Authors: W

Author	Profession	Nationality	Century	Quotes	Rating
W. C. FieldsAmerican comedian and actor	Comedian	American	19th century	44	5.0
W. H. AudenEnglish-born poet and man of letters	Poet	English	20th century	53	4.1
W. Somerset MaughamBritish novelist and playwright	Writer	British	19th century	21	4.2
Wallace StevensAmerican Modernist poet	Poet	American	19th century	5	3.3
Walt DisneyAmerican Cartoonist	Cartoonist	American	20th century	95	4.3
Walt WhitmanAmerican poet	Poet	American	19th century	19	3.3
Walter BagehotBritish economist	Economist	British	19th century	22	4.3
Walter BenjaminGerman philosopher and cultural critic, associated with the 'Frankfurt School'	Philosopher	German	19th century	53	4.8
Warren BuffettAmerican Businessman	Businessman	American	20th century	59	3.5
Wayne DyerAmerican psychotherapist, author and lecturer	Scientist	American	20th century	1	4.4
Wen JiabaoChinese Politician	Politician	Chinese	20th century	16	3.8
Wentworth DillonEnglish poet and scholar	Poet	English	17th century	57	3.2
Will RogersAmerican humorist and actor	Comedian	American	19th century	58	4.0
William BlakeBritish poet and painter	Painter	British	18th century	27	4.3
William Butler YeatsIrish poet, and playwright [Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923]	Poet	Irish	19th century	27	3.4
William CowperBritish poet	Poet	British	18th century	21	3.9
William FaulknerAmerican novelist and short-story Writer['As I Lay Dying', 'Absalom, Absalom!' Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949]	Writer	American	19th century	86	4.9
William HazlittBritish essayist and literary critic	Essayist	British	18th century	78	3.4
William J. ClintonAmerican Politician	Politician	American	20th century	56	4.4
William JamesAmerican philosopher and psychologist	Philosopher	American	19th century	29	3.5
William PennBritish religious leader	Leader	British	17th century	0	4.3
William ShakespeareBritish poet and playwright	Writer	British	16th century	267	3.2
William WordsworthEnglish Romantic poet ['Lyrical Ballads']	Poet	English	18th century	27	4.8
Winston ChurchillBritish politician	Politician	British	19th century	107	4.7
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAustrian composer. Prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.	Musician	Austrian	18th century	51	3.0
Woodrow T. Wilson28th President of the USA	Politician	American	19th century	27	4.2
Woody AllenAmerican director, actor and comedian	Comedian	American	20th century	18	4.5

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