Famous people with the initials WP July 13, 2026

German film director (1941–2022)

William #38

#11

Wolfgang Petersen

#12

William Atticus Parker

American filmmaker and actor

William #49

#13

Witold Pilecki

Polish underground resistance soldier | World War II concentration camp resistance leader (1901-1948)

#14

Whitney Port

American fashion designer

#15

Wagner Pina

Cape Verdean footballer (born 2002)

#16

Will Peltz

American boxer and a founder of the street gang the Bowery Boys (1821–1855)

#17

William Poole

William #69

#18

William Penn

English real estate entrepreneur | philosopher | early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

American football running back | Pro Football Hall of Famer (1954-1999)

#19

Walter Payton

Walter #13

#20

Will Proctor

American football player

#21

William Luther Pierce

American white supremacist and neo-Nazi (1933–2002)

William #85 The Turner Diaries

#22

Whitney Peak

Ugandan-Canadian actress

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

#23

William S. Paley

American television executive

William #101

#24

Wolfgang Puck

Austrian-American chef and restaurateur

#25

Wu Peifu

Chinese general

#26

William Perry

American football player (born 1962)

William #118

#27

Wilson Pickett

American singer and songwriter (1941-2006)

#28

Winston Peters

New Zealand politician (born 1945)

#29

Wilguens Paugain

French association football player

#30

Walter Pidgeon

Canadian actor (1897-1984)

Walter #24

#31

Wolfgang Pauli

physicist | Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

#32

Will Power

Australian racecar driver

#33

William Leonard Pickard

writer and researcher

William #172

#34

Will Perdue

American basketball player

#35

William Prince

Canadian singer

William #175

#36

Will Pulisic

American soccer goalkeeper

#37

Władysław III of Poland

King of Poland and Hungary

#38

Wolfgang Porsche

Austrian businessman

#39

Wally Pipp

American baseball player (1893–1965)

#40

Walker Percy

Southern philosophical novelist

#41

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

British peer and Lord Chamberlain from 2006 to 2021

#42

William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

#43

Willow Pill

American drag queen

#44

Wesley Ira Purkey

American murderer

#45

William IX, Count of Poitiers

first son of Henry | Duke of Normandy (later Henry II of England) and Eleanor of Aquitaine

#46

William H. Pitsenbarger

United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient

#47

William Junior Pierce

American serial killer

#48

William Dudley Pelley

American political activist | screenwriter | and convicted fraudster

#49

William David Powell

screenwriter

#50

Wally Pfister

Cinematographer | film director

#51

Warren Petersen

American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives

#52

Wilson Palacios

Honduran footballer

#53

Wendy Padbury

British actress

#54

Will Putney

American record producer and guitarist

#55

Wolé Parks

American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world

#56

Wiley Post

#57

William Proxmire

American politician

#58

William H. Parker

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#59

Woodrow Parfrey

American film and television actor

#60

Will Payne

British actor

#61

Wade Phillips

American football coach

#62

Wolfgang Preiss

actor

#63

William Wesley Peters

American architect

William #27

#64

Willie Pep

Italian-American boxer

#65

William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland

British politician (1800-1879)

#66

Wilson da Silva Piazza

Brazilian footballer

#67

Wallace Potts

American film director

#68

William Petit

American physician and politician

#69

William Prescott

Continental army soldier

#70

Walter Pater

Essayist |art and literature critic | fiction writer

Walter #83

#71

William Packer

American film producer

#72

Wayne Pearce

Australian rugby league player and coach

#73

Wendy Phillips

American actress

I Am Sam

#74

Willie Peters

Australian rugby league player

#75

Wayne Pygram

Australian actor

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

#76

Waldemar Podolski

Polish association football player

#77

Wan Peng

Chinese actress

#78

Wayne Parnell

South African cricket player

#79

William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#80

William Penn

English admiral and politician

American gridiron football player; running back

#81

Willie Parker

#82

Wilder Penfield

Canadian neurosurgeon | college football player and coach

#83

Webb Pierce

American logician and computational neuroscientist

#84

Walter Pitts

Walter #108

#85

Wayde Preston

English scientist | philosopher | statistician and economist

#86

William Petty

#87

Wally Palmar

#88

Waldemar Pabst

Prussian soldier

#89

William Prince

English doctor found guilty of murder

#90

Wilfred Pickles

British actor

#91

William Palmer

#92

Wendell Phillips

American abolitionist | advocate for Native Americans | orator and lawyer

#93

Werner Peters

actor

#94

Wesley Pipes

American pornographic actor

#95

William Porteous

Australian land developer

#96

Wintley Phipps

Trinidad and Tobago musician

#97

Wilber Pan

Taiwanese-American singer | actor and entrepreneur

#98

William Phipps

American actor and film producer

#99

Willard E. Pugh

Christian apologist | natural theologian | utilitarian

#100

William Paley

#101

Willard Parker

First royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

#102

Wendi Peters

British actress

#103

William Phips

#104

William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie

Irish shipbuilder

#105

Walter Pandiani

Uruguayan footballer

Walter #156

#106

Wendy Pepper

American fashion designer

#107

Waylon Payne

American musician and actor

#108

William N. Pendleton

Confederate Army general

#109

Waller T. Patton

Confederate Army officer

#110

Woobens Pacius

Haitian-Canadian soccer player

#111

Wayne Perkins

British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye (1838–1907)

#112

William Henry Perkin

#113

William Hickling Prescott

American historian and Hispanist

#114

William Pereira

American architect

#115

Whilce Portacio

Comic artist

#116

William Price

Welsh physician | born 1800

#117

Wolfgang Přiklopil

Austrian kidnapper

#118

Wes Parker

American baseball player

#119

William Paca

United States federal judge | Governor of Maryland | signatory to the US Declaration of Independence

#120

Waris Pathan

Indian politician

#121

William Paterson

Governor of New Jersey

#122

William Jackson Palmer

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad president

#123

Walter Ashby Plecker

American physician

Walter #174

#124

Waldir Peres

Brazilian footballer and manager (1951-2017)

#125

Wayne Péré

French actor

#126

William Ponsonby

British Army general

#127

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke

English peer of the 15th century

#128

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#129

Wilhelm Pfänder

German politician

#130

William Dorsey Pender

Confederate Army general

#131

Wily Mo Peña

baseball player

#132

William Peel, 1st Earl Peel

British mathematician | engineer and political economist

#133

William Playfair

#134

William Alexander Percy

American writer

#135

William Pierson

American television | motion picture and stage actor

#136

William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#137

Wolfhart Pannenberg

German theologian (1928–2014)

#138

Wesley Person

American basketball player

#139

Waite Phillips

American businessman

#140

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget

English statesman

#141

Wendy Powell

American actress

#142

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

Duke of Portland

#143

William Perkins

English cleric and Puritan theologian

#144

William Sterling Parsons

American Naval officer

#145

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

Dutch and English nobleman (1649-1709)

#146

Will Palmer

British racing driver

#147

Wout Poels

Dutch racing cyclist

#148

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland

Founder of Springfield | Massachusetts

#149

William D. Pawley

American diplomat

#150

William Pynchon

#151

Waheed Para

Indian Politician

#152

Wes Phillips

American football player and coach (born 1979)

#153

Wilson Raj Perumal

Singaporean criminal

#154

Woody Paige

American sports columnist

#155

William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket

Diplomat | public administrator | viceroy

#156

William Henry Leonard Poe

American sailor and poet

#157

William de la Pole

British noble

#158

Walter Powers

German hired killer (1947-1986)

#159

Werner Pinzner

#160

William Daniel Phillips

American scientist

#161

Willi Plett

Canadian ice hockey player

#162

Wakefield Poole

American pornographic film director

#163

Will Powers

#164

William Prunier

Footballer

#165

Wasiu Alabi Pasuma

Nigerian actor

#166

Willy Pogany

Hungarian artist

#167

Willow-Jean Prime

New Zealand politician

#168

Woody Paul

#169

Walid Phares

American academic

#170

William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland

Canadian ice hockey player

#171

Wayne Primeau

#172

Walter Piston

American composer | music theorist and professor of music

#173

William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland

English peer

#174

William du Pont

member of the Delaware Du Pont family

#175

William S. Pye

United States admiral

#176

Wolfgang Paul

German physicist

#177

Westbrook Pegler

American investigative journalist

#178

Wolfgang Petry

German singer and songwriter

#179

Willy Porter

musician

#180

Willie Park

Professional golfer | golf course architect

#181

Waldemar Pawlak

Polish politician

#182

William Pakenham

Royal Navy admiral (1861-1933)

#183

William Penney, Baron Penney

English mathematician and physicist

Irish republican executed for his part in the Easter Rising (1881-1916)

#184

Willie Pearse

#185

Wilf Paiement

Canadian ice hockey player

#186

Washington Phillips

American businessman and inventor of Pop-Tarts

#187

William Post

#188

William Prout

British chemist

#189

Willie Pastrano

American boxer

#190

William Parker

musician

#191

W. W. Phelps

Leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

#192

Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

#193

Wayne Pacelle

American activist

#194

Wehib Pasha

Ottoman general

#195

Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland

humanitarian | reformer | animal rights advocate

#196

Weslley Patati

Brazilian footballer

#197

William Francis Pepper

American lawyer

#198

William Plomer

South African-British writer

#199

William Pope.L

American artist

#200

William Penn

Eldest surviving son of William Penn | founder of the colony of Pennsylvania