Famous people with the initials WB September 2, 2026

prosecuting attorney of St. Louis county

Interstellar

Wesley Bell

Wernher von Braun

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

Whitey Bulger

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

William Baldwin

American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)

William #13 Born on the Fourth of July

William S. Burroughs

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

William #18 Naked Lunch

Wilford Brimley

American actor and singer (1934–2020)

The Thing

#10

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

William #23 And did those feet in ancient time

#11

Wes Borland

American musician

#12

Wayne Brady

American actor | comedian | and television personality

#13

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

#14

Wilson Bethel

German-American journalist and television news anchor

#15

Wolf Blitzer

#16

Walter Becker

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

Walter #3

#17

Walter Brennan

American actor (1894–1974)

Walter #5

#18

William Bonin

American serial killer (1947–1996)

William #44

#19

Wade Boggs

American actor (1903–1960)

#20

Ward Bond

Gone with the Wind

#21

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman

William #51

#22

William Earl Brown

William #54 The Unforgivable

#23

William Jennings Bryan

American politician (1860–1925)

William #55

#24

William Francis Buckley

United States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut

William #58

#25

Willy Brandt

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

#26

Walter Benjamin

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

Walter #14

#27

William Bufalino

American attorney

William #72

#28

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

king of Bohemia and Germany

#29

Whitney Blake

Film and television actress | director; television producer

#30

Wes Brown

English association football player

#31

Wendell Berry

author

#32

Warren Brown

British actor

#33

Wayne Bridge

English footballer (born 1980)

#34

Wade Barrett

British professional wrestler

#35

Wilfrid Brambell

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

#36

William Bligh

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

William #106

#37

Wallace Beery

American actor (1885-1949)

#38

Won Bin

South Korean actor | model

#39

Wesley Burns

British footballer (born 1994)

#40

Win Butler

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

#41

Wes Ball

American film director

#42

Wang Yi Bo

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

Wang #4

#43

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French academic painter (1825-1905)

#44

William Brocius

gunman | rustler | outlaw

William #112

#45

William Peter Blatty

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

William #117 The Exorcist The Exorcist

#46

Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (1881-1948)

#47

Will P. Brady

American lawyer (1876–1943)

#48

William M. Branham

American Christian minister

William #126

#49

Willam Belli

player of American football

#50

Wesley Britt

#51

William Byron

American racecar driver

William #143

#52

Weyes Blood

American musician

#53

Wolfgang Bodison

American actor (1906-1964)

A Few Good Men

#54

William Bendix

William #157

#55

William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington

British photographer

William #161

#56

Walker Buehler

American baseball player (born 1994)

#57

Warren Earl Burger

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

#58

Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal

#59

William Brewster

Religious emigrant to North America and leader there

William #169

#60

William Boyd

British writer

William #174

#61

Wesley Bryan

American golfer (1990-)

#62

W. Kamau Bell

American comedian

#63

Whit Bissell

Soylent Green

#64

Warner Baxter

#65

William Borah

Admiral in the Argentine Navy

William #190

#66

William Brown

William #193

#67

Wayne Bennett

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

#68

Wilfred Benítez

World champion boxer

#69

Wilfried Bony

Ivorian association football player

#70

Wilhelm Burgdorf

Staff Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1949

#71

William L. Borden

#72

Wes Brown

American television journalist | editor | author | and former model

#73

Willow Bay

#74

William Beck

Welsh born actor

#75

William Richard Bradford

American serial killer

#76

Wendy Barrie

English actress

#77

William J. Brennan

U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990

#78

Wilfried Böse

founding member of the German far-left organization Revolutionary Cells

#79

Wally Bayola

Filipino comedian

#80

Winston Bogarde

Dutch footballer

#81

Wally Backman

heiress | film producer | philanthropist

#82

Whitney Kroenke Burditt

#83

Warren Barton

English footballer

#84

William Boyd

American professional wrestler

#85

Wesley Blake

#86

William Boyett

#87

Wolfgang Beltracchi

German art forger

#88

Will Brittain

British Methodist preacher

#89

William Booth

#90

William Bennett

South African cardiologist

#91

Wouter Basson

#92

Walt Bellamy

American professional basketball player

#93

William Cullen Bryant

American romantic poet and journalist

#94

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

#95

Walter Burke

Walter #67

#96

Ward Burton

American racing driver

#97

Will Brill

#98

Wilhelm Bittrich

#99

William J. Bratton

American police officer

#100

Werner Best

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

#101

Walter Bonatti

Italian mountaineer

Walter #70

#102

Wendy Beckett

#103

William Blackstone

English jurist | judge and Tory politician

#104

William Basinski

American composer

#105

Willis Bouchey

Ivorian association football player

#106

Willy Boly

#107

Wattie Buchan

British musician

#108

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress

#109

Watson Brown

American abolitionist

#110

William Beckett

American musician

#111

Wes Brisco

American professional wrestler

#112

Will Barton

American basketball player

#113

William Byrd

British composer

#114

William Buckland

English clergyman | geologist and palaeontologist

#115

William Benter

American gambler

#116

William Brinkley

American writer and journalist

The Last Ship

#117

William Vansittart Bowater

British businessman

#118

Walter Breuning

World's oldest man

Walter #84

#119

Wendy Benson

actress

#120

Will Bynum

American basketball player

#121

Wilfred Bion

British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist

#122

William Blair

Scottish judge

#123

Wendy Barlow

Canadian tennis player

#124

Will Buxton

Formula One digital presenter

#125

William Bast

Author | screenwriter

#126

William Buckley

English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped

#127

Winston Blackmore

Mormon fundamentalist leader

#128

Wang Baoqiang

Chinese actor

Wang #22

#129

Wilfred Burchett

Australian journalist

#130

Warren Bondo

French association football player

#131

Walter Bagehot

British journalist | businessman | and essayist

Walter #96

#132

Warren A. Bechtel

American businessman

#133

Warren Berlinger

Television | film | stage actor

#134

Willie Best

actor

#135

Willem Barents

navigator | cartographer | explorer

#136

Walter Block

Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist

Walter #102

#137

Wilhelm von Bismarck

German politician

#138

William Bell

singer

#139

William G. Boykin

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#140

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

British Liberal politician and Governor of New South Wales

#141

Walerian Borowczyk

film director

#142

William Berger

Austrian actor

#143

William B. Bankhead

Economist and social reformer

#144

William Beveridge

#145

Wayne Brown

New Zealand local politician

#146

William Blount

Signer of the United States Constitution

#147

Wilmar Barrios

Colombian association football player

#148

Winnie Brinks

#149

Will Benson

#150

William Bogert

actor

#151

William J. A. Bailey

American quack

#152

Walter Buch

American football player | actor (1918-1998)

Walter #112

#153

Warren Barguil

French cyclist

#154

Walt Barnes

#155

Walter Brueggemann

American theologian

Walter #113

#156

Wang Bing

Chinese film director

Wang #29

#157

William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

British soldier and politician

#158

William Lawrence Bragg

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

#159

William J. Burns

American Secret Service agent

#160

Wade Belak

Canadian ice hockey player

#161

William Brodie

British politician

#162

Wally Badarou

French / Beninese musician

#163

William Buick

British jockey

#164

Will Bednar

#165

Walter Brooke

Ugandan aeronautical engineer | politician and diplomat

Walter #118 The Graduate

#166

Winnie Byanyima

#167

W. O. Bentley

British automotive engineer (1888-1971)

#168

W. Michael Blumenthal

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

#169

William Barksdale

Confederate Army general

#170

William Bainbridge

United States Navy officer

#171

Willie Bobo

American jazz percussionist (1934–1983)

#172

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

German composer | organist | harpsichordist

#173

William F. Baker

American civil engineer

#174

William Burges

English architect

#175

William B. Bader

former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

#176

Willie Brown

guitar player and vocalist

#177

William Brereton

Groom in the household of Henry VIII of England

#178

Wolf Biermann

German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident

#179

William V, Duke of Bavaria

(1548-1626)

#180

Walter A. Brown

American sports businessman

Walter #129

#181

Wayne Bloom

professional wrestler

#182

William Bialek

American biophysicist

#183

Walter Baldwin

Walter #130 Rosemary's Baby

#184

William Barclay

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

#185

William Breeze

musician; Frater Superior of Ordo Templi Orientis

#186

William Beebe

American ornithologist | marine biologist | entomologist | and explorer

#187

William Berkeley

English colonial governor of Virginia

#188

William Bishop

former U.S. intelligence official and cryptoanalyst; whistleblower

#189

William Henry Bragg

British scientist

#190

William Whiting Borden

American missionary

#191

William H. T. Bush

American banker

#192

William Edward Binney

#193

Willie Brown

American football executive and former player and coach

#194

Walter Bernstein

Screenwriter | film producer

Walter #138

#195

White Bull

Lakota chief

#196

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

British politician

Walter #143

#197

William Beaumont

American physician

#198

Wouter Burger

association football player

#199

William Bryant