Writers Whose First Name Starts With W
Discover the famous writers whose name starts with W. The list includes people like William Shakespeare, Woody Allen, Wendy Williams, William Blake, William Baldwin and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. This list of writers whose names start with W includes people from United States, England, Germany, Canada and other countries all over the world.
William Shakespeare26 April 1564, British
Writer
Woody Allen01 December 1935, American
American bass guitarist
Wendy Williams18 July 1964, American
TV Host, Actress, Fashion Designer, Author
William Blake28 November 1757, British
Painter
William Baldwin23 February 1963, American
Actor
William Wordsworth07 April 1770, British
Poet
Walt Whitman31 May 1819, American
Poet & humanist
William Faulkner25 September 1897, American
Writer, Nobel Laureate
Walter Raleigh22 January 1554, British
Politician, Writer, Explorer, Aristocrat
William S. Burroughs05 February 1914, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Washington Irving03 April 1783, American
Author, Historian, Diplomat
William Morris24 March 1834, British
Textile Designer, Poet
William O. Douglas16 October 1898, American
Former Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
W. H. Auden21 February 1907, British
Poet
Walter Scott15 August 1771, Scottish
Novelist
William Gibson17 March 1948, Canadian, American
Speculative Fiction Writer
Wilfred Owen18 March 1893, British
Poet
Wayne Dyer10 May 1940, American
Self-Help Author and Motivational Speaker
W. C. Fields29 January 1880, American
Wole Soyinka13 July 1934, Nigerian
Author, Poet, Playwright
William Golding19 September 1911, British
Novelist
William Makepeace Thackeray18 July 1811, Indian, British
Author & Novelist
Willa Cather07 December 1873, American
Author
Wendell Berry05 August 1934, American
William Godwin03 March 1756, British
Journalist
Walter Lippmann23 September 1889, American
First to introduce the concept of Cold War
Will Durant05 November 1885, American
Writer, Historian, Philosopher
Wallace Stevens02 October 1879, American
Poet
William Hazlitt10 April 1778, British
English Writer & Literary Critic
William Cowper26 November 1731, British
Poet
William Cullen Bryant03 November 1794, American
Romantic Poet
Wisława Szymborska02 July 1923, Polish
Nobel Laureate in Literature
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Wallace Stegner18 February 1909, American
Author
Walter Dean Myers12 August 1937, American
Writer
W. Clement Stone04 May 1902, American
Businessman & Self Help Book Author
William Thomas Stead05 July 1849, British
Journalism
W B Yeats13 June 1865, Irish
Poet & Dramatist
William Maugham25 January 1874, British
Novelist & Playwright
William Griffith Wilson26 November 1895, American
Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Wilbur A. Smith09 January 1933, Cental African
Novelist
Wyatt Cooper01 September 1927, American
Author
Willow Bay28 December 1963, American
Journalist
Władysław Szpilman05 December 1911, Polish
Pianist, Composer, Musician, Writer, Songwriter
William Hague26 March 1961, British
Politician, Historian, Judoka, Biographer
Will Self26 September 1961, British
Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Science fiction
William Rees-Mogg14 July 1928, British
Journalist, Writer, Economist
William Friedkin29 August 1935, American
Film director
William Kamkwamba05 August 1987, Malawian
Inventor
Walter Isaacson20 May 1952, American
Writer
William Goldman12 August 1931, American
Novelist
William Peter Blatty07 January 1928, American
Novelist
Willard Scott07 March 1934, American
Actor, Television actor, Writer
William Lane Craig23 August 1949, American
Philosopher, Theologian, University teacher,
Wavy Gravy15 May 1936, American
Comedian, Street artist, Circus performer, Writer
Warren Ellis16 February 1968, British
Journalist, Writer, Science fiction writer
William Carlos Williams17 September 1883, American
Poet
Wilma Mankiller18 November 1945, American
Author, Writer, Tribal chief
Win Butler14 April 1980, American
Songwriter, Singer, Composer, Poet, Guitarist
William Saroyan31 August 1908, American
American-Armenian novelist
Winston Graham30 June 1908, British
Novelist
Whittaker Chambers01 April 1901, American
Journalist
Werner Erhard05 September 1935, American
Author, Lecturer
Walter Camp07 April 1859, American
Football Player
W. C. Handy16 November 1873, American
Trumpeter, Composer, Songwriter, Autobiographer,
W. Kamau Bell26 January 1973, American
Comedian
Wilkie Collins08 January 1824, British
Novelist, Playwright
William Blackstone10 July 1723
Judge, Barrister, University teacher, Lawyer,
William Steig14 November 1907, American
Writer, Sculptor, Illustrator, Children's writer,
William Bennett31 July 1943, American
Politician
W. G. Sebald18 May 1944, German
Writer, Poet, Professor
William Styron11 June 1925, American
military personnel, novelist, autobiographer,
Whitley Strieber13 June 1945, American
Writer
Walter Bagehot03 February 1826, British
Journalist, Economist, Political scientist,
Walker Percy28 May 1916, American
Writer, Novelist, Philosopher
William Safire17 December 1929, Romanian, American
American journalist
Walter Trout06 March 1951, American
Guitarist, Singer, Writer, Autobiographer
Walther Rathenau29 September 1867, German
Politician, Engineer, Writer, Entrepreneur,
William L. Shirer23 February 1904, American
Journalist, Historian, Writer
William Butler Yeats13 June 1865, Irish
Poet
William Congreve24 January 1670, British
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Translator
Wyndham Lewis18 November 1882, British
Painter, Writer, Journalist, Editor, Novelist
Walter Mosley12 January 1952, American
American novelist
Winsor McCay26 September 1869, Canadian, American
Cartoonist, Animator, Screenwriter, Science
William F. Buckley, Jr.24 November 1925, American
William Whewell24 May 1794, British
Economist, Physicist, Historian, Philosopher,
Waris Shah1722 AD, Pakistani
poet
Walter Pater04 August 1839, British
Writer
Wilhelm Grimm24 February 1786, German
Lexicographer, Anthropologist, Librarian, Writer,
W. S. Merwin30 September 1927, American
Poet, Writer, Translator
William Inge03 May 1913, American
American playwright
Walther von der Vogelweide1170 AD, Austrian, Kosovar
composer, poet, writer, minnesänger
Warren Bennis08 March 1925, American
Writer, Economist, Psychologist
William Julius Wilson20 December 1935, American
Sociologist, University teacher, Professor, Writer
William Manchester01 April 1922, American
Historian, Author, Professor, Biographer, Writer
Wolfgang Beltracchi04 February 1951, German
Art forger, Artist, Painter, Sculptor, Writer
William Dean Howells01 March 1837, American
Novelist