Famous people with the initials WD October 16, 2025 to November 5, 2025

Somali model | author | actress | activist

William #44 Interstellar

Waris Dirie

William Devino

American mobster (1921-1970)

William #69

Winston Duke

Tobagonian-Rwandan actor

Avengers: Endgame

#10

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

British aristocrat and politician

William #92

#11

W. Edwards Deming

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

#12

William DuVall

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975

William #105

#13

Woo Do-hwan

South Korean actor

#14

William O. Douglas

William #114

#15

William B. Davis

Canadian actor

William #118

#16

William Stanford Davis

player of American football

William #123

#17

Warrick Dunn

#18

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

British noble

William #135

#19

William C. Durant

American serial killer (1961-1993)

William #138

#20

Westley Allan Dodd

#21

Wayne Dyer

American writer (1940-2015)

#22

William J. Donovan

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

William #156

#23

William Demarest

actor

William #176

#24

Will Durant

American historian | philosopher and writer (1885–1981)

Reds

#25

Willie D

American rapper

#26

Windsor Davies

British actor

#27

Willie Dixon

American blues musician

#28

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth

British peer and politician

William #192

#29

Warner Dearns

rugby union player

#30

Wayne Duvall

American actor | writer | director | artist and musician

Prisoners

#31

Walt Dohrn

#32

Walter Duranty

American journalist

Walter #56

#33

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire

English politician and Earl

#34

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Prime Minister of Great Britain

#35

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

British landowner | benefactor and politician

#36

William D'Elia

American mobster

#37

Willy DeVille

American musician | singer-songwriter

#38

William Anthony Donohue

President of the Catholic League

#39

William Dampier

British pirate and explorer

#40

William M. Daley

American lawyer and former banker

#41

Warren DeMartini

American film and television producer and actor

#42

Willem Drees

Dutch politician

#43

William Dozier

#44

Wade Domínguez

American actor (1966-1998)

#45

William Welch Deloitte

British businessman

#46

Weary Dunlop

Australian military surgeon (1907-1993)

#47

William DeMeo

#48

Warren Davidson

American diplomat and jurist

#49

William R. Day

#50

Wilhelm Dilthey

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

#51

Will Davison

Australian racecar driver

#52

Wade Davis

Canadian anthropologist

#53

Walter Davis

basketball player

Walter #99

#54

W. H. Davies

Welsh poet and writer

#55

Wang Dan

Chinese dissident

Wang #32

#56

Warren Delano

American merchant (1809-1898)

#57

William Dunlop

British motorcycle racer

#58

Wheeler Dryden

British actor and director

#59

William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley

British Earl and politician

#60

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

English soldier and Whig politician

#61

William Davidson

Confederate Navy officer | businessman | philanthropist and tobacco industry executive

#62

Washington Duke

#63

Warrel Dane

Film actor | Singer | TV actor | Stage actor

#64

William Duell

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

#65

Wylie Dufresne

American chef

#66

Whitfield Diffie

American cryptographer

#67

Wafah Dufour

Black hair

#68

William Dawson

American football player

#69

Will Dissly

American football tight end

#70

Will Downing

American singer-songwriter and producer

#71

Wessel van Diepen

Dutch radio host

#72

Willie Davis

American baseball player

#73

Wendy Davis

#74

Wendy Doniger

American Indologist

#75

William Dalrymple

author and historian

#76

Wayne David

British nobleman and Whig politician

#77

Walter Dornberger

German general

Walter #127

#78

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

#79

Wael Dahdouh

Palestine journalist

#80

William Dufty

American actor | activist and writer

#81

Wendy Davis

American actress

#82

William DeVaughn

American R&B singer | songwriter and guitarist

#83

William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley

#84

Whitney Duncan

oil entrepreneur magnate | one of the founders of British Oil

#85

William Knox D'Arcy

#86

William deVry

American historian and ambassador to Germany

#87

William Dodd

#88

William F. Dean

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

#89

William Dawes

American militiaman

#90

Willie Davis

American football player | defensive lineman

#91

William M. Dalton

American outlaw

#92

W. S. Van Dyke

American film director

#93

William Darden

founder of Red Lobster

#94

William Dieterle

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

#95

William Orlando Darby

American World War II Army colonel

#96

William Diehl

American writer

#97

Wei Daxun

Chinese actor

#98

William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley

British peer

#99

Will Denton

American film and television actor

#100

Wes Durham

American sportscaster

#101

Will Dennis

English association football player

#102

Willie Donachie

Scottish football player and manager (born 1951)

#103

William Davies

English screenwriter and film producer

#104

William Danoff

Professional baseball player for The Colorado Rockies

#105

Wade Davis

#106

William Deane

Australian Governor-General (1996-2001) and judge

#107

William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

6th Earl of Derby

#108

William Dear

film director

#109

William Dandjinou

short-tracker active in 2023-2024

#110

William H. Dabney

United States Marine Corps officer

#111

William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire

Earl of Devonshire

#112

William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire

English noble

#113

Weili Dai

Chinese-American entrepreneur and computer scientist

#114

Willem Duyn

Dutch entertainer

#115

Wenn V. Deramas

Filipino actor | screenwriter | director

#116

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

Scottish noble

#117

Wyatt Davis

American football offensive lineman

#118

William Kennedy Dickson

Scottish photographer and inventor of motion picture cameras

#119

William G. Dever

American archaeologist

#120

Willis Van Devanter

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

#121

Wally Dallenbach

American racing driver

#122

Wyn Davies

Welsh footballer (1942–2025)

#123

Walter Diemer

American inventor

Walter #192

#124

William Courtenay, 9th Earl of Devon

British peer

#125

Wang Deshun

Chinese actor and fashion model

Wang #65

#126

Wally Downes

Footballer and coach

#127

Wanda D'Isidoro

American actress

#128

Wang Dalei

Chinese footballer

Wang #68

#129

William Churchill deMille

American screenwriter and film director

#130

Wayne A. Downing

Retired four-star United States Army general

#131

Wendelin Van Draanen

American writer

#132

William P. Driscoll

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#133

Winky D

Zimbabwean musician

#134

Willer Ditta

Colombian association football player

#135

Walter Day

American video game referee

#136

Walter Devaram

Indian police chief

#137

William Pope Duval

Hindenburg disaster survivor

#138

Werner Doehner

#139

Wade Davis

American football player; writer

#140

Wade Dooley

English rugby union player

#141

Wim Duisenberg

Dutch politician and economist

#142

Willie Desjardins

Ice Hockey player and coach

#143

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#144

William H. Danforth

former Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China

#145

Wang Dongxing

Wang #77

#146

William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

Former Governor-General of Australia

William #41

#147

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

#148

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford

South Korean actress (born 1999)

#149

Woo Da-vi

#150

Walburga Habsburg Douglas

German-born Swedish lawyer and politician

#151

Wu Den-yih

Taiwanese politician

#152

William A. Dembski

American intelligent design advocate

#153

William Richardson Davie

American Revolutionary War soldier | governor of North Carolina

#154

William Archibald Dunning

American historian

#155

Wayne DuMond

American murderer

#156

Walter Dix

American sprinter

#157

Walter Dandy

American neurosurgeon

#158

William C. Dement

American sleep researcher

#159

Wilfred Dunderdale

British intelligence officer

#160

Werner Drechsler

World War II German POW murdered by fellow POWs for informing

#161

William R. Dickinson

American geologist

#162

William Davenant

English poet and playwright

#163

Werner Daehn

German actor

#164

William Lee Davidson

American revolution militia general

#165

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

William #11

#166

Wayne Dehart

#167

William Drummond

#168

William Dobson

English portrait painter

#169

William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas

Scottish nobleman

#170

William L. Dayton

#171

William T. Dillard

Royal Naval Air Service aviator

#172

William Dickson

#173

Walter Dew

British police officier

#174

Wieteke van Dort

Dutch actress

#175

William DeVries

American surgeon

#176

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

British Viscount

#177

Wayne Daniel

West Indian cricketer

#178

William C. Dudley

American banker

#179

Wyatt Durrette

English footballer (born 2000)

#180

Will Donkin

#181

William Dufris

voice actor

#182

Wolfgang Droege

Canadian white supremacist

#183

William Davies

English writer | political and sociological theorist

#184

Wang Dulu

Chinese author

Wang #102

#185

Won Du-jae

South Korean association football player

#186

Walt Dropo

American baseball player

#187

Wendy van Dijk

actress

#188

Winfield Dunn