Avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras.
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As King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)
Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918.
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Baltic German chemist (1853–1932)
Wilhelm Ostwald
Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher.
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Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)
Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.
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Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin.
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German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832–1920)
Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was a German physiologist, philosopher, professor, and one of the fathers of modern psychology.
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British writer (1824-1889)
Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White, a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone, which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhap
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English poet and artist (1757–1827)
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.
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