Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Daniel Walker
English journalist
Daniel Meirion Walker(born 19 March 1977) is an English journalist, newsreader and television presenter. He currently presents 5 News on Channel 5. He was the host of Football Focus from 2009 to 2021,...

Alex Walkinshaw
British actor
Alex Newcombe Walkinshawis a British actor. He has played the long-running roles of Dale "Smithy" Smith in the ITV police procedural series The Bill and Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher in BBC medical dramas ...

Johnathan Wall
Professional basketball player
Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr.is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A Raleigh, North Carolina native, Wall was chosen wit...

Christopher Wallace
American broadcast journalist
Christopher Wallaceis an American broadcast journalist. He is known for his tough and wide-ranging interviews, for which he is often compared to his father, 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace. Over hi...

Gregg Wallace
English broadcaster
Gregg Allan Wallaceis an English broadcaster, entrepreneur, media personality, writer and former greengrocer. He is known for co-presenting MasterChef, Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Profess...

Robert Ben Lobban Wallace
Secretary of State for Defence
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace(born 15 May 1970) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Defence since 24 July 2019. He was previously the UK's longest-serving Minister of State for Secur...

Otto Wallin
Swedish professional boxer
Einar Otto Wallinis a Swedish professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Swedish title in 2018. He holds a notable win over world heavyweight ...

Emma Walmsley
Сhief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline
Dame Emma Natasha Walmsleyis the chief executive officer (CEO) of GlaxoSmithKline. She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty, who retired in March 2017. Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a...

Bradley Walsh
English actor
Bradley John Walshis an English actor, television presenter, comedian, singer, and former professional footballer. Walsh's acting roles on television include Danny Baldwin in the ITV soap opera Corona...

Baillie Walsh
British film director and screenwriter
Baillie Walshis a British film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work directing music videos and films for corporate brands. Career Walsh made his feature-film debut with Flashbacks ...

Amy Walsh
English actress
Amy Victoria Walshis an English actress, known for her role as Tracy Metcalfe on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Career As a child, Walsh appeared as Emily in the short film Past Memoirs (1995). Her fir...

Louis Walsh
Irish music manager and television personality
Michael Louis Vincent Walshis an Irish music manager and television personality. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone, Jedward and Westlife, four of Ireland's most successful pop acts in the 1990s and...

Kevin Walsh
American film and TV producer
Kevin J. Walshis an American film and TV producer. Walsh is best known for producing the critically acclaimed film Manchester by the Sea, in which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Pictur...

Frances Walsh
New Zealand screenwriter and film producer
Dame Frances Rosemary Walshis a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer. The partner of filmmaker Peter Jackson, Walsh has contributed to all of their films since 1989: as co-writer since Meet the ...

Ashley (Asher D) Walters
British actor and rapper
Ashley Anthony Walters, also known by his stage nameAsher D, is a British actor and rapper. He first rose to fame as a member of the UK garage group So Solid Crew who hit the top spot on the U.K. char...

Hannah Walters
English actress
Hannah Waltersis an English actress, producer, and director. Career Walters began her acting career in 2006, with a small role in The Thieving Headmistress. She followed this with appearances as Trudy...

Melanie Walters
Welsh actress
Melanie Waltersis a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey and Emma, a vampire in the third series of Being Hum...

Timothy Walz
American politician
Timothy James Walzis an American politician, former schoolteacher, and retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer who has served as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019. He is the Democratic Part...

James Wan
Australian filmmaker
James Wanis an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the ...

Duncan Wanblad
Group director – strategy annd business development
Duncan Wandladled this Base Metals business as CEO from 2013 to 2019, and took on the Strategy and Business Development portfolio as Group Director in 2016. He is a non-executive director ofDe Beersan...