Lives listing by nationality: Irish
- Walker, William (flourished 1737–1747), Irish politician
- Wallis, Reverend Thomas (flourished 1721–1728), Irish churchman
- Warden, David Bailie (born 1772–died 1845), Irish midwife, diplomat, author, journalist, science-writer, scholar
- Waring, Jane (born c. 1674–died 1720), Irish home-maker
- Wellesley, Richard Colley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (born 1760–died 1842), Irish aristocrat, colonial governor, diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Wheldon, John (flourished c. 1727), Irish mathematician
- White, Luke (born 1740–died 1824), Irish printer, politician, member of Parliament
- Whiteway, Martha [née Swift] (born 1690–died 1768), Irish housekeeper, amanuensis, servant
- Wilks, Robert (born c. 1665–died 1732), Irish actor, theatre manager
- Wogan, Charles (born c. 1685–died 1754), Irish soldier, Jacobite, governor, army officer
- Wood, Robert (born c. 1717–died 1771), Irish traveller, scholar, classicist, archaeologist, government minister, historian
- Worrall, Reverend John (died 1751), Irish churchman
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