Famous people with the initials WB April 26, 2026

Wes Bentley

Irish-American gangster and crime boss (1929-2018)

Interstellar

Whitey Bulger

William Baldwin

American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)

William #14

William S. Burroughs

American novelist | short story writer | essayist | painter | and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

William #15 Naked Lunch

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

#10

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

William #18 And did those feet in ancient time

#11

Wayne Brady

American actor | comedian | and television personality

#12

Wilford Brimley

American actor and singer (1934–2020)

The Thing

#13

Walter Becker

American musician | songwriter | and record producer (1950–2017)

Walter #4

#14

Warren Brown

British actor

#15

William Earl Brown

William #29 Scream

#16

Wade Boggs

American actor (1894–1974)

#17

Wes Borland

American musician

#18

Walter Brennan

Walter #8

#19

William Jennings Bryan

American politician (1860–1925)

William #54

#20

William Bonin

American serial killer (1947–1996)

William #58

#21

Walker Buehler

American baseball player (born 1994)

#22

Walter Benjamin

German literary critic | philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)

Walter #11

#23

Willy Brandt

German politician (SPD) | chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

#24

Ward Bond

American actor (1903–1960)

Gone with the Wind

#25

Whitney Blake

Film and television actress | director; television producer

#26

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

king of Bohemia and Germany

#27

Wes Ball

American film director

#28

Wayne Bridge

English footballer (born 1980)

#29

Wendell Berry

author

#30

Wesley Bryan

American golfer (1990-)

#31

Willow Bay

American television journalist | editor | author | and former model

#32

Wolf Blitzer

German-American journalist and television news anchor

#33

William Bligh

officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)

William #97

#34

Wilfrid Brambell

Irish-born English film and television actor (1912–1985)

#35

Wallace Beery

American actor (1885-1949)

#36

Warren Earl Burger

Chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 (1907-1995)

#37

William M. Branham

American Christian minister

William #100

#38

Wes Brown

English association football player

#39

Wang Yi Bo

Chinese singer | dancer | actor | motorbike racer and host | a member of the UNIQ

Wang #3

#40

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French academic painter (1825-1905)

#41

Win Butler

Canadian-American singer | songwriter | musician | and multi-instrumentalist; member of the band Arcade Fire

#42

Won Bin

South Korean actor | model

#43

William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington

British photographer

William #122

#44

Wade Barrett

British professional wrestler

#45

William Peter Blatty

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

William #129 The Exorcist

#46

Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (1881-1948)

#47

Weyes Blood

American musician

#48

William Brocius

gunman | rustler | outlaw

William #133

#49

Wayne Bennett

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

#50

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman

William #140

#51

William Francis Buckley

United States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut

William #144

#52

Winston Blackmore

Mormon fundamentalist leader

#53

Wolfgang Bodison

A Few Good Men

#54

Will Brittain

U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990

Let Him Go

#55

William J. Brennan

William #164

#56

William Brewster

Religious emigrant to North America and leader there

William #165

#57

Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal

#58

William Boyd

British writer

William #175

#59

Wally Bayola

Filipino comedian

#60

William Byron

American racecar driver

William #180

#61

Wesley Bell

prosecuting attorney of St. Louis county

#62

William Bufalino

American attorney

William #186

#63

Wilfried Bony

Ivorian association football player

#64

William Bendix

American actor (1906-1964)

William #193

#65

Will Buxton

Formula One digital presenter

#66

Wilhelm Burgdorf

#67

William Borah

#68

Willam Belli

founding member of the German far-left organization Revolutionary Cells

#69

Wilfried Böse

#70

Wilfred Benítez

World champion boxer

#71

William Benter

American gambler

#72

Wesley Blake

American professional wrestler

#73

William Boyd

#74

Wally Backman

#75

Whit Bissell

British Methodist preacher

Soylent Green

#76

W. Kamau Bell

American comedian

#77

William Booth

#78

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

#79

Wendy Barrie

English actress

#80

Wouter Basson

South African cardiologist

#81

Werner Braune

SS officer

#82

Webster Barnaby

Florida politician

#83

Wolfgang Beltracchi

German art forger

#84

Woo Bum-kon

South Korean spree killer | mass murderer and off-duty police officer who got drunk and killed 57 people with rifles and hand grenades | injured a further 38 | before blowing himself up with one of his hand grenades on April 27 | 1982

#85

Winston Bogarde

Dutch footballer

#86

William Vansittart Bowater

British businessman

#87

William Blackstone

English jurist | judge and Tory politician

#88

Willie Best

actor

#89

Wilhelm Bittrich

American professional basketball player

#90

Wendy Benson

actress

#91

Walt Bellamy

#92

William G. Boykin

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#93

William Beckett

American musician

#94

William Byrd

British composer

#95

Watson Brown

American abolitionist

#96

Will Brill

Caught Stealing

#97

Warner Baxter

heiress | film producer | philanthropist

#98

Whitney Kroenke Burditt

#99

William Bennett

Signer of the United States Constitution

#100

William Blount

#101

William J. Bratton

American police officer

#102

Wattie Buchan

British musician

#103

William J. A. Bailey

American quack

#104

William Boyett

English clergyman | geologist and palaeontologist

#105

William Basinski

American composer

#106

William Buckland

#107

Wade Belak

Canadian ice hockey player

#108

William Richard Bradford

American serial killer

#109

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress

#110

Wellington R. Burt

American politician (1831–1919)

#111

William Cullen Bryant

American romantic poet and journalist

#112

William Brydon

assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army

#113

Ward Burton

American racing driver

#114

William Beck

Welsh born actor

#115

Werner Best

British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist

#116

Wilfred Bion

#117

Wilhelm von Bismarck

German politician

#118

William Beaudine

American film actor and director

#119

Wesley Britt

player of American football

#120

Willy Boly

Ivorian association football player

#121

Wes Brown

Economist and social reformer

#122

William Henry Bragg

British scientist

#123

William Bast

Author | screenwriter

#124

William Beveridge

#125

Will Bayley

British table tennis player

#126

Wang Bing

Chinese film director

Wang #18

#127

Willis Bouchey

British Liberal politician and Governor of New South Wales

#128

Wang Baoqiang

Chinese actor

Wang #19

#129

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

#130

Will Bynum

American basketball player

#131

Walter Bagehot

British journalist | businessman | and essayist

Walter #93

#132

William Brown

Admiral in the Argentine Navy

#133

Will Benson

#134

Walter Brueggemann

American theologian

Walter #98

#135

William B. Bankhead

American professional wrestler

#136

Wes Brisco

#137

Walter Burke

American basketball player

Walter #102

#138

William Bialek

American biophysicist

#139

Walter Breuning

World's oldest man

Walter #104

#140

Walerian Borowczyk

film director

#141

Walter Berry

Walter #105

#142

Walter Van Beirendonck

Belgian fashion designer

Walter #106

#143

Will Barton

American basketball player

#144

Walter Block

Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist

Walter #107

#145

William J. Burns

American Secret Service agent

#146

Willie Bloomquist

Australian rules footballer

#147

Will Brodie

#148

Warren Bondo

French association football player

#149

William Bell

singer

#150

William Buckley

English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped

#151

William Blair

Scottish judge

#152

Will Bednar

American football executive and former player and coach

#153

Willie Brown

#154

Willem Barents

navigator | cartographer | explorer

#155

Walter Buch

British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art

Walter #122

#156

Wendy Beckett

#157

William H. T. Bush

American banker

#158

William Bogert

actor

#159

Wally Badarou

French / Beninese musician

#160

Willie Bobo

American jazz percussionist (1934–1983)

#161

W. Michael Blumenthal

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

#162

Wayne Bloom

professional wrestler

#163

W. O. Bentley

British automotive engineer (1888-1971)

#164

Warren Barton

English footballer

#165

Wayne Brown

New Zealand local politician

#166

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

British politician

Walter #123

#167

Warren Berlinger

Television | film | stage actor

#168

William Brodie

British politician

#169

William Buick

British jockey

#170

William V, Duke of Bavaria

(1548-1626)

#171

William Beechey

British artist

#172

William Barclay

Scottish author | presenter | Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow

#173

William L. Borden

Staff Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1949

#174

William Donald Borders

Catholic bishop

#175

Wolf Biermann

German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident

#176

Walt Barnes

American football player | actor (1918-1998)

#177

Wade Bowen

American singer-songwriter

#178

William Bainbridge

United States Navy officer

#179

William F. Baker

American civil engineer

#180

William Breeze

musician; Frater Superior of Ordo Templi Orientis

#181

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

German composer | organist | harpsichordist

#182

William Brice

American artist

#183

William Burges

English architect

#184

William Campbell Preston Breckinridge

Colombian association football player

#185

Wilmar Barrios

#186

Will Butcher

American professional ice hockey defenceman

#187

Willie Brown

guitar player and vocalist

#188

Will Brennan

baseball player

#189

Walter A. Brown

American sports businessman

Walter #136

#190

Walter Brooke