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

Mats Wilander
Former tennis player
Mats Arne Olof Wilanderis a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Op...

Alice Wilcock
Head of Education at The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)
Alice Wilcockis Head of Education at The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ). Career Head of Education Policy at Centre for Social JusticeSenior Policy Analyst at Centre for Social JusticeData Analyst at ...

Rebecca Wilcox
British television presenter
Rebecca Wilcoxis a British television presenter, mainly for the BBC. Career Wilcox started as a television researcher, and then became an assistant producer on programmes such as ITV's Hell's Kitchen,...

Desmond Wilcox
British television producer
Desmond John Wilcoxwas a British television producer, documentary filmmaker, journalist and television executive. He worked at the BBC and ITV during his career and was producer of series such as This...

Thiago Seyboth Wild
Brazilian professional tennis player
Thiago Seyboth Wildis a Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 65 on 4 March 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 197 achieved on 22 May 2023. He had a ...

Oscar Wilde
Irish poet
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wildewas an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s...

Deontay Wilder
American professional boxer
Deontay Leshun Wilderis an American professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020. By winning the title, Wilder became the first American world heavywe...

Adam Wiles
Record producer
Adam Richard Wiles, known professionally asCalvin Harris(and sometimes under the stage name Love Regenerator), is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album, I Crea...

Jonathan Wilkinson
English former rugby union player
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, is an English former rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and Toulon and represented England and the British & Irish Lions. He is particularly know...

George Will
Political commentator
George Frederick Willis an American libertarian conservative writer and political commentator, who writes regular columns for The Washington Post and provides commentary for NewsNation. In 1986, The W...

Duke of Cambridge Prince William,
Prince
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, KG, KT, PC, ADC (William Arthur Philip Louis;[fn 1] born 21 June 1982) is a member of the British royal family. He is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and ...

David Williams
English comedian
David Edward Williams, known professionally asDavid Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, author, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch...

Bianca Williams
British athlete
Bianca Williamsis a British athlete. She competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won bronze medals in the 200 m, and in the 4 × 100 m relay. She has also won two medals as part ...

Marlon Williams
New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor
Marlon Williamsis a New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor based in Melbourne, Australia. Primarily known as a solo artist, he works and tours with his backing band The Yarra Benders and f...

Rose Williams
English actress
Rose Victoria Williamsis an English actress from Ealing, London. Her television roles include Princess Claude in Reign and as Charlotte Heywood in Sanditon. Career Williams appeared in Casualty, Reign...

Mark Williams
English actor
Mark Williamsis an English actor, comedian, presenter and screenwriter. He first achieved widespread recognition as one of the central performers in the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show. His film...

Lee James (The Vivienne) Williams
Singer
James Lee Williams, known professionally asThe Vivienne, was a Welsh drag queen known for winning the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019. They later competed in the seventh season of RuPaul...

Wyn Williams
Welsh judge
Sir Wyn Lewis Williamsis a Welsh judge who is the President of Welsh Tribunals. He had been a High Court judge from 2007 until his retirement on 10 February 2017. Legal Career Williams was called to t...

Pharrell Williams
American rapper
Pharrell Lanscilo Williamsis an American rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo The Neptunes i...

Jessica Williams
American actress and comedian
Jessica Renee Williamsis an American actress and comedian. She has appeared as a senior correspondent on The Daily Show, as cohost of the podcast 2 Dope Queens, as Lally Hicks in the Fantastic Beasts ...