1 William Shakespeare
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107
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Playwright
Birthdate: April 26, 1564
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Died: April 23, 1616
2 Winston Churchill
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-45, 1951-55)
Birthdate: November 30, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Blenheim Palace, England
Died: January 24, 1965
3 Woody Harrelson
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18
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: July 23, 1961
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Midland, Texas, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4 W. E. B. Du Bois
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19
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Civil Rights Activists
Birthdate: February 23, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 27, 1963
5 William Wordsworth
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20
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: April 7, 1770
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kingdom of Great Britain
Died: April 23, 1850
6 William Blake
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12
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
7 Walt Whitman
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1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: May 31, 1819
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: West Hills, New York, United States
Died: March 26, 1892
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8 W B Yeats
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7
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Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sandymount, Ireland
Died: January 28, 1939
9 William Faulkner
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Sun Sign: Libra
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10 Walter Raleigh
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11 William S. Burroughs
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
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12 William Penn
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13 Washington Irving
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Famous As: Author, Historian, Diplomat
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Died: November 28, 1859
14 Woody Guthrie
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Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Okemah, Oklahoma, United States
Died: October 3, 1967
15 Wilfred Owen
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Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: March 18, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oswestry
Died: November 4, 1918
16 Wayne Dyer
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Famous As: Self-Help Author and Motivational Speaker
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Birthplace: Detroit
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17 William Morris
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Birthdate: March 24, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walthamstow, England
Died: October 3, 1896
18 Walter Scott
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: August 15, 1771
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: September 21, 1832
19 William Maugham
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist & Playwright
Birthdate: January 25, 1874
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 15, 1965
20 Wole Soyinka
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Famous As: Author, Poet, Playwright
Birthdate: July 13, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Abeokuta
21 W. H. Auden
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2
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: February 21, 1907
Sun Sign: Pisces
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Died: September 28, 1973
22 William Golding
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1
Listed In: Writers
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Birthdate: September 19, 1911
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Birthplace: Newquay
Died: June 19, 1993
23 William F. Buckley, Jr.
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2
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Editor
Birthdate: November 24, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: February 27, 2008
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24 W. Kamau Bell
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Birthdate: January 26, 1973
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, United States U.S.
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25 William Goldman
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26 Willa Cather
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Birthdate: December 7, 1873
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Birthplace: Winchester
Died: April 24, 1947
27 Wendell Berry
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28 Willard Scott
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1
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Birthdate: March 7, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alexandria
29 Wilhelm Reich
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2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
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Birthdate: March 24, 1897
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30 William Gibson
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Famous As: Fiction Writer
Birthdate: March 17, 1948
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Conway, South Carolina, United States
31 Win Butler
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Songwriter, Singer, Composer, Poet, Guitarist
Birthdate: April 14, 1980
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Truckee, California, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
32 William Makepeace Thackeray
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Famous As: Author & Novelist
Birthdate: July 18, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: December 24, 1863
33 William Cowper
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Birthdate: November 26, 1731
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Birthplace: Berkhamsted
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34 William Hazlitt
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Birthdate: April 10, 1778
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Maidstone, Kent, England
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35 Wilbur A. Smith
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Birthdate: January 9, 1933
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kabwe, Zambia
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36 Will Durant
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Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: November 5, 1885
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
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37 Waris Dirie
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38 Walter Dean Myers
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: August 12, 1937
Sun Sign: Leo
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39 Wallace Stegner
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: February 18, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lake Mills
Died: April 13, 1993
40 William Saroyan
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Famous As: American-Armenian novelist
Birthdate: August 31, 1908
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fresno
Died: May 18, 1981
41 Wisława Szymborska
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Listed In: Writers
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Birthdate: July 2, 1923
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42 Wilkie Collins
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Famous As: Novelist, Playwright
Birthdate: January 8, 1824
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London
Died: September 23, 1889
43 Wallace Stevens
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Famous As: Modernist poet
Birthdate: October 2, 1879
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 2, 1955
44 William Cullen Bryant
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Birthdate: November 3, 1794
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cummington, Massachusetts
Died: June 12, 1878
45 Will Eisner
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Birthdate: March 16, 1917
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46 William Blackstone
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Birthdate: July 10, 1723
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47 Walter Tevis
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Sun Sign: Pisces
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48 Will Self
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Birthdate: September 26, 1961
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westminster
49 William Lane Craig
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50 Wilhelm Grimm
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Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hanau
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