- Waldemar Haffkine1860Bacteriologist qui a développé the first effective vaccines against cholera and bubonic…
- Wallace Shawn1943Acteur and playwright, voice of Rex in Toy Story.
- Wallis Annenberg2009Chair of the Annenberg Foundation, which has given more than $1bn
- Walt Rostow1916Economic historian and strategist
- Walter Annenberg1908Éditeur (TV Guide, Triangle Publications), philanthrope
- Walter Becker1950Guitarist-bassist and co-founder of Steely Dan.
- Walter Benjamin1892Philosophe and critic whose essays on language and translation remain influential.
- Walter Blumenfeld1882Psychologue who pioneered applied and experimental psychology in Peru
- Walter Bodmer1936Généticien who advanced human population genetics and helped launch the Human Genome…
- Walter Burle Marx1902Chef d'orchestre et compositeur
- Walter Damrosch1862Chef d'orchestre et compositeur
- Walter Elsasser1904Geophysicist who formulated the dynamo theory explaining the origin of Earth's magnetism
- Walter Feit1930Group theory
- Walter Gilbert1980DNA Sequencing
- Walter Gordon1893Physicien
- Walter Haas1916Owned the Oakland Athletics
- Walter Heitler1904Physicien connu pour the Heitler–London theory of the chemical bond
- Walter Jacobs1883Chimiste who pioneered the development of chemotherapeutic drugs
- Walter Kaufmann1921Philosophe and influential translator and interpreter of Nietzsche
- Walter Kent1943A composé 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' and 'The White Cliffs of Dover'
- Walter Kohn1923Physicien, cofondateur de density functional theory
- Walter LippmannProfiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
- Walter Matthau1920Oscar-winning actor of comedy and drama
- Walter Mischel1930Personality psychologist connu pour the marshmallow test of self-control
- Walter Mosley1990Romancier américain best connu pour the Easy Rawlins detective series (Devil in a Blue Dress)
- Walter Munk1917Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean and…
- Walter Reisch1953Scénariste of Ninotchka, Gaslight and Titanic (Oscar 1953)
- Walter Rothschild1908Zoologiste who assembled the largest natural history collection ever gathered by one…
- Walter Rudin1921Analyse mathématique
- Walter Susskind1913Chef d'orchestre and pianist
- Walther Mayer1887Topologie
- Wanda Landowska1879Polish-French harpsichordist who led the 20th-century revival of the harpsichord and of…
- Wassily Leontief1905A développé input-output economic analysis
- Wendelin Werner1968Probability
- Wendy Freedman2024Astronome who measured the expansion rate of the universe (Hubble constant)
- Wendy PerronWendy Perron is a dance writer, pédagogue, teacher, performer, and choreographer.
- Wendy Wasserstein1950Prix Pulitzer-winning playwright ('The Heidi Chronicles')
- Werner Cahnman1902Sociologue of ethnicity and historical sociology
- Werner Fenchel1905Convex analysis
- Werner Israel1931Physicien
- Werner Rogosinski1894Analyse mathématique
- Werner Wolff1904Psychologue connu pour research on expressive behavior and personality
- Wertheimer family (Chanel)Owners of Chanel
- Wesley Clark1944US Army General, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Wilfred Josephs1927Classical and film composer
- Wilhelm Jerusalem1854Philosophe and psychologist influential in education
- Wilhelm Reich1897Psychanalyste and social philosopher
- Wilhelm Steinitz1886First undisputed World Chess Champion (1886) and father of the modern positional school…
- Wilhelm Stekel1868Early psychoanalyst connu pour work on dreams and symbolism
- Will AronsonTony Award — Best Musical
- Will Eisner1940Créateur de The Spirit (1940)
- Will Herberg1901Sociologue of religion
- Willi Hoffer1897Psychanalyste connu pour research on early childhood development
- William A. BarnettÉconomiste
- William BaumolÉconomiste
- William Browder1934Topologie
- William Castle1914Master of horror showmanship ('House on Haunted Hill', 'Homicidal')
- William Cohen1940US Secretary of Defense (1997-2001), Senator for Maine
- William Cooper1982Co-créateur de data envelopment analysis and goal programming
- William Dameshek1900Hematologist who introduced the concept of myeloproliferative disorders.
- William Davidson1922Owned the Detroit Pistons
- William Feller1906Théorie des probabilités
- William Finn1992Compositeur-lyricist of Falsettos
- William Fox1915A fondé Fox Film Corporation (20th Century Fox)
- William Friedkin1971Réalisateur of The French Connection, which won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best…
- William Friedman1891Fondateur de modern statistical cryptanalysis
- William Gelbart1946Chimiste physicien connu pour soft matter and virus physical chemistry
- William Goldman1969Two-time Oscar screenwriter: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the…
- William HoffmanFormer Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of…
- William James Sidis1909Child prodigy — youngest person ever admitted to Harvard, at 11 (1909)
- William Kahan1933Architecte of IEEE floating-point arithmetic
- William Kannel1923Cardiologue who led the Framingham Heart Study and coined the term 'risk factor'
- William Kapell1922Pianiste classique
- William Kentridge2010South African artist of animated charcoal films
- William Klemperer1927Chimiste physicien connu pour molecular spectroscopy and interstellar chemistry
- William Kraft1923Compositeur and percussionist
- William Kruskal1919Statistique
- William Kunstler1919Radical civil rights attorney who defended the Freedom Riders in Mississippi (1961) and…
- William Labov1927Fondateur de variationist sociolinguistics, studying language change in social context.
- William Landes1939Law and economics scholar
- William Lauder1986Executive chairman (2009-2024) of The Estée Lauder cosmetics company
- William Ludwig1955A coécrit Interrupted Melody (Oscar 1955)
- William Nierenberg1919Oceanographer who directed the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- William Nordhaus1941Lauréat du prix Nobel (2018) who integrated climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis
- William Pleeth1916Violoncelliste classique
- William PressInformaticien
- William S. Paley1928A construit CBS into a leading American broadcast network
- William Schuman1910Compositeur classique
- William Shatner1966Canadian-American actor, Captain Kirk in Star Trek
- William Steig1907Dessinateur de presse and children's author qui a créé 'Shrek!' and 'Doctor De Soto'.
- William Stein1972Ribonuclease Structure
- William Steinberg1899Chef d'orchestre
- William Stern1871Psychologue and philosopher of personalism, originated the concept of IQ
- William WeisbergerPhysicien (particle physics, Adler-Weisberger sum rule)
- William Wyler1902Three-time Oscar-winning director of Ben-Hur.
- William Zev Hassid1897Biochimiste who elucidated the biosynthesis of carbohydrates and cellulose
- Willian FellnerÉconomiste
- Willie GilbertTony Award — Best Musical
- Willy Marckwald1864Chimiste connu pour stereochemistry and radioactivity research
- Wilma Shore1913Wilma Shore was a writer and teacher most active between the 1940s and the 1960s.
- Winona Ryder1994Actrice américaine (Heathers, Girl Interrupted, Stranger Things)
- Witold Hurewicz1904A introduit higher homotopy groups in topology
- Władysław Natanson1864Physicien
- Wladyslaw Szpilman1911Pianiste et compositeur
- Włodzimierz HolsztyńskiInformaticien
- Wolf LadejinskyÉconomiste
- Wolf Mankowitz1955Scénariste britannique of A Kid for Two Farthings and The Millionairess
- Wolfgang Doeblin1915Théorie des probabilités
- Wolfgang Panofsky1919Physicien
- Wolfgang Pauli1945Discovery of the exclusion principle governing electron behavior
- Wolfgang Rindler1924Physicien
- Wolfgang StolperÉconomiste
- Wolfgang Yourgrau1908Physicien and philosopher of science
- Woody Allen1977Réalisateur
- Wyatt Russell2021Acteur: U.S. Agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lodge 49 and Monarch: Legacy of…