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Last Updated on 9/29/02
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		     Wade: Henry Wade (Executive Assistant Attorney General of Texas/principal in Roe v. Wade legal case)
		 Ham Wade: Abraham Lincoln Wade (professional baseball player w/the New York Giants, b1880 d1968)
		 Rip Wade: Richard Frank Wade (professional baseball player w/the Washington Nationals, b1898 d1957)
	    Virginia Wade: Sarah Wade (British tennis player and Wimbldon champ (1977), b1945)
		 Wagnalls: Adam Willis Wagnalls [of Funk & Wagnalls] (editor/innovative publisher, who helped give meaning to life,  b1843 d1924)
	     Butts Wagner: Albert Wagner (professional baseball player w/the Brooklyn Bridegrooms & Washington Senators, b1871 d1928)
	    Heinie Wagner: Charles F. Wagner (professional baseball player w/the N.Y. Giants, Boston Pilgrims & Boston Red Sox, b1880 d1943)
	     Honus Wagner: John Peter Honus Wagner ["aka The Flying Dutchman"] (one of the first baseball players elected to the Hall of Fame (1936), b1874 d1955)
	      Jack Wagner: Peter John Wagner (movie, stage & tv actor/golfer, b1959)
	   Lindsay Wagner: Lindsay Jean Ball (movie & tv actress/bionic exerciser, b1949)
	   Richard Wagner: Wilhelm Richard Wagner (German musical composer, b1813 d1883)
	     Bunny Wailer: Neville O'Riley Livingston (Jamaican reggae singer/musician)
       Pvt. Lyons Wakeman: Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (NY farmer's daughter who disguised herself as a man to enlist in the Union Army in 1862)
	   Anton Walbrook: Adolf Wohlbruck (movie & stage actor, b1900 d1976)
       Jersey Joe Walcott: Arnold Raymond Cream, Jr. (professional heavyweight championship boxer, b1914)
	    Doc Waldbauer: Albert Charles Waldbauer (professional baseball pitcher w/the Washington Nationals, b1892 d1969)
	      Wally Wales: Floyd T. Alperson (western movie actor, b1895 d1980)
       Christopher Walken: Ronald Walken (movie & tv actor)
	     Chico Walker: Cleotha Walker (professional baseball player w/the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, California Angels & N.Y. Mets, b1957)
	     Clint Walker: Norman Eugene Walker (movie & tv actor, b1927)
	     Dixie Walker: Fred Walker (Southern-born 1940's Brooklyn Dodgers baseball star)
	     Fleet Walker: Moses Fleetwood Walker (professional baseball catcher w/the Toledo Blue Stockings, b1856 d1924)
	       Gee Walker: Gerald Holmes Walker (professional baseball player w/the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Nationals, Cleveland Indians & Cincinnati Reds, b1908 d1981)
	       Hub Walker: Harvey Willos Walker (professional baseball player w/the Detroit Tigers & Cincinnati Reds, b1906 d1982)
	Jerry Jeff Walker: Ronald Clyde Crosby (guitarist/singer/songwriter of Mr. Bojangles fame, b1942)
	    Junior Walker: Oscar G. Mixon [aka Autry DeWalt Jr.] (blues musician)
	Mysterious Walker: Frederick Mitchell Walker (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Naps, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Rebels & Brooklyn Tip-Tops, b1884 d1958)
	     Nancy Walker: Ann Myrtle Swoyer (movie, stage & tv actress/director/comedienne/singer/bountiful paper towel huckster, b1921 d1992)
	      Rube Walker: Albert Bluford Walker (professional baseball catcher w/the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers & Los Angeles Dodgers, b1926 d1992)
	     Speed Walker: Joseph Richard Walker (professional baseball player w/the St. Louis Cardinals, b1898 d1959)
	    T-Bone Walker: Aaron Thibeaux Walker (electric blues guitarist/singer/songwriter, b1910 d1975)
	     Tilly Walker: Clarence William Walker (professional baseball player w/the Washington Nationals, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox & Philadelphia Athletics, b1887 d1959)
		 Max Wall: Maxwell George Lorimer (actor)
	   Dexter Wallace: Edgar Lee Masters (lawyer/poet - Spoon River Anthology, b1869 d1950)
	      Doc Wallace: Frederick Renshaw 'Jesse' Wallace (professional baseball shortstop w/the Philadelphia Phillies, b1893 d1964)
	     Huck Wallace: Harry Clinton 'Lefty' Wallace (professional baseball pitcher w/the Philadelphia Phillies, b1882 d1951)
	   Irving Wallace: Irving Wallechinsky (writer/novelist/screenwriter, b1916 d1990)
	     Jean Wallace: Jean Wallasek (movie actress, b1923 d1990)
	    Lefty Wallace: James Harold Wallace (professional baseball pitcher w/the Boston Braves, b1921 d1982)
	     Mike Wallace: Myron Wallace (tv interviewer/commentator/radio voice/game show host, b1918)
	   Sippie Wallace: Beulah Thomas (American blues singer)
	      Fats Waller: Thomas Wright Waller (ragtime & jazz pianist/composer/singer/songwriter, b1904 d1943)
	       Red Waller: John Francis Waller (professional baseball pitcher w/the New York Giants, b1883 d1915)
	       J.T. Walsh: James Patrick Walsh (movie & tv actor, b1943 d1998)
	   M. Emmet Walsh: Michael Emmet Walsh (movie actor)
		   Walter: Misha (Pomeranian canine co-star of the film To Die For)
	    Little Walter: Marion Walter Jacobs (blues harmonicaist/singer)
	    Bucky Walters: William Henry Walters, Jr. (professional baseball pitcher)
	       Bud Walton: James L. Walton (businessman/co-founder of Wal-Mart)
	    Walter Wanger: Walter Feuchtwanger (movie producer w/an impressive Body of work, b1894 d19??)
	Pee-Wee Wanninger: Paul Louis Wanninger (professional baseball player w/the N.Y. Yankees, Boston Red Sox & Cincinnati Reds, b1902 d1981)
	     Artemus Ward: Charles Farrar Browne (U.S. humorist, b1834 d1867)
		Burt Ward: Bert John Gervais, Jr. (Holy Web Browser!  He's a tv actor/cartoon voice/Boy Wonder, b1945)
		 Hap Ward: Joseph Nichols Ward (professional baseball player w/the Detroit Tigers, b1885 d1979)
	       Monte Ward: John Montgomery Ward (professional baseball pitcher/shortstop of the late 1800's)
	  Montgomery Ward: Aaron Ward (merchant/shopkeeper)
	       Piggy Ward: Frank Gray Ward (professional baseball player w/the Philadelphia Quakers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds & Washington Senators, b1867 d1912)
	       Polly Ward: Pyno Poluski (British movie actress, b1908)
	      Buzzy Wares: Clyde Ellsworth Wares (professional baseball player w/the St. Louis Browns, b1886 d1964)
	      Andy Warhol: Andrew Warhola (artist/filmmaker/actor/writer/cinematographer/pop-culture icon, b1928 d1987)
	    Peter Warlock: Philip Heseltine (journalist/musical composer)
	      H.B. Warner: Henry Byron Warner-Lickford (British movie & stage actor, b1876 d1958)
	      Jack Warner: Jack Waters (British music hall comedian/movie, radio & tv actor, b1894 d1981)
	       Pop Warner: Glenn "Pop" Warner (legendary youth football coach)
	  Rabbit Warstler: Harold Burton Warstler (professional baseball player w/the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Bees & Chicago Cubs, b1903 d1964)
	     Harry Warren: Salvatore Guaragna [nn: "Tuti"] (songwriter, b1893 d1981)
	       Red Warren: Robert Penn Warren (poet laureate/novelist/publisher/critic/actor)
	    Clint Warwick: Clinton Eccles (British rock & roll bass player with The Moody Blues, b1949)
	     John Warwick: John McIntosh Beattle (movie actor, b1905 d1972)
	       Link Wasem: Lincoln William Wasem (professional baseball catcher w/the Boston Bees, b1911 d1979)
	    Sam Washboard: Robert Brown (blues vocalist/song writer/washboard player)
     Booker T. Washington: Booker Taliaferro Washington (biologist/educator/writer/founder of Tuskegee Institute, b1856 d1915)
	 Dinah Washington: Ruth Jones (American blues singer)
	 Fredi Washington: Fredericka Carolyn Washington (dancer/movie & stage actress, b1903 d1994)
 Otis "Little" Washington: Jay Otis Washington (rhythm & blues singer with The Persuasions, b1941)
	     Muddy Waters: McKinley Morganfield (blues singer/guitarist/composer)
	    T-Boz Watkins: Tionne Watkins (rhythm & blues singer with 'TLC')
	       Doc Watson: Arthel Lane Watson (best flat-picking guitarist in the world)
	      John Watson: Ian Maclaren (Scottish clergyman and, under pseudonym, author, b1850 d1907)
	    Mother Watson: Walter L. Watson (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cincinnati Red Stockings, b1865 d1898)
	      Mule Watson: John Reeves Watson (professional baseball pitcher w/the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates & N.Y. Giants, b1896 d1949)
	     Wylie Watson: John Wylie Robertson (British music hall entertainer/movie actor, b1889 d1966)
	     Shuggy Watts: Hugh Watts (trombonist with the 'New Vaudeville Band', b1941)
	     Evelyn Waugh: Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (reporter/novelist)
	     Franz Waxman: Franz Wachsmann (composer, b1906 d1967)
	      Bobby Wayne: Robert Wayne Snyder (rockabilly singer/guitarist, b1936)
	      David Wayne: Wayne McMeekan (movie, stage & tv actor, b1914 d1995)
		Dig Wayne: Timothy Wayne Ball (rock singer with Jo Boxers, b1962)
	       John Wayne: Marion Michael Morrison (movie actor/director/producer, b1907 d1979)
	    Naunton Wayne: Naunton Davies (British movie & stage actor, b1901 d1970)
	      Blue Weaver: Derek Weaver (British keyboardist with 'The Bee Gees')
	   Doodles Weaver: Winstead Sheffield Glendening Dixon Weaver (comedic singer/hayseed actor/novelty musician with the Spike Jones Band, b1911 d1983)
	       Pat Weaver: Sylvester Weaver (former NBC-TV president/brother of Doodles/father of Sigourney)
	 Sigourney Weaver: Susan Alexandra Weaver (tall actress/alien-slayer, b1949)
	     Bernard Webb: Sir James Paul McCartney (singer/songwriter - used alias to write the song Woman for Peter & Gordon)
	       Chick Webb: William Webb [nn: Little Giant of the Drums] (drummer/jazz musician/bandleader w/Ella Fitzgerald Band, b1902 d1939)
	     Clifton Webb: Webb Parmallee Hollenbeck (actor/dancer, b1893 d1966)
		Spud Webb: Anthony Jerome Webb (professional basketball player, b1963)
	   Ann Wedgeworth: Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth (actress)
		   Weegee: Arthur Fellig (Austrian-born New York photographer/photojournalist/paparazzi, b1899 d1968)
*                 Wee Man: Jason Acuna (skateboarder/entertainer on MTV's Jackass show)
	 Dean & Gene Ween: Mickey Melchiondo (b1970) and Aaron Freeman (b1970) (musical parody performers)
	      Biggs Wehde: Wilbur Wehde (professional baseball pitcher w/the Chicago White Sox, b1906 d1970)
	      Podge Weihe: John Garibaldi Weihe (professional baseball player w/the Cincinnati Red Stockings & Indianapolis Hoosiers, b1862 d1914)
		 Bob Weir: Robert Hall (rhythm guitarist with The Grateful Dead, b1947)
       Johnny Weissmuller: Peter John Weissmuller (Olympic athlete/swimmer/movie & tv actor/6th Tarzan, b1904 d1984)
	     Raquel Welch: Raquel Tejada (movie & stage actress, b1940)
	     Tahnee Welch: La Tahn Renee Welch (actress)
	     Tuesday Weld: Susan Ker Weld (movie & tv actress, b1943)
	       H.G. Wells: Herbert George Wells (author/futurist, b1915)
	     Junior Wells: Amos Blakemore (blues harmonica player, b1935 d1998)
	     Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (actor/writer/director/producer, b1915 d1985)
       Duke of Wellington: Arthur Wellesley [aka "the Iron Duke"] (19th-century British soldier & statesman)
		 Fang Wen: Chen Fang (Chinese author/editor)
	     Senor Wences: Senor Wenceslao Moreno [aka Father of Ventriloquists] (Spanish bullfighter/ventriloquest who used his actual painted hand as his puppet "Pedro" - a regular on the old Ed Sullivan Show, b1896 d1999)
	     John Wengraf: Johann Wenngraft (movie actor, b1897 d1974)
	    Sonny Werblin: David A. Werblin (founder of the New York Jets professional football team)
	     Oskar Werner: Oskar Josef Schliessmayer (actor/director, b1922 d1984)
	  Lina Wertmuller: Angela Wertmuller von Elg (Italian movie director, b1928)
	Maestro Fresh Wes: Wes Williams [aka Melody MC] (Canadian rap artist, b1968)
		Adam West: William Anderson (caped movie & tv actor, Pow! Zonk! Wham!, b1929)
	       Billy West: Roy B. Weissberg (silent-movie comedian, b1893 d1975)
	      Dottie West: Dorothy Marie Marsh (American country-western singer, b1932 d1991)
	      Julian West: Baron Nicholas von Gunzberg (writer)
*                Mae West: Mary Jane West (movie actress/writer, b1892? b1893? d1980)
		 Mae West: Snow White? {"You know, I used to be Snow White, but I drifted." - Mae West}
	   Nathanael West: Nathan Weinstein (author/movie screenwriter, b1904 d1940)
	       Nigel West: Rupert Allason (British journalist/author/Member of Parliament)
		Owen West: Dean Ray Koontz (writer)
	Dame Rebecca West: Cicily Isabel Fairfield (Irish novelist/journalist/critic)
	     Rosalyn West: Nancy Gideon (author)
	   Helen Westcott: Myrthas Helen Hickman (movie actress, b1929)
      Dr. Ruth Westheimer: Karola Ruth Siegel (psychologist/author, b1928)
	    Helen Westley: Henrietta Conroy (movie & stage actress, b1879 d1942)
	  Mary Westmacott: Agatha Christie (British novelist, b1890 d1975)
	     Allen Weston: Alice Mary Norton (writer)
	      Jack Weston: Jack Morris Weinstein (movie, stage & tv actor, b1924 d1996)
	   Michael Whalen: Joseph Kenneth Shovlin (movie actor, b1899 d1974)
	      Wil Wheaton: Richard William Wheaton III (Enterprising young movie & tv actor, b1972)
	Peetie Wheatstraw: William Bunch (blues pianist/singer)
+            Bert Wheeler: Albert Jerome Wheeler [of Wheeler & Woolsey comedy team] (1920-30's slapstick comedian/movie & tv actor/writer, b1895 d1968)
		  Wheezer: Robert E. Hutchins (movie actor/Our Gang member)
	Whistler's Mother: Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler (celebrated painter's model)
	    Antonia White: Eirene Adeline Botting (author)
	      Bukka White: Booker T. Washington White (blues singer/slide guitarist)
	     Deacon White: James Laurie White (American baseball catcher/infielder, 1876-1890)
	       E.B. White: Elwyn Brooks White [aka Eb White] (author of children's books/essayist/poet, b1899 d1985)
	       Fuzz White: Albert Eugene White (professional baseball player w/the St. Louis Browns & New York Giants, b1918)
	      Jesse White: Jesse Marc Wiedenfeld (actor/comedian/lonely washer repairman, b1918 d1997)
	       JoJo White: Joseph Henry White (American basketball player, 1969-1981)
	      Jo-Jo White: Joyner Clifford White (professional baseball player w/the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics & Cincinnati Reds, b1909 d1986)
	    Patrick White: Victor Martindale (author)
	     Slappy White: Melvin White (comedian/dancer/poet, b1921 d1995)
	       T.H. White: Terence Hanbury White (English novelist/satirist/social historian, b1906 d1964)
	      Vanna White: Vanna Marie Rosich (actress/letter turner)
	    Whizzer White: Byron Raymond White (professional football runningback/U.S. Supreme Court Justice, b1917)
	       White Fang: Jed (canine star of the 1991 film White Fang, where he played the part of a wolf)
	    Pops Whiteman: Paul Whiteman (bandleader/violinist/variety show host)
	     Slim Whitman: Otis Dewey (falsetto country singer/yodeler)
	    Peter Whitney: Peter King Engle (movie actor, b1916 d1972)
	    Pinky Whitney: Arthur Carter Whitney (professional baseball 3rd baseman w/the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves & Boston Bees, b1905 d1987)
	   Possum Whitted: George Bostic Whitted (professional baseball player w/the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates & Brooklyn Robins, b1890 d1962)
	      Mary Wickes: Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser (veteran movie & tv actress - Kolchak: The Night Stalker/tv host - Sigmund & the Sea Monsters, b1910)
	    Stump Wiedman: George E. Wiedman (professional baseball pitcher w/the Buffalo Bisons, Detroit Wolverines, Kansas City Cowboys, N.Y. Giants & N.Y. Metropolitans, b1861 d1905)
	      Mary Wigman: Marie Wiegmann (dancer/choreographer/teacher)
		  Wildcat: Ted Grant (fictional superhero)
	      Marty Wilde: Reginald Smith (English rock singer/songwriter)
	      Niall Wilde: Eric Frank Russell (sci-fi author)
	      Oscar Wilde: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (earnest Irish playwright/poet/novelist/critic, b1856 d1900)
	     Billy Wilder: Samuel Wilder (American movie director/producer, b1906)
	      Gene Wilder: Jerome Silberman (movie & tv actor/comedian, b1935)
	   Kaiser Wilhelm: Irvin Key Wilhelm (professional baseball pitcher w/the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Beaneaters, Brooklyn Superbas, Baltimore Terrapins & Philadelphia Phillies, b1874 d1936)
	   Spider Wilhelm: Charles Ernest Wilhelm (professional baseball shortstop w/the Philadelphia Athletics, b1929 d1992)
	       Wilhelm II: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert William II (German emperor, King of Prussia from 1888-1918)
	       Wilhelmina: Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria (Queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948)
	    Jamaal Wilkes: Keith Wilkes (professional basketball forward)
	Dominique Wilkins: Jacques Dominique Wilkins (American basketball player)
	    Bud Wilkinson: Charles Burnham Wilkinson (American football coach, 1947-1963)
	   George F. Will: George Frederick Will (columnist/editor/author/baseball player?)
		William I: William the Conqueror (King of England, 1066-1087, b1027? d1087)
	 William of Wales: William Arthur Philip Louis (English prince, 1st son of Prince Charles & Princess Diana)
	   Warren William: Warren Krech (suave movie actor, b1895 d1948)
	     Ace Williams: Robert Fulton Williams (professional baseball pitcher w/the Boston Bees & Boston Braves, b1917)
	    Andy Williams: Howard Andrew Williams (singer, b1930)
	    Bill Williams: William H. Katt (movie & tv actor/stuntman, b1916 d1992)
*      Billy Dee Williams: William December Williams (artist/movie & tv actor/writer, b1937)
	    Buck Williams: Charles Linwood Williams (professional basketball forward)
	    Cara Williams: Bernice Kamiat (comedic movie & tv actress, b1925)
	  Cootie Williams: Charles Melvin Williams (American jazz trumpeter, b1911 d1985)
	 Deniece Williams: Deniece Chandler (rhythm & blues singer/songwriter, b1951)
	     Edy Williams: Edwina Beth Williams (actress)
	     Guy Williams: Armando Catalano (movie & tv actor, b1924 d1989)
	    Hank Williams: Hiram King Williams Sr. [aka Luke the Drifter] (country western singer/songwriter)
       Hank Williams, Jr.: Randall Williams [nn: Bochepus] (country western singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1949)
	    Hugh Williams: Brian Williams (British playwrite/movie & stage actor, b1904 d1969)
	  JoBeth Williams: Margaret JoBeth Williams (Big Chilly actress)
	 John T. Williams: Bernard Gordon (Hollywood-blacklisted writer)
	    Papa Williams: Fred Williams (professional baseball 1st baseman w/the Cleveland Indians, b1913 d1993)
	     Pop Williams: Walter Merrill Williams (professional baseball pitcher w/the Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs, Boston Beaneaters & Philadelphia Phillies, b1874 d1959)
       Steamboat Williams: Rees Gephardt Williams (professional baseball pitcher w/the St. Louis Cardinals, b1892 d1979)
       Tennessee Williams: Thomas Lanier Williams (author/playwright, b1911 d1983)
	     Tex Williams: Sol Williams (western swing-music performer/movie actor, b1917 d1985) {given his NdP by fiddler Spade Cooley}
	   Tiger Williams: David James Williams (Canadian professional hockey player, 1974-1988)
	   Treat Williams: Richard Williams (movie & tv actor/director, b1951? b1952?)
	Wendy O. Williams: Wendy Orlean Williams (lead singer of the Plasmatics punk rock group/suicide victim, b1949 d1998)
     Sonny Boy Williamson: John Lee Williamson [aka Willie Williamson, SBW#1] (blues harmonica player/singer, b1914 d1948)
     Sonny Boy Williamson: Aleck Ford Miller [aka Rice Miller, SBW#2] (more famous blues harmonica player/singer, b190? d19??)
	      John Willie: John Alexander Scott Coutts (Singapore-born erotic writer/fetishist, b1902 d1962)
	     Bruce Willis: Walter Bruce Willis  [nn: Bruno] (movie actor/producer/writer/singer/harmonica-player/Moonlights as a tv actor, b1955)
		Bob Wills: James Robert Wills (blues, country & jazz singer/composer/bandleader) [nn: King of Western Swing]
	       Bump Wills: Elliott Taylor Wills (professional baseball 2nd baseman w/the Texas Rangers & Chicago Cubs, b1952)
		    Willy: Keiko (whale of an movie actor, known for a swimmingly great performance in Free Willy)
	 Sir Angus Wilson: Frank Johnstone (author)
	      B.J. Wilson: Barry J. Wilson (rock & roll drummer with Procol Harum)
	 Blind Owl Wilson: Alan Wilson (lead rock & roll singer/songwriter/guitarist/harmonica player with Canned Heat, b1943 d1970
	    Dooley Wilson: Arthur Wilson (stage, movie & tv actor/singer/drummer/pianist/musician who played it again in Casablanca, b1894 d1953)
	     Edith Wilson: Edith Goodall (blues singer)
	       Fin Wilson: Finis Elbert Wilson (professional baseball pitcher w/the Brooklyn Tip-Tops, b1889 d1959)
	      Flip Wilson: Clerow Wilson (actor/comedian/Devil's plaything, b1933 d1998)
	      Hank Wilson: Claude Russell Bridges [aka Leon Russell] (jazz musician/bandleader/composer/songwriter, b1941)
	  Highball Wilson: Howard Paul Wilson (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cleveland Spiders, Philadelphia Athletics & Washington Nationals, b1878 d1934)
	  Icehouse Wilson: George Peacock Wilson (professional baseball player w/the Detroit Tigers, b1912 d1973)
	    Jackie Wilson: Jack Leroy Wilson (soul singer/songwriter, b1934 d1984)
	     Marie Wilson: Katherine Elizabeth White (movie actress known for playing dumb-blonde roles, b1916 d1972)
	  Meredith Wilson: Robert Meredith Wilson (musical composer/conductor/bandleader/flautist, b1902 d1984)
	    Mookie Wilson: William Hayward Wilson (professional baseball player w/the New York Mets & Toronto Blue Jays, b1956)
*          Richard Wilson: Ian Colquhoun Wilson (old Scottish-born research scientist/movie & tv actor with One Foot in the Grave, b1936)
	   Squanto Wilson: George Francis Wilson (professional baseball player w/the Detroit Tigers & Boston Red Sox, b1889 d1967)
	       Tug Wilson: George Archer Wilson (professional baseball player w/the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, b1884 d1914)
	      Whip Wilson: Charles Meyer (movie actor, b1915 d1964)
	   Woodrow Wilson: Thomas Woodrow Wilson (former U.S. president)
	      Bebe Winans: Benjamin Winans (gospel singer)
	      Cece Winans: Priscilla Winans (gospel singer)
	    Paul Winchell: Paul Wilchen (amateur medical device inventor (patented an artificial human heart)/acupuncturist/Doctor of Divinity/ventriloquist (w/dummies Jerry Mahoney & Knucklehead Smiff)/cartoon voicist/movie & tv actor/director/writer, b1922)
	  Walter Winchell: Walter Winechel (singer/vaudevillian/columnist/journalist/tv host/actor, b1897)
	  Barbara Windsor: Barbara Deeks (British movie actress, b1937)
	   Claire Windsor: Olga Cronk (movie actress, b1898 d1972)
	    Marie Windsor: Emily Marie Bertelson (movie & stage director, b1923)
       Arthur M. Winfield: Edward Stratemeyer (author/creator of The Rover Boys novels, d1930)
	     Debra Winger: Mary Debra Winger (movie & tv actress, b1955)
	      Kipp Winger: Charles Frederick Winger (heavy metal rock singer, b1961)
	    Wilber Winkle: John Homans (author/complainer)
	  Winnie-the-Pooh: Edward Bear [aka Winnie-ther-Pooh] (children's literary character and honey spokesperson) {named after Winnipeg, a real bear cub at the London Zoo}
	Charles Winninger: Karl Winninger (movie & tv actor, b1884 d1969)
	  Mare Winningham: Mary Megan Winningham (movie & tv actress, b1959)
	   George Winslow: George Wenzlaff [nn: 'Foghorn'] (movie actor, b1946)
	    Jimmy Winston: James Langwith (British organist with The Small Faces)
	    Johnny Winter: John Dawson Winter III (blues singer/songwriter/guitarist/bandleader)
	     John Winters: Louis Krages (German timber salesman/professional racecar driver) {raced under NdG to avoid family's disapproval, but cover was blown when he won the LeMans 24 Hours}
	   Shelly Winters: Shirley Schrift (movie actress, b1922)
	  Estelle Winwood: Estelle Goodwin [aka "Cow Eyes"] (British movie, stage & tv actress/comedienne, b1883 d1984)
	     Muff Winwood: Mervyn Winwood (British rock & roll bass player with Spencer Davis Group, b1943) 
      Rev. Billy C. Wirtz: William Wirths (entertainer/guitarist/singer)
	     Herbert Wise: Lucioano Ricci (writer)
		 Wishbone: Soccer (Jack Russell terrier star of the film Wishbone)
	   Googie Withers: Georgette Withers (British movie & stage actress, b1917)
	      Joann Witty: Priscilla Barnes (movie & tv actress - Three's Company/Penthouse Magazine 'Pet of the Month' for March 1976, b1955)
*              Mr. Wizard: Donald Jeffry Herbert (TV science teacher in the 50's and 60's, b1917)
	   P.G. Wodehouse: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (British humorist/author/poet/dramatist/playwright)
	     Howling Wolf: Charles Arthur Burnett (blues guitar/harmonic player)
	       Peter Wolf: Peter Blankfield (rock & roll singer/musician/songwriter/producer)
	       Rowan Wolf: Ulf Ronnquist (Swedish writer/poet) {Ulf is old Norse for 'wolf,' Ronnquist for 'branch of Rowan tree'}
	      Aaron Wolfe: Dean Ray Koontz (writer)
	     Scotty Wolfe: Glynn Wolfe (World's most married man - 27 times at the last count, b1908)
		Tom Wolfe: Thomas Kennerley (author)
		    Woman: Nancy Daus [formerly Nancy Daus-Sullivan before the divorce] (manager of professional wrestlers)
	    Stevie Wonder: Steveland Morris Hardaway [aka Steveland Judkins] (rhythm & blues singer/keyboardist/organist/harmonica player/songwriter/producer, b1950)
	     Wonder Woman: Diana Prince Trevor (fictional super-hero)
	    Anna May Wong: Lui-Tsong Wong (movie & tv actress)
		Faye Wong: Wong Fei [aka Wong Jing Man] (actress/singer/musician, b1969)
		 John Woo: Wu Yusen (director/screenwriter/actor, b1948)
	       Booty Wood: Mitchell W. Wood (jazz trombonist with the Duke Ellington Band, b1919 d1987)
	     Brenton Wood: Alfred Smith (soul singer/songwriter/pianist, b1941)
		 Del Wood: Adelaide Hazelwood (country western singer/ragtime pianist)
	     Natalie Wood: Natasha Nikolaevna Zacharenko-Gurdin (movie & tv actress/drowning victim, b1938 d1981)
	Barbara Woodhouse: Blackburn Woodhouse (author/tv show host/dog trainer, b1910 d1988)
	   Holly Woodlawn: Harold Ajzenberg (Andy Warhol disciple/drag queen/movie actor, b1947)
	     Donald Woods: Ralph L. Zink (movie & tv actor, b1909)
	      Tiger Woods: Eldrick Woods (golf pro, b1975)
	    D.B. Woodside: David Bryan Woodside (movie & tv actor)
	      Sheb Wooley: Shelby F. Wooley (country western singer/guitarist/bandleader/songwriter/comedian/DJ/movie & tv actor/Purple People Eater, b1921)
	   Virginia Woolf: Adeline Virginia Stephens Woolf (British novelist/essayist/critic)
	    Monty Woolley: Edgar Montillion Woolley (movie actor, b1888 d1963)
*                 Woolsey: Robert Woolsey [of Wheeler & Woolsey] (comedian, b1888 d1938)
	      Hank Worden: Norton Earl Worden (western movie actor, b1901 d1992)
	     Gump Worsley: Lorne John Worsley (Canadian professional hockey goalie)
		John Wray: John Malloy (movie actor, b1890 d1940)
		Link Wray: Fred Lincoln Wray, Jr. (singer/composer/guitarist/pianist)
		M.K. Wren: Martha Kay Renfroe (writer)
		P.C. Wren: Percival Christopher Wren (British author, b1885 d1941)
	    Mickey Wright: Mary Kathryn Wright (American professional golfer)
	     Taffy Wright: Taft Shedron Wright (professional baseball player w/the Washington Nationals, Chicago White Sox & Philadelphia Athletics, b1911 d1981)
		 Harry Wu: Hongda Wu (Chinese-born American human rights activist)
	      Jamie Wyeth: James Browning Wyeth (painter)
	    Richard Wyler: Richard Stapley (actor, b1934)
	       Jane Wyman: Sarah Jane Fulks (movie & tv actress, b1914? b1917?)
	   Patrick Wymark: Patrick Cheesman (British movie & tv actor, b1920 d1970)
	     John Wyndham: John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Haris (British science fiction author)
	    Tammy Wynette: Virginia Wynette Pugh (country singer/tv actress, b1942 d1998)
		  Ed Wynn: Isaiah Edwin Leopold (comedian/movie, radio, stage & tv actor/vaudvillian, b1886 d1966)
	      Keenan Wynn: Francis Xavier Aloysius Keenan-Wynn (movie, stage & tv actor/Ed's son, b1916 d1986)
		 May Wynn: Donna Lee Hickey (movie actress, b1931)
		  Wynonna: Christina Ciminella (country singer)
	      Dana Wynter: Dagmar Spencer-Marcus (British movie & tv actress/Body Snatchee, b1930)
	    Diana Wynyard: Dorothy Isobel Cox (movie & stage actress, b1906 d1964)


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