Famous people with the initials WB October 23, 2026

American writer | activist | and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)

Interstellar

Wendell Berry

Wernher von Braun

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

William Baldwin

American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)

William #12

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

William #15 And did those feet in ancient time

Wayne Brady

American actor | comedian | and television personality

#10

William S. Burroughs

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

William #16 Naked Lunch

#11

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

#12

Wilford Brimley

American actor and singer (1934–2020)

The Thing

#13

Wes Borland

American musician

#14

Wilson Bethel

American serial killer (1947–1996)

#15

William Bonin

William #39

#16

Walter Brennan

American actor (1894–1974)

Walter #9

#17

Warren Brown

British actor

#18

Walter Becker

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

Walter #10

#19

Willy Brandt

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

#20

Walter Benjamin

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

Walter #11

#21

William Jennings Bryan

American politician (1860–1925)

William #58

#22

Wade Boggs

American baseball player

#23

Ward Bond

American actor (1903–1960)

Gone with the Wind

#24

William Earl Brown

William #65 Scream

#25

Will Brill

king of Bohemia and Germany

The Musical

#26

Wes Ball

American film director

#27

Weyes Blood

American musician

#28

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

#29

Whitney Blake

Film and television actress | director; television producer

#30

Wayne Bennett

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

#31

William Bligh

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

William #94

#32

William Barton

Australian didgeridoo player

William #96

#33

Wes Brown

English association football player

#34

William Peter Blatty

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

William #100 The Exorcist The Exorcist

#35

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman

William #101

#36

Wallace Beery

American actor (1885-1949)

#37

Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (1881-1948)

#38

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French academic painter (1825-1905)

#39

William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington

British photographer

William #121

#40

William Brocius

gunman | rustler | outlaw

William #123

#41

William Boyd

British writer

William #125

#42

Win Butler

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

#43

William Bufalino

American attorney

William #133

#44

Wang Yi Bo

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

Wang #6

#45

William Borah

German-American journalist and television news anchor

William #139

#46

Wolf Blitzer

#47

Warren Earl Burger

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

#48

William Francis Buckley

United States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut

William #146

#49

Wayne Bridge

English footballer (born 1980)

#50

Won Bin

South Korean actor | model

#51

William M. Branham

American Christian minister

William #153

#52

Wilfrid Brambell

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

#53

Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal

#54

Wade Barrett

British professional wrestler

#55

Willow Bay

American television journalist | editor | author | and former model

#56

Walker Buehler

American baseball player (born 1994)

#57

Wilfried Bony

Ivorian association football player

#58

William J. Brennan

U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990

William #187

#59

William J. Bratton

American police officer

William #192

#60

William Bendix

American actor (1906-1964)

William #193

#61

William Brewster

Religious emigrant to North America and leader there

William #194

#62

William Basinski

American composer

#63

Whitney Kroenke Burditt

heiress | film producer | philanthropist

#64

W. Kamau Bell

American comedian

#65

Wes Brown

British footballer (born 1994)

#66

Winston Bogarde

Dutch footballer

#67

Wesley Burns

#68

William Byron

American racecar driver

#69

Whit Bissell

Soylent Green

#70

William Benter

American gambler

#71

Wilhelm Burgdorf

#72

Wilfred Benítez

World champion boxer

#73

Willam Belli

player of American football

#74

William Vansittart Bowater

British businessman

#75

Wesley Britt

#76

William Bialek

American biophysicist

#77

Wendy Barrie

English actress

#78

William Beck

Welsh born actor

Snatch

#79

Warren Bullock

British dancer

#80

William Boyd

prosecuting attorney of St. Louis county

#81

Wesley Bell

#82

William Blackstone

English jurist | judge and Tory politician

#83

Wolfgang Bodison

A Few Good Men

#84

William Richard Bradford

American serial killer

#85

William Bennett

founding member of the German far-left organization Revolutionary Cells

#86

Wesley Bryan

American golfer (1990-)

#87

Wilfried Böse

#88

Wouter Basson

South African cardiologist

#89

William Byrd

British composer

#90

William Booth

British Methodist preacher

#91

Wilhelm Bittrich

American football player (1970-2018)

#92

Wally Bayola

Filipino comedian

#93

Wes Bender

#94

William Cullen Bryant

American romantic poet and journalist

#95

Warner Baxter

Groom in the household of Henry VIII of England

#96

William Brereton

#97

Warren Berlinger

Television | film | stage actor

#98

Will Brittain

#99

Walter Burke

Economist and social reformer

Walter #77

#100

Wally Backman

American baseball player

#101

William Beveridge

#102

William Blair

Scottish judge

#103

Wattie Buchan

British musician

#104

Winnie Brinks

English clergyman | geologist and palaeontologist

#105

William Buckland

#106

William Boyett

British automotive engineer (1888-1971)

#107

W. O. Bentley

#108

Willis Bouchey

British journalist | businessman | and essayist

#109

Walter Bagehot

Walter #82

#110

Winston Blackmore

Mormon fundamentalist leader

#111

William Bast

Author | screenwriter

#112

Walt Bellamy

American professional basketball player

#113

Wilfred Bion

British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist

#114

Wagner Brown

Jamaican professional wrestler

#115

Wendy Beckett

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

#116

Wesley Blake

American professional wrestler

#117

Willy Boly

Ivorian association football player

#118

Watson Brown

American abolitionist

#119

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

#120

Willem Barents

navigator | cartographer | explorer

#121

Wilhelm von Bismarck

German politician

#122

Werner Best

English colonial governor of Virginia

#123

William Berkeley

#124

William G. Boykin

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#125

Walter Breuning

World's oldest man

Walter #88

#126

William Brown

Admiral in the Argentine Navy

#127

Wendy Benson

actress

#128

Will Blackmon

Player of American football

#129

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress

#130

Ward Burton

American racing driver

#131

Wolfgang Beltracchi

German art forger

#132

William F. Baker

American civil engineer

#133

Wade Belak

Canadian ice hockey player

#134

Wally Badarou

French / Beninese musician

#135

Warren Bondo

French association football player

#136

William Butler

actor and film director from the USA (20th century)

#137

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

#138

William L. Borden

Staff Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1949

#139

Will Bynum

American basketball player

#140

Walter Bonatti

Italian mountaineer

Walter #102

#141

Will Buxton

Formula One digital presenter

#142

William Bell

singer

#143

Walter Buch

American football executive and former player and coach

Walter #106

#144

William Brodie

British politician

#145

Walerian Borowczyk

film director

#146

Willie Brown

#147

Wayne Brown

New Zealand local politician

#148

Wes Brisco

American professional wrestler

#149

William Blount

Signer of the United States Constitution

#150

Willie Best

actor

#151

Will Borgen

Ice hockey player

#152

Wang Baoqiang

Chinese actor

Wang #32

#153

William Bogert

actor

#154

William B. Bankhead

#155

Walter Brooke

English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped

Walter #110 The Graduate

#156

Walter Brueggemann

American theologian

Walter #113

#157

William H. T. Bush

American banker

#158

William Buckley

#159

William Barclay

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

#160

Wayne Bloom

professional wrestler

#161

Wolf Biermann

German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident

#162

W. Michael Blumenthal

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

#163

Walt Barnes

American football player | actor (1918-1998)

#164

Walter Block

Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist

Walter #121

#165

William Beckett

American musician

#166

William J. Burns

American Secret Service agent

#167

W. A. C. Bennett

Canadian politician

#168

William Breeze

musician; Frater Superior of Ordo Templi Orientis

#169

William J. A. Bailey

American quack

#170

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

British Liberal politician and Governor of New South Wales

#171

William Henry Bragg

British scientist

#172

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

German composer | organist | harpsichordist

#173

William Buick

British jockey

#174

William Berger

Austrian actor

#175

Wesley Batista

Brazilian businessman

#176

William M. Bass

Forensic anthropologist

#177

Władysław Bartoszewski

Polish politician and activist

#178

Walter Baldwin

Walter #139 Rosemary's Baby

#179

Wayne C. Booth

American academic

#180

William W. Belknap

Union Army general (1829-1890)

#181

Warren Barton

English footballer

#182

William Brydon

assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army

#183

William Bramley

American jazz percussionist (1934–1983)

#184

Willie Bobo

#185

Wade Bowen

American singer-songwriter

#186

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

British politician

Walter #147

#187

William Bryant