Ilene Woods, American voice actress, born 1929
Joanne Woodward, American actress, born 1930
Virginia Woolf, English writer, born 1882
Wilbur Wright, makes his first flight, 1908
Andrew Wyeth, American painter, born 1917
Swami X, American boardwalk performer, born 1914
Liu Xiaobo, Chinese activist, born 1955
xTx, American writer
Nikos Xydakis, Egyptian-Greek singer, born 1952
Weird Al Yankovic, American comedian, born 1959
Glenn Yarbrough, American singer, born 1930
Yiruma, South Korean pianist, born 1978
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi, found hiding, 1972
Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist, born 1911
