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| Watt, James | (1736 - 1819) | 2 | Zitate |
| Watzlawick, Paul | (1921 - 2007) | 8 | Zitate |
| Waugh, Evelyn | (1903 - 1966) | 12 | Zitate |
| Wavell, Archibald | (1883 - 1950) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wayne, John | (1907 - 1979) | 7 | Zitate |
| Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm | (1813 - 1894) | 6 | Zitate |
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| Weber, Karl Julius | (1767 - 1832) | 8 | Zitate |
| Weber, Max | (1864 - 1920) | 6 | Zitate |
| Webster, Daniel | (1782 - 1852) | 9 | Zitate |
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| Wecker, Konstantin | (*1947) | 3 | Zitate |
| Weckherlin, Georg Rodolf | (1584 - 1653) | 6 | Zitate |
| Wedekind, Frank | (1864 - 1918) | 10 | Zitate |
| Weerth, Georg | (1822 - 1856) | 4 | Zitate |
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| Wegmann, Jürgen | (*1964) | 1 | Zitat |
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| Wehberg, Hans | (1885 - 1962) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wehner, Herbert | (1906 - 1990) | 3 | Zitate |
| Wehner, Josef | (1891 - 1973) | 2 | Zitate |
| Weidemann, Kurt | (1922 - 2011) | 21 | Zitate |
| Weigel, Hans | (1908 - 1991) | 1 | Zitat |
| Weil, Simone | (1909 - 1943) | 4 | Zitate |
| Weill, Sanford I. | (*1933) | 3 | Zitate |
| Weinert, Erich | (1890 - 1953) | 1 | Zitat |
| Weinheber, Josef | (1892 - 1945) | 2 | Zitate |
| Weininger, Otto | (1880 - 1903) | 3 | Zitate |
| Weiß, Ernst | (1882 - 1940) | 1 | Zitat |
| Weise, Christian | (1642 - 1708) | 1 | Zitat |
| Weiße, Christian Felix | (1726 - 1804) | 1 | Zitat |
| Weisenborn, Günther | (1902 - 1969) | 3 | Zitate |
| Weiser, Grethe | (1903 - 1970) | 5 | Zitate |
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| Weisskopf, Victor Frederick | (1908 - 2002) | 1 | Zitat |
| Weizmann, Chaim | (1874 - 1952) | 1 | Zitat |
| Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich | (1912 - 2007) | 10 | Zitate |
| Weizsäcker, Richard | (1920 - 2015) | 17 | Zitate |
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| Welles, Orson | (1915 - 1985) | 5 | Zitate |
| Wells, Carolyn | (1862 - 1942) | 2 | Zitate |
| Wells, Herbert George | (1866 - 1946) | 6 | Zitate |
| Wels, Otto | (1873 - 1939) | 1 | Zitat |
| Welteke, Ernst | (*1942) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wenger, Lisa | (1858 - 1941) | 1 | Zitat |
| Werfel, Franz | (1890 - 1945) | 7 | Zitate |
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