Famous people with the initials WR February 20, 2026

English footballer and manager

Thunderbolts

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rogers

American actor (1933–2015)

Ghosts of Mississippi

Walter Raleigh

English statesman | soldier and writer (1552–1618)

Walter #6

William Redfield

William #34 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Waheeda Rehman

Indian actress

Wade Robson

choreographer | creative director | and songwriter

Wilma Rudolph

African American athlete

#10

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

#11

William Roache

English actor

William #69

#12

Wilhelm Reich

Austro-Hungarian-born Austrian-American psychoanalyst (1897-1957)

#13

William Rehnquist

chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005

William #70

#14

Wendy Richard

British actress (1943–2009)

#15

Will Riley

Canadian basketball player

#16

Will Rogers

American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)

#17

Will Ramos

American metal singer

#18

William Regal

British professional wrestler

William #83

#19

William Ruto

President of Kenya since 2022

William #93

#20

William Rush

British actor

William #101

#21

Willie Robertson

American TV personality | businessman | outdoorsman | hunter | and author

#22

Windland Smith Rice

American photographer (1970-2005)

#23

Wilbert Ross

Filipino singer | actor | dancer (born 1997)

#24

Wes Ramsey

former editor of The Times (1928-2012)

#25

William Rees-Mogg

William #155

#26

Walther Rathenau

German businessman and politician

#27

Willie Revillame

television host | actor | comedian and recording artist in the Philippines

#28

Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild

British politician

Walter #28

#29

William Russ

actor | television director

William #170 American History X

#30

Willis Reed

American basketball player (1942–2023)

#31

Wendy Raquel Robinson

American actress

#32

Walid Regragui

Moroccan association football manager and former player (born 1975)

#33

Wilbur Ross

39th and current United States Secretary of Commerce

#34

Woodes Rogers

British sea captain and governor of the Bahamas

#35

Winthrop Rockefeller

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#36

Walter Russell

American artist (1871-1963)

Walter #38

#37

Winfred Rembert

American artist

#38

Walter Rodney

Guyanese politician | activist and historian

Walter #43

#39

Wendi Richter

American professional wrestler

#40

Walter Reuther

Labor union leader

Walter #51

#41

Wayne Robson

actor

#42

Walter Rauff

Nazi War ciminal

Walter #55

#43

William Ragsdale

American film and television actor

#44

Willie Rushton

English comedian | cartoonist | satirist

#45

Wan'Dale Robinson

American football player (born 2001)

#46

William F. Raynolds

U.S. Army surveyor and topographer

#47

Wendy Robie

American actress

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

#48

Will Ryan

American voice actor

#49

Walter Röhrl

rally driver | winner of the 1980 and 1982 World Rally Championship for Drivers

Walter #62

#50

Wolfgang Reitherman

American animator

#51

Will Reichard

American football player (born 2001)

#52

William P. Rogers

diplomat | politician | and U.S. Army officer

#53

William Rosecrans

#54

Willy Russell

British dramatist | lyricist and composer

#55

Willie Roaf

American football player | offensive lineman

#56

William Heath Robinson

British illustrator

#57

William V. Roth

American baseball player and coach

#58

Willie Randolph

#59

Walter Reed

American entomologist

Walter #81

#60

Washington Roebling

American civil engineer

#61

Winthrop Paul Rockefeller

English association football player (born 1985)

#62

Walter V. Robinson

American journalist

Walter #89

#63

Wayne Routledge

#64

Walt Whitman Rostow

American economist | political theorist and government official (1916–2003)

#65

William Rankin

Survivor of fall through a thunderstorm cloud

#66

Willard Reaves

American football player

#67

William Rosenberg

American socialite (1862-1944)

#68

Willy Roggeman

Belgian writer

#69

Winthrop Rutherfurd

#70

Winston Reid

New Zealand association football player

#71

Will Reiser

screenwriter

#72

Wallace Reid

American actor | film director and screenwriter

The Birth of a Nation

#73

Wanda Rutkiewicz

Polish mountain climber

#74

Wavel Ramkalawan

Seychellois politician

#75

William Reynolds

American television and film actor

#76

William Ruckelshaus

American politician | businessman and writer

#77

Wayne Allyn Root

#78

Waylon Reavis

American singer-songwriter

#79

Wendy Rogers

United States Baptist theologian

#80

William B. Ruger

American inventor

#81

William Renshaw

English tennis player

#82

Walter Rauschenbusch

Walter #128

#83

William Richert

American film director

#84

William Russell, Lord Russell

English politician executed for treason

William #170

#85

William Reid

musician | composer | singer

#86

Władysław Reymont

Polish novelist

#87

Will Rothhaar

American politician |born 1650

#88

William Randolph

#89

Wayne Rainey

American motorcycle racer

#90

Weronika Rosati

Polish actress and model

Inland Empire

#91

Will Ropp

American children's writer

#92

Wendell Ramos

Filipino actor

#93

William Robertson

British Army officer

#94

Willy T. Ribbs

American racecar driver

#95

Wilson Rawls

Where the Red Fern Grows

#96

Wang Ruiji

Chinese fencer

Wang #41

#97

Wynton Rufer

New Zealand footballer

#98

Wendie Renard

French footballer (born 1990)

#99

William Ramsay

Scottish chemist (1852–1916)

#100

Wenten Rubuntja

Australian artist

#101

William Barton Rogers

American scientist | founder of MIT

#102

Władysław Raczkiewicz

President of Poland

#103

William Jock Ross

scottish-Australian outlaw biker

#104

Wakatsuki Reijirō

Japanese politician

#105

William Marsh Rice

American businessman and philanthropist

#106

Walter Renneisen

German actor

Walter #158

#107

William Howard Russell

Irish journalist

#108

Wahab Riaz

Pakistani cricketer

#109

Walter Rudin

American mathematician

Walter #163

#110

Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild

German banker

#111

Wade Redden

Canadian ice hockey player

#112

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen

German flying ace

#113

Wachirawit Ruangwiwat

Thai actor

#114

William Huntington Russell

Pre-Raphaelite writer and critic

#115

William Michael Rossetti

#116

Will de Renzy-Martin

england voice actor and narrator

David

#117

Wali Rahmani

Indian social media influencer

#118

William H. Rupertus

American Marine Corps general

#119

William Halse Rivers Rivers

English anthropologist | neurologist | ethnologist and psychiatrist

#120

Whitelaw Reid

Journalist | diplomat and historian

#121

Warren Robinett

video game designer

#122

William Rodgers

British politician

#123

Wang Rui

Chinese female curler

Wang #49

#124

Will Roland

actor

#125

Willis Alan Ramsey

American singer-songwriter

#126

W. D. Richter

Film director | producer | screenwriter

#127

Wilhelm Rediess

German general

#128

Willie le Roux

rugby player

#129

Wilfred Reilly

American political scientist

#130

Wendy Rene

American singer

#131

Will Rayman

American basketball player

#132

Wasim Raja

Pakistani cricketer

#133

Władysław Raginis

Polish military commander

#134

William David Ross

Scottish philosopher

#135

Walter Reed

American financier | businessman | and Standard Oil co-founder

Walter #81

#136

Wyatt Roy

Australian politician

#137

William Rockefeller

#138

Wesley Ruggles

film director

#139

William Raborn

United States admiral

#140

Wilhelm Röpke

German economist

#141

Wilmer Ruperti

Venezuelan businessman

#142

Willard Rockwell

American businessman (1888–1978)

#143

Wendell Rodricks

Indian fashion designer

#144

Woorkeri Raman

Indian cricket player.

#145

William Reeves

American businessman and the co-founder of the hedge fund | BlueCrest Capital Management

#146

Win Rosenfeld

American producer and screenwriter

#147

William Rose

American screenwriter

#148

William Mitchell Ramsay

Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar

#149

William Rodríguez

9/11 survivor

#150

William Goodsell Rockefeller

Rear admiral in the United States Navy

#151

William Reynolds

#152

Wilhelm Ruppert

German SS officer

#153

William Roper

English biographer of his father-in-law | Sir Thomas More

#154

Wilbert Rideau

American murderer and journalist

#155

Warren Rudman

American government official

#156

William K. Reilly

#157

Wallace Roney

American musician

#158

Willie Rennie

Scottish politician

#159

Winston Rekert

Canadian actor

#160

Waubgeshig Rice

Canadian Anishinaabe writer and journalist

#161

Wilson Reis

Brazilian mixed martial artist

#162

Wilfred Rhodes

Cricket player of England.

#163

Walter Ruttmann

German film director

#164

Wei Rui

kickboxer from China

#165

Winifred Robinson

British broadcaster and journalist

#166

Willie Reed

American basketball player

#167

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

Anglo-Irish astronomer

#168

Wendy Ramshaw

1939 - present | New Zealander | Ceramicist | Jewelry Maker | Sculptor

#169

William Ross

composer

#170

Willy Raine

Olympic alpine skier

#171

William Trost Richards

American artist

#172

Willy Rohr

Prussian officer | commander of the Prussian Sturm-Battalion Nr. 5 (Rohr) in the First World War (1877-1930)

#173

Wilson Ramos

Venezuelan baseball player

#174

Wayne Riley

professional golfer

#175

Will Ryder

American film director

#176

Wendy Robbins

British journalist

#177

Wolfgang Rihm

German composer and teacher (1952–2024)

#178

William H. Robertson

German general officer (1892-1971)

#179

Wilhelm Richter

#180

Will Rahmer

American musician

#181

Wolfgang of Regensburg

German saint

#182

Wali Rahmani

Indian academic

#183

William Robinson

Irish practical gardener and journalist (1838–1935)

#184

Winold Reiss

American artist

#185

William Ross

Unionist politician

#186

Werner Rittberger

German figure skater

#187

William Rathbone

English merchant and politician

#188

Wilf Rostron

English footballer

#189

Willard Rouse

American real estate developer

#190

Walter Reder

SS officer

#191

Willy Rizzo

Italian photographer and designer

#192

William Rip Robertson

United States Marine

#193

William Blake Richmond

English painter

William #17

#194

Wim Rijsbergen

Dutch footballer and manager

#195

Winston Riley

Jamaican musician

#196

Walid Raad

Lebanese video artist

#197

Wolfgang Reitzle

German businessman

#198

William Rothenstein

British artist

#199

William Winwood Reade

British historian

#200

William Rosenwald