Famous people with the initials WD May 9, 2026

American mobster (1921-1970)

William #29 Interstellar

Winston Duke

Tobagonian-Rwandan actor

Avengers: Endgame

West Duchovny

American actress

William Devino

William #57

#10

William DuVall

American serial killer (1961-1993)

William #88

#11

Westley Allan Dodd

#12

William O. Douglas

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975

William #95

#13

Wade Domínguez

American actor (1966-1998)

#14

William Stanford Davis

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

William #108

#15

William B. Davis

Canadian actor

William #110 Passengers

#16

W. Edwards Deming

#17

William J. Donovan

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

William #127

#18

Windsor Davies

British actor

#19

Will Durant

American historian | philosopher and writer (1885–1981)

#20

Waris Dirie

Somali model | author | actress | activist

#21

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

British aristocrat and politician

William #145

#22

William C. Durant

American writer (1940-2015)

William #162

#23

Willie Dixon

American blues musician

#24

Wayne Dyer

#25

William Demarest

actor

William #176

#26

William Orlando Darby

American World War II Army colonel

William #184

#27

Wylie Dufresne

American chef

#28

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

British noble

#29

Walt Dohrn

American actor | writer | director | artist and musician

#30

Wayne Duvall

Apollo 13

#31

Warren DeMartini

American musician | singer-songwriter

#32

Willy DeVille

#33

Willie D

American rapper

#34

Warner Dearns

rugby union player

#35

Warrel Dane

player of American football

#36

Walter Duranty

American journalist

Walter #54

#37

Warrick Dunn

#38

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire

English politician and Earl

#39

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Prime Minister of Great Britain

#40

William M. Daley

American lawyer and former banker

#41

William Anthony Donohue

President of the Catholic League

#42

Walter Davis

basketball player

Walter #62

#43

William Knox D'Arcy

oil entrepreneur magnate | one of the founders of British Oil

#44

William Welch Deloitte

British businessman

#45

William Dampier

British pirate and explorer

#46

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth

British peer and politician

#47

Wang Deshun

Chinese actor and fashion model

Wang #15

#48

Wenn V. Deramas

Filipino actor | screenwriter | director

#49

Wade Dooley

English rugby union player

#50

Warren Davidson

British actor and director

#51

Wheeler Dryden

#52

William Dozier

American film and television producer and actor

#53

William R. Day

American diplomat and jurist

#54

Wade Davis

Canadian anthropologist

#55

Whitney Duncan

British landowner | benefactor and politician

#56

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

#57

William DeMeo

American merchant (1809-1898)

#58

William Dawes

American militiaman

#59

Warren Delano

#60

Washington Duke

Confederate Navy officer | businessman | philanthropist and tobacco industry executive

#61

Woo Da-vi

South Korean actress (born 1999)

#62

William Dunlop

British motorcycle racer

#63

Wessel van Diepen

Dutch radio host

#64

Weary Dunlop

Australian military surgeon (1907-1993)

#65

Walter Dornberger

German general

Walter #101

#66

W. H. Davies

Welsh poet and writer

#67

Whitfield Diffie

American cryptographer

#68

Wilhelm Dilthey

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

#69

Wang Dan

Chinese dissident

Wang #30

#70

William D'Elia

American mobster

#71

William C. Dietz

American writer

#72

Will Downing

American singer-songwriter and producer

#73

William Dodd

American historian and ambassador to Germany

#74

William Dufty

American actor | activist and writer

#75

William Davidson

#76

William deVry

English soldier and Whig politician

#77

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#78

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

#79

William Duell

Film actor | Singer | TV actor | Stage actor

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

#80

William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley

British Earl and politician

#81

Willem Drees

Dutch politician

#82

William Darden

founder of Red Lobster

#83

Wendy Doniger

American Indologist

#84

Weili Dai

Chinese-American entrepreneur and computer scientist

#85

Walter Donaldson

Scottish snooker player

Walter #141

#86

William F. Dean

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

#87

William Dear

film director

#88

Wei Daxun

Chinese actor

#89

Wendy Davis

American actress

#90

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

British nobleman and Whig politician

#91

William M. Dalton

American outlaw

#92

W. S. Van Dyke

American film director

#93

William DeVaughn

American R&B singer | songwriter and guitarist

#94

Wendy Davis

Palestinian prisoner | novelist and activist (1961-2024)

#95

Walid Daqqa

#96

Willie Davis

American baseball player

#97

Wilmer Difo

Dominican professional second baseman

#98

Willie Donachie

Scottish football player and manager (born 1951)

#99

William Dieterle

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

#100

William Diehl

American writer

#101

Wafah Dufour

Black hair

#102

William Dalrymple

author and historian

#103

Wayne A. Downing

Retired four-star United States Army general

#104

Wade Davis

Professional baseball player for The Colorado Rockies

#105

Wandile Duba

South African soccer player

#106

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

6th Earl of Derby

#107

Walter Dew

British police officier

Walter #168

#108

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

Scottish noble

#109

William Pope Duval

English screenwriter and film producer

#110

William Davies

#111

Walburga Habsburg Douglas

German-born Swedish lawyer and politician

#112

Willis Van Devanter

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

#113

William Kennedy Dickson

Scottish photographer and inventor of motion picture cameras (1860-1935)

#114

Will Dennis

English association football player (born 2000)

#115

William Deane

Australian Governor-General (1996-2001) and judge

#116

Wally Dallenbach

American racing driver

#117

Wang Dulu

Chinese author

Wang #54

#118

William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley

British politician

#119

William Churchill deMille

American screenwriter and film director (1878-1955)

#120

William Dawson

American football player

#121

William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley

British peer

#122

Will Demps

Player of American football

#123

William P. Driscoll

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#124

William Danoff

American football player | defensive lineman

#125

Willem Duyn

Dutch entertainer

#126

Willie Davis

#127

William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire

English noble

#128

William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire

Earl of Devonshire

#129

William G. Dever

American archaeologist

#130

Walter Diemer

American inventor

Walter #196

#131

Willie Desjardins

Ice Hockey player and coach

#132

Walter Dix

American sprinter

Walter #199

#133

Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris

Malaysian politician | blogger and policeman

#134

Wu Den-yih

Taiwanese politician

#135

William H. Danforth

American video game referee

#136

Wally Downes

Footballer and coach

#137

Walter Day

#138

Walter Devaram

Indian police chief

#139

William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#140

Will Denton

American intelligent design advocate

#141

William A. Dembski

#142

William Archibald Dunning

American historian

#143

Walter Dönicke

German politician (NSDAP) and mayor of Leipzig (1899-1945)

#144

Wendelin Van Draanen

American writer

#145

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

Former Governor-General of Australia

William #34

#146

Wang Dongxing

former Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Wang #67

#147

Will Dissly

American football tight end

#148

William E. DePuy

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#149

Wael Dahdouh

Palestine journalist

#150

Walter Dandy

American neurosurgeon

#151

William C. Dudley

American banker

#152

William Dufris

voice actor

#153

Wyatt Davis

American football offensive lineman

#154

William T. Dillard

English poet and playwright

#155

William Davenant

#156

William Dyess

United States air force officer

#157

William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon

British peer

#158

Will Davison

Australian racecar driver

#159

Werner Daehn

German actor

#160

William Richardson Davie

American Revolutionary War soldier | governor of North Carolina

#161

Wyn Davies

Welsh footballer (1942–2025)

#162

Waliyy Dixon

American basketball player

#163

Werner Doehner

Hindenburg disaster survivor

#164

William Dodd

English writer and social activist

#165

Wayne Daniel

West Indian cricketer

#166

Wayne DuMond

American murderer

#167

Wim Duisenberg

Dutch politician and economist

#168

William Deresiewicz

American literary critic

#169

Willer Ditta

Colombian association football player

#170

William Lee Davidson

American revolution militia general

#171

William Howard Durham

American preacher and theologian

#172

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

British Viscount

#173

William Dickson

Royal Naval Air Service aviator

#174

Walt Dropo

American baseball player

#175

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

British politician

#176

William C. Dement

American sleep researcher

#177

William H. Daniels

American cinematographer

William #17

#178

Wang Dalei

Chinese footballer

Wang #89

#179

William Dobson

English portrait painter

#180

Walter Donald Douglas

United States Marine Corps officer

#181

Winky D

Zimbabwean musician

#182

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

British politician

#183

William H. Dabney

#184

William H. Donaldson

Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission

#185

William Henry Danforth

American academic administrator

#186

William L. Dayton

American illustrator and caricaturist

#187

William Wallace Denslow

William #11

#188

William L. Dawson

American composer

#189

William Dobbie

British general

#190

Wayne Dehart

United States classical music conductor and composer

#191

Wendy van Dijk

actress

#192

Wim Delvoye

Belgian artist

#193

Walter Damrosch

#194

William Levi Dawson