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| Jianren Wu | 1866–1910 | 6 |
| Jing Wu | 670–749 | 2 |
| Jingzi Wu | 1701–1754 | 1 |
| Tingfang Wu | 1842–1922 | 1 |
| William F. (William Frederic) Wunsch | 1882–1969 | 2 |
| Martti Wuori | 1858–1934 | 1 |
| Gideon Wurdz | born 1875 | 1 |
| A. J. (Alfred John) Wyatt | 1858–1935 | 1 |
| Edith Wyatt | 1873–1958 | 1 |
| N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth | 1882–1945 | 3 |
| Elinor Wylie | 1885–1928 | 1 |
| I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie | 1885–1959 | 2 |
| Horace Wyndham | born 1875 | 1 |
| Arnold Wynne | born 1880 | 1 |
| Ellis Wynne | 1671–1734 | 2 |
| Reginald Wyon | 1872–1921 | 1 |
| Johann David Wyss | 1743–1818 | 4 |
| Eugen Wüster | 1898–1977 | 1 |