American Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an American gymnast and Olympic medalist.

Was an American gymnast and Olympic medalist.

Considered the foremost American miniature painter.Baer began his formal training as a painter and i

Considered the foremost American miniature painter.Baer began his formal training as a painter and illustrator at the Munich Royal Academy in 1880. While a student at the Academy, he was awarded for medals and one of his works was purchased by the Directo

Billy's siblings are also actors: Scott Jacoby, Robert Jacoby, Susan Jacoby, and Laura Jacoby.He has

Billy's siblings are also actors: Scott Jacoby, Robert Jacoby, Susan Jacoby, and Laura Jacoby.He has also done some voicework for cartoons. Perhaps his best known voice role was in the 1983 ABC Saturday morning cartoon The Puppy's Further Adventures as th

Was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor. He wrote influen

Was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism. He was the brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James.James interacted with a wide array of writers and scholars throughout his life, including his godfather Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as Bertrand Russell, Horace Greeley, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Charles Peirce, Josiah Royce, George Santayana, Ernst Mach, John Dewey, W. E. B. Du Bois, Helen Keller, Mark Twain, Horatio Alger, Jr., James George Frazer, Henri Bergson, H. G. Wells, G. K. Chesterton, Sigmund Freud, Gertrude Stein, and Carl Jung.

Is a Canadian United Church of Canada clergyman and former political figure. He represented 4th Prin

Is a Canadian United Church of Canada clergyman and former political figure. He represented 4th Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1978 to 1985 as a Progressive Conservative.

Is an American comedian and actor.He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, followin

Is an American comedian and actor.He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, following that with roles in films such as Stripes, Caddyshack, The Razor's Edge, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Space Jam, Rushmore and What About Bob.

(born in Crestline, Ohio on May 2, 1939) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his enti

(born in Crestline, Ohio on May 2, 1939) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers (1963-1975). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Was a building contractor and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newf

Was a building contractor and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1904 to 1909 as a Liberal. Ellis was the third mayor of St. John's from 1910 to 1914. He was born in St. John's and apprenticed as a stonemason with his father. Ellis later established his own contracting and construction business and also operated a quarry. His company rebuilt a number of buildings in St. John's following the Great Fire of 1892. He served as a member of the city council for St. John's from 1902 to 1910. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Newfoundland assembly in 1909 and 1913. Ellis was named to the Legislative Council in 1917 and served until 1926; he served as a minister without portfolio in the Executive Council from 1918 to 1926. He died in New York City at the age of 68 while returning from a winter holiday in California.

(February 10, 1893 - December 21, 1946) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pi

(February 10, 1893 - December 21, 1946) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1916-17, 1919). Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., Evans batted and threw right-handed.

Was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer.Finegan grew up in a household full

Was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer.Finegan grew up in a household full of piano players. He spent time studying at the Paris Conservatory and had his first professional experience leading his own piano trio. Finegan was offer

Was a Democratic jurist in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge during 1875-18

Was a Democratic jurist in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge during 1875-1880. Gilmore was Prosecuting Attorney of Preble County for two terms, and was elected to the Common Pleas bench in 1857. He was successively re-elected, and

Was a U.S. realist painter.Glackens studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later m

Was a U.S. realist painter.Glackens studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later moved to New York City, where he co-founded what came to be called the Ashcan School art movement. This group of artists, dubbed by the press "the Eight Ind

Was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Empress, Alberta and bec

Was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Empress, Alberta and became a barrister, lawyer and Supreme Court of Ontario judge. Henderson was first elected at the Kingston City riding in the 1949 general election. After a redistribution of electoral districts, Henderson was re-elected for successive Parliamentary terms in at the Kingston riding in the 1953 and 1957 elections. He was defeated in the 1958 election by Benjamin Allmark of the Progressive Conservative party. In 1965, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario. He is also considered a founder of Amherstview, a suburban community near Kingston.

Is an American Grandmaster of chess, writer, teacher, and one time Roman Catholic priest.He won the

Is an American Grandmaster of chess, writer, teacher, and one time Roman Catholic priest.He won the 1956 Canadian Open Chess Championship. In 1957, Lombardy became the first American to win the World Junior Chess Championship and, in so doing, the first American World Chess champion of any kind. He won the tournament in Toronto with a perfect score of 11-0, the only time such a result has been achieved. Lombardy drew a two-game match with World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik.

Was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to

Was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken. Major was chosen as a star candidate of the governing Progressive Party in the 1927 provincial election. In this period of Canadian history, newly-appointed cabinet ministers were required to resign their seats and seek the renewed support of their electorate. This was inconvenient for most government leaders, who frequently circumvented the regulation by appointing or shuffling cabinet ministers just before general elections. Major, despite his lack of political experience, was named as Bracken's Attorney General on April 29, 1927, and fought the election in this capacity. He proved an effective campaigner and was elected for Winnipeg, which returned ten members through the single transferable ballot voting method.

Was a physician in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his br

Was a physician in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, both joined their father's private medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, after graduating from medical school in the 1

Better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele is a former American professional wrestler

Better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele is a former American professional wrestler and actor. Steele's career lasted from 1967 until 1989, though he made occasional wrestling appearances into the 1990s and 2000s. He also portrayed Swedish

Is a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1905–1911, and in the

Is a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1905–1911, and in the House of Commons, 1911-1921. He was a dedicated member of the Conservative Party for most of his life.In 1905, he was elected by a significant majority to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as representative for the riding of Lennox and Addington. So popular was his candidacy that in the general election of 1908 he was returned to office without opposition.

Emar was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Largely due to his somewhat intimidating physical appearance

Emar was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Largely due to his somewhat intimidating physical appearance Remar has spent the majority of his film career playing villains. He is known for his roles as the aggressively sexual and violent character Ajax in the 1979 cult film The Warriors, as the murdering sociopath Albert Ganz in the 1982 Eddie Murphy hit 48 Hrs. and as real-life 30s-era gangster Dutch Schultz in the 1984 film The Cotton Club. He also starred in the 1980 film Windwalker as the young Windwalker

Is a former professional American football quarterback. He is best known for being the starting quar

Is a former professional American football quarterback. He is best known for being the starting quarterback on the Chicago Bears' 1963 NFL championship team. Born in Vanderbilt Hospital, he is one of two sons of former 1921 Vanderbilt football captain, William J. Wade, Sr.

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Jason Cross and for his tenu

Is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Jason Cross and for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. After training under Roger Ruffen, Massengale made his professional wrestling debut in 1998. Under the ring name Jaso

An American geophysicist who has made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geo

An American geophysicist who has made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics. He is Knox Taylor Professor emeritus of geology and professor of geosciences at Princeton University.After having received his BSc in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1957, he went to Princeton University, where he completed his PhD in 1964 under the supervision of Bob Dicke. He joined the faculty of the university immediately afterwards.His first major contribution, made in the late 1960s, was to relate the magnetic anomalies of alternating polarity, which occur on the ocean bottom at both sides of a mid-ocean ridge, to seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.

Is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Christian and Christia

Is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Christian and Christian Cage. He currently wrestles for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), on its SmackDown brand.

Is an American poet. Born in Winnfield, Louisiana, Smith has studied at Washington University, Colum

Is an American poet. Born in Winnfield, Louisiana, Smith has studied at Washington University, Columbia University, and Cambridge University as a Rhodes scholar. He was appointed as Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress (the position now called Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress) from 1968 to 1970. A member of the Academy of Arts and Letters since 1975, Smith is noted for his translations for which he has garnered awards from the French Academy, Swedish Academy, and the Hungarian government.

Served as the forty-second President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-younge

Served as the forty-second President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president, older only than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, is known as the first Baby Boomer president.[2] He is the husband of New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. He is one of only two U.S. Presidents to have been impeached.