Famous people with the initials WL May 9, 2026

American football player (born 1999)

Die Another Day

Will Levis

Winnie M Li

American writer | novelist and activist

William Wallace Lincoln

third son of Abraham Lincoln

Will Lankshear

William Levy

Wilfrid Laurier

7th prime minister of Canada

Wang Leehom

Taiwanese singer | songwriter | actor

Wang #7

#10

Wallace Langham

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

The Social Network

#11

Warren Lieberstein

Television Writer

#12

William D. Leahy

William #166

#13

William the Lion

King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214

William #168

#14

Wendee Lee

American voice actress

Whiplash

#15

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

#16

William Lucking

William #186 Erin Brockovich

#17

Walter Lippmann

American cartoonist | animator | film producer | and director

Walter #37

#18

Winona LaDuke

author and activist

#19

Wally Lamb

American novelist

#20

Walter Lantz

Walter #45

#21

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

Nazi field marshal

#22

Wyatt Langford

American baseball player

#23

Wifredo Lam

Cuban artist

#24

Wes Lieberher

American chef

#25

Walter Lewin

Dutch astrophysicist

Walter #57

#26

Wally Lewis

Australia rugby league player

#27

Wyndham Lewis

English painter | writer and critic

#28

Will Lee

English industrialist | philanthropist | and politician

#29

William Laud

Archbishop of Canterbury

#30

Willis Augustus Lee

admiral

#31

Warren Lewis

Irish author

#32

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

#33

Wayne LaPierre

Gun Rights Advocate

#34

Wilhelm List

German field marshal during World War II

#35

Warren Littlefield

Former US television executive

#36

William Levitt

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

#37

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

Confederate Army general

#38

William Van Duzer Lawrence

American businessman and philanthropist

#39

William Livingston

George Washington's servant

#40

Wilfredo Leon

Cuban volleyball player

#41

William Lee

#42

Will Lee

American bass guitarist

#43

W. Mark Lanier

American lawyer

#44

Wen Ho Lee

Taiwanese-American nuclear physicist

#45

William LeMassena

#46

Wesley Lau

Chinese Christian preacher

#47

Witness Lee

#48

Walter Long

Walter #110 The Birth of a Nation

#49

Wassily Leontief

Russian economist (1906-1999)

#50

Walter Lord

American author

Walter #117

#51

Wilhelm Liebknecht

German socialist politician

#52

William Lyttle

British civil engineer (1931–2010)

#53

Wilfrid Lawson

British actor (1900–1966)

#54

Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)

#55

William Labov

American linguist

#56

Ward Hill Lamon

Friend of Abraham Lincoln

#57

Wolfgang Lotz

Israeli soldier

#58

Will Lyman

Chinese government official

Iron Man

#59

Wayne Long

Canadian politician

#60

William E. Lori

Catholic bishop

#61

Wang Lijun

Wang #34

#62

Wang Liyan

Chinese general

Wang #35

#63

William Lundigan

actor

#64

William Lombardy

American chess player

#65

Walker Little

American football player

#66

William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

#67

Werner Lindemann

German writer

#68

Wagner Lamounier

Brazilian musician

#69

Waise Lee

Hong Kong actor

#70

Walther von Lüttwitz

German general

#71

William Law

English cleric | nonjuror and theological writer

#72

Willard Libby

American physical chemist

#73

Wendy Liebman

American comedian

#74

William Lustig

film director

#75

William Lucas

actor (1925-2016)

#76

William Link

American writer and producer

#77

Washington Luís

President of Brazil

#78

William Li

founder and current CEO of NIO

#79

William Lynch

Source of the term Lynch law

#80

William Langewiesche

Co-founder of Jaguar Cars

#81

William Lyons

#82

William LeMessurier

American structural engineer (1926-2007)

#83

William Larnach

New Zealand politician

#84

William Langland

English writer

#85

Wayne Lai

Hong Kong actor

#86

Wong Li-Lin

Singaporean actress

#87

Willie Louis

witness to the murder of Emmett Till

#88

Walter Lübcke

German politician

Walter #162

#89

Willy Lages

SS officer

#90

William S. Lind

American military writer

#91

Wanda Landowska

Polish-French classical harpsichordist

#92

William Light

Australian land surveyer

#93

William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme

British noble (1888-1949)

#94

Włodzimierz Lubański

Polish footballer

#95

Walter Lindrum

Australian billiards player

Walter #181

#96

Willie Lanier

American football player

#97

Walter Lure

American guitarist

Walter #182

#98

William C. Lee

United States general

#99

William Lanteau

American actor (1922-1993)

#100

William Lamport

Irish adventurer

#101

William B. Lenoir

American astronaut

#102

Wolfgang Lukschy

German actor (1905–1983)

#103

Wilco Louw

South African rugby union footballer

#104

Wolfgang Lüth

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

#105

Wang Likun

Chinese actor

Wang #57

#106

Will Lutz

American football player from the United States

#107

William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

British earl | politician | military intelligence officer

#108

Wu Lien-teh

Chinese physician

#109

William P. Lawrence

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#110

Winston Lord

American diplomat

#111

William Lewis

British newspaper publishing executive

#112

William Lipscomb

Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist

#113

Walter Savage Landor

British writer

#114

William Gregory Lee

German-American physicist

First Man

#115

Wei Lihuang

Chinese military officer

#116

Willis Lamb

American Physicist

#117

Willy Ley

#118

William Lawvere

American mathematician

#119

Wolf Larson

Canadian actor

#120

Warren Leight

American playwright | screenwriter | film director

#121

Wayne Laryea

British actor

#122

William Langer

American historian and political commentator

#123

Walter Laqueur

#124

Willie Limond

British boxer (1979–2024)

#125

Wang Liqin

Chinese table tennis player

Wang #68

#126

Wendy Lyon

Canadian actress

#127

Walter Lang

American film director

#128

Wagner Lopes

Japanese footballer

#129

Wlodimir Ledóchowski

26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus

#130

Wiebo Ludwig

Canadian activist

#131

Wan Li

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

#132

William W. Loring

Confederate Army general

#133

William Lobkowicz

Bohemian noble

#134

Wolfgang Larrazábal

President of Venezuela

#135

William Lilly

English astrologer

#136

William Lundy

Confederate Army soldier

#137

William Elford Leach

English zoologist and marine biologist

#138

Wang Laichun

Chinese Billionaire Businesswoman

Wang #81

#139

Wayne Scot Lukas

American television personality

#140

William Howe de Lancey

British Army officer

#141

William Law

American Latter Day Saint leader

#142

William Lemke

Hong Kong actor and singer

#143

Wilfred Lau

#144

William R. Lucas

NASA director

#145

William P. Leahy

American academic administrator

#146

Walter Lassally

British filmmaker

#147

William Leidesdorff

American businessman

#148

William Leslie

American basketball player

#149

Walter Lini

Anglican priest

#150

William Lava

American composer

#151

Wendell Ladner

#152

Will Langford

Australian rules footballer

#153

William Levada

Catholic cardinal

#154

Wesley Lowery

#155

Winona Littleheart

professional wrestler

#156

Wang Luodan

Chinese singer-actor

Wang #92

#157

William L. Laurence

German author | historian

#158

Will Little

American baseball umpire

#159

Wolfgang Leonhard

#160

William Leuchtenburg

American historian and political scientist

#161

Wolfe von Lenkiewicz

British artist

#162

William Lassell

British astronomer

#163

William Lauderdale

American military personnel

#164

Wendy Luhabe

South African businessman

#165

William Lashner

American novelist

#166

Wang Lin

Chinese Qigong master

Wang #98

#167

Wilhelm Landig

Austrian writer

#168

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

British politician

#169

Werner Lorenz

German general

#170

Wing Luke