| Wilhelm II., Kaiser | (1859 - 1941) | 4 | Zitate |
| Wilhelm IV., Friedrich | (1795 - 1861) | 2 | Zitate |
| Wilkie, Wendell Lewis | (1892 - 1944) | 2 | Zitate |
| Wilkins, Roy | (1901 - 1981) | 1 | Zitat |
| Williams, Charles Walter Stansby | (1886 - 1945) | 1 | Zitat |
| Williams, John Henry | (1887 - 1980) | 1 | Zitat |
| Williams, Raymond | (1921 - 1988) | 1 | Zitat |
| Williams, Robbie | (*1974) | 1 | Zitat |
| Williams, Robin | (1951 - 2014) | 2 | Zitate |
| Williams, Tennessee | (1911 - 1983) | 14 | Zitate |
| Williams, William Carlos | (1883 - 1963) | 1 | Zitat |
| Willingham, Ron | | 1 | Zitat |
| Wilson, Charles Erwin | (1890 - 1961) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wilson, Colin Henry | (1931 - 2013) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wilson, Edward Osborne | (*1929) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wilson, Harold | (1916 - 1995) | 5 | Zitate |
| Wilson, Robert | (*1936) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | (1856 - 1924) | 10 | Zitate |
| Winckelmann, Johann Joachim | (1717 - 1768) | 3 | Zitate |
| Winter, Ernst Karl | (1895 - 1959) | 1 | Zitat |
| Winterson, Jeanette | (*1959) | 11 | Zitate |
| Wister, Owen | (1860 - 1938) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig | (1889 - 1951) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wodehouse, Pelham | (1881 - 1975) | 3 | Zitate |
| Wohmann, Gabriele | (1932 - 2015) | 2 | Zitate |
| Wolf, Christa | (1929 - 2011) | 2 | Zitate |
| Wolf, Dick | (*1946) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wolf, Wolfgang | (*1957) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wolfe, Thomas | (1900 - 1938) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wolfe, Tom | (1931 - 2018) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wolff, Julius | (1834 - 1910) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wolff, Kurt | (1887 - 1963) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wolff, Virginia E. | (*1937) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wolfowitz, Paul | (*1943) | 2 | Zitate |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary | (1759 - 1797) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wonder, Stevie | (*1950) | 5 | Zitate |
| Wontorra, Jörg | (*1948) | 2 | Zitate |
| Woods, Tiger | (*1975) | 1 | Zitat |
| Woodsworth, William | (1770 - 1850) | 1 | Zitat |
| Woollcott, Alexander Humphreys | (1887 - 1943) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wortmann, Sönke | (*1959) | 2 | Zitate |
| Wouk, Herman | (*1915) | 3 | Zitate |
| Wowereit, Klaus | (*1953) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wrangel, Friedrich | (1784 - 1877) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wright, Frank Lloyd | (1867 - 1959) | 11 | Zitate |
| Wright, Wilbur | (1867 - 1912) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wrigley jr., William | (1861 - 1932) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wriston, Walter Bigelow | (1919 - 2005) | 3 | Zitate |
| Würth, Reinhold | (*1935) | 1 | Zitat |
| Wynn, Ed | (1886 - 1966) | 1 | Zitat |