Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Gretchen Wilson
Singer and songwriter Born June 16, 1973; children: Grace. Addresses: Record company —Sony Nashville, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 3721...
Woodrow Wilson
Born: December 28, 1856 Staunton, Virginia Died: February 3, 1924 Washington, D.C. American president, governor, and educator ...
Paul Winfield
Born May 22, 1941, in Los Angeles, CA; died March 7, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA. Actor. Paul Winfield was a versatile actor, equally at home on the stage, in films, and on television. Winfiel...
Oprah Winfrey
Born: January 29, 1954 Kosciusko, Mississippi African American television host and actress America's first lady of talk shows, Oprah Winfrey is well kn...
Judd Winick
Cartoonist, illustrator, and author Born February 12, 1970, in Long Island, NY; married Pam Ling, August 26, 2001. Education: University of Michigan,...
Marissa Jaret Winokur
Actress Born February 2, 1973, in New York, NY; daughter of Michael (an architect) and Maxine (a teacher) Winokur. Education: Studied at the American...
Shelley Winters
Born Shirley Schrift, August 18, 1920, in St. Louis, MO; died of heart failure, January 14, 2006, in Beverly Hills, CA. Actress. Shelley Winters won two Academy Awards for her supporting r...
Robert Wise
Born Robert Earl Wise, September 10, 1914, in Winchester, IN; died of heart failure, September 14, 2005, in Los Angeles, CA. Director. In a career that spanned five decades, film director ...
Edward Witten
Physicist Born August 26, 1951, in Baltimore, MD; son of Louis W. Witten (a physicist); married Chiara Nappi (a physicist); children: Daniela, Ilana, Rafael. ...
Patricia A. Woertz
President and Chief Executive Officer of Archer Daniels Midland Born March 17, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; daughter of Chuck (a businessman) and Vi (a librarian) Woertz; ma...
Tobias Wolff
Author and professor Born Tobias Jonathan Ansell-Wolff III, June 19, 1945, in Birmingham, AL; son of Arthur (an aeronautical engineer) and Rosemary (Loftus) Wolff; married C...
Anna May Wong
Born: January 3, 1905 Los Angeles, California Died: February 3, 1961 Santa Monica, California Asian American actress ...
Tiger Woods
Born: December 30, 1975 Cypress, California African/Asian American golfer American golfer Tiger Woods is the youngest man ever, and the first man of ...
Virginia Woolf
Born: January 25, 1882 London, England Died: March 28, 1941 Lewes, Sussex, England English novelist, critic, and essayist ...
William Wordsworth
Born: April 7, 1770 Cookermouth, Cumberland, England Died: April 23, 1850 Rydal Mount, Westmorland, England English poet ...
Henry Clay Work
Little heralded even in histories of music that focus on popular song, American songwriter Henry Clay Work (1832–1884) nevertheless left a legacy that lived on in the memories of a...
John Wren
President and Chief Executive Officer of Omnicom Born c. 1952, in New York; married; children: two. Education: Earned undergraduate and M.B.A. degrees from...
Frank Lloyd Wright
Born: June 8, 1869 Richland Center, Wisconsin Died: April 9, 1959 Phoenix, Arizona American architect The American ar...
Richard Wright
Born: September 4, 1908 Natchez, Mississippi Died: November 25, 1960 Paris, France African American writer The works ...
Tammy Wynette
One of country music's most compelling rags-to-riches figures, American singer and songwriter Tammy Wynette (1942–1998) rose from dire poverty to become the first female performer ...