Lives listing by nationality: English
- Woodward, Reverend Doctor Josiah (born 1657–died 1712), English churchman, moral reformer, East India Company official
- Wooler, Thomas (born 1786–died 1853), English journalist, radical
- Woolston, Thomas (born 1755–died 1808), English schoolteacher
- Wordsworth, William (born 1770–died 1850), English author, poet, critic
- Worsley, Benjamin (born 1617–died 1677), English physician, surgeon, speculator, civil servant
- Worsley, Lady Frances [née Thynne] (born 1673–died 1750), English aristocrat
- Worsley, Henry (born after 1670–died 1740), English diplomat, colonial governor, politician, member of Parliament
- Worsley, Sir Richard, 7th baronet (born 1751–died 1805), English politician, member of Parliament, art collector, historian, author
- Worsley, Sir Thomas, 6th baronet (born 1728–died 1768), English aristocrat, historian, author
- Wortley Montagu, Sir Edward, 1st earl of Sandwich (born 1678–died 1761), English diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Wortley Montagu, Edward (born 1713–died 1776), English traveller, criminal, politician, member of Parliament
- Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary [née Pierrepont] (born 1689–died 1762), English aristocrat, traveller, author, poet
- Wotton, Reverend William (born 1666–died 1727), English churchman, linguist, theologian, academician
- Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel William, 1st baronet (born 1751–died 1831), English East India Company official, traveller, writer of memoirs, politician, member of Parliament
- Wray, Daniel (born 1701–died 1783), English author, historian, academician
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