Lives listing with initial: W
- Welles, Arnold (born 1761–died 1827), American businessman
- Wellesley, Arthur, 1st duke of Wellington (born 1769–died 1852), English army officer, prime minister
- Wellesley, Richard Colley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (born 1760–died 1842), Irish aristocrat, colonial governor, diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Wells, James (flourished 1789), American civil servant
- Wells, Nathaniel (born 1740–died 1816), American schoolteacher, politician
- Wells, William Charles (born 1757–died 1817), American physician, academician
- Welsted, Leonard (born 1688–died 1747), English author, poet
- Welwyn Charity School, trustees of (active 1760–1763), English charity trustee, school trustee
- Wendell, Edward (died c. 1841), American [unknown occupation]
- Wendell, John (born 1731–died 1808), American merchant, speculator
- Wentworth, Thomas, 1st earl of Strafford [2nd creation] (born 1672–died 1739), English army officer, diplomat
- Wentworth, William, 2nd earl of Strafford [2nd creation] (born 1722–died 1791), English aristocrat, architect
- Werner, Doctor Christian (flourished 1655–1688), Dutch physician, alchemist
- Wescombe, Sir Martin (died 1736), English consular official
- Wesley, John (born 1703–died 1791), English churchman, Methodist
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