List of people by name: We-Wg

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Table of contents

1 Wea - Web 2 Wec - Weh 3 Wei 4 Wej - Wem 5 Wen - Wer 6 Wes 7 Wet - Wez

Wea - Web

• Wearing, Alison, Canadian writer
• Weathers, Carl, (born 1948), actor
• Weaver, Arthur J, US politician
• Weaver, Dennis, (born 1924), actor
• Weaver, Fritz, (born 1926), actor
• Weaver, James, (1833-1912), populist United States politician.
• Weaver, Jesse B, a.k.a. (Schoolly D), hip hop pioneer
• Weaver, Justin, (born 1978), author of Vintage Pimp
• Weaver, Mike, (born 1952) world boxing champion
• Weaver, Sigourney, (born 1949), US actor
• Weaver, Sylvester, (died 2002), television executive
• Weaver, Sylvester L, (1908-2002), television pioneer
• Weaving, Hugo, (born 1960), actor

Web

• Webb, Alex, (born 1952), photographer
• Webb, Beatrice, (1858-1943), British socialist
• Webb, Chick, musician
• Webb, Clifton, (1889-1966), actor
• Webber, Andrew Lloyd, (born 1948), songwriter
• Webber, Dora and Cora, (born 1958), twin female world champion boxerss
• Webber, Julian Lloyd, (born 1951), musician
• Webb, George James, (born 1803), composer
• Webb, Jack, (1920-1982), actor, producer, director
• Webb, Jimmy, (born 1946), composer, musician
• Webb, Mary, tales of rural life
• Webb, Morgan, comedian
• Webb, Sidney, (1859-1947), British socialist
• Weber, Carl Maria von, (1786-1826), composer
• Weber, David, science fiction author
• Weber, Ernst, (born 1901), physicist
• Weber, Jane, Radio musical editor.
• Weber, Mary, astronaut
• Weber, Max, (1864-1920), German sociologist
• Weber, Max, (1897-1974), Swiss Federal Councilor
• Webern, Anton von, (1883-1945), composer of classical music
• Weber, Stefan, musician
• Weber, Wilhelm Eduard, (1804-1891), physicist
• Webster, Ben, (tenor)
• Webster, Daniel, (1782-1852), US statesman & orator
• Webster, John, (died 1630), English poet
• Webster, Noah, (1758-1843), US lexicographer

Wec - Weh

• Wecht, Cyril H, pathologist
• Wecker, Konstantin, songwriter
• Weckl, Dave, musician

Wed

• Wedde, Ian, (born 1946), poet
• Weddell, James, (born 1787), Antarctic explorer
• Wedekind, Frank, (1864-1918), dramatist, author
• Wedelin, Godefroy, (1580-1667), astronomer
• Wedgwood Benn, Anthony, (born 1925), British politician
• Wedgwood, C.V, (1910-1997), British historian
• Wedgwood, Josiah, (1730-1795), English pottery industrializer

Wee

• Weedon, George, (1734-1793), American revolutionary war general
• Weegee, photographer
• Weems, Mason Locke, US novelist
• Ween, Dean, (born 1970), musician ("Ween")

Wef
Weg

• Wegener, Alfred, (born 1880), meteorologist, geophysicist

Weh

• Wehner, Herbert, (1966-1969), German government minister

Wei

• Weibe, Rudy, Canadian writer
• Weichmann, Johann, (born 1620), composer
• Weidner, Gabrielle, (1914-1945), WW II resistance worker
• Weidner, Johan Hendrik, (1912-1994), WW II resistance worker
• Weidoeft, Rudy, (1893-1940), US saxophonist
• Weier, John, Canadian writer
• Weierstrass, Karl, (1815-1897), mathematician
• Weigel, Helene, (1900-1971), actress
• Weight, Carel, (born 1908), painter
• Weiland, Scott, (born 1967), musician ("Stone Temple Pilots")
• Weil, Kurt, (1900-1950), composer
• Weill, Kurt, (1900-1950), German composer
• Weil, Simone, (1909-1943), French philosopher
• Weinbaum, Stanley G, US science fiction author
• Weinberger, Caspar, (born 1917), US Secretary of Defense
• Weininger, Otto, (1880-1903), Austrian writer
• Weir, Alison, "popular" history
• Weir, Bob, (born 1947), musician (The Grateful Dead)
• Weir, Mike, (born 1970), golf Masters tournament winner

• Weir, Peter, (born 1944), film maker
• Weiser, Conrad, (1696-1760), (1696 - 1760) German-American pioneer
• Weiser, Grethe, (1903-1970), actress
• Weisinger, Mort, comic creator
• Weismann, August, (1834-1914), biologist
• Weis, Margaret, US fantasy author
• Weiss, Carl, – assassin of Huey Long
• Weissenborn, Theodor, dramatist, author
• Weissmuller, Johnny, (1904-1984), US Olympic swimmer and Tarzan actor
• Weiss, Peter, dramatist, author
• Weiss, Peter Martin, musician
• Weiss, Peter Martin, (1777-1786), Portuguese monarch
• Weiss, Sylvius Leopold, composer
• Weiss, Theodore, poet
• Weiss, Wojciech, Polish painter
• Weisz, Rachel, actor
• Weitz, Paul, astronaut
• Wei, Wang, (698-759), the Poet Buddha
• Weizacker, Richard von, (born 1920), President of Germany 1984-1994
• Weizenbaum, Joseph, (born 1923), MIT computer science professor
• Weizmann, Chaim, (1874-1952), leading Zionist and first President of Israel

Wej - Wem

Wek

• Wekerle, Sandor, (1848-1921), Minister-President of Hungary (1917-1918)

Wel

• Welch, Bob, (born 1946), rock and roll musician
• Welch, Jack, General Electric chairman
• Welch, Raquel, (born 1940), US actress
• Weldon, Fay, English novelist
• Weld, William F, US Governor of Massachusetts
• Welford, Walter, US politician
• Welk, Lawrence, (1903-1992), US bandleader
• Wellburn, Elizabeth, Canadian writer
• Weller, Paul, singer-songwriter
• Weller, Robb, (born 1949), reporter
• Welles, Orson, (1915-1985), Hollywood director, actor
• Wellhausen, Julius, (1844-1918), German biblical scholar
• Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, (1769-1852), British soldier
• Welliver, Neil, (born 1929), American painter
• Wells, Carol Wilcox
• Wells, Dickie, musician
• Wells, Heber M, US politician
• Wells, H. G, (1866-1946), British science fiction writer
• Wells, Junior, (1934-1998), musician
• Wells, Kitty, (born 1919), musician
• Wells, Mary, musician
• Wellstone, Paul, (1944-2002), US politician
• Welsbach, Carl Auer von, inventor of gaslight
• Welsh, Irvine, (born 1961), Scottish novelist, author of Trainspotting
• Welsh, Matthew E, US politician
• Welti, Emil, (1825-1899), Swiss president
• Welty, Eudora, (1909-2001), author

Wem

Wen - Wer

• Wenceslas II of Bohemia, (born 1271), and Poland
• Wenceslas, Saint
• Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, (1378-1419), king 1378-1400
• Wenceslaus I, (1230-1253), Bohemian aristocrat
• Wenceslaus II, (1278-1305), Bohemian aristocrat
• Wenceslaus III, (1305-1306), Bohemian aristocrat
• Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, (1305-1306), Killed before crowning
• Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, (1291-1305), King of Poland 1300-1305
• Wences, Señor, (died 1999), Spanish ventriloquist
• Wenders, Wim, (born 1945), German-born film director
• Wendt, George, (born 1948), actor
• Wen Jiabao
• Wentworth, John, (1671-1730), colonial Lt.-Governor of New Hampshire
• Wentworth, John (1719-1781) Jurist and American revolutionary leader in New Hampshire
• Wentworth, John, (1737-1820), colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia
• Wentworth, John, (1815-1888) Chicago mayor and U.S Congressman
• Wentworth, John Jr, (1745-1787), Continental Congress delegate from New Hampshire
• Wentworth, K. D, author
• Wentworth, Thomas , 1st Earl of Strafford, (died 1641), Irish leader
• Wentworth, Thomas, Earl of Strafford, (1593-1641), English statesman

Weo
Wep

• Wepner, Chuck, boxer, inspiration for the Rocky movies

Weq
Wer

• Werbrouck, Ulla, judoka
• Werfel, Franz, (1890-1945), Czech poet
• Werfel, Gina, (born 1951), American painter
• Wergeland, Henrik, (1808-1845), author
• Werner, Alfred, (1866-1919), 1913 chemistry Nobel laureate
• Werner, Ilse, (born 1921), actress
• Werner, Oskar, (1922-1984), actor
• Wertico, Paul, (born 1953), musician
• Wertmueller, Lina, film director
• Wertmuller, Adolf-Ulrik, (1751-1811), painter
• Wertmüller, Lina, (born 1926), director

Wes

• Wesley, Charles, (1707-1788), Methodist leader
• Wesley, John, (1703-1791), Methodism founder
• Wesley, Mary, (1912-2002), author of The Camomile Lawn
• Wessel, Caspar, (1745-1818), Norwegian-Danish mathematician
• Wessel, Horst, (died 1930), Nazi idelogue, composer
• Wessel, Jakub, Polish painter
• Wessel, Johan Herman, (1742-1785), poet
• Wesselmann, Tom, (born 1931), painter
• West, Adam, (born 1928), US actor
• West, Benjamin, (1738-1820), painter
• Westcott, Edward Noyes, US novelist
• Westcott, Frank, Canadian writer
• West, Dottie, (1932-1991), country music singer
• Westermann, Diedrich Hermann, (1875-1956), linguist
• Westermarck, Edward, (1862-1939), Finnish philosopher and sociologist
• Westerwelle, Guido, party leader of the liberal party (FDP)
• West, Gilbert, poet
• Westinghouse, George, (1846-1914), US businessman
• West, Jessamyn, (1902-1984), writer
• Westlake, Donald, (born 1933), US thriller writer
• West, Leslie, (born 1945)
• West, Mae, (1893-1980), US actress
• West, Mavis, Canadian writer
• West, Nathanael, (1903-1940), writer
• Weston, Edward, (1886-1958), photographer
• Weston, Jack, (1924-1996), actor
• Weston, Simon, (born 1961), war hero
• West, Oswald, US Oregon Governor
• Westphal, Ernst Oswald Johannes, (1919-1990), linguist
• Westphal, Paul, (born 1950), NBA player and coach
• Westray, Ron, musician
• West, Rebecca, (1892-1983), British-Irish feminist, writer
• West, Samuel, (born 1966), British actor
• West, Timothy, (born 1934), British film, stage and television actor

Wet - Wez

• Wetherbee, James, astronaut
• Wetter, Ernst, (1877-1963), Swiss Federal Councilor

Weu
Wev
Wew
Wex

• Wexler, Haskell, (born 1926), cinematographer

Wey

• Weyden, Roger van der, (1399-1464), painter
• Weygand, Maxime, (1867-1965), French military commander
• Weyl, Hermann, (1885-1955), mathematician
• Weyl, Hermann Klaus Hugo, (USA, 1885-1955), mathematician
• Weyman, Stanley Clifford, (1880-1960), US multiple impostor
• Weymouth, Tina, (born 1950), musician

Wez