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- Walter KitchenerLieutenant-General Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener KCB (26 May 1858 – 6 March 1912), also k
- Walter ModelGerman military officer (1891–1945)
- Walter ReutherAmerican labor union leader and progressive activist (1907–1970)
- Walter von ReichenauGerman field marshal (1884–1942)
- Walter White (activist)American civil rights activist (1893–1955)
- Wang Dan (dissident)Chinese democracy movement leader (born 1969)
- Wang Jian (Qin)3rd century BC Chinese military general
- Wei JingshengChinese human rights activist (born 1950)
- Wei QingHan dynasty general
- Werner MöldersGerman World War II flying ace
- Wilhelm KeitelGerman field marshal and war criminal (1882–1946)
- Wilhelm Ritter von LeebGerman field marshal (1876–1956)
- Wilhelm-Ferdinand GallandWilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" Galland (23 October 1914 – 17 August 1943) was a German Luftwaffe
- William B. TravisTexian Army officer and lawyer (1809–1836)
- William Beresford, 1st Viscount BeresfordAnglo-Portuguese General (1768-1854)
- William BirdwoodBritish army officer (1865–1951)
- William BoothEnglish Methodist preacher and founder of The Salvation Army (1829–1912)
- William Cooper (Aboriginal Australian)Political Activist and Leader
- William D. LeahyUnited States Navy admiral (1875–1959)
- William H. ForrestWilliam Hezekiah Forrest (c. 1831 – March 14, 1875), called Bill Forrest, was one of the s
- William Halsey Jr.United States Navy admiral (1882–1959)
- William Howe, 5th Viscount HoweBritish Army officer and politician (1729–1814)
- William Jacob Knox Jr.William Jacob Knox Jr. (January 5, 1904 - July 9, 1995) was an American chemist at Columbi
- William Lloyd GarrisonAmerican journalist and abolitionist (1805–1879)
- William Lyon MackenzieCanadian-American journalist and politician (1795–1861)
- William Slim, 1st Viscount SlimBritish Army field marshal, Governor-General of Australia, and author (1891–1970)
- William Tecumseh ShermanUnited States Army general (1820–1891)
- William Walker (filibuster)American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary (1824–1860)
- William WallaceScottish knight (1270–1305)
- William WestmorelandUnited States Army general (1914–2005)
- Wilma MankillerCherokee Nation chief and activist (1945–2010)
- Winfield ScottUnited States Army general (1786–1866)
- Winnie MandelaSouth African activist and politician (1936–2018)
- WirantoIndonesian general and politician
- Wolfe ToneIrish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)
- Women's Action AllianceThe Women's Action Alliance (WAA), or simply the Alliance, was a feminist organization in
- Women's Christian Temperance Union New ZealandWomen's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand (WCTU NZ) is a non-partisan, non-denomin
- Wu ZixuChinese Wu kingdom general and politician (died 484 BC)