Persons (1872 to 1896 of 1948)
| Name | Birth (min–max) | Death (min–max) | Related sources | Authored diagrams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wessels, Ulla | 1965 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Westerståhl, Dag | 1946 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Westheimer, Bartholomaeus | 2 | 0 | |||
| Weyssenburger, Johannes | 1 | 0 | |||
| Weyssenhorn, Alexander | 1 | 0 | |||
| Whately, Richard | 1787 | 1863 | 10 | 10 | |
| White, Heidi | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wilbik, Anna | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wildberg, Christian | 1957 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wilks, Ian | 1 | 2 | |||
| Wille, Matthias | 1 | 0 | |||
| Willebrand, Nicolaus | 1 | 0 | |||
| Williams, Christopher John Fardo | 1930 | 1997 | 1 | 0 | |
| Williamson, Colwyn | 1938 | 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Willis, James | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wilson, Nic | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wilson, Thomas | 1525 | 1581 | 7 | 7 | |
| Winter, Christian Friedrich | 1 | 0 | |||
| Winter, Robert | 1 | 0 | |||
| Winter, Yoad | 1 | 1 | |||
| Wintner, Shuly | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wiseman, Charles | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wlodarczyk, André | 3 | 0 | |||
| Woleński, Jan | 1940 | 14 | 7 | ||
| Wolf, Abraham | 1876 | 1948 | 2 | 1 |