| Artemus Ward | 1834–1867 | 8 |
| Edward Ward | 1667–1731 | 1 |
| Grady Ward | born 1951 | 5 |
| Ward, Humphry, Mrs. | 1851–1920 | 36 |
| John Ward | 1866–1934 | 1 |
| John Montgomery Ward | 1860–1925 | 1 |
| Maisie Ward | 1889–1975 | 1 |
| Samuel Ward | 1577–1640 | 1 |
| Ward, Wilfrid, Mrs. | 1864–1932 | 1 |
| Ben W. (Benjamin Wheeler) Warden | 1879–1928 | 1 |
| Florence Warden | 1857–1929 | 1 |
| Mary G. (Mary Greene) Ware | 1818–1907 | 1 |
| Sedley Lynch Ware | born 1868 | 1 |
| William Ware | 1797–1852 | 2 |
| Catherine A. (Catherine Ann) Warfield | 1816–1877 | 2 |
| George E. (George Edwin) Waring | 1833–1898 | 1 |
| Cy Warman | 1855–1914 | 1 |
| Agnes Warner | 1872–1926 | 1 |
| Anna Bartlett Warner | 1824–1915 | 4 |
| Anne Warner | 1869–1913 | 4 |
| Charles Dudley Warner | 1829–1900 | 58 |
| George H. Warner | 1833–1919 | 7 |
| Susan Warner | 1819–1885 | 13 |
| Henry White Warren | 1831–1912 | 2 |
| Maude Radford Warren | 1875–1934 | 1 |
| Samuel Warren | 1807–1877 | 1 |
| Joseph Warschauer | born 1869 | 1 |
| Joseph Warton | 1722–1800 | 1 |
| Karel Johan Hendrik Wasch | 1886–1967 | 1 |
| Francis T. (Francis Tucker) Washburn | 1843–1873 | 1 |
| Marion Foster Washburne | born 1863 | 1 |
| Booker T. Washington | 1856–1915 | 3 |
| George Washington | 1732–1799 | 2 |
| Pat Beauchamp Washington | 1892–1972 | 1 |
| Robert Alexander Wason | 1874–1955 | 1 |
| Earl R. (Earl Reeves) Wasserman | 1913–1973 | 1 |
| Jakob Wassermann | 1873–1934 | 15 |
| Ernst Wasserzieher | 1860–1927 | 1 |
| Stanley Waterloo | 1846–1913 | 3 |
| Sydney Waterlow | 1878–1944 | 1 |
| Clara Erskine Clement Waters | 1834–1916 | 3 |
| Theodore Waters | born 1870 | 3 |
| W. G. (William George) Waters | 1844–1928 | 1 |
| Charles Waterton | 1782–1865 | 1 |
| Watkin, E. W. (Edward William), Sir | 1819–1901 | 1 |
| Samuel R. (Samuel Rush) Watkins | 1839–1901 | 1 |
| Eugene Winslow Watson | 1843–1914 | 1 |
| Henry C. (Henry Clay) Watson | 1831–1869 | 2 |
| J. S. (John Selby) Watson | 1804–1884 | 2 |
| John F. (John Fanning) Watson | 1779–1860 | 11 |
| John R. (John Reay) Watson | born 1872 | 1 |
| Lillian Eichler Watson | born 1902 | 1 |
| Paul Barron Watson | 1861–1948 | 1 |
| Virginia Watson | born 1872 | 1 |
| William Watson | 1858–1935 | 2 |
| William Henry Lowe Watson | 1891–1932 | 1 |
| Henry Watterson | 1840–1921 | 3 |
| Isaac Watts | 1674–1748 | 3 |
| Susannah Watts | 1768–1842 | 1 |
| Theodore Watts-Dunton | 1832–1914 | 3 |
| George Armstrong Wauchope | 1862–1943 | 1 |
| Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph) Waud | 1828–1891 | 1 |
| Alec Waugh | 1898–1981 | 1 |
| Edwin Waugh | 1817–1890 | 2 |
| Arthur S. (Arthur Sanders) Way | 1847–1930 | 1 |
| F. E. (Frederic Edward) Weatherly | 1848–1929 | 1 |
| G. S. (George Sumner) Weaver | 1818–1908 | 1 |
| John Weaver | 1673–1760 | 1 |
| John V. A. (John Van Alstyne) Weaver | 1893–1938 | — |
| Archibald Webb | 1887–1944 | 11 |
| Frank J. Webb | 1828–1894 | 1 |
| Webb, J. B., Mrs. (Annie) | 1806–1880 | 2 |
| Mary Webb | 1881–1927 | 1 |
| Stephen Palfrey Webb | 1804–1879 | 1 |
| Charlotte Weber-Ditzler | 1877–1958 | 1 |
| Angus D. Webster | 1855–1931 | 1 |
| Daniel Webster | 1782–1852 | 2 |
| Henry Kitchell Webster | 1875–1932 | 4 |
| Hutton Webster | 1875–1955 | 1 |
| Jean Webster | 1876–1916 | 7 |