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Famous people with the initials WA
October 23, 2026

Woody Allen

American filmmaker | actor and comedian (born 1935)

Wes Anderson

American filmmaker (born 1969)

Will Arnett

Canadian and American actor and comedian (born 1970)

Wail al-Shehri

9/11 hijacker (1973–2001)

Waleed al-Shehri

9/11 hijacker (1978–2001)

Will Ashcroft

Australian footballer

Wasim Akram

Pakistani cricketer

Wells Adams

American reality television participant

Whitney Able

American actress

#10

Will Anderson

American football player (born 2001)

#11

W. H. Auden

British-American poet (1907–1973)

#12

Waalid bin Attaash

Yemeni terror suspect

#13

William Asher

American director | producer | screenwriter (1921-2012)

William #74

#14

Wout Van Aert

Belgian cyclist

#15

Willie Aames

American actor | film and television director

#16

William Atherton

American actor

William #95 The Last Samurai

#17

Wilbert Awdry

British vicar and author

#18

Will Attenborough

British actor

Dunkirk

#19

William T. Anderson

American guerrilla fighter

William #130

#20

Wanda Jean Allen

condemned criminal from the United States

#21

Warren Anderson

American chemical executive

#22

Wayne Allwine

American voice actor

#23

Waldemar Anton

German-Uzbek footballer (born 1996)

#24

William Abadie

French actor

#25

Walter Audisio

Italian politician

Walter #36

#26

William Ash

English actor

#27

William Nylander Altelius

Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

#28

William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor

English businessman and politician

#29

William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor

American politician

#30

Wally Amos

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

#31

Wilyer Abreu

Venezuelan baseball player (born 1999)

#32

Waseem Abbas

Pakistani actor

#33

Wanu Hafidh Ameir

Tanzanian politician

#34

Wakatakakage Atsushi

Japanese sumo wrestler

#35

William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

English inventor | scientist | engineer | industrialist

#36

Walter Afanasieff

American record producer and songwriter

Walter #54

#37

Willy Adames

Dominican professional baseball infielder

#38

William Alexander

artist | born 1915

#39

Walter Annenberg

American businessman | ambassador | and philanthropist

Walter #64

#40

William Walker Atkinson

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

#41

William Alwyn

English composer | conductor | and music teacher

#42

Waleed Aly

Australian radio and television presenter

#43

William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor

English businessman and politician

#44

William I, Prince of Albania

Prince of Albania (1876–1945)

#45

Władysław Anders

Polish Army general

#46

Wil Anderson

Australian writer and actor

#47

Waheed Alli

British media entrepreneur and politician (born 1964)

#48

Walter Alvarez

American geologist

Walter #85

#49

Willie Aikens

American baseball player

#50

Willy Aubameyang

footballer

#51

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor

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

#52

Wang Anyu

Chinese actor

Wang #25

#53

Will Ashley

Filipino actor

#54

Waris Ahluwalia

Indian-American designer and actor

The Grand Budapest Hotel

#55

William G. Anderson

American osteopathic physician

#56

Walter fitz Alan

Anglo-Norman nobleman

Walter #98

#57

Wessam Abou Ali

Danish-Palestinan association football player

#58

Walter Alston

American baseball player

Walter #104

#59

Will Arbery

American playwright

#60

Wesley Addy

American actor

#61

Will Alves

English footballer

#62

Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder

German association football referee

#63

Winifred Atwell

Trinidad and Tobago musician

#64

Warda Al-Jazairia

Algerian singer

#65

William X, Duke of Aquitaine

Carolingian Duke

#66

William Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong

peer (1919-1987)

#67

Will Ainsworth

American politician

#68

Willem Arondeus

Dutch painter | writer and member of the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance (1894-1943)

#69

Walter Inglis Anderson

American artist

Walter #126

#70

West Arkeen

American singer-songwriter

#71

Wes Archer

American television animation director

#72

Wadi Annuar

Malaysian Islamic preacher (born 1983)

#73

Wallis Annenberg

American philanthropist

#74

William Harrison Ainsworth

English novelist

#75

Wendy Alexander

Former Scottish politician

#76

Walter Abel

actor

Walter #142

#77

Wehiwa Aloy

American baseball player (born 2004)

#78

Will Aronson

American composer

#79

Willian Arão

Brazilian association football player

#80

Wichard von Alvensleben

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

#81

William Van Alen

American architect (1883–1954)

#82

Willie Anderson

Irish rugby union player

#83

Warner Anderson

American actor (1911–1976)

#84

Wendy Albano

murder victim and American businesswoman

#85

Willie Apiata

New Zealand Special Air Service member and recipient of Victoria Cross

#86

Wayne Alexander

American actor

#87

Wolf Albach-Retty

austrian actor

#88

Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti

Iraqi politician (1952-2015)

#89

Whitney Avalon

American actress

Mona Lisa Smile

#90

Willie Aucamp

South African politician

#91

Waqar Ali

Pakistani musician

#92

Wilhelm Adam

German politician (1893–1978)

#93

Wally Adeyemo

American attorney and advisor

#94

Willeke Alberti

Dutch recording artist; singer and actress

#95

William Dale Archerd

1st ever to be convicted of murder for using insulin as a weapon (1912–1977)

#96

William F. Albright

American archaeologist | biblical scholar | philologist | and expert on ceramics (1891-1971)

#97

William Ackerman

Guitarist | composer

#98

Wisdom Amey

Italian footballer

#99

William Aberhart

Canadian politician (1878-1943)

#100

William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel

English Earl

#101

Warren Austin

American politician

#102

W. Ross Ashby

British psychiatrist (1903-1972)

#103

Willians Astudillo

baseball player

#104

William Henry Ashley

American politician

#105

William Reynolds Archer

American politician

#106

Willie Alexander

singer and keyboard player

#107

Wendy Addo

Female Musician

#108

Winthrop Williams Aldrich

American banker | financier | ambassador

#109

William Apess

Pequot author and Methodist preacher (1798-1839)

#110

Walt Anderson

American football player

#111

William Andrews

American football player

#112

Wayne Allard

US politician

#113

William L. Armstrong

American politician

#114

William Allen

English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

#115

Wynne Arboleda

Filipino basketball player

#116

W. D. Amaradeva

Sri Lankan vocalist

#117

William Andrews

British comedian (born 1977)

#118

Wanda Austin

American CEO

#119

William Arnold

American author | film critic and journalist

#120

William Austin

English character actor

#121

William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst

British diplomat

#122

Wilhelm Adam

German general

#123

Walter Sans Avoir

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

#124

William V, Duke of Aquitaine

French duke

#125

William Addis

English entrepreneur

#126

Walter C. Alvarez

American doctor of Spanish descent

#127

Woody Austin

professional golfer

#128

William Aitken

Canadian-born British journalist and politician

#129

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Dutch actress

#130

Willow Allen

model

#131

Waseem Akhtar

politician in Pakistan

#132

William Alland

actor | producer | writer and director

Citizen Kane

#133

Warlley Alves

Brazilian martial artist

#134

Wang Anyi

Chinese writer

Wang #101

#135

Wilhelm Ackermann

German mathematician best known for the Ackermann function

#136

Will Aimson

English footballer

#137

Wael Arakji

basketball player

#138

William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle

Soldier | politician

#139

William Akio

South Sudanese footballer

#140

Wasna Ahmed

Indian actress

#141

W. Brian Arthur

American economist

#142

William Alston

American Christian philosopher

#143

Washington Allston

American artist

#144

Will Allen

American football player

#145

William B. Allison

Union Army officer

#146

William B. Allen

American political scientist

#147

William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel

English Earl

#148

Wendy Allnutt

English actress

#149

Willie Anderson

basketball player

#150

Wendy Austin

BBC journalist/broadcaster/BBC Northern Ireland/presenter:BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback program

#151

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland

Irish politician

#152

William Allen

merchant in Pennsylvania | born 1704

#153

William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans

British Liberal politician

#154

Will Allen

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

#155

Will Anderson

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

#156

Wendy Appelbaum

South Africa Entrepreneur

#157

Will Adamsdale

Television and stage actor

#158

William Allain

Governor of Mississippi

#159

Warren Adler

Novelist | author and playwright

#160

Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle

British army soldier

#161

Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl

Scottish nobleman

#162

Wanis al-Qaddafi

former Prime Minister of Libya

#163

Wahab Akbar

politician

#164

Will Antwi

British footballer

#165

Will Alsop

British architect (1947-2018)

#166

William Archer

Scottish critic

#167

Winston Abraham

Australian footballer

#168

Williams Alarcón

Chilean footballer

#169

Wendy Abrams

American environmental activist

#170

William McPherson Allen

American businessperson

#171

William Allingham

Irish man of letters and poet

#172

William Agee

CEO Bendix Corporation

#173

Willy Aybar

baseball player

#174

William Arnott

Australian businessman

#175

Warren Avis

Founder of Avis Rent A Car System Inc.

#176

Werner Arber

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist

#177

Wayne Allison

British footballer

#178

Wale Adenuga

television producer

#179

Wan Aishah binti Wan Ariffin

musical artist

#180

William Andrews

Chairman of the South African Labour Party and General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa

#181

Wally Albright

actor

#182

Wendy Alec

author and TV host

#183

William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle

British Whig politician

#184

Wilfred Agbonavbare

Nigerian footballer

#185

Wilbur Olin Atwater

American agricultural chemist; developer of the respiration calorimeter.

#186

Wanbi Tuấn Anh

Vietnamese actor and singer (1987-2013)

#187

William Allen

Democratic Representative | Senator and Governor

#188

Wolfgang Ambros

Musical artist

#189

William Taylor Adams

Massachusetts academic | author and politician

#190

Wilson Álvarez

baseball player

#191

Willie Anderson

professional golfer

#192

Wes Allen

American soccer player

#193

William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans

British Duke

#194

Wes Agar

cricketer

#195

Will Allen

American basketball player and urban farmer

#196

Wayne Andrews

English association footballer

#197

William G. Allen

African American abolotionist

#198

William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley

British Army officer | peer and socialite

#199

William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

British Baron

#200

Waad al-Kateab

Syrian journalist | filmmaker | and activist

Famous people with the initials WAOctober 23, 2026

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Famous people with the initials WA
October 23, 2026