Famous people with the initials WL August 7, 2026

third son of Abraham Lincoln

William Wallace Lincoln

William #11

Wang Leehom

Taiwanese singer | songwriter | actor

Wang #5

Whitney Leavitt

American influencer and television personality

William the Lion

King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214

William #130

William Lee

George Washington's servant

William #134

Wally Lewis

Australia rugby league player

Will Lankshear

English footballer

Wallace Langham

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

The Social Network

#10

William Levy

Cuban actor

William #152

#11

Warren Lieberstein

Television Writer

#12

William D. Leahy

William #180

#13

Will Levis

American football player (born 1999)

#14

Wilfrid Laurier

7th prime minister of Canada

#15

Wendee Lee

American voice actress

Whiplash

#16

Wilfredo Leon

Cuban volleyball player

#17

William Lucking

#18

Will Lee

#19

Walter Lippmann

American cartoonist | animator | film producer | and director

Walter #45

#20

Wally Lamb

American novelist

#21

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

Nazi field marshal

#22

Wiebo Ludwig

Canadian activist

#23

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

Confederate Army general

#24

Walter Lantz

Walter #57

#25

Witness Lee

Chinese Christian preacher

#26

Wyatt Langford

American baseball player

#27

Willis Augustus Lee

admiral

#28

Wyndham Lewis

English painter | writer and critic

#29

Walter Lewin

Dutch astrophysicist

Walter #64

#30

William Livingston

German field marshal during World War II

#31

Wilhelm List

#32

William Laud

Archbishop of Canterbury

#33

Wilco Louw

South African rugby union footballer

#34

William LeMessurier

American structural engineer (1926-2007)

#35

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

English industrialist | philanthropist | and politician

#36

Winona LaDuke

author and activist

#37

Wayne LaPierre

Gun Rights Advocate

#38

Wes Lieberher

American chef

#39

William LeMassena

#40

Wesley Lau

#41

Will Lee

American bass guitarist

#42

Walter Long

Walter #87 The Birth of a Nation

#43

William Lynch

Source of the term Lynch law

#44

William Lustig

film director

Army of Darkness

#45

William Levitt

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

#46

William Lyttle

British civil engineer (1931–2010)

#47

Warren Lewis

Irish author

#48

Wagner Lopes

Japanese footballer

#49

W. Mark Lanier

American lawyer

#50

Wiley Lynn

American murderer

#51

Wilhelm Liebknecht

German socialist politician

#52

Ward Hill Lamon

Friend of Abraham Lincoln

#53

Wen Ho Lee

Taiwanese-American nuclear physicist

#54

Wayne Lai

Hong Kong actor

#55

Warren Littlefield

Former US television executive

#56

William Lamport

Irish adventurer

#57

Washington Luís

President of Brazil

#58

William Ling

English association football referee

#59

William Lundigan

actor

#60

Walther von Lüttwitz

German general

#61

Wagner Lamounier

Brazilian musician

#62

Wifredo Lam

Cuban artist

#63

William Labov

American linguist

#64

Will Lyman

Russian economist (1906-1999)

Iron Man

#65

William Larned

American tennis player

#66

Włodzimierz Lubański

Polish footballer

#67

Werner Lindemann

German writer

#68

Wassily Leontief

#69

Wu Liufang

artistic gymnast

#70

William E. Lori

Catholic bishop

#71

Walter Lübcke

German politician

Walter #146

#72

William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

#73

Wolfgang Lotz

Israeli soldier

#74

Willie Louis

witness to the murder of Emmett Till

#75

William Link

American writer and producer

#76

William Lucas

actor (1925-2016)

#77

Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)

#78

Waise Lee

Hong Kong actor

#79

Wang Laichun

Chinese Billionaire Businesswoman

Wang #42

#80

William Lane

New Zealand journalist

#81

William Langland

English writer

#82

William Lombardy

American chess player

#83

Willie Lanier

American football player

#84

Walter Lord

American author

Walter #169

#85

Wang Lijun

Chinese government official

Wang #43

#86

William C. Lee

United States general

#87

Wang Luolin

Chinese politician

Wang #44

#88

William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme

British noble (1888-1949)

#89

William Lanteau

American actor (1922-1993)

#90

William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

British earl | politician | military intelligence officer

#91

William Lyons

Co-founder of Jaguar Cars

#92

Wilfrid Lawson

British actor (1900–1966)

#93

Werner Liebrich

German footballer

#94

Wendell Ladner

American basketball player

#95

Wanda Landowska

Polish-French classical harpsichordist

#96

William Law

English cleric | nonjuror and theological writer

#97

Wei Lihuang

Chinese military officer

#98

William S. Lind

American military writer

#99

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

#100

Willard Libby

American physical chemist

#101

William Lawvere

American mathematician

#102

Will Lutz

American football player from the United States

#103

Wolfgang Larrazábal

President of Venezuela

#104

Wolfgang Lukschy

German actor (1905–1983)

#105

William Van Duzer Lawrence

American businessman and philanthropist

#106

William Light

Australian land surveyer

#107

Wendell Silva Lira

Brazilian footballer

#108

William Gregory Lee

#109

William Langewiesche

founder and current CEO of NIO

#110

William Li

#111

Wang Lin

Chinese Qigong master

Wang #54

#112

Wang Likun

Chinese actor

Wang #55

#113

Walter Lang

American film director

#114

Wolfgang Lüth

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

#115

Wu Lien-teh

Chinese physician

#116

William W. Loring

Confederate Army general

#117

Wilfred Lau

Hong Kong actor and singer

#118

William Lundy

Confederate Army soldier

#119

Walter E. Lauer

American military officer

#120

William Lewis

British newspaper publishing executive

#121

Warren Leight

American playwright | screenwriter | film director

#122

Walter Savage Landor

British writer

#123

Wolf Larson

Canadian actor

#124

Willy Lages

SS officer

#125

Wendy Lyon

Canadian actress

#126

William Lemke

German-American physicist

#127

Willy Ley

#128

Wlodimir Ledóchowski

26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus

#129

William Langer

#130

William Leslie

American historian and political commentator

#131

William Levada

Catholic cardinal

#132

William Howe de Lancey

British Army officer

#133

William Leidesdorff

American businessman

#134

Willis Lamb

American Physicist

#135

William Lilly

English astrologer

#136

Walter Lure

American guitarist

#137

Wang Luodan

Chinese singer-actor

Wang #70

#138

Winston Lord

American diplomat

#139

William Ledyard

American militia officer

#140

Walter Laqueur

#141

Wan Li

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

#142

William P. Leahy

American academic administrator

#143

Wendy Liebman

American comedian

#144

Winona Littleheart

professional wrestler

#145

William Elford Leach

English zoologist and marine biologist

#146

Wong Li-Lin

Singaporean actress

#147

Wang Liqiang

Chinese defector

Wang #83

#148

William Lava

American composer

#149

Wilhelm Landig

Austrian writer

#150

William L. Laurence

American football player and coach | politician

#151

William H. Lewis

#152

Walter Landor

American designer

#153

Wayne Scot Lukas

American television personality

#154

William Law

American Latter Day Saint leader

#155

William Lauderdale

American military personnel

#156

William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster

Irish politician and landowner

#157

Werner Lorenz

German general

#158

Wang Liqin

Chinese table tennis player

Wang #88

#159

Wilf Lunn

British television presenter

#160

Wing Luke

German author | historian

#161

Walter Lini

Anglican priest

#162

Winnie Lightner

actress

#163

Wolfgang Leonhard

#164

Walter Lindrum

Australian billiards player

#165

William Landymore

Canadian admiral

#166

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

British politician

#167

William P. Lawrence

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#168

Wang Luoyong

Chinese actor

Wang #93

#169

William Harrington Leahy

United States Navy Admiral

#170

Wayne Larrivee

American sportscaster

#171

William Preston Lane

Hong Kong action cinema actor | choreographer | and director

#172

William F. Lamb

architect

#173

Wayne Laryea

British actor

#174

William Lee

American diplomat

#175

Wang Lung-wei

Wang #95

#176

William Leuchtenburg

American historian and political scientist

#177

Wendy E. Long

Conservative American attorney

#178

William John Locke

British writer

#179

Will Langford

Australian rules footballer

#180

Walter Charles Langer

American psychoanalyst

#181

William Lobkowicz

Bohemian noble

#182

William Landay

American writer

#183

Walter López

Guatemalan football referee

#184

Will Liu

Taiwanese actor and singer

#185

Wayne Larkins

English Test and County cricketer

#186

William Lipscomb

Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist

#187

William Lyon

American military personnel

#188

Wilfred Lucas

actor | Film director

#189

Wilhelm Leuschner

German politician

#190

Walker Little

American football player

#191

Warren Lieberfarb

American media executive

#192

William Lambton

British geographer

#193

Walter Lassally

British filmmaker

#194

Willy Liebel

German politician (1897-1945)

#195

William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg

Lord of Luneburg

#196

Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long

British politician

#197

Wouter Loos

soldier on board Batavia marooned on Western Australian coast in 1629 for his participation in the mutiny

#198

William Lawes

English composer and musician

#199

William Lebghil

French actor

#200

Wesley Lowery