Famous people with the initials WL August 21, 2025 to September 10, 2025

King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214

Ford v Ferrari

William the Lion

William #161

#10

Will Lankshear

English footballer

#11

William D. Leahy

United States admiral | ambassador to France | Chief of Staff (1875-1959)

William #167

#12

Wilfrid Laurier

7th prime minister of Canada

#13

William Lucking

William #186 Erin Brockovich

#14

Walter Lippmann

Taiwanese singer | songwriter | actor

Walter #37

#15

Wang Leehom

Wang #14

#16

Wayne LaPierre

Gun Rights Advocate

#17

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

Nazi field marshal

#18

Willis Augustus Lee

admiral

#19

Will Lutz

american football player from the United States

#20

Walter Lewin

Dutch astrophysicist

Walter #50

#21

William Langewiesche

English painter | writer and critic

#22

William Larned

American tennis player

#23

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

Confederate Army general

#24

Wyndham Lewis

#25

Warren Littlefield

Former US television executive

#26

Walter Lantz

American cartoonist | animator | film producer | and director

Walter #61

#27

Willie Lanier

American football player

#28

Wyatt Langford

American baseball player

#29

Wilfredo Leon

Cuban volleyball player

#30

William Laud

Archbishop of Canterbury

#31

William LeMessurier

American structural engineer (1926-2007)

#32

Wilhelm List

German field marshal during World War II

#33

Will Lee

South African wildlife conservationist

#34

Winona LaDuke

author and activist

#35

Wayne Lotter

#36

Warren Lewis

Irish author

#37

Wally Lewis

Australia rugby league player

#38

William LeMassena

English industrialist | philanthropist | and politician

#39

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

#40

Wen Ho Lee

Taiwanese-American nuclear physicist

#41

Wesley Lau

George Washington's servant

#42

William Lee

#43

William Livingston

Source of the term Lynch law

#44

William Lynch

#45

William Levitt

American real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia

#46

Witness Lee

Chinese Christian preacher

#47

Willie Louis

Witness in Emmett Till murder case

#48

Will Lyman

South African rugby union player

Little Children

#49

Wilco Louw

#50

Will Lee

American bass guitarist

#51

Walter Long

Walter #117 The Birth of a Nation

#52

Willian Lira

Brazilian association football player

#53

Ward Hill Lamon

Friend of Abraham Lincoln

#54

William Lyons

Co-founder of Jaguar Cars

#55

Wang Lixia

Chinese politician

Wang #45

#56

Wassily Leontief

Russian economist (1906-1999)

#57

Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)

#58

Walter Lübcke

German politician

Walter #122

#59

Wilhelm Liebknecht

German socialist politician

#60

William Labov

American linguist

#61

William Lamport

Irish adventurer

#62

William Link

American writer and producer

#63

Wifredo Lam

Cuban artist

#64

William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

#65

Walther von Lüttwitz

German general

#66

Werner Lindemann

German writer

#67

William Lyttle

British civil engineer (1931–2010)

#68

Washington Luís

President of Brazil

#69

Wolfgang Lotz

Israeli soldier

#70

Willard Libby

American physical chemist

#71

Wan Li

former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

#72

Wagner Lamounier

Brazilian musician

#73

William Lundigan

actor

#74

William Lustig

film director

#75

William Langland

English writer

#76

Walter Lord

American author

Walter #140

#77

Walker Little

American football player

#78

William Lombardy

American chess player

#79

Willy Lages

SS officer

#80

Wayne Lai

Hong Kong actor

#81

Wendy B. Lawrence

United States Navy Captain | former helicopter pilot | an engineer | and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space

#82

William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme

British noble (1888-1949)

#83

William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

British earl | politician | military intelligence officer

#84

William E. Lori

Catholic bishop

#85

Wang Lijun

Chinese government official

Wang #56

#86

Wayne Larrivee

American sportscaster

#87

Waise Lee

Hong Kong actor

#88

Wang Likun

Chinese actor

Wang #61

#89

Winston Lord

American diplomat

#90

William Lucas

actor

#91

William P. Levine

United States Army officer

#92

William Lewis

British newspaper publishing executive

#93

Wolfgang Larrazábal

President of Venezuela

#94

Wilfrid Lawson

British actor

#95

William Lundy

Confederate Army soldier

#96

Włodzimierz Lubański

Polish footballer

#97

William Law

English cleric | nonjuror and theological writer

#98

Wu Lien-teh

Chinese physician

#99

William Lanteau

Australian rules footballer

#100

Will Langford

#101

Wolfgang Lüth

German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II

#102

Wei Lihuang

Chinese military officer

#103

Wolfgang Lukschy

German theatre and film actor

#104

Walter Savage Landor

British writer

Walter #199

#105

William Gregory Lee

Polish-French classical harpsichordist

#106

William Leidesdorff

American businessman

#107

Wanda Landowska

#108

William S. Lind

American military writer

#109

William Light

Australian land surveyer

#110

William C. Lee

United States general

#111

Walter Laqueur

American historian and political commentator

#112

William Lemke

Chinese table tennis player

#113

Walter Lang

American film director

#114

Wong Li-Lin

Singaporean actress

#115

Wang Liqin

Wang #77

#116

William Van Duzer Lawrence

American businessman and philanthropist

#117

William Leuchtenburg

American historian and political scientist

#118

William P. Lawrence

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#119

Wolf Larson

Canadian actor

#120

William Langer

American Latter Day Saint leader

#121

Walter Lure

American guitarist

#122

Wang Luodan

Chinese singer-actor

Wang #81

#123

William Lawvere

American mathematician

#124

Willis Lamb

American Physicist

#125

William Law

#126

Willy Ley

German-American physicist

#127

Wendy Lyon

Canadian actress

#128

William W. Loring

Confederate Army general

#129

Warren Leight

American director | producer and writer

#130

William Ivey Long

American costume designer

#131

William Lava

American composer

#132

William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster

Irish politician and landowner

#133

Wayne Larkins

English Test and County cricketer

#134

Walter Lindrum

Australian billiards player

#135

Wiebo Ludwig

Canadian activist

#136

Wilf Lunn

British television presenter

#137

William Lilly

English astrologer

#138

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

British politician

#139

Wendy Liebman

American comedian

#140

William Lauderdale

American military personnel

#141

Winona Littleheart

professional wrestler

#142

Wolfgang Leonhard

German author | historian

#143

Wilhelm Landig

Austrian writer

#144

Wlodimir Ledóchowski

26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus

#145

Wang Laichun

Chinese Billionaire Businesswoman

Wang #95

#146

Wilfred Lau

Hong Kong actor and singer

#147

William Lawes

English composer and musician

#148

William Elford Leach

English zoologist and marine biologist

#149

William López

Taiwanese footballer (born 1993)

#150

William Howe de Lancey

British Army officer

#151

Walter Charles Langer

American psychoanalyst

#152

William P. Leahy

American academic administrator

#153

Wagner Lopes

Japanese footballer

#154

William Lassell

British astronomer

#155

Werner Lorenz

German general

#156

William Leslie

Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist

#157

William Lipscomb

#158

Willie Limond

British boxer (1979–2024)

#159

William Lyon

American military personnel

#160

Will Lewis

American football coach and executive

#161

Wesley Lowery

American television personality

#162

Wayne Scot Lukas

#163

Wallace Loh

American academic administrator

#164

Walter LaFeber

American historian

#165

William Lazonick

Canadian economist

#166

Wang Luoyong

Chinese actor

Wang #107

#167

William Levada

Catholic cardinal

#168

Wayne Long

Canadian politician

#169

William L. Laurence

American basketball player

#170

Wayne Laryea

British actor

#171

Wendell Silva Lira

Brazilian footballer

#172

William Larnach

New Zealand politician

#173

Wu Lili

Chinese translator

#174

Wang Lin

badminton player

Wang #112

#175

Walter Landor

American designer

#176

Wendell Ladner

#177

William Ledyard

American militia officer

#178

William Harrington Leahy

United States Navy Admiral

#179

William Preston Lane

Professional football player

#180

Wilhelm Lenz

German physicist

#181

William Landay

American writer

#182

Walter Lassally

British filmmaker

#183

Walter Lewis

#184

Wendy E. Long

Conservative American attorney

#185

Wilfred Lucas

actor | Film director

#186

Wing Luke