People

Meg Whitman

1957 • Cold Spring Harbor, New York Chief executive officer Meg Whitman is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of eBay, Inc., the online auction site th...

Walt Whitman

Born: May 31, 1819 West Hills, New York Died: March 26, 1892 Camden, New Jersey American poet Walt Whitman is general...

Patrick Whitney

Director of the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology Born Patrick Foster Whitney, c. 1952; married Cheryl Kent (an author). Education: C...

Wholebake

Industry and Production

Wholebake produces and supplies energy bars for vegetarians and the company offers its products through health and food shops, as well as online. It is situated in the United Kingdom and the company w

Benjamin Lee Whorf

American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) is remembered for a group of speculative ideas about thought and language that remain controversial but have exerted strong influen...

Michelle Wie

October 11, 1989 • Honolulu, Hawaii Golfer Michelle Wie is a phenomenal, powerful golfer who regularly hits the ball nearly three hundred yards off the tee, about f...

Elie Wiesel

Born: September 30, 1928 Sighet, Romania Romanian-born American writer and teacher Romanian-born American writer, speaker, and teacher Elie Wiesel is a...

Simon Wiesenthal

Born Szymon Wiesenthal, December 31, 1908, in Buczacz, Galicia (now part of Ukraine); died of kidney disease, September 20, 2005, in Vienna, Austria. Nazi war crimes investigator and human...

Oscar Wilde

Born: October 16, 1854 Dublin, Ireland Died: November 30, 1900 Paris, France Irish-born English author, dramatist, and poet ...

Thornton Wilder

Born: April 17, 1897 Madison, Wisconsin Died: December 7, 1975 Hamden, Connecticut American playwright and novelist N...

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Born: February 7, 1867 Pepin, Wisconsin Died: February 10, 1957 Mansfield, Missouri American writer American author L...

Treat Williams

Actor and director Born Robert Treat Williams, December 1, 1951, in Rowayton, CT; married Pamela Van Sant; children: Gill, Eleanor Claire. Education: ...

Pharrell Williams

Music producer, singer, and songwriter Born April 5, 1973, in Virginia Beach, VA; son of Pharoah (a handyman) and Carolyn (a teacher) Williams. Addresses: ...

Bert Williams

Bahamian-born African-American comedian and singer Bert Williams (1874–1922) was a phenomenally popular figure in the field of American theatrical entertainment during his heyday i...

Serena Williams

September 26, 1981 • Saginaw, Michigan Tennis player Beginning in the late 1990s, Serena Williams became one of the world's most talented and exciting tennis player...

Tennessee Williams

Born: March 26, 1914 Columbus, Mississippi Died: February 25, 1983 New York, New York American dramatist, playwright, and writer ...

Gretchen Wilson

Singer and songwriter Born June 16, 1973; children: Grace. Addresses: Record company —Sony Nashville, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 3721...

Woodrow Wilson

Born: December 28, 1856 Staunton, Virginia Died: February 3, 1924 Washington, D.C. American president, governor, and educator ...

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson

Ben Stiller November 30, 1965 • New York City, New York Actor, director, writer, producer Owen Wilson November ...

Paul Winfield

Born May 22, 1941, in Los Angeles, CA; died March 7, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA. Actor. Paul Winfield was a versatile actor, equally at home on the stage, in films, and on television. Winfiel...