Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (British biologist & physicist)
Wilkins, Roy (personage)
Willard, Emma Hart (American educator)
Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline (American politician & sociologist)
William (crown prince of Germany)
William I (Dutch statesman/stateswoman)
William I (emperor of Germany and king of Prussia)
William I (king of England)
William II (king of England)
William II (emperor of Germany and king of Prussia)
William III (king of England, Scotland, and Ireland)
William IV (Royalty)
William of Malmesbury (English writer & theologian)
Williams, (Hiram) Hank (American country musician & composer)
Williams, Elizabeth (Northern Ireland politician)
Williams, Eric (Trinidadian statesman/stateswoman)
Williams, Roger (American theologian & explorer)
Williams, Serena (Tennis Player)
Williams, Tennessee (Playwright)
Williams, Theodore Samuel (Baseball Player)
Williams, William Carlos (Poet / Physician)
Willkie, Wendell Lewis (American industrialist & politician)
Wills, Helen Newington (American tennis player)
Wilson, (James) Harold ((1916-1995) British politician)
Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow (28th U.S. President)
Wilson, August (Playwright)
Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees (Scottish physicist)
Wilson, Edith Bolling (U.S. First Lady)
Wilson, Edmund (American critic & writer)
Wilson, Ellen Louise Axson (U.S. First Lady)
Wilson, Harriet (American author)
Wilson, James ((1742-1798) American jurist)
Winchell, Walter (American journalist)
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim (German archaeologist, historian & artist)
Windaus, Adolf (German chemist)
Windsor (Ruling house of Great Britain)
Winfrey, Oprah (Media Personality)
Winslow, Edward (American pioneer & explorer)
Winthrop, John (1588-1649, governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony)
Wister, Owen (American writer)
Witherspoon, John (Scottish-American theologian & politician)
Witt, Katerina (Figure Skater)
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (Philosopher)
Wodehouse, P(elham) G(renville) (English-American novelist & lyricist)
Wolf, Hugo (Austrian composer)