Famous people with the initials WR October 9, 2025 to October 29, 2025

English footballer and manager

Thunderbolts

Wayne Rooney

William Ruto

President of Kenya since 2022

William #20

Walter Raleigh

English statesman | soldier and writer (1552–1618)

Walter #6

William Roache

English actor

William #28

Wayne Rogers

American actor (1933–2015)

Will Rogers

American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)

Wan'Dale Robinson

American football player (born 2001)

#10

Waheeda Rehman

Indian actress

#11

William Rehnquist

chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005

William #65

#12

Willie Robertson

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

#13

Wan Runnan

Chinese businessman and activist

#14

Wilhelm Reich

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

#15

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

#16

Wade Robson

choreographer | creative director | and songwriter

#17

Wendy Richard

British actress (1943–2009)

#18

William Ragsdale

American film and television actor

William #90 Fright Night

#19

William Regal

British professional wrestler

William #97

#20

Wavel Ramkalawan

Seychellois politician

#21

Will Ramos

American metal singer

#22

William Russ

actor | television director

William #113 American History X

#23

Will Reichard

American football player (born 2001)

#24

Walter Renneisen

German actor

Walter #27

#25

Walter Russell

American artist (1871-1963)

Walter #28

#26

Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild

British politician

Walter #29

#27

Wilma Rudolph

African American athlete

#28

William Rees-Mogg

former editor of The Times (1928-2012)

William #168

#29

Walter Rodney

Guyanese politician | activist and historian

Walter #34

#30

Woodes Rogers

British sea captain and governor of the Bahamas

#31

Wendy Raquel Robinson

American actress

#32

Walid Regragui

Moroccan association football manager and former player

#33

Willis Reed

American basketball player (1942–2023)

#34

Will Riley

Canadian basketball player

#35

Wendy Robie

American actress

#36

Winthrop Rockefeller

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#37

Wes Ramsey

Filipino singer | actor | dancer (born 1997)

#38

Wayne Robson

actor

#39

Wilbert Ross

#40

Walter Rauff

Nazi War ciminal

Walter #47

#41

William Heath Robinson

British illustrator

#42

Walther Rathenau

German businessman and politician

#43

William Redfield

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

#44

Walter Reed

American entomologist

Walter #56

#45

Wilbur Ross

39th and current United States Secretary of Commerce

#46

Walter Reuther

Labor union leader

Walter #57

#47

William Ruckelshaus

American professional wrestler

#48

Wendi Richter

#49

Walter V. Robinson

American journalist

Walter #62

#50

Willie Revillame

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

#51

Will Ryan

American voice actor

#52

William Rosecrans

diplomat | politician | and U.S. Army officer

#53

Washington Roebling

American civil engineer

#54

Willard Reaves

American football player

#55

Walter Röhrl

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

Walter #71

#56

Willie Rushton

English comedian | cartoonist | satirist

#57

William Russell, Lord Russell

English politician executed for treason

William #113

#58

Wolfgang Reitherman

American animator

#59

Willie Randolph

American baseball player and coach

#60

Willy Russell

British dramatist | lyricist and composer

#61

Wendie Renard

French footballer (born 1990)

#62

William V. Roth

American photographer (1970-2005)

#63

Windland Smith Rice

#64

Willie le Roux

rugby player

#65

Winthrop Paul Rockefeller

#66

Wang Ruiji

Chinese fencer

Wang #24

#67

William P. Rogers

English association football player (born 1985)

#68

Wanda Rutkiewicz

Polish mountain climber

#69

Wayne Routledge

#70

Winthrop Rutherfurd

American socialite (1862-1944)

#71

Wayne Rainey

American motorcycle racer

#72

Walt Whitman Rostow

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

#73

Willie Roaf

American football player | offensive lineman

#74

Waylon Reavis

American singer-songwriter

#75

Will Rowlands

English-Welsh rugby union footballer (b. 1991)

The Batman

#76

William Reynolds

American television and film actor

#77

Winston Reid

New Zealand association football player

#78

William Ramsay

Scottish chemist (1852–1916)

#79

Wallace Reid

American actor | film director and screenwriter

The Birth of a Nation

#80

William Rosenberg

#81

Will Ropp

American businessman and philanthropist

#82

Wahab Riaz

Pakistani cricketer

#83

Wynton Rufer

New Zealand footballer

#84

William Marsh Rice

#85

Will Reiser

screenwriter

#86

Wilson Rawls

American children's writer

Where the Red Fern Grows

#87

William Jock Ross

scottish-Australian outlaw biker

#88

Wasim Raja

Pakistani cricketer

#89

Willard Rouse

American real estate developer

#90

William Barton Rogers

American scientist | founder of MIT

#91

Wakatsuki Reijirō

Japanese politician

#92

Walter Rudin

American mathematician

Walter #125

#93

Władysław Reymont

Polish novelist

#94

Wendy Rogers

American politician |born 1650

#95

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen

German flying ace

#96

William B. Ruger

American inventor

#97

William Robertson

British Army officer

#98

Wayne Riley

professional golfer

#99

Wilfredo Rivera

Puerto Rican footballer

#100

William Randolph

#101

Władysław Raczkiewicz

President of Poland

#102

Will Rothhaar

musician | composer | singer

#103

Walter Reder

SS officer

Walter #142

#104

William Reid

#105

Wali Rainer

American football player

#106

Win Rosenfeld

American producer and screenwriter

#107

Wendell Ramos

Filipino actor

#108

Wayne Allyn Root

American politician | businessman and writer

#109

Walter Reed

United States Baptist theologian

Walter #56

#110

Walter Rauschenbusch

Walter #156

#111

William H. Rupertus

American Marine Corps general

#112

Weronika Rosati

Polish actress and model

#113

William Michael Rossetti

Pre-Raphaelite writer and critic

#114

Will Roland

actor

#115

William Richert

American film director

#116

W. D. Richter

Film director | producer | screenwriter

#117

Wim Rijsbergen

Dutch footballer and manager

#118

William Rodgers

British politician

#119

William Halse Rivers Rivers

English anthropologist | neurologist | ethnologist and psychiatrist

#120

Wendell Rodricks

Indian fashion designer

#121

Walter De Raffaele

Italian basketball coach

Walter #172

#122

Willard Richards

American Mormon leader

#123

Wilfred Rhodes

Cricket player of England.

#124

Warren Robinett

video game designer

#125

Willy T. Ribbs

American racecar driver

#126

Wali Rahmani

Indian social media influencer

#127

Whitelaw Reid

Journalist | diplomat and historian

#128

William Rockefeller

American financier | businessman | and Standard Oil co-founder

#129

Woorkeri Raman

Indian cricket player.

#130

Wilfred Reilly

American political scientist

#131

William Rankin

Survivor of fall through a thunderstorm cloud

#132

Wilson Reis

Brazilian mixed martial artist

#133

Wilson Ramos

Venezuelan baseball player

#134

William Reeves

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

#135

Wilhelm Ruppert

German SS officer

#136

Warren Rudman

American baseball player (born 1997)

#137

Wachirawit Ruangwiwat

Thai actor

#138

Willie Rioli

Australian footballer

#139

Will Robertson

#140

Wilhelm Rediess

German general

#141

William David Ross

Scottish philosopher

#142

Wilhelm Röpke

German economist

#143

Willy Rohr

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

#144

Willis Alan Ramsey

American singer-songwriter

#145

William Rodríguez

9/11 survivor

#146

Wilbert Rideau

American murderer and journalist

#147

William Raborn

United States admiral

#148

Waubgeshig Rice

Canadian Anishinaabe writer and journalist

#149

William Rush

British actor

#150

William Huntington Russell

Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar

#151

Wasimul Bari Rajib

Bangladeshi actor

#152

William Mitchell Ramsay

#153

Waldemar José Cerrón Rojas

Peruvian politician

#154

William Rathbone

English merchant and politician

#155

Will Rayman

American basketball player

#156

Wayne Randazzo

American sports broadcaster

#157

Wolfgang of Regensburg

German saint

#158

Wilbert Robinson

American baseball player and coach

#159

Wali Rahmani

Indian academic

#160

William Goodsell Rockefeller

Canadian ice hockey player

#161

Wade Redden

#162

Wei Rui

kickboxer from China

#163

Władysław Raginis

Polish military commander

#164

Walter Rosenkranz

Austrian politician

#165

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

Anglo-Irish astronomer

#166

William Howard Russell

Irish journalist

#167

Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild

German banker

#168

Will Rahmer

American musician

#169

Winston Rekert

Canadian actor

#170

Wallace Rice

American mobster

#171

Wallace Roney

American musician

#172

Wolfgang Rihm

German composer and teacher (1952–2024)

#173

Wyatt Roy

Australian politician

#174

Will Ryder

American film director

#175

William Rose

American screenwriter

#176

William Ross

composer

#177

William Rip Robertson

United States Marine

#178

Wesley Ruggles

film director

#179

Wolfgang Reitzle

German businessman

#180

William Robinson

Irish practical gardener and journalist (1838–1935)

#181

Winifred Robinson

British broadcaster and journalist

#182

William Robertson

Scottish historian | minister of religion | and Principal of the University of Edinburgh

#183

Walter Ruttmann

German film director

#184

William Chapman Ralston

American banker

#185

William Rothenstein

British artist

#186

William Roscoe

English historian

#187

Willard Rockwell

American businessman (1888–1978)

#188

Walid Raad

Lebanese video artist

#189

Willie Rosario

Puerto Rican musician

#190

Wilhelm Richter

German general officer (1892-1971)

#191

Wolfgang Reip

Belgian racecar driver

#192

Whitney Rydbeck

American basketball player

#193

Willie Reed

#194

Wolf Rilla

Film director and writer

#195

William Roper

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

#196

William K. Reilly

American government official

#197

Willie Rennie

Scottish politician

#198

William Rosenwald