Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Wendy Makkena

b. 1958

American actress

Wendy O. Williams

b. 1949

American singer (1949–1998)

Wendy Raquel Robinson

b. 1967

American actress (born 1967)

Wendy Richard

b. 1943

British actress (1943–2009)

Wendy Saddington

b. 1949

Australian blues, soul and jazz singer (1949–2013)

Wendy Schaal

b. 1954

American actress (born 1954)

Wendy Thomas

b. 1961

American restaurant owner

Wendy Wasserstein

b. 1950

American playwright (1950–2006)

Wendy Williams

b. 1964

American media personality (born 1964)

Wendy Wilson

b. 1969

American pop singer (born 1969)

Wenilo (archbishop of Rouen)

Wenn V. Deramas

b. 1966

Filipino director and scriptwriter (1966–2016)

Wentworth Miller

b. 1972

American actor (born 1972)

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg

Austrian statesman (1711–1794)

Wenzel Müller

Austrian composer and conductor

Werner Arber

b. 1929

Swiss microbiologist and geneticist (born 1929)

Werner Baumbach

German bomber pilot

Werner Best

German jurist and SS general (1903–1989)

Werner Daehn

b. 1967

German actor

Werner Egk

b. 1901

German composer

Werner Erhard

b. 1935

American author, lecturer

Werner Faymann

b. 1960

Chancellor of Austria from 2008 to 2016

Werner Flume

b. 1908

German jurist (1908–2009)

Werner Forssmann

German physician, Nobel prize winner (1904–1979)