Famous people with the initials WD August 18, 2026

American serial killer (1961-1993)

William #38 Interstellar

Westley Allan Dodd

William Devino

American mobster (1921-1970)

William #47

#10

Waris Dirie

Somali model | author | actress | activist

#11

Woo Do-hwan

South Korean actor

#12

William O. Douglas

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975

William #75

#13

William DuVall

British aristocrat and politician

William #93

#14

William B. Davis

Canadian actor

William #97

#15

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

William #111

#16

William J. Donovan

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

William #124

#17

Wayne Duvall

O Brother | Where Art Thou?

#18

W. Edwards Deming

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

#19

Willie D

American rapper

#20

Will Durant

American historian | philosopher and writer (1885–1981)

#21

William Stanford Davis

American writer (1940-2015)

William #144

#22

Wayne Dyer

#23

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

British noble

William #165

#24

Willy DeVille

American musician | singer-songwriter

#25

William Demarest

actor

William #172

#26

William C. Durant

player of American football

William #175

#27

Warrick Dunn

#28

Willie Dixon

American blues musician

#29

Windsor Davies

British actor

#30

William Anthony Donohue

President of the Catholic League

William #196

#31

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth

British peer and politician

#32

Walt Dohrn

American actor | writer | director | artist and musician

#33

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Prime Minister of Great Britain

#34

William Dampier

British pirate and explorer

#35

William D'Elia

American mobster

#36

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire

English politician and Earl

#37

Wade Domínguez

American actor (1966-1998)

#38

Warren DeMartini

#39

Warren Davidson

American actor | activist and writer

#40

William Dufty

#41

Warrel Dane

American lawyer and former banker

#42

William M. Daley

#43

William DeMeo

American film and television producer and actor

#44

William Dozier

#45

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

British landowner | benefactor and politician

#46

Walter Duranty

American journalist

Walter #66

#47

William Dawson

American football player

#48

William Welch Deloitte

British businessman

#49

Wendy Davis

American diplomat and jurist

#50

Will Dion

American baseball player

#51

Walter Davis

basketball player

Walter #85

#52

William R. Day

#53

William F. Dean

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

#54

Wafah Dufour

Black hair

#55

William Knox D'Arcy

oil entrepreneur magnate | one of the founders of British Oil

#56

W. H. Davies

Welsh poet and writer

#57

W. S. Van Dyke

American film director

#58

Wylie Dufresne

American chef

#59

Wheeler Dryden

British actor and director

#60

Will Downing

American singer-songwriter and producer

#61

Wade Davis

Canadian anthropologist

#62

Warner Dearns

rugby union player

#63

Washington Duke

Confederate Navy officer | businessman | philanthropist and tobacco industry executive

#64

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

English soldier and Whig politician

#65

William Dunlop

British motorcycle racer

#66

William Duell

Film actor | Singer | TV actor | Stage actor

1776

#67

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#68

William deVry

#69

Walter Dornberger

German general

Walter #108

#70

Wessel van Diepen

Dutch radio host

#71

Whitney Duncan

Chinese-American entrepreneur and computer scientist

#72

Weili Dai

#73

Wilhelm Dilthey

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

#74

Willer Ditta

Colombian association football player

#75

Wendy Doniger

American Indologist

#76

Wilber Dotel

Dominican Republic baseball player

#77

Wenn V. Deramas

Filipino actor | screenwriter | director

#78

Weary Dunlop

Australian military surgeon (1907-1993)

#79

William Dodd

American historian and ambassador to Germany

#80

William Orlando Darby

American World War II Army colonel

#81

Warren Delano

American merchant (1809-1898)

#82

Woo Da-vi

South Korean actress (born 1999)

#83

Whitfield Diffie

American cryptographer

#84

William Dear

film director

#85

William Dawes

American militiaman

#86

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

British nobleman and Whig politician

#87

Wendy Davis

American actress

#88

William Dieterle

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

#89

William Darden

founder of Red Lobster

#90

William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley

British Earl and politician

#91

William Davidson

American screenwriter and film director (1878-1955)

#92

William Churchill deMille

#93

Wang Dan

Chinese dissident

Wang #35

#94

Will Dennis

English association football player (born 2000)

#95

Willie Davis

American football player | defensive lineman

#96

William Diehl

American writer

#97

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

6th Earl of Derby

#98

Willem Drees

Dutch politician

#99

William Dalrymple

author and historian

#100

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

Scottish noble

#101

William DeVaughn

American R&B singer | songwriter and guitarist

#102

William M. Dalton

American outlaw

#103

Walter Devaram

Indian police chief

Walter #150

#104

Willie Davis

American baseball player

#105

Wade Davis

Professional baseball player for The Colorado Rockies

#106

William Archibald Dunning

American historian

#107

Wang Deshun

Chinese actor and fashion model

Wang #45

#108

William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#109

William Davies

English screenwriter and film producer

#110

Will Denton

South African soccer player

#111

Wally Dallenbach

American racing driver

#112

Wei Daxun

Chinese actor

#113

William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire

English noble

#114

William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire

Earl of Devonshire

#115

Willem Duyn

Dutch entertainer

#116

Wandile Duba

#117

Will Dissly

American football tight end

#118

Ward Davis

American singer-songwriter

#119

Wilhelm Dörr

Nazi concentration camp guard

#120

Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber

Austrian academic

#121

Wade Dooley

English rugby union player

#122

William Deane

Australian Governor-General (1996-2001) and judge

#123

William Kennedy Dickson

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

#124

Walter Day

American video game referee

Walter #187

#125

Wayne Daniel

West Indian cricketer

#126

Wang Dalei

Chinese footballer

Wang #56

#127

Wang Dongxing

former Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Wang #57

#128

Walter Dix

American sprinter

Walter #192

#129

William Danoff

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

#130

Willis Van Devanter

#131

Wilhelm Dörpfeld

German archaeologist

#132

Will Demps

Player of American football

#133

Wayne A. Downing

Retired four-star United States Army general

#134

William G. Dever

American archaeologist

#135

William Dufris

voice actor

#136

Walburga Habsburg Douglas

German-born Swedish lawyer and politician

#137

Wally Downes

Footballer and coach

#138

Wim Duisenberg

Dutch politician and economist

#139

William A. Dembski

American intelligent design advocate

#140

Willie Donachie

Scottish football player and manager (born 1951)

#141

William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley

British politician

#142

Woodrow Dantzler

American football player

#143

William P. Driscoll

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#144

Winfield Dunn

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

#145

William C. Dietz

American writer

#146

Walter Dönicke

#147

Werner Daehn

German actor

#148

Warren Douglas

#149

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

British Viscount

#150

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

British politician

#151

William Deresiewicz

American literary critic

#152

Wee Willie Davis

Former Governor-General of Australia

#153

Wang Dulu

Chinese author

Wang #70

#154

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

William #42

#155

Wayne Dehart

#156

William H. Danforth

Royal Naval Air Service aviator

#157

William Francis Deegan

American architect

#158

William Dickson

#159

William H. Daniels

American cinematographer

William #19

#160

Werner Doehner

Hindenburg disaster survivor

#161

William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon

British peer

#162

Walter Dandy

American neurosurgeon

#163

William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley

British peer

#164

Waliyy Dixon

American basketball player

#165

William Pope Duval

American football offensive lineman

#166

William C. Dudley

American banker

#167

Wyatt Davis

#168

Wilfred Dunderdale

British intelligence officer

#169

William Addison Dwiggins

American artist

#170

Wyn Davies

Welsh footballer (1942–2025)

#171

Walter Dew

British police officier

#172

Wayne DuMond

American murderer

#173

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

British politician

#174

Walt Dropo

American baseball player

#175

William Richardson Davie

American Revolutionary War soldier | governor of North Carolina

#176

Wolfgang Droege

Canadian white supremacist

#177

Will Davison

Australian racecar driver

#178

William Lee Davidson

American revolution militia general

#179

William West Durant

American architect

#180

William T. Dillard

#181

William Levi Dawson

South Carolina 3rd District Congressman | 1947-1949 and 1951-1975

#182

William Jennings Bryan Dorn

William #55

#183

Walter Diemer

American inventor

#184

William Davenant

English poet and playwright

#185

Wolfgang Dremmler

German footballer

#186

Wendelin Van Draanen

American writer

#187

Wendy van Dijk

actress

#188

William E. DePuy

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#189

William L. Dayton