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129- Abdourahman A. WaberiDjibouti · Literature
- Daniel WachsmannIsrael · Cinema
- Mansour Sora Wade and David AchkarSenegal · Cinema
- Homi WadiaIndia · Cinema · † 2004
- Anwar WagdiEgypt · Cinema · † 1955
- Karl Heinrich WaggerlAustria · Literature · † 1973
- Teh Fatimah Abdul WahabMalaysia · Literature
- Anders WahlgrenSweden · Cinema
- Andrzej WajdaPoland · Cinema · † 2016
- Derek WalcottTrinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia · Literature · † 2017 · 2 works
- Roderick WalcottSaint Lucia · Literature · † 2000
- Mauricio WalersteinVenezuela · Cinema · † 2016
- Ken WaliboraKenya · Literature · † 2020
- Syed WaliullahBangladesh · Literature · † 1971
- Giles WalkerCanada · Cinema · † 2020
- Stephen WallaceAustralia · Cinema
- Susan J. WallaceBahamas · Literature
- Chris Wallace-CrabbeAustralia · Literature · † 2025
- Yona WallachIsrael · Literature · † 1985
- Max WallerBelgium · Literature · † 1889
- Juan WallparrimachiBolivia · Literature · † 1814
- Robert WalserSwitzerland · Literature · † 1956
- Rodolfo WalshArgentina · Literature · † 1977
- Mika WaltariFinland · Literature · † 1979
- Joseph Jeffrey WaltersLiberia · Literature · † 1894
- Svend Wam and Petter VennerødNorway · Cinema · † 2017
- Pak Wan-seoSouth Korea · Literature · † 2011
- Bu WancangChina · Cinema · † 1973
- Ugyen WangdiBhutan · Cinema
- Dai WangshuChina · Literature · † 1950
- Tshering WangyelBhutan · Cinema · † 2015
- Saadallah WannousSyria · Literature · † 1997
- Vincent WardNew Zealand · Cinema
- Alex van WarmerdamNetherlands · Cinema
- Sylvia Townsend WarnerEngland · Literature · † 1978
- Muhammad Nabi WaselAfghanistan · Literature · † 1892
- Michał WaszyńskiPoland · Cinema · † 1965
- Aleksander WatPoland · Literature · † 1967
- Arena WatiMalaysia · Literature · † 2009
- Peter WatkinsEngland · Cinema · † 2025
- Chehem WattaDjibouti · Literature
- Evelyn WaughEngland · Literature · † 1966 · 2 works
- Phyllis WebbCanada · Literature · † 2021
- Batty WeberLuxembourg · Literature · † 1940
- Josef Julius WecksellFinland · Literature · † 1907
- Frank WedekindGermany · Literature · † 1918
- Paul WegenerGermany · Cinema · † 1948
- Ma-Xu WeibangChina · Cinema · † 1961
- Hans WeigelAustria · Literature · † 1991
- Richard WeinerCzechia · Literature · † 1937
- Peter WeirAustralia · Cinema
- Ernst WeissAustria · Literature · † 1940
- Frans WeiszNetherlands · Cinema · † 2025
- Cong WeixiChina · Literature · † 2019
- Johan Sebastian WelhavenNorway · Literature · † 1873
- Orson WellesUnited States · Cinema · † 1985 · 2 works
- H. G. WellsEngland · Literature · † 1946
- Ak WelsaparTurkmenistan · Literature
- Irvine WelshScotland · Literature
- Nikolaus WelterLuxembourg · Literature · † 1951
- Eudora WeltyUnited States · Literature · † 2001
- Jiang WenChina · Cinema
- Wang Wen-hsingTaiwan · Literature · † 2023
- Wim WendersGermany · Cinema · 2 works
- Albert WendtVanuatu, Samoa · Literature · 2 works
- Teng WenjiChina · Cinema
- Sándor WeöresHungary · Literature · † 1989
- Franz WerfelAustria · Literature · † 1945
- Henrik WergelandNorway · Literature · † 1845
- Lina WertmüllerItaly · Cinema · † 2021
- Naphtali Herz WesselyIsrael · Literature · † 1805
- Morris WestAustralia · Literature · † 1999
- Nathanael WestUnited States · Literature · † 1940
- Edith WhartonUnited States · Literature · † 1937
- Anne WheelerCanada · Cinema
- Eduardo WhiteMozambique · Literature · † 2014
- Patrick WhiteAustralia · Literature · † 1990
- Walt WhitmanUnited States · Literature · † 1892
- John Greenleaf WhittierUnited States · Literature · † 1892
- Martin WickramasingheSri Lanka · Literature · † 1976
- Bo WiderbergSweden · Cinema · † 1997 · 2 works
- Urs WidmerSwitzerland · Literature · † 2014
- Ernst WiechertGermany · Literature · † 1950
- Christoph Martin WielandGermany · Literature · † 1813
- Robert WieneGermany, Austria · Cinema · † 1938 · 2 works
- Punyakante WijenaikeSri Lanka · Literature · † 2023
- Oscar WildeIreland · Literature · † 1900
- Herman WildenveyNorway · Literature · † 1959
- Billy WilderUnited States · Cinema · † 2002 · 3 works
- Thornton WilderUnited States · Literature · † 1975
- Denis WilliamsGuyana · Literature · † 1998
- Tennessee WilliamsUnited States · Literature · † 1983
- William Carlos WilliamsUnited States · Literature · † 1963
- David WilliamsonAustralia · Literature
- Ethel WilsonCanada · Literature · † 1980
- Sirisena WimalaweeraSri Lanka · Cinema · † 1963
- Simon WincerAustralia · Cinema
- Anthony WinklerJamaica · Literature · † 2015
- Tim WintonAustralia · Literature
- Robert Wise and Jerome RobbinsUnited States · Cinema · † 2005
- Julian WithSuriname · Literature · † 2024
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)Poland · Literature · † 1939
- Lars WivalliusSweden · Literature · † 1669
- P. G. WodehouseEngland · Literature · † 1975
- Karel van de WoestijneBelgium · Literature · † 1929
- Kazimierz Władysław WójcickiPoland · Literature · † 1879
- Christa WolfGermany · Literature · † 2011
- Thomas WolfeUnited States · Literature · † 1938
- Betje Wolff and Aagje DekenNetherlands · Literature · † 1804
- Dan WolmanIsrael · Cinema
- Master WolmyeongSouth Korea · Literature
- Kim Won-ilSouth Korea · Literature
- John WooChina · Cinema · 2 works
- Andrés WoodChile · Cinema
- Sam WoodEngland · Cinema · † 1949
- Alfred John WookeyBotswana · Literature · † 1917
- Virginia WoolfEngland · Literature · † 1941
- William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeEngland · Literature · † 1850
- François WoukoacheCameroon · Cinema
- Judith WrightAustralia · Literature · † 2000
- Richard WrightUnited States · Literature · † 1960
- Hella WuolijokiFinland · Literature · † 1954
- William WycherleyEngland · Literature · † 1716
- Christopher van WykSouth Africa · Literature · † 2014
- William WylerUnited States · Cinema · † 1981
- Elinor WylieUnited States · Literature · † 1928
- Ellis WynneWales · Literature · † 1734
- Sylvia WynterJamaica · Literature
- Stanisław WyspiańskiPoland · Literature · † 1907