Famous people with the initials WB November 5, 2025 to November 25, 2025

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

Interstellar

William Blake

William #14 And did those feet in ancient time

William Earl Brown

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

William #15 Scream

William S. Burroughs

William #16 Naked Lunch

#10

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

#11

William Baldwin

American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)

William #24

#12

Wilford Brimley

American actor and singer (1934–2020)

The Thing

#13

Wes Ball

American film director

#14

William Jennings Bryan

American politician (1860–1925)

William #36

#15

Walter Becker

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

Walter #8

#16

Wes Borland

American actor (1894–1974)

#17

Walter Brennan

Walter #9

#18

Wilson Bethel

American actor (1903–1960)

Inherent Vice

#19

Walter VI, Count of Brienne

Count of Brienne

Walter #12

#20

Ward Bond

Gone with the Wind

#21

Willy Brandt

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

#22

Wade Boggs

American baseball player

#23

Walter Benjamin

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

Walter #13

#24

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

king of Bohemia and Germany

#25

Will Brill

Caught Stealing

#26

Wes Brown

American serial killer (1947–1996)

#27

William Bonin

William #75

#28

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman

William #77

#29

Wesley Bryan

American golfer (1990-)

#30

Wendell Berry

author

#31

Wade Barrett

British professional wrestler

#32

Wolf Blitzer

German-American journalist and television news anchor

#33

Warren Brown

British actor

#34

Won Bin

South Korean actor | model

#35

William Bligh

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

William #110

#36

Willow Bay

American television journalist | editor | author | and former model

#37

Wang Yi Bo

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

Wang #2

#38

Warren Earl Burger

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

#39

Wayne Bridge

English footballer (born 1980)

#40

Wilfrid Brambell

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

#41

Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (1881-1948)

#42

William M. Branham

American Christian minister

William #123

#43

Win Butler

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

#44

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French academic painter (1825-1905)

#45

Walker Buehler

American baseball player (born 1994)

#46

William Peter Blatty

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

William #126 The Exorcist The Exorcist

#47

Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal

#48

Wesley Bell

prosecuting attorney of St. Louis county

#49

William Brocius

gunman | rustler | outlaw

William #133

#50

Wallace Beery

American actor (1885-1949)

#51

Whitney Blake

Film and television actress | director; television producer

#52

William Bendix

American actor (1906-1964)

William #146

#53

Wilhelm Burgdorf

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

#54

William Richard Bradford

American serial killer

William #152

#55

Wendy Beckett

#56

Weyes Blood

English association football player

#57

William Byron

American racecar driver

William #158

#58

Wes Brown

#59

William Bufalino

American attorney

William #163

#60

William Boyd

player of American football

William #164

#61

William Borah

American politician

William #165

#62

William Boyd

British writer

William #167

#63

William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington

British photographer

William #168

#64

Wesley Britt

#65

William Brewster

Religious emigrant to North America and leader there

William #172

#66

William J. Brennan

U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990

William #178

#67

Walker Blaine

American lawyer

#68

William J. Bratton

American police officer

William #183

#69

W. Kamau Bell

American comedian

#70

Wharton Barker

Union United States Army officer

#71

Wilfred Benítez

World champion boxer

#72

Whit Bissell

Soylent Green

#73

Wilhelm Bittrich

Ivorian association football player

#74

Wally Bayola

Filipino comedian

#75

Wilfried Bony

#76

William Francis Buckley

United States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut

#77

Wolfgang Bodison

A Few Good Men

#78

William Bennett

American politician

#79

Willam Belli

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#80

William Byrd

British composer

#81

William G. Boykin

#82

Wendy Barrie

English actress

#83

Winston Bogarde

Dutch footballer

#84

William Booth

British Methodist preacher

#85

Werner Braune

SS officer

#86

William A. Bardeen

American physicist

#87

William Blackstone

English jurist | judge and Tory politician

#88

William Cullen Bryant

American romantic poet and journalist

#89

William Beckett

#90

Warner Baxter

Ivorian association football player

#91

Willy Boly

#92

Whitney Kroenke Burditt

heiress | film producer | philanthropist

#93

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress

#94

Wally Backman

American baseball player

#95

William Benter

American gambler

#96

William Basinski

American composer

#97

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

#98

William Beveridge

Economist and social reformer

#99

Wesley Blake

American professional wrestler

#100

Walter Breuning

World's oldest man

Walter #77

#101

Wolfgang Beltracchi

German art forger

#102

William Buckland

English clergyman | geologist and palaeontologist

#103

Will Buxton

Formula One digital presenter

#104

Will Barton

American basketball player

#105

William Boyett

#106

Werner Best

British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist

#107

Watson Brown

American abolitionist

#108

Wang Baoqiang

Chinese actor

Wang #15

#109

Wilfred Bion

#110

William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood

British Army general

#111

Wes Brisco

American professional wrestler

#112

Walter Buch

former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

Walter #89

#113

Walter Brueggemann

American theologian

Walter #90

#114

Wiktor Bogacz

Polish footballer

#115

William B. Bader

#116

Will Brittain

Canadian ice hockey player

#117

Wetrom Bahanda

Malaysian politician

#118

Wade Belak

#119

William F. Baker

American civil engineer

#120

Walt Bellamy

American professional basketball player

#121

Walter Bagehot

British journalist | businessman | and essayist

Walter #92

#122

Will Bosisto

Australian cricketer

#123

William Bast

Author | screenwriter

#124

Willie Best

actor

#125

William J. Burns

American Secret Service agent

#126

Walter Burke

Admiral in the Argentine Navy

Walter #95

#127

William Brown

#128

Wattie Buchan

British musician

#129

William H. T. Bush

American banker

#130

William H. P. Blandy

American admiral

#131

Walerian Borowczyk

film director

#132

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

German composer | organist | harpsichordist

#133

Wilson Bentley

American photographer

#134

William Buckley

English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped

#135

Willem Barents

navigator | cartographer | explorer

#136

Wilfried Böse

founding member of the German far-left organization Revolutionary Cells

#137

William Henry Bragg

British scientist

#138

W. O. Bentley

British automotive engineer (1888-1971)

#139

Willis Bouchey

Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist

#140

Walter Block

Walter #106

#141

Will Blackmon

Player of American football

#142

Wilhelm von Bismarck

German politician

#143

Wladimir Balentien

baseball player

#144

Wayne Bennett

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

#145

Winston Blackmore

Mormon fundamentalist leader

#146

William Beck

Welsh born actor

Snatch

#147

William B. Bankhead

American politician

#148

Ward Burton

American racing driver

#149

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

British politician

Walter #112

#150

Will Brown

Australian racing driver

#151

Wayne Barnes

English Rugby union referee

#152

Wendy Benson

actress

#153

Wouter Basson

South African cardiologist

#154

Wilhelm Brasse

Polish photographer

#155

Walter Bou

football player

Walter #120

#156

William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch

British politician

#157

Willie Brown

American football executive and former player and coach

#158

William Wells Brown

African-American abolitionist lecturer | novelist | playwright | and historian

#159

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

British Liberal politician and Governor of New South Wales

#160

William Bell

singer

#161

William Blount

Signer of the United States Constitution

#162

Wolf Biermann

German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident

#163

Will Bynum

American basketball player

#164

William L. Borden

Staff Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1949

#165

W. Michael Blumenthal

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

#166

Wang Bing

Chinese film director

Wang #37

#167

Walter Baldwin

Walter #127 Rosemary's Baby

#168

William Brent Bell

American screenwriter and film director

#169

William Bainbridge

United States Navy officer

#170

William Brodie

British politician

#171

William George Barker

Canadian First World War fighter ace

#172

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

English poet and writer

#173

William Bogert

actor

#174

Warren Wallace Beckwith

American baseball player

#175

William Blum

American author and historian

#176

Warner Brown

Jamaican footballer (born 2002)

#177

Walt Bell

American-football player (1984-)

#178

William Blair

Scottish judge

#179

Willie Brown

guitar player and vocalist

#180

William V, Duke of Bavaria

(1548-1626)

#181

William Breeze

musician; Frater Superior of Ordo Templi Orientis

#182

William Barclay

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

#183

Walter Bonatti

Italian mountaineer

Walter #141

#184

William Beebe

American ornithologist | marine biologist | entomologist | and explorer

#185

William J. A. Bailey

American quack

#186

Warren Barton

English footballer

#187

Wilma Burgess