Famous people with the initials WA February 2, 2026

William #48 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Wells Adams

American reality television participant

Will Attenborough

actor

Dunkirk

#10

W. H. Auden

British-American poet (1907–1973)

#11

Wasim Akram

Pakistani cricketer

#12

Willie Aames

American actor | film and television director

#13

Wilbert Awdry

British vicar and author

#14

William Nylander Altelius

Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

William #95

#15

William Asher

American director | producer | screenwriter (1921-2012)

William #110

#16

Wes Agar

cricketer

#17

William T. Anderson

American guerrilla fighter

William #161

#18

Walter Audisio

Italian politician

Walter #28

#19

Wayne Allwine

American voice actor

#20

William Alwyn

English composer | conductor | and music teacher

William #186

#21

Walter Afanasieff

American record producer and songwriter

Walter #33

#22

William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor

English businessman and politician

William #193

#23

Wout Van Aert

Belgian cyclist

#24

Whitney Able

American actress

#25

Wanda Jean Allen

condemned criminal from the United States

#26

William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor

American television personality | entrepreneur | and author (1936–2024)

#27

Will Ashley

Filipino actor

#28

Wang Anyu

Chinese actor

Wang #12

#29

William Ash

English actor

#30

Wally Amos

#31

Walter Annenberg

American businessman | ambassador | and philanthropist

Walter #53

#32

Waleed Aly

Australian radio and television presenter

#33

Warren Anderson

American chemical executive

#34

William Alexander

artist | born 1915

#35

William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

English inventor | scientist | engineer | industrialist

#36

Waris Ahluwalia

Indian-American designer and actor

The Grand Budapest Hotel

#37

Wessam Abou Ali

Danish-Palestinan association football player

#38

Waldemar Anton

German association football player

#39

William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor

English businessman and politician

#40

Waheed Alli

British media entrepreneur and politician (born 1964)

#41

Władysław Anders

Polish Army general

#42

Will Ainsworth

American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor (1879-1952)

#43

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

#44

Walter Alvarez

American geologist

Walter #84

#45

William Walker Atkinson

attorney/merchant/publisher/author/occultist/American pioneer of the New Thought movement

#46

Will Alves

English footballer

#47

William I, Prince of Albania

Prince of Albania (1876–1945)

#48

Wail al-Shehri

9/11 hijacker

#49

Wil Anderson

Australian writer and actor

#50

William X, Duke of Aquitaine

Carolingian Duke

#51

Waleed al-Shehri

9/11 hijacker

#52

Wakatakakage Atsushi

Japanese sumo wrestler

#53

Willy Aubameyang

footballer

#54

Walter Abel

actor

Walter #102

#55

Wesley Addy

American singer-songwriter

#56

Walter fitz Alan

Anglo-Norman nobleman

Walter #105

#57

Wilyer Abreu

baseball player

#58

West Arkeen

#59

Wolf Albach-Retty

austrian actor

#60

Waseem Abbas

Pakistani actor

#61

Willie Anderson

Irish rugby union player

#62

Wallis Annenberg

American philanthropist

#63

Waalid bin Attaash

Yemeni terror suspect

#64

William Van Alen

Dominican professional baseball infielder

#65

Willy Adames

#66

Walter Inglis Anderson

American artist

Walter #118

#67

Winifred Atwell

Trinidad and Tobago musician

#68

Wanda Austin

American CEO

#69

Warda Al-Jazairia

Algerian singer

#70

Walt Anderson

#71

Warner Anderson

German agriculturist | Wehrmacht Officer | and Knight of the Order of Saint John

#72

Wichard von Alvensleben

#73

William Aberhart

Canadian politician

#74

Wanu Hafidh Ameir

Tanzanian politician

#75

William Harrison Ainsworth

English novelist

#76

Walter Alston

American baseball player

Walter #134

#77

Wally Adeyemo

American attorney and advisor

#78

Wendy Alexander

Former Scottish politician

#79

Wendy Addo

Female Musician

#80

Wahab Akbar

politician

#81

Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti

Iraqi politician (1952-2015)

#82

William Andrews

Novelist | author and playwright

#83

Willie Aucamp

South African politician

#84

Washington Arubi

Zimbabwean footballer

#85

Will Aronson

American composer

#86

Warren Adler

#87

William Andrews

British comedian

#88

Wendy Allnutt

English actress

#89

Willow Allen

model

#90

William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst

British diplomat

#91

Will Ashcroft

Australian footballer

#92

William Ackerman

Guitarist | composer

#93

Willem Arondeus

Dutch painter and writer

#94

William Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong

peer (1919-1987)

#95

William Dale Archerd

1st ever to be convicted of murder for using insulin as a weapon

#96

Wilhelm Adam

German politician (1893–1978)

#97

Willie Aikens

American baseball player

#98

William Allen

English recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1879

#99

William F. Albright

Orientalist | biblical scholar and archaeologist

#100

Willian Arão

Brazilian association football player

#101

Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl

Scottish nobleman

Walter #188

#102

William V, Duke of Aquitaine

French duke

#103

Will Anderson

main songwriter and lead vocalist in the pop-rock band Parachute

#104

Willie Alexander

singer and keyboard player

#105

William Agada

Nigerian footballer

#106

Whitney Avalon

American actress

#107

Willie Anderson

basketball player

#108

William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel

English Earl

#109

William Aitken

Canadian-born British journalist and politician

#110

William L. Armstrong

American basketball player

#111

William Avery

#112

Willeke Alberti

Dutch recording artist; singer and actress

#113

Winthrop Williams Aldrich

American banker | financier | ambassador

#114

Wayne Allard

US politician

#115

William Austin

English character actor

#116

William Alland

actor | producer | writer and director

Citizen Kane

#117

Walid Azaro

Moroccan professional footballer

#118

William Akio

South Sudanese footballer

#119

Wilhelm Adam

German general

#120

Will Allen

All-American college football player | professional football player | defensive back | safety

#121

Warwick Armstrong

cricketer

#122

W. Ross Ashby

British psychiatrist (1903-1972)

#123

William Henry Ashley

Politician | lawyer and former foreign minister of Ghana

#124

William Ofori Atta

#125

Waqar Ali

Pakistani musician

#126

Wael Arakji

basketball player

#127

Warlley Alves

Brazilian martial artist

#128

Wang Anyi

Chinese writer

Wang #78

#129

Wayne Alexander

American baseball player (born 2004)

#130

Will Aimson

English footballer

#131

W. D. Amaradeva

Sri Lankan vocalist

#132

Wehiwa Aloy

#133

William Alston

American Christian philosopher

#134

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Dutch actress

#135

Walter Beveraggi Allende

Argentinian politician and lawyer

#136

Waseem Akhtar

politician in Pakistan

#137

Wanis al-Qaddafi

former Prime Minister of Libya

#138

Will Allen

#139

William Reynolds Archer

#140

Wilfred Agbonavbare

Nigerian footballer

#141

William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle

Soldier | politician

#142

Wilmer Azuaje

Venezuelan politician

#143

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland

Irish politician

#144

Warren Austin

merchant in Pennsylvania | born 1704

#145

William Allen

#146

Werner Arber

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist

#147

Walter Sans Avoir

Lord of Boissy-sans-Avoir in the Île-de-France

#148

Will Adamsdale

Television and stage actor

#149

Will Arbery

American playwright

#150

William B. Allen

American political scientist

#151

Wes Archer

American television animation director

#152

Will Allen

American basketball player and urban farmer

#153

Wayne Arthurs

Australian tennis player

#154

William B. Allison

Union Army officer

#155

William Allen

English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

#156

William Addis

English entrepreneur

#157

William Edward David Allen

British politician

#158

Wilhelm Ackermann

German mathematician best known for the Ackermann function

#159

Wes Allen

American soccer player

#160

Wolfgang Ambros

Musical artist

#161

William Anderson

naval officer

#162

Wally Albright

actor

#163

Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle

British army soldier

#164

W. Brian Arthur

American economist

#165

Wassila Ben Ammar

Wife of Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba

#166

Wendy Alec

author and TV host

#167

Will Alsop

British architect (1947-2018)

#168

Walter C. Alvarez

American doctor of Spanish descent

#169

Winona Cargile Alexander

American educator and founder of Delta Sigma Theta

#170

William Apess

Pequot author and Methodist preacher (1798-1839)

#171

William Allingham

Irish man of letters and poet

#172

Washington Allston

American artist

#173

William G. Allen

African American abolotionist

#174

William Atwater

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#175

William Allain

Governor of Mississippi

#176

William Agee

CEO Bendix Corporation

#177

Wale Adenuga

television producer

#178

William Astbury

English biochemist

#179

Wande Abimbola

Nigerian linguist

#180

William Allen

Democratic Representative | Senator and Governor

#181

William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans

British Liberal politician

#182

Wadi Annuar

Malaysian Islamic preacher (born 1983)

#183

Walter Abercrombie

#184

Wendell Anderson