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Winston Churchill

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
First Name Winston
Last Name Churchill
Born on November 30, 1874
Died on January 24, 1965 (aged 90)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, was a British statesman, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, Churchill was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, as leader from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith Jr.
First Name Will
Last Name Smith
Born on September 25, 1968 (age 55)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.

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William Shakespeare

First Name William
Last Name Shakespeare
Died on April 23, 1616

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.

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William Shatner

First Name William
Last Name Shatner
Born on March 22, 1931 (age 93)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 175 cm | 5'9

William Shatner is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. In his seven decades of acting, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. Shatner has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe, and a series of science fiction novels called TekWar, that were adapted for television.

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Winona Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz
First Name Winona
Born on October 29, 1971 (age 52)
Height 159 cm | 5'3

Winona Laura Horowitz, known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She is best known for taking on quirky roles in her earlier films, then went on to play more prominent roles in the 1990s.

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Wi Ha-jun

위현이
First Name Wi
Born on August 5, 1991 (age 32)

Wi Ha-joon is a South Korean actor and model. He came to prominence with his roles in the horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum and romance series Something in the Rain.

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Willie Garson

William Garson Paszamant
First Name Willie
Last Name Garson
Born on February 20, 1964
Died on September 21, 2021 (aged 57)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

William Garson Paszamant is an American actor. He has appeared in over 75 films, and more than 300 TV episodes. He is known for playing Stanford Blatch on the HBO series Sex and the City and in the related films Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2, and for his role as Mozzie in the USA Network series White Collar from 2009 to 2014. He appears on Hawaii Five-0 as Gerard Hirsch. He also played the character Martin Lloyd in the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1.

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Will Poulter

William Jack Poulter
First Name Will
Last Name Poulter
Born on January 28, 1993 (age 31)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

William Jack Poulter is an English actor. He first gained recognition for his role as Eustace Scrubb in the fantasy adventure film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). Poulter received further praise for his starring role in the comedy film We're the Millers (2013), for which he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

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William, Prince of Wales

Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windor
First Name William,
Last Name Wales
Born on June 21, 1982 (age 41)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

William, Prince of Wales is a member of the British royal family and the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Winsome Sears

First Name Winsome
Born on March 11, 1964 (age 60)
Born in Jamaica

Winsome Earle Sears is an American politician who is the lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia. A Republican, Sears served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2004 after defeating longtime incumbent Billy Robinson Jr. In September 2018, she entered the race for U.S. Senate as a Republican write-in alternative to Corey Stewart. Sears was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in the 2021 election which she won, becoming the first woman, black woman, and first person of Jamaican origin to be elected to a statewide office in Virginia.

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Will Ferrell

John William Ferrell
First Name Will
Last Name Ferrell
Born on July 16, 1967 (age 56)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

John William Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and businessman. He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), all but one of which he co-wrote with his comedy partner Adam McKay. The two also founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007. Other film roles include Elf, Old School, Blades of Glory (2007), Daddy's Home (2015), and the animated films Megamind (2010) and The Lego Movie (2014).

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Willem Dafoe

William James Dafoe
First Name Willem
Last Name Dafoe
Born on July 22, 1955 (age 68)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

William James "Willem" Dafoe is an American-Italian actor. He is known for his distinct gravelly voice, and has received multiple accolades, including nominations for four Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, and Wes Anderson.

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William Baldwin

William Joseph Baldwin
First Name William
Last Name Baldwin
Born on February 21, 1963 (age 61)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

William Joseph Baldwin is an American actor, producer and writer. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the third-oldest of the four Baldwin brothers. He has starred in the films Flatliners (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Virus (1999), The Squid and the Whale (2005), played himself in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and currently stars in and produces the Netflix show Northern Rescue. Baldwin is married to singer Chynna Phillips.

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Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Addison Smith
First Name Wilbur
Last Name Smith
Born on January 9, 1933
Died on November 13, 2021 (aged 88)

Wilbur Addison Smith was a Zambian-born South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints of both black and white families.

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Wilt Chamberlain

First Name Wilt
Born on August 21, 1936
Died on October 12, 1999 (aged 63)
Height 216 cm | 7'1

Wilton Norman Chamberlain was an American professional basketball player who played as a center and is considered one of the greatest players in history. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the University of Kansas and also for the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the NBA. Chamberlain stood 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, and weighed 250 pounds (110 kg) as a rookie before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds (140 kg) with the Lakers.

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Wilhelm II

First Name Wilhelm
Last Name II
Born on January 27, 1859
Died on June 4, 1941 (aged 82)
Born in Germany, Berlin

Wilhelm II, Anglicised as William II, was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918. Despite strengthening Germany’s position as a great power by building a blue-water navy and promoting scientific innovation, his tactless public statements and reckless foreign policy greatly antagonized the international community and ultimately plunged his country into World War I. When the German war effort collapsed after a series of crushing defeats on the Western Front in 1918, he was forced to abdicate, thereby bringing an end to the Hohenzollern dynasty’s three-hundred-year rule.

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Willow Smith

Willow Camille Reign Smith
First Name Willow
Last Name Smith
Born on October 31, 2000 (age 23)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Willow Camille Reign Smith, also known mononymously as Willow, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actress and dancer. She is the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and the younger sister of Jaden Smith. Smith made her acting debut in 2007 in the film I Am Legend and later appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl alongside Abigail Breslin. She received a Young Artist Award for her performance.

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Wilford Brimley

Anthony Wilford Brimley
First Name Wilford
Last Name Brimley
Born on September 27, 1934
Died on August 1, 2020 (aged 85)

Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor and singer. After serving in the United States Marine Corps and taking on a variety of odd jobs, he became an extra for western films, and in little more than a decade he had established himself as a character actor in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), and Cocoon (1985). He was the longtime face of television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related commercials for Liberty Medical.

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Willy Brandt

Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm
First Name Willy
Last Name Brandt
Born on December 18, 1913
Died on October 8, 1992 (aged 78)

Willy Brandt was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson
First Name Willie
Last Name Nelson
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Willie Hugh Nelson is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.

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William Randolph Hearst

First Name William
Last Name Hearst
Born on April 29, 1863
Died on August 14, 1951 (aged 88)

William Randolph Hearst Sr. was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his wealthy father, Senator George Hearst.

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William Murdoch

First Name William
Last Name Murdoch
Born on August 21, 1754
Died on November 15, 1839 (aged 85)

William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and inventor.

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William Zabka

First Name William
Last Name Zabka
Height 180 cm | 5'11

William George Zabka also known as Billy Zabka, is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984) and the TV series Cobra Kai (2018–present). In 2004, he was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing and producing the short film Most.

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Wilfried Zaha

Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha

Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ivory Coast national team.

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William Lucking

First Name William
Last Name Lucking
Born on June 17, 1941
Died on October 18, 2021 (aged 80)
Height 192 cm | 6'4

William "Bill" Lucking is an American film, television, and stage actor, best known for his role as Piney Winston in Sons of Anarchy (2008–2011), and for his movie roles in The Magnificent Seven Ride (1972), and The Rundown (2003).

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William IV

First Name William
Last Name IV
Born on August 21, 1765
Died on June 20, 1837 (aged 71)

William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover.

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William Barr

First Name William
Last Name Barr
Born on May 23, 1950 (age 73)

William Pelham "Bill" Barr is an American attorney who served as the 77th and 85th United States Attorney General, in the administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump.

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William Wallace

First Name William
Last Name Wallace
Died on August 23, 1305

Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.

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Will Arnett

First Name Will
Last Name Arnett
Born on May 4, 1970 (age 53)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 189 cm | 6'2

William Emerson Arnett is a Canadian actor, comedian and producer. He is best known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix series Arrested Development, receiving a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and as BoJack Horseman in the Netflix series of the same name. He has appeared in films such as Blades of Glory (2007), Hot Rod (2007), When in Rome (2010), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016). His performance as Devon Banks in 30 Rock earned him four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series nominations.

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Willie Robertson

First Name Willie
Last Name Robertson
Born on April 22, 1972 (age 51)

Willie Jess Robertson is an American TV personality, businessman, author and conservative political activist. He is best known for his appearances on the reality TV series Duck Dynasty on A&E, and is the current CEO of the company Duck Commander. Robertson lives in West Monroe, Louisiana with his wife Korie and his children: John Luke, Sadie, Will, Rowdy, Bella, and Rebecca.

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