Famous people with the initials WP August 10, 2026

Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman (1146-1219)

Armageddon

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

William #16

William Petersen

New Zealand politician (born 1945)

William #26 Manhunter

Winston Peters

William Powell

American actor (1892–1984)

William #31

#10

Walter Payton

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

Walter #11

#11

Wally Pfister

Cinematographer | film director

#12

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

German Crown Prince (1882-1951)

#13

William Atticus Parker

American filmmaker and actor

William #51

#14

Walter Pidgeon

Canadian actor (1897-1984)

Walter #12

#15

William Poole

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

William #60

#16

William Luther Pierce

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

William #65 The Turner Diaries

#17

William Penn

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

#18

Will Peltz

American football player (born 1962)

#19

William Perry

William #85

#20

Wiley Post

American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world

#21

Whitney Peak

Ugandan-Canadian actress

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

#22

Willian Pacho

Ecuadorian association football player

#23

Wilson Pickett

American singer and songwriter (1941-2006)

#24

Witold Pilecki

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

#25

Walter Parazaider

American woodwind musician (1945–2026)

Walter #21

#26

Wendi Peters

British actress

#27

William Leonard Pickard

writer and researcher

William #119

#28

William S. Paley

American television executive

William #124

#29

Wolfgang Puck

Austrian-American chef and restaurateur

#30

Whitney Port

American fashion designer

#31

Wagner Pina

Cape Verdean footballer (born 2002)

#32

Wolfgang Pauli

physicist | Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

#33

Warren Petersen

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

#34

William Petit

American physician and politician

William #166

#35

Will Proctor

American football player

#36

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

British politician

William #175

#37

Władysław III of Poland

King of Poland and Hungary

#38

William Junior Pierce

American serial killer

William #184

#39

Wolfgang Porsche

Austrian businessman

#40

Willow Pill

American drag queen

#41

Walker Percy

Southern philosophical novelist

#42

Wally Palmar

American baseball player (1893–1965)

#43

Wally Pipp

#44

William IX, Count of Poitiers

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

#45

William Packer

American film producer

#46

Will Power

Australian racecar driver

#47

Will Payne

British actor

#48

Wu Peifu

Chinese general

#49

William Proxmire

American politician

#50

William David Powell

screenwriter

#51

William Dudley Pelley

American political activist | screenwriter | and convicted fraudster

#52

Wolé Parks

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#53

Wade Phillips

American football coach

#54

William H. Parker

#55

Will Putney

American record producer and guitarist

#56

Wendy Padbury

British actress

#57

Willie Pep

Italian-American boxer

#58

William Wesley Peters

American architect

#59

William Palmer

English doctor found guilty of murder

#60

Wendy Phillips

American actress

#61

William Prince

United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient

#62

William H. Pitsenbarger

#63

Wendy Pepper

American fashion designer

#64

Walter Pater

Essayist |art and literature critic | fiction writer

Walter #80

#65

Willie Peters

Australian rugby league player

#66

Woodrow Parfrey

American film and television actor

#67

William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#68

Wilson Palacios

Honduran footballer

#69

Walter Ashby Plecker

American physician

Walter #86

#70

Waylon Payne

American musician and actor

#71

Wilfred Pickles

British actor

#72

Wallace Potts

American film director

#73

William Penn

English admiral and politician

#74

Webb Pierce

Trinidad and Tobago musician

#75

Wesley Ira Purkey

American murderer

#76

Wintley Phipps

#77

Weslley Patati

Brazilian footballer

#78

Wolfgang Preiss

actor

#79

Will Perdue

American basketball player

#80

William Prince

Canadian singer

#81

Wayne Pygram

Australian actor

#82

Wan Peng

Chinese actress

#83

Wayde Preston

#84

Willard E. Pugh

American abolitionist | advocate for Native Americans | orator and lawyer

#85

Wendell Phillips

#86

Waldemar Pabst

Prussian soldier

#87

William Prescott

Continental army soldier

#88

Willie Joe Padden

Gaelic footballer

#89

Wilder Penfield

Canadian neurosurgeon | college football player and coach

#90

Whilce Portacio

Comic artist

#91

Walter Pitts

American logician and computational neuroscientist

Walter #114

#92

Willie Parker

American gridiron football player; running back

#93

Wesley Pipes

American pornographic actor

#94

William Phipps

American actor and film producer

#95

Willard Parker

British mathematician | engineer and political economist

#96

William Playfair

#97

Wayne Perkins

English mathematician and physicist

#98

William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie

Irish shipbuilder

#99

Wayne Péré

French actor

#100

William Penney, Baron Penney

First royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

#101

William Phips

#102

W. W. Phelps

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

#103

Walter Pandiani

Uruguayan footballer

Walter #135

#104

William Paley

Christian apologist | natural theologian | utilitarian

#105

William Price

Welsh physician | born 1800

#106

Wes Phillips

American football player and coach (born 1979)

#107

William Paterson

Governor of New Jersey

#108

Wes Parker

American baseball player

#109

William Sterling Parsons

American Naval officer

#110

William Pereira

American architect

#111

Wayne Pearce

Australian rugby league player and coach

#112

William Porteous

Australian land developer

#113

Wout Poels

Dutch racing cyclist

#114

Wilhelm Pfänder

German politician

#115

Wilber Pan

Taiwanese-American singer | actor and entrepreneur

#116

William Petty

English scientist | philosopher | statistician and economist

#117

Wilson Raj Perumal

Singaporean criminal

#118

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke

English peer of the 15th century

#119

Werner Pinzner

German hired killer (1947-1986)

#120

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

British politician (1800-1879)

#121

Wendy van der Plank

English actress

#122

William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

British peer and Lord Chamberlain from 2006 to 2021

#123

William Hickling Prescott

American historian and Hispanist

#124

Waite Phillips

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

#125

William Jackson Palmer

#126

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

Dutch and English nobleman (1649-1709)

#127

William Pierson

American television | motion picture and stage actor

#128

Waller T. Patton

Confederate Army officer

#129

Wolfhart Pannenberg

German theologian (1928–2014)

#130

William Paca

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

#131

Wayne Parnell

South African cricket player

#132

William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#133

Woody Paige

American sports columnist

#134

William N. Pendleton

Confederate Army general

#135

William Henry Perkin

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

#136

William Ponsonby

British Army general

#137

Will Pulisic

American soccer goalkeeper

#138

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#139

Waldemar Podolski

Polish association football player

#140

William Daniel Phillips

American scientist

#141

Willy Pogany

Hungarian artist

#142

Wily Mo Peña

baseball player

#143

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

Duke of Portland

#144

Wesley Plaisier

Dutch darts player

#145

Wendy Powell

American actress

#146

Will Pryce

English rugby league footballer

#147

Waheed Para

Indian Politician

#148

Wally Patch

comedian and television actor from Britain

#149

Woobens Pacius

Haitian-Canadian soccer player

#150

Wolfgang Přiklopil

Austrian kidnapper

#151

William de la Pole

British noble

#152

Walter Powers

English cleric and Puritan theologian

#153

William Perkins

#154

Willie Park

Professional golfer | golf course architect

#155

William Dorsey Pender

Confederate Army general

#156

Wensley Pithey

South African actor

#157

Wilson da Silva Piazza

Brazilian footballer

#158

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget

English statesman

#159

William Pope.L

American artist

#160

William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket

Diplomat | public administrator | viceroy

#161

William Pynchon

Founder of Springfield | Massachusetts

#162

Wasiu Alabi Pasuma

Nigerian actor

#163

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland

British politician

#164

Woodensky Pierre

Haitian footballer (born 2004)

#165

Will Pucovski

cricketer

#166

Will Powers

American basketball player

#167

Waldemar Pawlak

Polish politician

#168

William Alexander Percy

American writer

#169

Wesley Person

#170

Waris Pathan

Indian politician

#171

Waldir Peres

Brazilian footballer and manager (1951-2017)

#172

Wayne M. Perry

member of the Delaware Du Pont family

#173

Wayne Pinnock

Jamaican athlete

#174

William Parker

musician

#175

William du Pont

#176

Will Palmer

British racing driver

#177

Will Penisini

Australian rugby league footballer

#178

William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland

English peer

#179

Walid Phares

American academic

#180

Washington Phillips

#181

Woody Paul

#182

Willie Pastrano

American boxer

#183

Walter Paepcke

#184

William Henry Leonard Poe

American sailor and poet

#185

William Perez

American businessman and inventor of Pop-Tarts

#186

William Post

#187

William S. Pye

United States admiral

#188

Wolfgang Paalen

Austrian artist

#189

Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke

Anglo-Norman nobleman in Wales

#190

Willie Pearse

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

#191

Wayne Pacelle

American activist

#192

Werner Peters

actor

#193

William Peel, 1st Earl Peel

British politician

#194

Wakefield Poole

American pornographic film director

#195

William Parente

New York real estate attorney

#196

Westbrook Pegler

American investigative journalist

#197

Walter Piston

American composer | music theorist and professor of music

#198

William Penn

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