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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...

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...

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...

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...

Priscilla White

English singer

Date of Birth: 27 May 1943

Age: 72

Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE, better known asCilla Black, was an English singer and television presenter. Championed by her friends the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her s...

Dana White

American businessman and the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

Date of Birth: 28 July 1969

Age: 56

Dana Whitewas born in Manchester, Connecticut, and spent most of life in Las Vegas, Nevada. White liked boxing and competed as an amateur boxer. He opened some gyms where he created workout programs w...

Scott White

Chief Executive Officer of the Pragmatic Semiconductor

Scott White is an experienced serial entrepreneur, now leading his sixth technology venture as CEO of PragmatIC Semiconductor. He is also an Advisor at venture fund Deeptech Labs. Education Scott grad...

Marco Pierre White

British chef

Date of Birth: 11 December 1961

Age: 64

Marco Pierre Whiteis a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality. In 1995, he became the first British chef to be awarded three Michelin stars. He has trained chefs including Mario Batali...

Charlene White

British television broadcaster

Date of Birth: 22 June 1980

Age: 45

Charlene Denise Whiteis a British television broadcaster, journalist and presenter, best known for presenting ITV News programmes. She has been an anchor on Loose Women since 2021 and appeared on the ...

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 ...

Michael White

American filmmaker and actor

Date of Birth: 28 June 1970

Age: 55

Michael Christopher Whiteis an American filmmaker and actor. He created, writes, and directs the ongoing HBO satirical comedy anthology series The White Lotus, for which he has won three Primetime Emm...

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