Famous people with the initials WP May 9, 2026

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

#15

William Penn

William #60

#16

William Poole

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

William #61

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Winston Peters

New Zealand politician (born 1945)

#18

William Luther Pierce

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

William #78 The Turner Diaries

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William Perry

American football player (born 1962)

William #84

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Wolfgang Petersen

German film director

#21

William Packer

American film producer

William #92

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Walter Pidgeon

Canadian actor (1897-1984)

Walter #19

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William S. Paley

American television executive

William #94

#24

Wolfgang Puck

Austrian-American chef and restaurateur

#25

Witold Pilecki

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

#26

Wilson Pickett

American singer and songwriter (1941-2006)

#27

William Leonard Pickard

writer and researcher

William #120

#28

Wolfgang Pauli

physicist | Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)

#29

Will Proctor

American football player

#30

Warren Platner

American architect (1919–2006)

#31

Władysław III of Poland

King of Poland and Hungary

#32

Will Perdue

American basketball player

#33

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Southern philosophical novelist

William #196

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Walker Percy

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Will Power

Australian racecar driver

#36

Wolfgang Porsche

Austrian businessman

#37

Walter Parazaider

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

Walter #42

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William IX, Count of Poitiers

#39

Wayne Perkins

Australian land developer

#40

William Porteous

#41

William Wesley Peters

American architect

#42

Wu Peifu

Chinese general

#43

Will Payne

British actor

#44

William Junior Pierce

American serial killer

#45

William Dudley Pelley

American political activist | screenwriter | and convicted fraudster

#46

Willie Pep

Italian-American boxer

#47

Wally Pfister

Cinematographer | film director

#48

Wallace Potts

American film director

#49

William David Powell

screenwriter

#50

Wilson Palacios

Honduran footballer

#51

William H. Pitsenbarger

United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient

#52

Wally Pipp

American baseball player (1893–1965)

#53

Walter Pitts

American logician and computational neuroscientist

Walter #75

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Wendy Padbury

British actress

#55

William H. Parker

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#56

William Prescott

Continental army soldier

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William Prince

American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world

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Wiley Post

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Wilder Penfield

Canadian neurosurgeon | college football player and coach

#60

Wolé Parks

Essayist |art and literature critic | fiction writer

#61

Wade Phillips

American football coach

#62

William Proxmire

American politician

#63

Wendy Phillips

American actress

I Am Sam

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Walter Pater

Walter #88

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William Hickling Prescott

American historian and Hispanist

#66

Willie Parker

American gridiron football player; running back

#67

William Penn

English admiral and politician

William #60

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Wayde Preston

American film and television actor

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William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie

Irish shipbuilder

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Woodrow Parfrey

#71

Walter Paolella

Argentine football manager

Walter #97

#72

William Palmer

English doctor found guilty of murder

#73

Walter Pandiani

Uruguayan footballer

Walter #108

#74

William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#75

Willie Peters

Australian rugby league player

#76

Wayne Parnell

South African cricket player

#77

Wendell Phillips

American abolitionist | advocate for Native Americans | orator and lawyer

#78

Wolfgang Preiss

actor

#79

Wayne Pygram

Australian actor

#80

Wan Peng

Chinese actress

#81

Wendi Peters

British actress

#82

William Petit

American physician and politician

#83

Webb Pierce

American pornographic actor

#84

Wes Parker

American baseball player

#85

Wesley Ira Purkey

American murderer

#86

Wesley Pipes

#87

Waldemar Pabst

Prussian soldier

#88

Waris Pathan

Indian politician

#89

William Price

Welsh physician | born 1800

#90

Wilfred Pickles

British actor

#91

William R. Pogue

American astronaut

#92

Wally Palmar

American actor and film producer

#93

William Pereira

American architect

#94

William Phipps

#95

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

British politician (1800-1879)

#96

Wintley Phipps

Trinidad and Tobago musician

#97

Willard E. Pugh

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

#98

William Henry Perkin

#99

William Paley

Christian apologist | natural theologian | utilitarian

#100

Waylon Payne

American musician and actor

#101

Wayne Pearce

Australian rugby league player and coach

#102

Warren Petersen

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

#103

Wolfhart Pannenberg

German theologian (1928–2014)

#104

William Phips

First royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

#105

William Petty

English scientist | philosopher | statistician and economist

#106

Wendy Pepper

American fashion designer

#107

Wayne Péré

French actor

#108

William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

British peer and Lord Chamberlain from 2006 to 2021

#109

Weslley Patati

Brazilian footballer

#110

William Prince

Canadian singer

#111

Whilce Portacio

Comic artist

#112

William Paterson

Governor of New Jersey

#113

Wolfgang Přiklopil

Austrian kidnapper

#114

Wilber Pan

Taiwanese-American singer | actor and entrepreneur

#115

William Playfair

British mathematician | engineer and political economist

#116

Wesley Person

American basketball player

#117

William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket

Diplomat | public administrator | viceroy

#118

Woody Paige

American sports columnist

#119

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#120

Win Percy

British racing driver

#121

Walid Phares

American academic

#122

Will Penisini

Australian rugby league footballer

#123

Walter Ashby Plecker

American physician

Walter #170

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Wilhelm Pfänder

German politician

#125

Wasiu Alabi Pasuma

Nigerian actor

#126

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

Duke of Portland

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Will Powers

English peer of the 15th century

#128

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke

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Waheed Para

Indian Politician

#130

Woobens Pacius

Haitian-Canadian soccer player

#131

Willie Park

Professional golfer | golf course architect

#132

Wilf Paiement

Canadian ice hockey player

#133

Willie Pearse

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

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Wynne Prakusya

Indonesian tennis player

#135

William Sterling Parsons

American Naval officer

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William Ponsonby

British Army general

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William Jackson Palmer

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

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William Daniel Phillips

American scientist

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Walter of Pontoise

French abbot and saint

Walter #191

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Waldemar Pawlak

Polish politician

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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland

Dutch and English nobleman (1649-1709)

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William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

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Wendy Powell

American actress

#144

Willard Parker

Cape Verdean footballer (born 2002)

#145

Wagner Pina

#146

William Paca

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

#147

Waite Phillips

American businessman

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Werner Pinzner

German hired killer (1947-1986)

#149

William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke

English Earl

#150

Willi Plett

Canadian ice hockey player

#151

William de la Pole

British noble

#152

Wily Mo Peña

baseball player

#153

Wolfgang Paul

German physicist

#154

Whitney Peyton

American Hip Hop Artist

#155

Wiljan Pluim

Dutch footballer

#156

William N. Pendleton

Confederate Army general

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Waller T. Patton

Confederate Army officer

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Westbrook Pegler

American investigative journalist

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William Henry Leonard Poe

American sailor and poet

#160

William Francis Pepper

American lawyer

#161

William Post

American businessman and inventor of Pop-Tarts

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Willie Pastrano

American boxer

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William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland

English peer

#164

William Perkins

English cleric and Puritan theologian

#165

Winsome Pinnock

British writer

#166

Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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Walt Patulski

Player of American football

#168

Wally Patch

comedian and television actor from Britain

#169

Wensley Pithey

South African actor

#170

William Dorsey Pender

Confederate Army general

#171

William Pierson

American television | motion picture and stage actor

#172

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget

English statesman

#173

William du Pont

member of the Delaware Du Pont family

#174

Walter Powers

Founder of Springfield | Massachusetts

#175

William Pynchon

#176

Walter Piston

American composer | music theorist and professor of music

#177

Wout Poels

Dutch racing cyclist

#178

Willy Pogany

Hungarian artist

#179

Wolfgang Petry

German singer and songwriter

#180

Wayne Primeau

Canadian ice hockey player

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Wayne M. Perry

American businessman

#182

Wehib Pasha

Ottoman general

#183

Wendy Playfair

Australian actress

#184

Walter Plunkett

American costume designer

#185

Werner Peters

actor

#186

Washington Phillips

American soccer goalkeeper

#187

Will Pulisic

#188

William Alexander Percy

American writer

#189

Wes Phillips

American football player and coach (born 1979)

#190

William Prunier

Footballer

#191

William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland

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

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William Pinckney

American sailor

#193

William Penn

William #60

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Will Pryce

English rugby league footballer

#195

Wayne Pinnock

Jamaican athlete

#196

William Peel, 1st Earl Peel