Famous people with the initials WD August 10, 2026

American serial killer (1961-1993)

William #37 Interstellar

Westley Allan Dodd

William Devino

American mobster (1921-1970)

William #46

#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 #74

#13

William DuVall

British aristocrat and politician

William #92

#14

William B. Davis

Canadian actor

William #96

#15

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

William #110

#16

William J. Donovan

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

William #123

#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 #143

#22

Wayne Dyer

#23

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

British noble

William #164

#24

Willy DeVille

American musician | singer-songwriter

#25

William Demarest

actor

William #171

#26

William C. Durant

player of American football

William #174

#27

Warrick Dunn

#28

Willie Dixon

American blues musician

#29

Windsor Davies

British actor

#30

William Anthony Donohue

President of the Catholic League

William #194

#31

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth

British peer and politician

William #200

#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

Walter Davis

basketball player

Walter #85

#51

William R. Day

#52

William F. Dean

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

#53

Wafah Dufour

Black hair

#54

William Knox D'Arcy

oil entrepreneur magnate | one of the founders of British Oil

#55

W. H. Davies

Welsh poet and writer

#56

W. S. Van Dyke

American film director

#57

Wylie Dufresne

American chef

#58

Wheeler Dryden

British actor and director

#59

Will Downing

American singer-songwriter and producer

#60

Wade Davis

Canadian anthropologist

#61

Warner Dearns

rugby union player

#62

Washington Duke

Confederate Navy officer | businessman | philanthropist and tobacco industry executive

#63

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

English soldier and Whig politician

#64

William Dunlop

British motorcycle racer

#65

William Duell

Film actor | Singer | TV actor | Stage actor

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

#66

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#67

William deVry

#68

Walter Dornberger

German general

Walter #108

#69

Wessel van Diepen

Dutch radio host

#70

Whitney Duncan

Chinese-American entrepreneur and computer scientist

#71

Weili Dai

#72

Wilhelm Dilthey

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

#73

Willer Ditta

Colombian association football player

#74

Wendy Doniger

American Indologist

#75

Wenn V. Deramas

Filipino actor | screenwriter | director

#76

Weary Dunlop

Australian military surgeon (1907-1993)

#77

William Dodd

American historian and ambassador to Germany

#78

William Orlando Darby

American World War II Army colonel

#79

Warren Delano

American merchant (1809-1898)

#80

Woo Da-vi

South Korean actress (born 1999)

#81

Whitfield Diffie

American cryptographer

#82

William Dear

film director

#83

William Dawes

American militiaman

#84

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

British nobleman and Whig politician

#85

Wendy Davis

American actress

#86

William Dieterle

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

#87

William Darden

founder of Red Lobster

#88

William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley

British Earl and politician

#89

William Davidson

American screenwriter and film director (1878-1955)

#90

William Churchill deMille

#91

Wang Dan

Chinese dissident

Wang #34

#92

Will Dennis

English association football player (born 2000)

#93

Willie Davis

American football player | defensive lineman

#94

William Diehl

American writer

#95

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

6th Earl of Derby

#96

Willem Drees

Dutch politician

#97

William Dalrymple

author and historian

#98

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

Scottish noble

#99

William DeVaughn

American R&B singer | songwriter and guitarist

#100

William M. Dalton

American outlaw

#101

Walter Devaram

Indian police chief

Walter #150

#102

Willie Davis

American baseball player

#103

Wade Davis

Professional baseball player for The Colorado Rockies

#104

William Archibald Dunning

American historian

#105

Wang Deshun

Chinese actor and fashion model

Wang #44

#106

William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#107

William Davies

English screenwriter and film producer

#108

Will Denton

American football tight end

#109

Wally Dallenbach

American racing driver

#110

Wei Daxun

Chinese actor

#111

William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire

English noble

#112

William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire

Earl of Devonshire

#113

Willem Duyn

Dutch entertainer

#114

Will Dissly

#115

Ward Davis

American singer-songwriter

#116

Wilhelm Dörr

Nazi concentration camp guard

#117

Wade Dooley

English rugby union player

#118

William Deane

Australian Governor-General (1996-2001) and judge

#119

William Kennedy Dickson

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

#120

Walter Day

American video game referee

Walter #187

#121

Wayne Daniel

West Indian cricketer

#122

Wang Dalei

Chinese footballer

Wang #55

#123

Wang Dongxing

former Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Wang #56

#124

Walter Dix

American sprinter

Walter #192

#125

William Danoff

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

#126

Willis Van Devanter

#127

Wilhelm Dörpfeld

German archaeologist

#128

Will Demps

Player of American football

#129

Wayne A. Downing

Retired four-star United States Army general

#130

William G. Dever

American archaeologist

#131

William Dufris

voice actor

#132

Walburga Habsburg Douglas

German-born Swedish lawyer and politician

#133

Wally Downes

Footballer and coach

#134

Wim Duisenberg

Dutch politician and economist

#135

William A. Dembski

American intelligent design advocate

#136

Willie Donachie

Scottish football player and manager (born 1951)

#137

William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley

British politician

#138

Woodrow Dantzler

American football player

#139

William P. Driscoll

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#140

Winfield Dunn

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

#141

William C. Dietz

American writer

#142

Walter Dönicke

#143

Werner Daehn

German actor

#144

Warren Douglas

#145

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

British Viscount

#146

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

British politician

#147

William Deresiewicz

American literary critic

#148

Wee Willie Davis

Former Governor-General of Australia

#149

Wang Dulu

Chinese author

Wang #69

#150

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

William #41

#151

Wayne Dehart

#152

William H. Danforth

Royal Naval Air Service aviator

#153

William Francis Deegan

American architect

#154

William Dickson

#155

William H. Daniels

American cinematographer

William #18

#156

Werner Doehner

Hindenburg disaster survivor

#157

William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon

British peer

#158

Walter Dandy

American neurosurgeon

#159

William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley

British peer

#160

Waliyy Dixon

American basketball player

#161

William Pope Duval

American football offensive lineman

#162

William C. Dudley

American banker

#163

Wyatt Davis

#164

Wilfred Dunderdale

British intelligence officer

#165

William Addison Dwiggins

American artist

#166

Wyn Davies

Welsh footballer (1942–2025)

#167

Walter Dew

British police officier

#168

Wayne DuMond

American murderer

#169

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

British politician

#170

Walt Dropo

American baseball player

#171

William Richardson Davie

American Revolutionary War soldier | governor of North Carolina

#172

Wolfgang Droege

Canadian white supremacist

#173

Will Davison

Australian racecar driver

#174

William Lee Davidson

American revolution militia general

#175

William West Durant

American architect

#176

William T. Dillard

#177

William Levi Dawson

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

#178

William Jennings Bryan Dorn

William #54

#179

Walter Diemer

American inventor

#180

William Davenant

English poet and playwright

#181

Wolfgang Dremmler

German footballer

#182

Wendelin Van Draanen

American writer

#183

Wendy van Dijk

actress

#184

William E. DePuy

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#185

William L. Dayton