1 William Blake
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Poet and Visual Artist of the Romantic Age
Birthdate: November 28, 1757
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Soho, London, England
Died: August 12, 1827
2 Wassily Kandinsky
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: December 16, 1866
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 13, 1944
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
3 Will Sampson
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2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: September 27, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
Died: June 3, 1987
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
4 Winslow Homer
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1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: February 24, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 29, 1910
5 William Alexander
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2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Former painter known for hosting The Magic of Oil Painting Teaching television painter Bob Ross
Birthdate: April 2, 1915
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: East Prussia
Died: January 24, 1997
6 William Hogarth
3
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: November 10, 1697
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 26, 1764
7 Walter Keane
2
1
Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Plagiarist
Birthdate: October 7, 1915
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Died: December 27, 2000
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0
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Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: January 3, 2005
9 William Turner of Oxford
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Birthdate: November 29, 1789
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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10 Wes Borland
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11 William Kentridge
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0
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Famous As: Film director, Artist, Painter
Birthdate: April 28, 1955
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12 William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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Birthdate: November 30, 1825
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Birthplace: La Rochelle, France
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13 Wayne Thiebaud
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0
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Famous As: Painter, University teacher, Artist
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14 Wang Yangming
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Famous As: Calligrapher
Birthdate: October 26, 1472
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Yuyao, Zhejiang Province
Died: January 9, 1529
15 Winsor McCay
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0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Cartoonist, Animator, Screenwriter, Science fiction writer
Birthdate: September 26, 1869
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16 W. S. Gilbert
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Sun Sign: Scorpio
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Died: May 29, 1911
17 Walter Sickert
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Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Munich
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18 Wolfgang Beltracchi
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Birthdate: February 4, 1951
Sun Sign: Aquarius
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19 William Etty
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1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
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Birthdate: March 10, 1787
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: York
Died: November 13, 1849
20 William Holman Hunt
0
0
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21 Wolfgang von Kempelen
2
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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
Died: March 26, 1804
22 Wyndham Lewis
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23 Willem Arondeus
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Birthdate: August 22, 1894
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Naarden, Netherlands
Died: July 1, 1943
24 Walter Dorwin Teague
2
0
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Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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25 Walter De Maria
1
0
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Birthdate: October 1, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Albany, California, United States
Died: July 25, 2013
26 Wally Herbert
2
0
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Birthdate: October 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
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27 Walter Crane
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0
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Sun Sign: Leo
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28 William Merritt Chase
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0
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Died: October 25, 1916
29 Walter Moers
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0
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Birthdate: May 24, 1957
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mönchengladbach, Germany
30 William Zorach
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Sculptor
Birthdate: February 28, 1887
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Jurbarkas, Lithuania
Died: November 15, 1966
31 Wolfgang Paalen
1
0
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Birthdate: July 22, 1905
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: September 24, 1959
32 Wolf Vostell
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0
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33 William Henry Jackson
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Died: June 30, 1942
34 Wilhelm Busch
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35 Willem Claesz Heda
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Birthdate: December 14, 1594
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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36 Will Elder
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0
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Birthdate: September 22, 1921
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37 Wols
1
0
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Sun Sign: Gemini
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Died: September 1, 1951
38 William Dyce
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
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Birthdate: September 19, 1806
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland
Died: February 14, 1864
39 William Sidney Mount
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: November 26, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Setauket- East Setauket, New York, United States
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40 Wim Crouwel
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Famous As: Former Graphic designer who designed the typeface New Alphabet
Birthdate: November 21, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Groningen, Netherlands
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41 Wilhelm Lehmbruck
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Famous As: Sculptor
Birthdate: January 4, 1881
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Duisburg, Germany
Died: March 25, 1919
42 Willem van de Velde the Elder
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Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
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43 William Christenberry
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44 Wilhelm Leibl
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45 Watanabe Kazan
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Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 23, 1841
46 William Edmondson
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Birthdate: 1874 AD
Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
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47 Washington Allston
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48 William Rush
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49 Willem de Kooning
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Sun Sign: Taurus
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Died: March 19, 1997
50 Wu Changshuo
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