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Wigner
  1. United States physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus (1902-1995)
Wilde
  1. Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)
Wilder
  1. United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
  2. United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
Wilhelm II
  1. grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
Wilkes
  1. United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)
  2. English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)
Wilkins
  1. English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)
  2. Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958)
  3. United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
Wilkinson
  1. English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
Willard
  1. United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)
  2. United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
Willebrand
  1. Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)
William I
  1. duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087)