English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
William of Ockham
William of Ockham or Occam was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian.
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English playwright and author (1874–1965)
William Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was an English writer, known for his plays, novels, and short stories.
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British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer.
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English Romantic poet (1770–1850)
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads.
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German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1964 to 1987 and concurrently served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974.
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Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)
Wisława Szymborska
Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Polish novelist (1867-1925)
Władysław Reymont
Władysław Stanisław Reymont was a Polish novelist and the laureate of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Nigerian writer (born 1934)
Wole Soyinka
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet.
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28th President of the United States (1913–1921)
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
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