Columbia Encyclopedia - People

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, published by Columbia University Press
This encyclopedia of people who made their mark in our world includes more than 17,000 biographical entries on famous politicians, scientists, explorers, entertainers, artists, writers and so much more.
On this page: Whitman, Charles Otis to Wilder, Laura Ingalls.

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Whitman, Charles Otis (American zoologist)
Whitman, Marcus (American Protestant pioneer & missionary)
Whitney, Asa (American businessman)
Whitney, Eli (Inventor)
Whitney, John Hay (American statesman & journalist)
Whitney, William Collins (American financier & statesman)
Whitney, William Dwight (American scholar & linguist)
Whittaker, Charles Evans (American jurist & statesman)
Whittier, John Greenleaf (American poet & sociologist)
Whittingham, Charles (English printer)
Whittington, Richard (English businessman & statesman)
Whittle, Sir Frank (English aviator)
Whitty, Dame May (English actress)
Whorf, Benjamin Lee (American linguist & anthropologist)
Whymper, Edward (English artist & athlete)
Wickersham, George Woodward (American jurist & statesman)
Wickram, Jörg (German writer)
Widener, Harry Elkins (American non-fiction writer & librarian)
Widor, Charles Marie (French musician & composer)
Widukind (Saxon leader)
Wiechert, Ernst (German novelist)
Wied, Gustav (Danish novelist, dramatist & writer)
Wieland, Christoph Martin (German poet & novelist)
Wien, Wilhelm (German physicist)
Wiener, Norbert (American mathematician & computer scientist)
Wiertz, Antoine Joseph (Belgian painter)
Wierzyński, Kazimierz (Polish poet & journalist)
Wiesel, Elie (Writer)
Wiesel, Torsten Nils (Swedish anatomist)
Wiesenthal, Simon (Writer / Activist)
Wieser, Friedrich von (Austrian economist & sociologist)
Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith) (American writer & educator)
Wigglesworth, Michael (American theologian & poet)
Wigman, Mary (German dancer & dramatist)
Wigmore, John Henry (American jurist & educator)
Wigner, Eugene Paul (American-Hungarian physicist)
Wilberforce, Samuel (English theologian)
Wilberforce, William (English statesman & politician)
Wilbur, John (American theologian)
Wilbur, Ray Lyman (American statesman & educator)
Wilbur, Richard (American poet)
Wilbye, John (English composer)
Wild, Jonathan (English criminal)
Wilde, Oscar (Writer)
Wilder, Billy (American filmmaker)
Wilder, L. Douglas (American politician)