/1968 | |
| Wilson, Charles E. | US President, G.M. | 07/18/1890 | 09/26/1961 |
| Wilson, Colin | English writer | 06/26/1931 | |
| Wilson, Dick | US actor? | 07/30/1916 | 01/16/1987 |
| Wilson, Earl | US columnist | 05/03/1907 | 01/16/1987 |
| Wilson, Edmund | US critic | 05/08/1895 | 06/12/1972 |
| Wilson, Edward O. | US scientist | 06/10/1929 | |
| Wilson, Flip | US comic actor | 12/08/1933 | 11/24/1998 |
| Wilson, Sir Harold | English PM (46) | 03/11/1916 | 05/24/1995 |
| Wilson, Pete | US California Governor | 08/23/1933 | |
| Wilson, Robert Anton | US writer | ??/??/1932 | |
| Wilson, Sloan | US writer | 05/08/1920 | 05/25/2003 |
| Wilson, William | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wilson, Woodrow | US President (28) | 12/28/1856 | 02/03/1924 |
| Winans, William M. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Winchell, Walter | US journalist | 04/07/1897 | 02/20/1972 |
| Windsor, Duke of Edward VIII | English royalty | 06/28/1894 | 05/28/1972 |
| Windsor, Prince of Wales Charles | English royalty | 11/14/1948 | |
| Winfrey, Oprah | US TV person | 01/29/1954 | |
| Winger, Debra | US actor | 05/16/1955 | |
| Winn, Mary Day | ??/??/???? | ||
| Winnemucca, Sarah | US scout | ??/??/1844 | 10/16/1891 |
| Winner, Michael | English writer, director | 10/30/1935 | |
| Winslet, Kate | English actor | 10/05/1975 | |
| Winsor, Kathleen | ??/??/???? | ||
| Winstead, Lizz | US comic | 08/05/1961 | |
| Winter, Johnny | US music guitar | 02/23/1944 | |
| Winters, George | ??/??/???? | ||
| Winters, Jonathan | US comic | 11/11/1925 | |
| Winters, Shelley | US actor | 08/18/1922 | |
| Winterson, Jeanette | English writer | 08/27/1959 | |
| Winwood, Estelle | US actor | 01/24/1883 | 06/20/1984 |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Aust-English philosopher | 04/26/1889 | 04/29/1951 |
| Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville | English writer | 10/15/1881 | 02/14/1975 |
| Wolfe, Thomas | US writer | 10/03/1900 | 09/15/1938 |
| Wolfe, Tom | US writer | 03/02/1931 | |
| Wonder, Stevie | US music singer | 05/13/1950 | |
| Wood, Ed | US wrtier director | 10/10/1924 | 12/10/1978 |
| Wood, Elijah | US actor | 01/28/1981 | |
| Wood, Grant | US artist | 02/13/1892 | 02/12/1942 |
| Wood, Natalie | US actor | 07/20/1938 | 11/29/1981 |
| Wood, Ronnie | English Faces, Stones | 06/01/1947 | |
| Wood, Victoria | English comic | 05/19/1953 | |
| Wooden, John | US basketball | 10/14/1910 | |
| Woods, Eldrick T. (Tiger) | US golfer | 12/30/1975 | |
| Woods, James | US actor | 04/18/1947 | |
| Woods, Martin | ??/??/???? | ||
| Woodson, Carter G. | US historian | 12/19/1875 | 04/03/1950 |
| Woodward, Joanne | US actor | 02/27/1930 | |
| Woolery, Chuck | US game show host | 03/16/1941 | |
| Wooley, Sheb | US actor, singer, songw | 04/10/1921 | 09/16/2003 |
| Woolf, Virginia | English writer | 01/25/1882 | 03/28/1941 |
| Woollcott, Alexander | US writer | 01/19/1887 | 01/23/1943 |
| Wordsworth, William | English writer | 04/07/1770 | 04/23/1850 |
| Wotton, Sir Henry | English writer | 03/30/1568 | 12/??/1639 |
| Wouk, Herman | US writer | 05/27/1915 | |
| Wray, Faye | US actor | 09/15/1907 | 08/08/2004 |
| Wretzky, D'Arcy | US bassist, singer (Pum | 05/01/1968 | |
| Wright, Frank Lloyd | US architect | 06/08/1867 | 04/09/1959 |
| Wright, Larry | ??/??/???? | ||
| Wright, Richard | US writer | 09/04/1908 | 11/28/1960 |
| Wright, Steven | US comic actor | 12/06/1955 | |
| Wycherley, William | English writer | ??/??/1640 | 01/01/1716 |
| Wyler, William | French director | 07/01/1902 | 07/27/1981 |
| Wynette, Tammy | US singer | 05/05/1942 | 04/06/1998 |
| Wynn, Ed | US comic actor | 11/09/1886 | 06/19/1966 |
| Wynn, Keenan | US actor | 07/27/1916 | 10/14/1986 |
| Wynne-Tyson, Jon | writer | ??/??/???? |