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Famous First Names Beginning with the Letter - W

This category is for famous people who have first names which begin with the letter W. The names include - Walter - William.

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Walter Raleigh

[Sir], (1552 - 1618), English courtier, poet and explorer. He organized unsuccessful attempts to colonize Virginia with English settlers in the 1580s. In 1595, he travelled to the Orinoco. He was imprisoned after Queen Elizabeth's death, but was released to search for treasure on the Orinoco in 1616, and was executed on his return.

William Blake

(1757 - 1827), English poet and artist. He is considered to be one of the greatest of the English Romantic poets.

William Cowper

(1731 - 1800), English poet and hymn writer. He wrote 'John Gilpin' and 'The Task'.

William Henry Beveridge

[1st Baron Beveridge], (1879 - 1963), Indian-born English economist. His 'Beveridge Report' became the basis for the welfare state introduced in Britain.

William Caxton

(c.1422 - 91), English printer and translator. His 'Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy' (printed at Bruges, 1475), was the first book to be printed in English.