Famous people with the initials WB May 23, 2026

German-American journalist and television news anchor

Wolf Blitzer

Wes Bentley

American actor | producer | and writer (born 1963)

Interstellar

William Baldwin

William #13

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

#10

William S. Burroughs

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

William #17 Naked Lunch

#11

William Earl Brown

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

William #19 Deep Impact

#12

Whitey Bulger

#13

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

William #23 And did those feet in ancient time

#14

Wayne Brady

American actor | comedian | and television personality

#15

Wilford Brimley

American actor and singer (1934–2020)

The Thing

#16

Walter Becker

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

Walter #3

#17

Walter Brennan

American actor (1894–1974)

Walter #7

#18

Wade Boggs

American politician (1860–1925)

#19

William Jennings Bryan

William #46

#20

Wes Borland

American musician

#21

Willy Brandt

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

#22

Weyes Blood

American musician

#23

Walter Benjamin

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

Walter #9

#24

Ward Bond

American actor (1903–1960)

Gone with the Wind

#25

Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

king of Bohemia and Germany

#26

William Bligh

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

William #79

#27

Wendell Berry

author

#28

Whitney Blake

Film and television actress | director; television producer

#29

Wade Barrett

British professional wrestler

#30

William Bolcom

American composer

William #87

#31

Wayne Bridge

English footballer (born 1980)

#32

Wang Yi Bo

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

Wang #3

#33

William Bonin

American serial killer (1947–1996)

William #97

#34

Warren Earl Burger

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

#35

Win Butler

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

#36

Won Bin

South Korean actor | model

#37

Wayne Bennett

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

#38

Wesley Bryan

American golfer (1990-)

#39

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French academic painter (1825-1905)

#40

Wes Brown

English association football player

#41

Wallace Beery

American actor (1885-1949)

#42

Wes Ball

American film director

#43

Wesley Britt

player of American football

#44

Wesley Bell

prosecuting attorney of St. Louis county

#45

Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (1881-1948)

#46

William M. Branham

American Christian minister

William #126

#47

Wilfrid Brambell

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

#48

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman

William #133

#49

William Peter Blatty

American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)

William #134 The Exorcist The Exorcist

#50

Wesley Burns

British footballer (born 1994)

#51

Walker Buehler

American baseball player (born 1994)

#52

William Francis Buckley

United States Army officer and the CIA station chief in Beirut

William #150

#53

Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal

#54

William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington

British photographer

William #161

#55

William Boyd

British writer

William #162

#56

William J. Brennan

U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990

William #164

#57

Wendy Barrie

English actress

#58

William Brocius

gunman | rustler | outlaw

William #167

#59

William Borah

American politician

William #175

#60

Winston Bogarde

Dutch footballer

#61

Willow Bay

American television journalist | editor | author | and former model

#62

Wilfried Bony

Ivorian association football player

#63

William Byron

American racecar driver

William #188

#64

Wolfgang Bodison

A Few Good Men

#65

Wally Bayola

Filipino comedian

#66

Wilhelm Burgdorf

Religious emigrant to North America and leader there

#67

William Brewster

William #195

#68

Winston Blackmore

Mormon fundamentalist leader

#69

Whit Bissell

Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress

Soylent Green

#70

William Bufalino

American attorney

William #198

#71

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

#72

Willam Belli

heiress | film producer | philanthropist

#73

William J. Bratton

American police officer

#74

Whitney Kroenke Burditt

#75

Willibald C. Bianchi

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

#76

Wilfred Benítez

World champion boxer

#77

William Bendix

American actor (1906-1964)

#78

William Byrd

British composer

#79

W. Kamau Bell

American comedian

#80

William Benter

American gambler

#81

Willy Boly

Ivorian association football player

#82

Wes Brown

#83

William Beck

Welsh born actor

#84

William Boyd

British Methodist preacher

#85

William Booth

#86

William Blackstone

English jurist | judge and Tory politician

#87

Wesley Blake

American professional wrestler

#88

Wendy Beckett

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

#89

Will Brittain

#90

Will Brill

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

Caught Stealing

#91

Woo Bum-kon

#92

William Basinski

American composer

#93

Wally Backman

#94

Wolfgang Beltracchi

German art forger

#95

Watson Brown

American abolitionist

#96

Wilhelm Bittrich

#97

William Boyett

English clergyman | geologist and palaeontologist

#98

William Bennett

American politician

#99

William Vansittart Bowater

British businessman

#100

William Buckland

#101

Will Buxton

Formula One digital presenter

#102

William Beckett

American musician

#103

Wade Belak

Canadian ice hockey player

#104

Walt Bellamy

American professional basketball player

#105

Warner Baxter

#106

Werner Best

British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist

#107

Wilfred Bion

#108

Wes Brisco

American professional wrestler

#109

Wouter Basson

South African cardiologist

#110

Walter Bagehot

British journalist | businessman | and essayist

Walter #83

#111

Willis Bouchey

Economist and social reformer

#112

William Beveridge

#113

William Brown

Admiral in the Argentine Navy

#114

William Cullen Bryant

American romantic poet and journalist

#115

Wattie Buchan

British musician

#116

Wilfried Böse

founding member of the German far-left organization Revolutionary Cells

#117

William Bialek

American biophysicist

#118

William Bast

Author | screenwriter

#119

Wayne Brown

New Zealand local politician

#120

Ward Burton

American racing driver

#121

W. Michael Blumenthal

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

#122

Will Barton

Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer

#123

Wendy Benson

actress

#124

William J. A. Bailey

American quack

#125

William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood

British Army general

#126

William Lawrence Bragg

#127

Walter Burke

Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist

Walter #99

#128

Walter Block

Walter #100

#129

William G. Boykin

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#130

William Blair

Scottish judge

#131

Walter Brueggemann

American theologian

Walter #103

#132

Willem Barents

navigator | cartographer | explorer

#133

Wang Baoqiang

Chinese actor

Wang #24

#134

William J. Burns

American Secret Service agent

#135

Willie Best

actor

#136

Walter Breuning

World's oldest man

Walter #106

#137

Will Benson

Signer of the United States Constitution

#138

William Blount

#139

Walter Buch

American sports businessman

Walter #110

#140

Wilhelm von Bismarck

German politician

#141

Walter A. Brown

Walter #111

#142

Walerian Borowczyk

film director

#143

William Bainbridge

United States Navy officer

#144

Wang Bing

Chinese film director

Wang #32

#145

Willie Brown

American football executive and former player and coach

#146

William Bell

singer

#147

William L. Borden

Staff Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1949

#148

William V, Duke of Bavaria

(1548-1626)

#149

Warren Berlinger

Television | film | stage actor

#150

William Richard Bradford

American serial killer

#151

Will Bednar

English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped

#152

William Buckley

#153

W. O. Bentley

British automotive engineer (1888-1971)

#154

William Breeze

musician; Frater Superior of Ordo Templi Orientis

#155

Wilhelm Brasse

Polish photographer

#156

William Henry Bragg

British scientist

#157

William Brodie

British politician

#158

William Brydon

assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army

#159

William B. Bankhead

American politician

#160

William H. T. Bush

American banker

#161

William Berkeley

English colonial governor of Virginia

#162

Władysław Bartoszewski

Polish politician and activist

#163

William Bogert

actor

#164

William Baude

American legal scholar

#165

William Bartram

American naturalist

#166

William F. Baker

American civil engineer

#167

William Buick

British jockey

#168

William Brice

American artist

#169

William Beebe

American ornithologist | marine biologist | entomologist | and explorer

#170

Wolf Biermann

German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident

#171

Wilfred Burchett

Australian journalist

#172

William Bass

British brewer

#173

Wregas Bhanuteja

Indonesian film director

#174

Wilhelm Boger

Holocaust perpetrator | Gestapo and SS officer at Auschwitz

#175

Willie Bobo

American jazz percussionist (1934–1983)

#176

Warren Barton

English footballer

#177

William Barclay

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

#178

William Burges

English architect

#179

Winston Bennett

German composer | organist | harpsichordist

#180

William Barksdale

Confederate Army general

#181

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

#182

Wu Bai

Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor

#183

Wally Badarou

French / Beninese musician

#184

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch

British politician

Walter #137

#185

Willie Brown

guitar player and vocalist

#186

William M. Bass

Forensic anthropologist

#187

Will Bynum

British Liberal politician and Governor of New South Wales

#188

Walter Bonatti

Italian mountaineer

Walter #138

#189

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

#190

William Whiting Borden

American missionary

#191

Wale Babalakin

Nigerian businessman and lawyer

#192

White Bull

Lakota chief

#193

Wayne Bloom

professional wrestler

#194

William B. Bader

former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

#195

Walter Brooke

Walter #143

#196

Walter Berry