Lives listing with initial: W
- Winthrop, Professor John (born 1714–died 1779), American mathematician, physicist, astronomer
- Wintzenried de Courtilles, Jean Samuel Rodolphe (born 1716–died 1772), Swiss factotum, civil servant, servant, wigmaker
- Wise, Francis (born 1695–died 1767), English academic, archivist, antiquarian, librarian
- Wise, Sarah [née Nairne] (died March/April 1779), English home-maker
- Witchell, George (born 1728–died 1785), English mathematician, astronomer
- Witel, Jérémie (born 1754–died 1794), Swiss printer, bookseller
- Withers, Captain John (flourished 1682), American militia officer, sheriff, politician
- Witherspoon, John (born 1723–died 1794), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian, university administrator, politician
- Wodehouse, John (born 1741–died 1825), English politician, member of Parliament
- Wodrow, Reverend James (born 1730–died 1810), Scottish librarian, churchman, Presbyterian
- Wogan, Charles (born c. 1685–died 1754), Irish soldier, Jacobite, governor, army officer
- Wolcott, Erastus (born 1722–died 1793), American [unknown occupation]
- Wolcott, Oliver (born 1726–died 1797), American lawyer, state governor, physician
- Wolcott, Oliver [junior] (born 1760–died 1833), American government minister, state governor
- Wolff, Christian von, Freiherr von Wolff (born 1679–died 1754), German philosopher, mathematician, scientist, academician
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