| James McNeill Whistler | 1834–1903 | 1 |
| William Whiston | 1667–1752 | 5 |
| Adam White | 1817–1879 | 1 |
| Andrew Dickson White | 1832–1918 | 4 |
| Edward Lucas White | 1866–1934 | 2 |
| Eliza Orne White | 1856–1947 | 1 |
| Ellen G. White | 1827–1915 | 2 |
| Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White | 1859–1935 | 2 |
| Gilbert White | 1720–1793 | 3 |
| Gleeson White | 1851–1898 | 1 |
| Grace Miller White | 1869–1957 | 3 |
| Henry Kirke White | 1785–1806 | 1 |
| Horace White | 1834–1916 | 1 |
| John H. White | born 1933 | 1 |
| John S. (John Stuart) White | 1847–1922 | 1 |
| Matthew White | 1857–1940 | 1 |
| Stephen W. (Stephen William) White | 1840–1914 | 1 |
| Stewart Edward White | 1873–1946 | 20 |
| Trumbull White | 1868–1941 | 1 |
| Wilbert W. (Wilbert Webster) White | 1863–1944 | 1 |
| William Allen White | 1868–1944 | 3 |
| William Hale White | 1831–1913 | 9 |
| William Patterson White | born 1884 | 1 |
| Alfred North Whitehead | 1861–1947 | 1 |
| Bulstrode Whitelocke | 1605–1675 | 1 |
| Lilian Whiting | 1847–1942 | 1 |
| Walt Whitman | 1819–1892 | 5 |
| A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney | 1824–1906 | 5 |
| Edson Leone Whitney | born 1861 | 1 |
| Elliott Whitney | 1863–1913 | 2 |
| Helen Hay Whitney | 1875–1944 | 1 |
| Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey | 1788–1858 | 1 |
| John Greenleaf Whittier | 1807–1892 | 44 |
| D. W. (Daniel Webster) Whittle | 1840–1901 | 1 |
| Alexander Whyte | 1836–1921 | 7 |
| G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville | 1821–1878 | 2 |
| Knut Wicksell | 1851–1926 | 1 |
| Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson | 1848–1923 | 1 |
| Margaret Widdemer | 1884–1978 | 3 |
| David Widger | 1932–2021 | 75 |
| F. J. (Frederick John) Widgery | 1861–1942 | 2 |
| G. C. (Gustavus C.) Widney | 1871–1955 | 1 |
| John Andreas Widtsoe | 1872–1952 | 1 |
| Friedrich Wieck | 1785–1873 | 1 |
| Jan Wiegman | 1884–1963 | 1 |
| Christoph Martin Wieland | 1733–1813 | 18 |
| Ludolf Wienbarg | 1802–1872 | 1 |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin | 1856–1923 | 33 |
| Eva Wigström | 1832–1901 | 1 |
| Samuel Wilberforce | 1805–1873 | 1 |
| William Wilberforce | 1759–1833 | 2 |
| Ella Wheeler Wilcox | 1850–1919 | 18 |
| Oscar Wilde | 1854–1900 | 37 |
| Percival Wilde | 1887–1953 | 2 |
| Ernst von Wildenbruch | 1845–1909 | 1 |
| Alexander Wilder | 1823–1908 | 1 |
| Herbert Merrill Wilder | born 1864 | 1 |
| Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney) Wilder | 1859–1915 | 10 |
| Sampson Vryling Stoddard Wilder | 1780–1865 | 1 |
| Samuel Wilderspin | 1791–1866 | 1 |
| Frank Wiles | 1881–1963 | 1 |
| Irving Ramsay Wiles | 1861–1948 | 1 |
| Florence Wilford | born 1836 | 1 |
| Charles Wilkes | 1798–1877 | 1 |
| Katharine Elliott Wilkie | born 1904 | 1 |
| Harriet Annie Wilkins | 1829–1888 | 1 |
| John Wilkins | 1614–1672 | 1 |
| Lawrence A. (Lawrence Augustus) Wilkins | born 1878 | 1 |
| W. H. (William Henry) Wilkins | 1860–1905 | 1 |
| J. (John) Wilkinson | 1821–1891 | 1 |
| Spenser Wilkinson | 1853–1937 | 2 |
| William Cleaver Wilkinson | 1833–1920 | 1 |
| Kyösti Wilkuna | 1879–1922 | 1 |
| Emma Willard | 1787–1870 | 1 |
| James Hartwell Willard | born 1847 | 1 |
| Cornélis De Witt Willcox | 1861–1938 | 1 |
| Orlando B. Willcox | 1823–1907 | — |
| Albert Rhys Williams | 1883–1962 | 1 |
| Archibald Williams | 1871–1934 | 1 |
| Ben Ames Williams | 1889–1953 | 1 |