#1
Will Smith
Will Smith
American baseball catcher
Top 500 #139
#2
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Top 500 #454 William #1 Hamlet
#3
Will Smith
Will Smith
American actor | film producer and rapper (born 1968)
I | Robot
#4
William Shatner
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
William #4
#5
Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson
American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)
#6
Will Smith
Will Smith
British comedian | actor | author and screenwriter
#7
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn
American actor
The Princess Bride
#8
Wojciech Szczęsny
Wojciech Szczęsny
Polish association football player
#9
Will Sharpe
Will Sharpe
British actor | writer | and director
#10
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
American actor (born 1962)
Blade
#11
Wayne Static
Wayne Static
American musician (1965–2014)
#12
Willow Smith
Willow Smith
American singer and actress (born 2000)
#13
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
United States Army general (1820–1891)
William #22
#14
Will Sasso
Will Sasso
Canadian actor and comedian
#15
Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar
Indian cricketer
#16
William Saliba
William Saliba
French footballer (born 2001)
William #29
#17
Wes Studi
Wes Studi
American actor
Avatar
#18
Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting
British Labour politician (born 1983)
#19
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
William #36
#20
Warren Sapp
Warren Sapp
American football player (born 1972)
#21
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian writer
#22
Walker Scobell
Walker Scobell
American actor
#23
William Sadler
William Sadler
American actor
William #43 The Shawshank Redemption
#24
William Stirling
William Stirling
British Army officer of the Special Air Service
William #48
#25
William James Sidis
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
William #51
#26
Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes
American comedian | writer | actress and a voice artist.
#27
Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist | poet and playwright (1771–1832)
Walter #7 Ivanhoe
#28
Warren Stephens
Warren Stephens
American chief executive
#29
Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott
Union United States Army general (1786-1866)
#30
Will Sampson
Will Sampson
Muscogee Creek actor from Oklahoma (1933-1987)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
#31
William Smith
William Smith
American actor (1933-2021)
William #74 The Outsiders
#32
Władysław Szpilman
Władysław Szpilman
(1911-2000) Polish pianist | composer | Holocaust survivor
#33
Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder
Dutch association football player
#34
William H. Seward
William H. Seward
American lawyer and politician (1801-1872)
William #84
#35
Wendy Schaal
Wendy Schaal
American actress
#36
Walter Smith
Walter Smith
Scottish association football player and manager (born 1948-2021)
Walter #19
#37
William H. Gates, Sr.
William H. Gates, Sr.
American attorney and philanthropist (1925–2020)
William #98
#38
Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva
Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
#39
William Kennedy Smith
William Kennedy Smith
American physician
William #108
#40
Wrenn Schmidt
Wrenn Schmidt
American actress
Nope
#41
William Sanderson
William Sanderson
American actor
William #111 Blade Runner
#42
Wendie Jo Sperber
Wendie Jo Sperber
American actress (1958–2005)
Back to the Future
#43
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)
#44
Winston Spencer-Churchill
Winston Spencer-Churchill
British politician (1940–2010)
Top 500 #355
#45
William Shockley
William Shockley
American physicist and inventor
William #116
#46
Wendy Shon
Wendy Shon
South Korean singer
#47
Wesley So
Wesley So
Filipino-American chess player
#48
Wilbur Soot
Wilbur Soot
British Twitch streamer | YouTuber | and musician
#49
William Clay Ford, Sr.
William Clay Ford, Sr.
American football executive
William #120
#50
Will Smallbone
Will Smallbone
Irish association football player
#51
William Lee Scott
William Lee Scott
American actor
William #125 Gattaca
#52
Willow Shields
Willow Shields
American actress
#53
Willie Stargell
Willie Stargell
American professional baseball player and coach
#54
Woody Strode
Woody Strode
American athlete and actor (1914–1994)
#55
William Schallert
William Schallert
actor from the United States
William #137 Gremlins
#56
Willie Sutton
Willie Sutton
American bank robber
#57
William Rockefeller, Sr.
William Rockefeller, Sr.
American con artist
William #145
#58
Warren Spahn
Warren Spahn
American baseball player
#59
Willy Semedo
Willy Semedo
French association football player
#60
Wendy Schmidt
Wendy Schmidt
philanthropist
#61
W. Morgan Sheppard
W. Morgan Sheppard
British actor
The Prestige
#62
William L. Shirer
William L. Shirer
American journalist (1904–1993)
William #157
#63
Walter Salles
Walter Salles
Brazilian film director | screenwriter and film producer
Walter #33
#64
Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Smith
South African novelist
#65
Wes Scantlin
Wes Scantlin
American musician
#66
Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber
American writer
#67
Walter Schellenberg
Walter Schellenberg
German police and SS general | head of the military secret services and convicted war criminal (1910-1952)
Walter #35
#68
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell Smith
United States general
Walter #37
#69
Wren Sinclair
Wren Sinclair
American professional wrestler
#70
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Former Governor-General of Australia
William #182
#71
Willard Scott
Willard Scott
American retired weather presenter and actor
#72
William Steig
William Steig
American cartoonist | children's illustrator and writer
William #184 Shrek!
#73
Will Self
Will Self
English writer and journalist
#74
Walter Samuel
Walter Samuel
Argentine association football player
Walter #44
#75
William Suff
William Suff
American serial killer
William #190
#76
Walter Sickert
British artist
Walter #45
#77
William Saroyan
American writer
William #191
#78
Wakana Sonobe
Japanese tennis player
#79
Wilhelm Steinitz
Austrian chess player
#80
Will Swenson
American actor and singer
The Greatest Showman
#81
William Sargant
British psychiatrist
#82
Wally Schirra
American astronaut (1923-2007)
#83
W. G. Sebald
German writer and academic (1944-2001)
#84
William Shepherd
American astronaut
#85
Willy Sagnol
French association football player and manager
#86
Wajid Ali Shah
Nawab of Awadh
#87
Wallace Stevens
American poet
#88
Will Scharf
American attorney | political advisor
#89
William D. Swenson
medal of Honor recipient and former U.S. Army captain
#90
William Joseph Simmons
Ku Klux Klan founder
#91
Wesley Schultz
American guitarist and singer
#92
Wolfgang Schmidt
German serial killer
#93
Warren Stevens
American actor
#94
Wilhelm Stuckart
German judge and politician
#95
Władysław Sikorski
Polish military and political leader
#96
Wriddhiman Saha
Indian cricket player
#97
Wang Sicong
Chinese businessman
Wang #11
#98
Will Shortz
American puzzle creator and editor
#99
Winsome Sears
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
#100
William Simons
British actor
#101
Wallace Stegner
American historian | writer | and environmentalist
#102
Wally Szczerbiak
American former basketball player
#103
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
German general (1888-1976)
#104
Walter Slezak
actor
Walter #58
#105
Wayne Sleep
British ballet dancer
#106
Warren Spector
American game designer
#107
William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
American businessman (1792-1875)
#108
William Styron
American novelist and essayist
Sophie's Choice
#109
William J. Seymour
American minister
#110
Wang Shih-chien
Taiwanese politician
Wang #14
#111
Wendy Smith
English musician
#112
Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet | Nobel Prize winner
#113
Whit Stillman
Screenwriter/director
#114
Will Smith
American football player (1981-2016)
#115
William Shawn
American magazine editor
#116
William S. Sessions
American judge
#117
Whitney Sudler-Smith
American film director
#118
William Shockley
American actor
William #116
#119
Willi Smith
American fashion designer
#120
Wilfried Singo
Ivorian football player
#121
Will Sutherland
cricketer
#122
William Stephenson
Canadian spymaster
#123
W. Eugene Smith
American photojournalist (1918-1978)
#124
William Sylvester
American film actor
2001: A Space Odyssey
#125
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
English Duke
#126
William Dorsey Swann
drag queen
#127
Werner Sombart
German economist | sociologist | historian
#128
Will Swan
American musician (born 1985)
#129
Walter Sisulu
South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress
Walter #72
#130
Wafic Saïd
Syrian businessman
#131
Wayne Swan
Australian politician | 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
#132
Waluscha de Sousa
Indian actress
#133
William Thornton Kemper, Sr.
American banker and politician
#134
Wu Sangui
Chinese general and rebel
#135
William Grant Still
American composer
#136
Wendy Sherman
American diplomat
#137
William Salyers
American actor
#138
Walter Schreifels
rock musician and producer from New York City
Walter #83
#139
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
British Prime Minister
#140
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Duke of Somerset
#141
Will Skelton
Australian rugby union player
#142
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Scottish soldier
Walter #91
#143
Will Sergeant
guitarist
#144
Way-Ar Sangngern
Thai model and actor
#145
William Stephens Smith
American politician
#146
Walter Scheel
President of Germany (1974-1979)
Walter #94
#147
Will Stevens
British racingcar driver
#148
William Knox Schroeder
American shooting victim
#149
Wendell Scott
American racing driver
#150
Walter Short
United States general
Walter #98
#151
Wael Sawan
Lebanese Canadian businessman
#152
William II of Sicily
King of Sicily
#153
W. Cleon Skousen
ex FBI agent | conservative United States author and faith-based political theorist
#154
Walid Shoebat
American writer
#155
William Safire
American journalist
#156
William F. Sharpe
American economist
#157
Wolfgang Schäuble
German politician and statesman (1942–2023)
#158
Wilbur Stark
American film producer
#159
William Gayley Simpson
American neo-Nazi writer
#160
Will Shields
American football player | offensive lineman | guard
#161
William Thomas Stead
British journalist
#162
Waldo Salt
screenwriter
#163
Winnaretta Singer
American socialite
#164
Willi Stoph
East German politician
#165
William G. Stewart
English television producer and director of comedy and game shows
#166
Wolodumir “Walter” Stadnick
Canadian organized crime figure and Hells Angels member
#167
Wilf Scolding
British actor
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
#168
Włodzimierz Smolarek
Polish footballer
#169
Willie Spence
American singer (1999-2022)
#170
Walter de Silva
Automobile designer
Walter #116
#171
William Scranton
Governor of Pennsylvania
#172
William I of Sicily
King of Sicily
#173
Wayne Simmonds
Canadian ice hockey player
#174
Will Stuart
English rugby union footballer (b. 1996)
#175
William Archibald Spooner
British priest
#176
Wesley Simina
Federated States of Micronesia politician
#177
William Still
American activist
#178
William Donald Schaefer
American politician
#179
William Seabrook
American journalist
#180
Walter Scott
singer
Walter #7
#181
Wasim Sajjad
President of Pakistan
#182
Walter Sparrow
English actor
Walter #126
#183
Wendell Sailor
Australian dual code rugby player
#184
Wu Shi
communist spy in Taiwan
#185
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia
Walter #131
#186
Woody Shaw
American musician
#187
William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwell
British editor | writer and broadcaster
#188
William Clement Stone
American New Thought author
#189
Wilfrid Sellars
American philosopher
#190
William Shawcross
British journalist
#191
Wacław Sierpiński
mathematician
#192
William Squire
Welsh actor
#193
Will Shu
American businessman | the co-founder and CEO of Deliveroo
#194
Wesley Singerman
American actor
#195
Wolfram Sievers
German Nazi physician
#196
Winfried Schäfer
German footballer and manager
#197
Wallace Souza
Brazilian politician
#198
William C. Sullivan
FBI official
#199
William Shea
American lawyer; founder of Continental League
#200
Walther Schwieger
German World War I U-boat commander