People

Orson Welles

Born: May 16, 1915 Kenosha, Wisconsin Died: October 10, 1985 Los Angeles, California American actor, writer, and director ...

Paul Wellstone

Born Paul David Wellstone, July 21, 1944, in Washington, DC; died in a plane crash, October 25, 2002, in Eveleth, MN. United States Senator. Paul Wellstone, a Democratic senator from Minne...

Seth Wescott

Snowboard cross athlete Born June 28, 1976, in Durham, NC; son of Jim Wescott (a college professor and coach) and Margaret Gould-Wescott (a college professor). Edu...

Kanye West

June 8, 1977 • Atlanta, Georgia Hip-hop artist, music producer Kanye West is a quadruple threat: producer, rapper, songwriter, and record executive. His albums have sol...

Dorothy West

During a long writing career that began when she was a teenager, Dorothy West (1907–1998) wrote two novels and numerous short stories, and worked as a magazine editor and newspaper...

Kanye West

Rap musician and record producer Born Kayne Omari West, June 8, 1977; son of Ray (a marriage counselor) and Donda (a professor) West. Education: Atte...

Wetherspoon

Consumer goods

J D Wetherspoon plc (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom a

Edith Wharton

Born: January 24, c. 1861 New York, New York Died: August 11, 1937 Paris, France American author Edith Wharton, Ameri...

WhatsApp

Computers and software

WhatsApp is an internationally available freeware, cross-platform centralized instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by American company&

Joss Whedon

Scriptwriter, television producer, and feature film director Born Joseph Hill Whedon, June 23, 1964, in New York, NY; son of Tom Whedon (a television scriptwriter) and Lee Stearns...

Christopher Wheeldon

Yeovil, Somerset, England Ballet choreographer, dancer Called ballet's hottest choreographer in 2004, Christopher Wheeldon has choreographed more than thirty ballets in...

Tensie Whelan

Executive director of the Rainforest Alliance Born May 20, 1960, in New York, NY; daughter of Sidney S. (an attorney) and Carol (a systems consultant; maiden name, Storke) Whelan;...

Fred L. Whipple

Born November 5, 1906, in Red Oak, IA; died August 30, 2004, in Cambridge, MA. Astrophysicist. Fred L. Whipple "was one of those rare individuals who affected our lives in many ways," Char...

James Whistler

Born: July 10, 1834 Lowell, Massachusetts Died: July 17, 1903 London, England American painter and etcher The America...

Whitbread

Leisure

Whitbread plc is a multinational British hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England. The business was founded as a brewery in 1742, and had become the largest brew

E. B. White

Born: July 11, 1899 Mount Vernon, New York Died: October 1, 1985 North Brooklin, Maine American essayist and author E...

Barry White

Born Barry Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944, in Galveston, TX; died of kidney failure, July 4, 2003, in Los Angeles, CA. Singer. Soul seducer Barry White put out a string of hits during t...

Opal Whiteley

The life of American author Opal Whiteley (1897–1992) was a tragic one, shrouded in mystery. About the reputation of her best-known work, however, there is no mystery at all: her n...

Susan Whiting

Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen Media Research Born August 1, 1956, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Lawrence H. Whiting Jr. (an aviation entrepreneur); married Stephen J. Brogan (a...

Narcissa Whitman

In 1836, American missionary Narcissa Whitman (1808–1847) became the first woman of European heritage to cross the Rocky Mountains into the western United States. She and her husba...