Famous people with the initials WD December 18, 2025 to January 7, 2026

American mobster (1921-1970)

William #42 Interstellar

Winston Duke

Tobagonian-Rwandan actor

Avengers: Endgame

William Devino

William #63

Waris Dirie

Somali model | author | actress | activist

#10

Woo Do-hwan

South Korean actor

#11

William deVry

English screenwriter and film producer

William #72

#12

William Davies

William #99

#13

Woo Da-vi

South Korean actress (born 1999)

#14

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

British aristocrat and politician

William #109

#15

William DuVall

player of American football

William #110

#16

Warrick Dunn

#17

William J. Donovan

United States Army General | Medal of Honor recipient | and civil servant

William #115

#18

William O. Douglas

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975

William #124

#19

William C. Durant

William #134

#20

William B. Davis

Canadian actor

William #140

#21

Windsor Davies

British actor

#22

William Stanford Davis

American historian | philosopher and writer (1885–1981)

William #163

#23

William Demarest

actor

William #164

#24

Will Durant

#25

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

British noble

William #168

#26

W. Edwards Deming

American professor | author | and consultant (1900-1993)

#27

Wayne Dyer

American writer (1940-2015)

#28

Willie Dixon

American blues musician

#29

Walt Dohrn

American actor | writer | director | artist and musician

#30

Wayne Duvall

American musician | singer-songwriter

Prisoners

#31

Willy DeVille

#32

W. S. Van Dyke

American film director

#33

Westley Allan Dodd

American serial killer (1961-1993)

#34

Wheeler Dryden

British actor and director

#35

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth

British peer and politician

#36

Wenn V. Deramas

Filipino actor | screenwriter | director

#37

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire

English politician and Earl

#38

Weary Dunlop

Australian military surgeon (1907-1993)

#39

Willie D

American rapper

#40

Walter Duranty

American journalist

Walter #52

#41

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Prime Minister of Great Britain

#42

William M. Daley

American lawyer and former banker

#43

William F. Dean

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

#44

Warren DeMartini

British pirate and explorer

#45

William C. Dietz

American writer

#46

William Dampier

#47

William Dozier

American film and television producer and actor

#48

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

British landowner | benefactor and politician

#49

William Anthony Donohue

President of the Catholic League

#50

William D'Elia

American mobster

#51

Wade Domínguez

American actor (1966-1998)

#52

Will Dissly

American football tight end

#53

William DeMeo

American diplomat and jurist

#54

William R. Day

#55

Walter Davis

basketball player

Walter #85

#56

Warren Davidson

Confederate Navy officer | businessman | philanthropist and tobacco industry executive

#57

Washington Duke

#58

William Dunlop

British motorcycle racer

#59

Whitney Duncan

#60

Warrel Dane

American actor | activist and writer

#61

William Dufty

#62

William Duell

Film actor | Singer | TV actor | Stage actor

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

#63

William Dawson

American football player

#64

Wang Dan

Chinese dissident

Wang #23

#65

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#66

Will Dennis

English association football player

#67

Wendy Davis

American actress

#68

William Welch Deloitte

British businessman

#69

Warren Delano

American merchant (1809-1898)

#70

Wilhelm Dilthey

German historian | psychologist | sociologist | student of hermeneutics | and philosopher

#71

Wessel van Diepen

Dutch radio host

#72

William Chatterton Dix

English writer of hymns and carols

#73

Wade Davis

Canadian anthropologist

#74

William Knox D'Arcy

oil entrepreneur magnate | one of the founders of British Oil

#75

William Danoff

English soldier and Whig politician

#76

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

#77

Wang Deshun

Chinese actor and fashion model

Wang #32

#78

William Darden

founder of Red Lobster

#79

William Davidson

American singer-songwriter and producer

#80

Will Downing

#81

Wylie Dufresne

American chef

#82

Wyn Davies

Welsh footballer (1942–2025)

#83

William Dodd

American historian and ambassador to Germany

#84

Walter Dornberger

German general

Walter #118

#85

Wilfried Nathan Doualla

Cameroonian association football player

#86

W. H. Davies

Welsh poet and writer

#87

William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley

British Earl and politician

#88

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

British nobleman and Whig politician

#89

Willie Davis

American football player | defensive lineman

#90

Wendy Doniger

American Indologist

#91

Willem Drees

Dutch politician

#92

William Dalrymple

author and historian

#93

Wei Daxun

Chinese actor

#94

Wafah Dufour

Black hair

#95

Whitfield Diffie

American cryptographer

#96

William M. Dalton

American outlaw

#97

Wendy Davis

American World War II Army colonel

#98

William Orlando Darby

#99

Wendelin Van Draanen

American writer

#100

Wes Durham

American sportscaster

#101

William Deane

Australian Governor-General (1996-2001) and judge

#102

William Dieterle

German/American actor | film director and art collector (1893–1972)

#103

Walburga Habsburg Douglas

German-born Swedish lawyer and politician

#104

William Dawes

American militiaman

#105

William DeVaughn

American R&B singer | songwriter and guitarist

#106

William Dear

film director

#107

Wally Dallenbach

American racing driver

#108

William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley

British politician

#109

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

6th Earl of Derby

#110

William Kennedy Dickson

Scottish photographer and inventor of motion picture cameras

#111

William Diehl

American writer

#112

Warner Dearns

rugby union player

#113

William Churchill deMille

American screenwriter and film director

#114

Wade Dooley

English rugby union player

#115

Willie Desjardins

Ice Hockey player and coach

#116

William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire

Earl of Devonshire

#117

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

Scottish noble

#118

Wayne A. Downing

Retired four-star United States Army general

#119

Wyatt Davis

American football offensive lineman

#120

William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire

English noble

#121

Willem Duyn

Dutch entertainer

#122

Winky D

Zimbabwean musician

#123

Walter Devaram

Indian police chief

Walter #190

#124

William G. Dever

American archaeologist

#125

Werner Daehn

German actor

Valkyrie

#126

Will Denton

American film and television actor

#127

William Pope Duval

#128

William T. Dillard

American singer-songwriter

#129

William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley

British peer

#130

Ward Davis

#131

William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#132

Walter Dew

British police officier

#133

Willie Donachie

Scottish football player and manager (born 1951)

#134

Wang Dongxing

former Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Wang #63

#135

Weili Dai

Chinese-American entrepreneur and computer scientist

#136

William H. Dabney

United States Marine Corps officer

#137

Walter Day

American video game referee

#138

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

British politician

#139

Wade Davis

American football player; writer

#140

Willis Van Devanter

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

#141

William Emmett Dever

American mayor

#142

Wyatt Durrette

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#143

Willie Davis

American baseball player

#144

William E. DePuy

#145

Wim Duisenberg

Dutch politician and economist

#146

William Deresiewicz

American literary critic

#147

Wayne Daniel

West Indian cricketer

#148

Wang Dalei

Chinese footballer

Wang #71

#149

Wilfried Dietrich

Olympic wrestler

#150

William Davenant

English poet and playwright

#151

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

William #4

#152

William P. Driscoll

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#153

Wael Dahdouh

Palestine journalist

#154

William A. Dembski

American intelligent design advocate

#155

William H. Danforth

Hindenburg disaster survivor

#156

Walter Dandy

American neurosurgeon

#157

Werner Doehner

#158

Wang Dong

Chinese spy working in the United States | wanted by FBI

Wang #78

#159

Walter Damrosch

United States classical music conductor and composer

#160

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

British politician

#161

Wang Dulu

Chinese author

Wang #80

#162

William Richardson Davie

American Revolutionary War soldier | governor of North Carolina

#163

Wally Downes

Footballer and coach

#164

William Healey Dall

American naturalist | malacologist | and scientific explorer of interior Alaska

#165

William Dandjinou

short-tracker active in 2023-2024

#166

Willie Dennis

jazz musician

#167

Wade Davis

Professional baseball player for The Colorado Rockies

#168

William Dufour

Canadian ice hockey player

#169

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

Former Governor-General of Australia

William #47

#170

William Lee Davidson

American revolution militia general

#171

Walter Dix

American sprinter

#172

William Dickson

Royal Naval Air Service aviator

#173

William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon

British peer

#174

Wieteke van Dort

Dutch actress

#175

William Francis Deegan

American architect

#176

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

British Viscount

#177

William L. Dayton

#178

William Dobson

English portrait painter

#179

William Dufris

voice actor

#180

Wayne Dehart

American basketball player

#181

Waliyy Dixon

#182

William C. Dudley

American banker

#183

William Deidrick

American inventor

#184

Woodrow Dantzler

American football player

#185

Wilfred Dunderdale

British intelligence officer

#186

Will Dickson

English association football player (born 2004)

#187

Waldo Díaz-Balart

Cuban artist

#188

Wendy Diamond

American magazine editor

#189

Wu Den-yih

Taiwanese politician

#190

Wolfgang Droege

Canadian white supremacist

#191

Winfield Dunn

American football player and coach

#192

William Archibald Dunning

American historian

#193

Wayne DuMond

American murderer

#194

William Henry Dietz

#195

William Dyess

United States air force officer

#196

Wendy van Dijk

actress

#197

William H. Daniels

American cinematographer

William #33

#198

William C. Dement

American sleep researcher

#199

Wayne Dawson

American journalist

#200

Walter Donald Douglas