Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Burt Lancaster
David Schwimmer
James K. Polk
Warren G. Harding
Eva Cassidy
James Thurber
George Bernard Shaw
All Personalities (991 listed)
W. G. Grace
"The Father of Modern Cricket", Victorian Sporting Icon & Medical Doctor
Wacław Sierpiński
Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory
Wajahat S. Khan
Emmy-nominated Investigative Conflict Journalist, Author & Geopolitical Analyst
Walker Evans
Preeminent American Documentary Photographer (FSA) & Co-Author of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Walter Cronkite
Legendary CBS Evening News Anchor & "The Most Trusted Man in America"
Walter Gieseking
Virtuoso Classical Pianist & Definitive Interpreter of Debussy and Ravel
Walter Payton
Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back ("Sweetness"), Super Bowl XX Champion & NFL MVP
Warren G. Harding
29th President of the United States, Newspaper Publisher & Senator
Wasfia Nazreen
Celebrated Mountaineer, Human Rights Activist, Environmentalist & National Geographic Explorer
Wayne Rooney
All-Time Manchester United Goalscorer, England Football Legend & Premier League Hall of Famer
Wilfred Owen
Foremost English War Poet of World War I, Soldier & Author of "Dulce et Decorum Est"
Will Durant
Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian, Philosopher & Author of The Story of Civilization
Will Rogers
Cherokee-American Humorist, Vaudeville Star, Social Philosopher & Columnist
William Cullen Bryant
American Romantic Poet (Thanatopsis), Longtime Editor of New York Evening Post & Abolitionist
William Grenville
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Statesman & Historic Abolitionist who Passed the Slave Trade Act 1807
William Higinbotham
Manhattan Project Physicist, Video Game Pioneer (Creator of Tennis for Two 1958) & First Chairman of Federation of American Scientists