Famous people with the initials WL September 2, 2026

American football player (born 1999)

Will Levis

Wilfredo Leon

Cuban volleyball player

William Wallace Lincoln

third son of Abraham Lincoln

William #7

Whitney Leavitt

American influencer and television personality

Warren Lieberstein

Television Writer

Wallace Langham

King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214

The Social Network

William the Lion

William #145

#10

William D. Leahy

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

William #151

#11

William Levy

Cuban actor

William #152

#12

Wang Leehom

Taiwanese singer | songwriter | actor

Wang #9

#13

Will Lee

7th prime minister of Canada

#14

Wilfrid Laurier

#15

Walter Lippmann

Walter #35

#16

Wendee Lee

American voice actress

Whiplash

#17

Wyatt Langford

American baseball player

#18

Walter Lewin

Dutch astrophysicist

Walter #39

#19

William Lucking

English painter | writer and critic

William #198

#20

Wyndham Lewis

#21

Wally Lamb

American novelist

#22

Winona LaDuke

author and activist

#23

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

Nazi field marshal

#24

Willis Augustus Lee

admiral

#25

Wong Keng Liang

Malaysian wildlife smuggler

#26

Walter Lantz

American cartoonist | animator | film producer | and director

Walter #57

#27

William Lundigan

actor

#28

William LeMassena

English industrialist | philanthropist | and politician

#29

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

#30

Wally Lewis

Australia rugby league player

#31

Wilhelm List

German field marshal during World War II

#32

William Lee

George Washington's servant

#33

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

Confederate Army general

#34

Wesley Lau

German socialist politician

#35

William Laud

Archbishop of Canterbury

#36

Wayne LaPierre

Gun Rights Advocate

#37

Whitney Lynn

American artist

#38

Will Lee

American bass guitarist

#39

Warren Lewis

Irish author

#40

Wes Lieberher

American chef

#41

Wilhelm Liebknecht

#42

Warren Littlefield

Former US television executive

#43

Witness Lee

Chinese Christian preacher

#44

Will Lyman

Taiwanese-American nuclear physicist

Iron Man

#45

Wen Ho Lee

#46

William Levitt

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

#47

Walter Long

Walter #111 The Birth of a Nation

#48

William Lyttle

British civil engineer (1931–2010)

#49

Wilco Louw

South African rugby union footballer

#50

Wifredo Lam

Cuban artist

#51

Whitney Lewis

American football player

#52

Ward Hill Lamon

Friend of Abraham Lincoln

#53

William Lynch

Source of the term Lynch law

#54

Wiley Lynn

American murderer

#55

Witold Lutosławski

Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)

#56

William Livingston

witness to the murder of Emmett Till

#57

W. Mark Lanier

American lawyer

#58

Wiebo Ludwig

Canadian activist

#59

Willie Louis

#60

Wayne Lai

Hong Kong actor

#61

William Link

American writer and producer

#62

Walther von Lüttwitz

German general

#63

Washington Luís

President of Brazil

#64

William Lustig

film director

Army of Darkness

#65

Winnie Lightner

actress

#66

Wagner Lamounier

Brazilian musician

#67

Werner Lindemann

German writer

#68

Wassily Leontief

Russian economist (1906-1999)

#69

William LeMessurier

American structural engineer (1926-2007)

#70

Wolfgang Lukschy

German actor (1905–1983)

#71

Wolfgang Lotz

Israeli soldier

#72

William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

#73

Walter Lübcke

German politician

Walter #136

#74

Wilfrid Lawson

British actor (1900–1966)

#75

Willie Lanier

American football player

#76

William Lundy

Confederate Army soldier

#77

William Langland

English writer

#78

Waise Lee

Hong Kong actor

#79

William Langewiesche

American football player from the United States

#80

Włodzimierz Lubański

Polish footballer

#81

Walter Lord

American author

Walter #149

#82

William Lombardy

American chess player

#83

Will Lutz

#84

William Lucas

actor (1925-2016)

#85

Wang Lijun

Chinese government official

Wang #43

#86

William Labov

American linguist

#87

William E. Lori

Catholic bishop

#88

William Lyons

Co-founder of Jaguar Cars

#89

William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme

British noble (1888-1949)

#90

William Van Duzer Lawrence

American businessman and philanthropist

#91

Willard Libby

American physical chemist

#92

Wayne Laryea

British actor

#93

William Light

Australian land surveyer

#94

Willy Lages

SS officer

#95

William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel

British earl | politician | military intelligence officer

#96

William Lanteau

American actor (1922-1993)

#97

Wang Likun

Chinese actor

Wang #49

#98

Wanda Landowska

Polish-French classical harpsichordist

#99

William Law

English cleric | nonjuror and theological writer

#100

William H. Lewis

American football player and coach | politician

#101

William Gregory Lee

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

#102

Wouter Loos

#103

Walter Lang

American film director

Walter #193

#104

Wei Lihuang

Chinese military officer

#105

William Lawvere

American mathematician

#106

Wendy Lyon

Canadian actress

#107

William Lewis

British newspaper publishing executive

#108

Warren Leight

American playwright | screenwriter | film director

#109

William Li

founder and current CEO of NIO

#110

Wolf Larson

Canadian actor

#111

William S. Lind

American military writer

#112

Walter Lure

American guitarist

#113

Wu Lien-teh

Chinese physician

#114

William C. Lee

United States general

#115

Wendell Silva Lira

Brazilian footballer

#116

Wilfred Lau

Hong Kong actor and singer

#117

William Lamport

Irish adventurer

#118

Wolfgang Lüth

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

#119

William Langer

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

#120

Walter Savage Landor

British writer

#121

Wendy B. Lawrence

#122

Wagner Lopes

Japanese footballer

#123

William Ling

English association football referee

#124

Walker Little

American football player

#125

Wang Liqin

Chinese table tennis player

Wang #68

#126

William W. Loring

Confederate Army general

#127

Walter Laqueur

American historian and political commentator

#128

Wong Li-Lin

Singaporean actress

#129

Walter Lindrum

Australian billiards player

#130

Willy Ley

German-American physicist

#131

Wang Lin

Chinese Qigong master

Wang #69

#132

Walter Luckett

Retired American basketball player

#133

William Lilly

English astrologer

#134

Wolfgang Larrazábal

President of Venezuela

#135

William Lava

American composer

#136

William Lemke

Chinese Billionaire Businesswoman

#137

Wang Laichun

Wang #72

#138

William Leidesdorff

American businessman

#139

William Larned

American tennis player

#140

Winston Lord

American diplomat

#141

Wayne Larrivee

American sportscaster

#142

Wan Li

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

#143

William Howe de Lancey

British Army officer

#144

Willis Lamb

American Physicist

#145

Wesley Lowery

American academic administrator

#146

William P. Leahy

#147

Walter Legge

English classical music producer

#148

William R. Lucas

NASA director

#149

William Lobkowicz

Bohemian noble

#150

Walter E. Lauer

American military officer

#151

William Levada

Catholic cardinal

#152

Wlodimir Ledóchowski

26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus

#153

Wendy Liebman

American comedian

#154

Wing Luke

American basketball player

#155

Wendell Ladner

#156

William L. Laurence

#157

William Leslie

American military personnel

#158

Winona Littleheart

professional wrestler

#159

William Lauderdale

#160

William Law

American Latter Day Saint leader

#161

William Elford Leach

English zoologist and marine biologist

#162

Wayne Scot Lukas

American television personality

#163

Walter Lini

Anglican priest

#164

Will Langford

Australian rules footballer

#165

Willie Limond

British boxer (1979–2024)

#166

Werner Liebrich

German footballer

#167

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

British politician

#168

William Lycan

American philosopher

#169

Wu Liufang

artistic gymnast

#170

Wang Luodan

Chinese singer-actor

Wang #91

#171

William Lawson

Australian pastoralist and explorer in New South Wales

#172

Wilhelm Landig

Austrian writer

#173

Werner Lorenz

German general

#174

William Harrington Leahy

United States Navy Admiral

#175

William Ivey Long

American costume designer

#176

William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster

Irish politician and landowner

#177

Wayne Larkins

English Test and County cricketer

#178

Wilf Lunn

British television presenter

#179

William Armand Lessa

American anthropologist

#180

Wes Lang

American artist (born 1972)

#181

Widukind Lenz

German physician

#182

Wang Luoyong

Chinese actor

Wang #95

#183

William John Locke

British writer

#184

Walter Charles Langer

American psychoanalyst

#185

William Lipscomb

Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist

#186

William Larnach

New Zealand politician

#187

William Landay

American writer

#188

William Leuchtenburg

American historian and political scientist

#189

Wu Lili

Chinese translator

#190

Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny

French nobleman | Count of Ligny and Count of Saint Pol

#191

William Lee

English clergyman and inventor

#192

Wang Lung-wei

Hong Kong action cinema actor | choreographer | and director

Wang #100

#193

Wilfred Lucas

actor | Film director

#194

William P. Lawrence

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#195

Will Liu

Taiwanese actor and singer

#196

Warren Lieberfarb

American media executive

#197

Wilson Lumpkin

#198

William Preston Lane