| Author | Profession | Birth date | Death date |
|---|---|---|---|
| W Mitchell | April 11, 1943 | ||
| W. A. Criswell | Author | December 19, 1909 | January 10, 2002 |
| W. A. H. Rushton | December 8, 1901 | June 21, 1980 | |
| W. Allen Wallis | Economist | November 5, 1912 | October 12, 1998 |
| W. Ann Reynolds | 1938 | ||
| W. Arthur Lewis | Economist | January 23, 1915 | June 15, 1991 |
| W. Arthur Porter | Educator | 1941 | |
| W. Averell Harriman | American Politician | November 15, 1891 | July 26, 1986 |
| W. Brett Wilson | Entrepreneur | July 1, 1957 | |
| W. Brian Arthur | Economist | July 21, 1946 | |
| W. Bruce Cameron | Columnist | 1960 | |
| W. C. Brownell | Journalist | 1851 | 1928 |
| W. C. Fields | American Comedian | January 29, 1880 | December 25, 1946 |
| W. C. Sellar | December 27, 1898 | June 11, 1951 | |
| W. Chan Kim | Author | 1952 | |
| W. Clement Stone | American Businessman | May 4, 1902 | September 3, 2002 |
| W. Cleon Skousen | Author | January 20, 1913 | January 9, 2006 |
| W. Craig Zwick | Author | June 10, 1947 | |
| W. D. Hamilton | August 1, 1936 | March 7, 2000 | |
| W. D. Richter | Screenwriter | December 7, 1945 | |
| W. D. Snodgrass | Poet | January 5, 1926 | January 13, 2009 |
| W. Daniel Hillis | American Inventor | September 25, 1956 | |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | American Writer | February 23, 1868 | August 27, 1963 |
| W. E. B. Griffin | Writer | November 10, 1929 | |
| W. E. Johns | Writer | February 5, 1893 | June 21, 1968 |
| W. Earl Brown | Character actor | September 7, 1963 | |
| W. Edwards Deming | American Scientist | October 14, 1900 | December 20, 1993 |
| W. Eugene Hansen | August 23, 1928 | November 5, 2016 | |
| W. Eugene Smith | American Photographer | December 30, 1918 | 1978 |
| W. G. Grace | Cricketer | July 18, 1848 | October 23, 1915 |
| W. G. Sebald | German Writer | May 18, 1944 | December 14, 2001 |
| W. Graham Scroggie | Author | 1877 | 1958 |
| W. H. Auden | English Poet | February 21, 1907 | September 29, 1973 |
| W. H. Davies | Welsh Poet | April 20, 1871 | September 26, 1940 |
| W. H. Murray | Scottish Athlete | March 18, 1913 | March 19, 1996 |
| W. Heath Robinson | Cartoonist | May 31, 1872 | September 13, 1944 |
| W. Howard Lester | Businessman | August 14, 1935 | November 15, 2010 |
| W. I. Thomas | Sociologist | August 13, 1863 | December 5, 1947 |
| W. Ian Thomas | Writer | September 13, 1914 | August 1, 2007 |
| W. J. T. Mitchell | March 24, 1942 | ||
| W. Kamau Bell | Stand-up comic | January 26, 1973 | |
| W. L. George | English Writer | 1882 | 1926 |
| W. M. Kiplinger | 1891 | 1967 | |
| W. Mark Felt | American Public Servant | August 17, 1913 | December 18, 2008 |
| W. P. Kinsella | Canadian Novelist | May 25, 1935 | |
| W. Patterson | Soccer player | ||
| W. Phillip Keller | Author | 1920 | 2001 |
| W. R. Thompson | Author | 1955 | |
| W. Reece Smith, Jr. | September 9, 1925 | January 11, 2013 | |
| W. Richard Stevens | Scientist | May 5, 1909 | September 1, 1999 |