#1
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Top 500 #294 William #1 Hamlet
#2
Will Smith
Will Smith
American actor | film producer and rapper (born 1968)
I | Robot
#3
William Shatner
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
William #2
#4
Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson
American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)
#5
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
American actor (born 1962)
#6
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn
American actor
The Princess Bride
#7
Willow Smith
Willow Smith
American singer and actress (born 2000)
I Am Legend
#8
William Saliba
William Saliba
French footballer (born 2001)
William #16
#9
Wojciech Szczęsny
Wojciech Szczęsny
Polish association football player
#10
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
United States Army general (1820–1891)
William #20
#11
Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Scottish novelist | poet and playwright (1771–1832)
Walter #2 Ivanhoe
#12
Wes Studi
Wes Studi
American actor
Avatar
#13
Wendell Smallwood
Wendell Smallwood
American football running back
#14
Will Sasso
Will Sasso
Canadian actor and comedian
Office Romance
#15
Will Sharpe
Will Sharpe
British actor | writer | and director
#16
Walker Scobell
Walker Scobell
American actor
#17
William Sadler
William Sadler
American actor (born 1950)
William #27 The Shawshank Redemption
#18
Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes
American comedian | writer | actress and voice artist
#19
Will Smith
Will Smith
British comedian | actor | author and screenwriter
#20
William F. Sullivan
William F. Sullivan
judge in Massachusetts | US
William #34
#21
Wren Sinclair
Wren Sinclair
American professional wrestler
#22
Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder
Dutch association football player (born 1984)
#23
Wayne Static
Wayne Static
American musician (1965–2014)
#24
Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting
British Labour politician (born 1983)
#25
Warren Spector
Warren Spector
American game designer
#26
Władysław Szpilman
Władysław Szpilman
(1911-2000) Polish pianist | composer | Holocaust survivor
#27
William H. Gates, Sr.
William H. Gates, Sr.
American attorney and philanthropist (1925–2020)
William #56
#28
Winston Spencer-Churchill
Winston Spencer-Churchill
British politician (1940–2010)
Top 500 #248
#29
Wrenn Schmidt
Wrenn Schmidt
American actress
Nope
#30
Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott
Union United States Army general (1786-1866)
#31
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
William Patrick Stuart-Houston
Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
William #69
#32
William James Sidis
William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
William #41
#33
Wanderlei Silva
Wanderlei Silva
Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
#34
William H. Seward
William H. Seward
American lawyer and politician (1801-1872)
William #82
#35
Woody Strode
Woody Strode
American athlete and actor (1914–1994)
Spartacus
#36
Will Sampson
Will Sampson
Muscogee Creek actor from Oklahoma (1933–1987)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
#37
William Stirling
William Stirling
British Army officer of the Special Air Service
William #92
#38
Will Smallbone
Will Smallbone
Irish association football player
#39
William Sanderson
William Sanderson
American actor
William #95 Blade Runner
#40
Will Self
Will Self
English writer and journalist (born 1961)
#41
Wendy Schaal
Wendy Schaal
American actress
#42
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)
#43
Warren Sapp
Warren Sapp
American football player (born 1972)
#44
Weslye Saunders
Weslye Saunders
American football player
#45
Wesley So
Wesley So
Filipino-American chess player
#46
William Schallert
William Schallert
actor from the United States
William #109
#47
William Shockley
William Shockley
American physicist and inventor
William #110
#48
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Former Governor-General of Australia
William #117
#49
Will Scharf
Will Scharf
American attorney | political advisor
#50
Wendie Jo Sperber
Wendie Jo Sperber
American actress (1958–2005)
Back to the Future
#51
Wendy Shon
Wendy Shon
South Korean singer
#52
Willow Shields
Willow Shields
American actress
The Hunger Games
#53
Wilbur Soot
Wilbur Soot
British Twitch streamer | YouTuber | and musician
#54
Wilton Simpson
Wilton Simpson
American politician
#55
Wes Scantlin
Wes Scantlin
American musician
#56
William Saroyan
William Saroyan
Armenian-American novelist | playwright | and short story writer (1908-1981)
William #142
#57
Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Smith
South African novelist
#58
Way-Ar Sangngern
Way-Ar Sangngern
Thai model and actor
#59
Wilfried Singo
Wilfried Singo
Ivorian football player
#60
W. Morgan Sheppard
W. Morgan Sheppard
British actor
The Prestige
#61
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian writer (born 1934)
#62
William Lee Scott
William Lee Scott
American actor
William #158 The Magnificent Seven
#63
William Clay Ford, Sr.
William Clay Ford, Sr.
American football executive
William #162
#64
Whitley Strieber
Whitley Strieber
American writer
#65
Will Smith
Will Smith
American baseball catcher
#66
William Rockefeller, Sr.
William Rockefeller, Sr.
American con artist
William #167
#67
Warren Spahn
Warren Spahn
American baseball player
#68
William Steig
William Steig
American cartoonist | children's illustrator and writer
William #169 Shrek!
#69
Walter Schellenberg
Walter Schellenberg
German police and SS general | head of the military secret services and convicted war criminal (1910-1952)
Walter #26
#70
Wendy Schmidt
Wendy Schmidt
philanthropist
#71
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell Smith
United States general
Walter #27
#72
Will Swenson
Will Swenson
American actor and singer
The Greatest Showman
#73
William Kennedy Smith
William Kennedy Smith
American physician; younger son of Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen Edward Smith
William #188
#74
W. G. Sebald
W. G. Sebald
German writer and academic (1944-2001)
#75
Willie Stargell
Willie Stargell
American professional baseball player and coach
#76
Walter Samuel
Argentine association football player
Walter #30
#77
William D. Swenson
medal of Honor recipient and former U.S. Army captain
William #197
#78
Wallace Stegner
American historian | writer | and environmentalist
#79
William L. Shirer
American journalist (1904–1993)
#80
William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwell
British editor | writer and broadcaster
#81
William Smith
American actor (1933-2021)
The Outsiders
#82
Walter Sickert
British artist
Walter #34
#83
Willard Scott
American retired weather presenter and actor
#84
Will Smith
American football player (1981-2016)
#85
Whitney Sudler-Smith
American film director
#86
Wally Schirra
American astronaut (1923–2007)
#87
Whit Stillman
Screenwriter/director
#88
William Salyers
American actor
#89
Walter Sisulu
South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress
Walter #38
#90
Wilhelm Stuckart
German judge and politician
#91
Will Shortz
American puzzle creator and editor
#92
Wendy Saddington
Australian singer | journalist
#93
William Shockley
American actor
William #110
#94
Warren Stevens
American actor
#95
Wallace Stevens
American poet
#96
William Sylvester
American film actor
2001: A Space Odyssey
#97
William S. Sessions
American judge
#98
Wajid Ali Shah
Nawab of Awadh
#99
Walter Smith
Scottish association football player and manager (born 1948-2021)
Walter #42
#100
William Joseph Simmons
Ku Klux Klan founder
#101
William Styron
American novelist and essayist
#102
Warren Stephens
American chief executive
#103
Washington Sundar
Indian cricketer
#104
William Stephens Smith
American politician
#105
Władysław Sikorski
Polish military and political leader
#106
Walter Schreifels
rock musician and producer from New York City
Walter #44
#107
Wesley Schultz
American guitarist and singer
#108
Willie Sutton
American bank robber
#109
Willie Stokes
American mobster
#110
William J. Seymour
American minister
#111
Walter Salles
Brazilian film director | screenwriter and film producer
Walter #48
#112
Waluscha de Sousa
Indian actress
#113
Willi Smith
American fashion designer
#114
William Suff
American serial killer
#115
Wendy Smith
English musician
#116
Wilf Scolding
British actor
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
#117
Will Swan
American musician (born 1985)
#118
William Thornton Kemper, Sr.
American banker and politician
#119
Walter Slezak
actor
Walter #53
#120
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
German general (1888-1976)
#121
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Duke of Somerset
#122
William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
American businessman (1792-1875)
#123
Wilhelm Steinitz
Austrian chess player
#124
Willie Spence
American singer (1999-2022)
#125
William Simons
British actor
#126
William Dorsey Swann
drag queen
#127
Wriddhiman Saha
Indian cricket player
#128
William Saville-Kent
British biologist
#129
William Shawn
American magazine editor
#130
Wafic Saïd
Syrian businessman
#131
Wang Sicong
Chinese businessman
Wang #22
#132
William Stephenson
Canadian spymaster
#133
Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet | Nobel Prize winner
#134
Wes Stock
American baseball player
#135
William Smithers
American actor
#136
William Shakespeare
American football player
William #1
#137
Willy Sagnol
French association football player and manager
#138
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
English Duke
#139
Warren Schaeffer
baseball player
#140
Walther Sommerlath
German businessman
#141
Wally Szczerbiak
American former basketball player
#142
Wallace Souza
Brazilian politician
#143
Wolodumir “Walter” Stadnick
Canadian organized crime figure and Hells Angels member
#144
Wu Sangui
Chinese general and rebel
#145
Wayne Sleep
British ballet dancer
#146
Walter Short
United States general
Walter #76
#147
Wasim Sajjad
President of Pakistan
#148
Walter Stennes
German politician
Walter #78
#149
Wilfrid Sellars
American philosopher
#150
Walter Sparrow
English actor
Walter #82
#151
William Smith
lawyer | congressman | the 30th and 35th Governor of Virginia
#152
Will Stancil
American lawyer
#153
Wendell Scott
American racing driver
#154
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
British Prime Minister
#155
W. Eugene Smith
American photojournalist (1918-1978)
#156
William Grant Still
American composer
#157
Will Sergeant
guitarist
#158
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Scottish soldier
Walter #89
#159
William E. Simon
Secretary of the Treasury | businessman
#160
William Sutcliffe
British novelist
#161
William II of Sicily
King of Sicily
#162
Walter Scheel
President of Germany (1974-1979)
Walter #92
#163
William Seabrook
American journalist
#164
Walt Simonson
American comic book writer and artist (born 1946)
#165
Wael Sawan
Lebanese Canadian businessman
#166
Webb Simpson
professional golfer
#167
William Clement Stone
American New Thought author
#168
William Thomas Stead
British journalist
#169
William Alexander, Lord Stirling
Continental Army general
#170
William Graham Sumner
American academic
#171
Wendell Sailor
Australian dual code rugby player
#172
William G. Stewart
English television producer and director of comedy and game shows
#173
Wolfgang Staehle
German artist
#174
Werner Stengel
German roller coaster designer
#175
Werner Sombart
German economist | sociologist | historian
#176
William Archibald Spooner
British priest
#177
Wolfgang Schäuble
German politician and statesman (1942–2023)
#178
William Safire
American journalist
#179
William Henry Sleeman
British colonial administrator
#180
Williot Swedberg
Swedish footballer
#181
William Squire
Welsh actor
#182
Willi Stoph
East German politician
#183
Winnaretta Singer
American socialite
#184
Wage Rudolf Soepratman
Indonesian songwriter
#185
Walther Schwieger
German World War I U-boat commander
#186
Walid Shoebat
American writer
#187
William Sawalich
American racing driver
#188
Wendy Strehlow
Australian actress
#189
Wesley Singerman
American actor
#190
William I of Sicily
King of Sicily
#191
Wolfgang Schmidt
German serial killer
#192
William Knox Schroeder
American shooting victim
#193
William Scranton
Governor of Pennsylvania
#194
William Shawcross
British journalist
#195
Waldo Salt
screenwriter
#196
Wesley Simina
Federated States of Micronesia politician
#197
Woody Shaw
American musician
#198
Wil Shriner
American actor | comedian
#199
Walter de Silva
Automobile designer
Walter #114
#200
Wesley Strick
American screenwriter