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Florence Welch

English singer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 28 August 1986

Age: 39

Florence Leontine Mary Welchis an English singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The band's debut studio album, Lungs (...

Paul Weller

English singer-songwriter and musician

Date of Birth: 25 May 1958

Age: 68

Paul John Welleris an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam (1972–1982). He had further success with the blue-eyed soul musi...

Thomas Welling

American actor

Date of Birth: 26 April 1977

Age: 49

Thomas "Tom" Joseph Wellingis an American actor, director, producer, podcaster, and model. He is best known for his role as Clark Kent in The WB (now The CW) superhero drama Smallville (2001–2011). He...

Annie Wells

British politician of the Scottish Conservatives

Date of Birth: 24 February 1972

Age: 54

Carol Ann "Annie" Wellsis a British politician of the Scottish Conservatives, who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party to Jackson Carlaw in 2020. She has served as a Member of th...

Martha Wells

American writer

Date of Birth: 1 September 1964

Age: 61

Martha Wellsis an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of science fiction and fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on S...

Irvine Welsh

Scottish novelist

Date of Birth: 27 September 1958

Age: 67

Irvine Welshis a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed sever...

Stephen Welsh

Scottish professional footballer

Date of Birth: 19 January 2000

Age: 26

Stephen Welshis a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Club career Welsh began his career in the youth sides at Celtic, stepping up to thei...

Ko Wen-je

Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP)

Date of Birth: 6 August 1959

Age: 66

Ko Wen-jeis a Taiwanese politician and physician who served as the mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022. He has been the chairman of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) since founding it in 2019. Before beco...

Peter III Wentz

American musician

Date of Birth: 5 June 1979

Age: 46

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz IIIis an American musician best known as the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy, since 2001. Before Fall Out Boy, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcor...

Kanye Omari West

Fasion Designer

Date of Birth: 8 June 1977

Age: 48

Kanye Omari West, from Illinois, is an American record artist and producer, songwriter, film director, fashion designer and entrepreneur. He initially gained popularity as Roc-A-Fella Record‘s produc...

Dominic West

English actor

Date of Birth: 15 October 1969

Age: 56

Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton Westis an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's The Wire (2002–2008), Noah Solloway in Showtime's The Affair (2014–2...

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

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&

Joseph Whedon

Filmmaker

Date of Birth: 23 June 1964

Age: 61

Joseph Hill Whedonis an American filmmaker, composer, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of sever...

John Whelan

General Secretary of the British trade union ASLEF

John Michael Whelanis the General Secretary of the British trade union ASLEF. He is the 18th General Secretary of ASLEF. Career He began working in the rail industry in 1984, becoming a train driver. ...

Johanne Whiley-morton

English radio DJ and television presenter

Date of Birth: 4 July 1965

Age: 60

Jo Whiley, bornJohanne Whiley-Mortonin 1965, is one of Britain’s most recognisable broadcasters and music presenters. She first found her footing in the late 1980s, working behind the scenes in radio ...

Benjamin Whishaw

English actor

Date of Birth: 14 October 1980

Age: 45

Benjamin John Whishawis an English actor. After winning a British Independent Film Award for his performance in My Brother Tom (2001), he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his portrayal of the ti...

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

Alan White

English drummer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 14 June 1949

Age: 72

Alan Whitewas an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Bruford. Following the dea...

Sharon White

Chair of the John Lewis Partnership

Date of Birth: 21 April 1967

Age: 59

Dame Sharon Michele White(born 21 April 1967) is a British businesswoman. She is currently Chair of the John Lewis Partnership, having previously held a variety of roles in the Civil Service. She was ...

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