| Name | Gender | Categories | |
|---|
| William Hyde Wollaston | m | Notable Scientists and Inventors |  |
| Howard Wolowitz | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Chris Wolstenholme | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Bobby Womack | m | Notable Musicians, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers | |
| Lee Ann Womack | f | Notable Musicians | |
| Anna May Wong | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Benedict Wong | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| B. D. Wong | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Ling Woo | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| John Wood | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Peggy Wood | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Robin Wood | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Bokeem Woodbine | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Jackie Woodburne | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Kathleen E. Woodiwiss | f | Notable Writers | |
| Holly Woodlawn | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Wilford Woodruff | m | Other Religious Leaders | |
| Alexx Woods | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Donald Woods | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Kester Woodseaves | m | Fictional Characters from Books | |
| D. B. Woodside | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Edward Woodward | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Monty Woolley | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Bertie Wooster | m | Fictional Characters from Books, Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Tom Wopat | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Musicians | |
| Manfred Wörner | m | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Sam Worthington | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Calum Worthy | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Lord Henry Wotton | m | Fictional Characters from Books | |
| Jan Wouters | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Lode Wouters | m | Olympic Medalists | |
| Fay Wray | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Eric "Eazy-E" Wright | m | Notable Musicians, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers | |
| Jeffrey Wright | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Jeremiah Wright | m | Other Religious Leaders | |
| Lydia Wright | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Orville Wright | m | Notable Scientists and Inventors | |
| Richard Wright | m | Notable Writers | |
| Rick Wright | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Steven Wright | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Wilbur Wright | m | Notable Scientists and Inventors | |
| Vivian Wu | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Kari Wuhrer | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Roelof Wunderink | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Ireen Wüst | f | Notable Athletes, Olympic Medalists | |
| Wolfram Wuttke | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Claire Wyatt | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Leo Wyatt | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Margaret Wycherly | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Charles Wycliffe | m | Fictional Characters from Books, Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Noah Wyle | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Elinor Wylie | f | Notable Writers | |
| Wesley Wyndam-Pryce | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Tammy Wynette | f | Notable Musicians | |
| Keenan Wynn | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Dana Wynter | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Diana Wynyard | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Stanisław Wyspiański | m | Notable Artists, Notable Writers | |
| Xena | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Talat Xhaferi | m | Other Leaders | |
| Granit Xhaka | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Taulant Xhaka | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Lamine Yamal | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Cristina Yang | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Viktor Yanukovych | m | Other Leaders | |
| Tasha Yar | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Hannah Yarby | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Celeste Yarnall | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Amy Yasbeck | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Nadia Yassir | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Sebastián Yatra | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Arseniy Yatsenyuk | m | Other Leaders | |
| Maurice Yeatman | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Yuriy Yekhanurov | m | Other Leaders | |
| Anton Yelchin | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Michelle Yeoh | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Oscar Award Winners | |
| Owain Yeoman | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Frank Yerby | m | Notable Writers | |
| Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius | f | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Steven Yeun | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Jan Ykema | m | Olympic Medalists | |
| Yola | f | Notable Musicians | |
| Jane Yolen | f | Notable Writers | |
| Yonten Gyatso | m | Other Religious Leaders | |
| Teo Yoo | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Charlotte York | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Dick York | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Susannah York | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Doris Younane | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Brigham Young | m | Other Religious Leaders | |
| Burt Young | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Eugene Young | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| John Paul Young | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Kendra Young | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Lucille Young | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Mary Alice Young | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Nedrick Young | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Filmmakers | |
| Paul Young | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Paul Young | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Roland Young | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Rupert Young | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Sean Young | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Zach Young | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Rudy Youngblood | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| James Young Deer | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Filmmakers | |
| Humza Yousaf | m | Other Leaders | |
| Chief Yowlachie | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | m | Other Leaders | |
| Adam Yuen | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Doug Yule | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Élodie Yung | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Viktor Yushchenko | m | Other Leaders | |
| Adolphe Yvon | m | Notable Artists | |
| William Zabka | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Zacharias I | m | Coptic Popes and Patriarchs of Alexandria | |
| Steve Zahn | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| August Zaleski | m | Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Marius Žaliūkas | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Gerrit Zalm | m | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Falko Zandstra | m | Olympic Medalists | |
| Billy Zane | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Nick Zano | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Krzysztof Zanussi | m | Notable Filmmakers | |
| Mia Zapata | f | Notable Musicians | |
| Peter Wessel Zapffe | m | Notable Philosophers and Thinkers | |
| Anton "Zedd" Zaslavski | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso | m | Other Leaders | |
| David Zayas | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Dorothy Zbornak | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Natalie Zea | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Kelly Zeeman | f | Notable Athletes | |
| Kevin Zegers | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Rachel Zegler | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil | f | Other Royalty | |
| Zein bint Hussein | f | Other Royalty | |
| Jan Dismas Zelenka | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy | m | Other Leaders | |
| Josef Zemp | m | Swiss Presidents | |
| Boudewijn Zenden | m | Notable Athletes | |
| Zeno | m | Saints | |
| Zenon of Ikalto | m | Saints | |
| Benjamin Zephaniah | m | Notable Writers | |
| Mai Zetterling | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers, Notable Filmmakers | |
| Zhang Ziyi | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Zhao Wei | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Noe Zhordania | m | Georgian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Zurab Zhvania | m | Georgian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Maddie Ziegler | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Ian Ziering | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Aaron Zigman | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Halbe Zijlstra | m | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Jelle Zijlstra | m | Dutch Prime Ministers | |
| Madeline Zima | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Philip Zimbardo | m | Notable Philosophers and Thinkers | |
| Hans Zimmer | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley | f | Notable Writers | |
| Joel "Deadmau5" Zimmerman | m | Notable Musicians | |
| Zbigniew Ziobro | m | Notable Politicians and Statespeople | |
| Zitkála-Šá | f | Notable Activists and Revolutionaries, Notable Writers | |
| Larry Zito | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Slavoj Žižek | m | Notable Philosophers and Thinkers | |
| Rob Zombie | m | Notable Filmmakers, Notable Musicians | |
| Epke Zonderland | m | Olympic Medalists | |
| Zoticus | m | Saints | |
| Arianne Zucker | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| David Zucker | m | Notable Filmmakers | |
| Jerry Zucker | m | Notable Filmmakers | |
| Mark Zuckerberg | m | Notable Businesspeople | |
| Barry Zuckerkorn | m | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Andrea Zuckerman | f | Fictional Characters from Television | |
| Adolph Zukor | m | Notable Businesspeople, Notable Filmmakers | |
| Jacob Zuma | m | Other Leaders | |
| Daphne Zuniga | f | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |
| Salome Zurabishvili | f | Georgian Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Joost Zwagerman | m | Notable Writers | |
| Fritz Zwicky | m | Notable Scientists and Inventors | |
| Claudia Zwiers | f | Olympic Medalists | |
| Chris Zylka | m | Notable Actors and Entertainers | |