Croatian war criminal; Ustaše official who headed the system of concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during much of World War II (1913-1969)

1914-03-06 · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vladimir Jankélévitch

French philosopher (1903–1985)

1903-08-31 · France

Vladimir Kuts

Soviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975)

1927-02-07 · Ukraine

Vladimir Medinsky

Russian politician

1970-07-18 · Ukraine

Vladimir Petrović

Serbian footballer

1955-07-01 · Serbia

Vladimir Samsonov

Belarusian table tennis player

1976-04-17 · Belarus

Vladimir Titov

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut

1947-01-01 · Russia

Vo Van Kiet

prime minister of Vietnam (1922-2008)

1922-11-23 · Vietnam

Volker Zotz

Austrian religious studies scholar

1956-10-28 · Germany

Václav Neumann

Czech conductor, violinist and viola player (1920-1995)

1920-09-29 · Czech Republic

Vânia Fernandes

Portuguese singer

1985-09-25 · Portugal

Víctor Bernárdez

Honduran footballer

1982-05-24 · Honduras

Víctor Cáceres

Paraguayan footballer

1985-03-25 · Paraguay

Víctor Erice

Spanish film director (born 1940)

1940-06-30 · Spain

Víctor Manuel Fernández

Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

1962-07-18 · Argentina

Víctor Ruiz

Spanish footballer (born 1989)

1989-01-25 · Spain

W. Montgomery Watt

Scottish historian and Orientalist (1909–2006)

1909-03-14 · United Kingdom

Wael al-Halqi

66th Prime Minister of Syrian Arab Republic

1964-02-04 · Syria

Wael Ghonim

Egyptian activist and engineer

1980-12-23 · Egypt

Wale

American rapper

1984-09-21 · United States

Walerian Borowczyk

Polish film director (1923–2006)

1923-10-21 · Poland

Wallace Spearmon

American sprinter

1984-12-24 · United States

Wally Funk

American aviator and astronaut (1939–2026)

1939-02-01 · United States

Walter A. Shewhart

American statistical quality control expert

1891-03-18 · United States

Walter Ayoví

Ecuadorian footballer

1979-08-11 · Ecuador

Walter Crane

English artist and book illustrator (1845–1915)

1845-08-15 · United Kingdom

Walter Lantz

American animator (1899–1994)

1899-04-27 · United States

Walter M. Miller

American fiction writer (1923–1996)

1923-01-23 · United States

Walter Sickert

British artist (1860-1942)

1860-05-31 · Germany

Walther Meissner

German physicist (1882–1974)

1882-12-16 · Germany

Walther Wenck

Wehrmacht general (1900–1982)

1900-09-18 · Germany

Wang Qiang

Chinese female tennis player

1992-01-14 · People's Republic of China

Warren Barguil

French cyclist

1991-10-28 · France

Warren Zevon

American rock musician (1947–2003)

1947-01-24 · United States

Wayne Rogers

American actor (1933–2015)

1933-04-07 · United States

Wendell Phillips

American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer (1811-1884)

1811-11-29 · United States

Wendy Holdener

Swiss alpine skier

1993-05-12 · Switzerland

Werner Krauss

German actor (1884–1959)

1884-06-23 · Germany

Wilfredo Leon

Cuban-Polish volleyball player

1993-07-31 · Cuba

Wilhelm Backhaus

German pianist (1884–1969)

1884-03-26 · Germany

Wilhelm Leibl

German artist (1844–1900)

1844-10-23 · Germany

William Dalrymple

author and historian (born 1965)

1965-03-20 · United Kingdom

William Henry Keeler

Catholic cardinal (1931–2017)

1931-03-04 · United States

William Kamkwamba

Malawian inventor and author

1987-08-05 · Malawi

William McMaster Murdoch

British sailor (1873–1912)

1873-02-28 · United Kingdom

William O. Douglas

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975

1898-10-16 · United States

William Orpen

Irish artist (1878–1931)

1878-11-27 · Ireland

William Patrick Hitler

half-nephew of Adolf Hitler

1911-03-12 · United Kingdom

Wilson da Silva Piazza

Brazilian footballer (born 1943)

1943-02-25 · Brazil

Wilson Isidor

Haitian-French association football player

2000-08-27 · France

Wilson Oruma

Nigerian and French footballer

1976-12-30 · Nigeria

Wilton Daniel Gregory

American Cardinal

1947-12-07 · United States

Winfield Scott Hancock

United States Army officer (1824–1886)

1824-02-14 · United States

Winifred Wagner

Wife of Siegfried Wagner (1897–1980)

1897-06-23 · United Kingdom

Winnie Byanyima

20th and 21st-century Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat

1959-01-13 · Uganda

Wolfgang Loitzl

Austrian ski jumper

1980-01-13 · Austria

Wolfgang Sawallisch

German conductor and pianist (1923–2013)

1923-08-26 · Germany

Wolfhart Pannenberg

German theologian (1928–2014)

1928-10-02 · Poland

Wood Harris

American actor

1969-10-17 · United States

Wos

Argentine singer, actor, and freestyler

1998-01-23 · Argentina

Wu Bangguo

former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (1941–2024)

1941-07-22 · People's Republic of China

Wu Den-yih

Politician and former Premier of Taiwan

1948-01-30 · Taiwan

Xu Xin

Chinese table tennis player

1990-01-08 · People's Republic of China

Yair Rodríguez

Mexican mixed martial artist and Taekwondo black belt

1992-10-06 · Mexico

Yan Couto

Brazilian footballer (born 2002)

2002-06-03 · Brazil

Yann Aurel Bisseck

German footballer (born 2000)

2000-11-29 · Germany

Yarden Gerbi

Israeli judoka

1989-07-08 · Israel

Yarelys Barrios

Cuban discus thrower

1983-07-12 · Cuba

Yaroslav Rybakov

Russian Olympic high jumper

1980-11-22 · Belarus

Yasser Al-Shahaaan

Saudi Arabian footballer

1992-05-25 · Saudi Arabia

Yassine Benzia

Algerian and French footballer

1994-09-08 · France

Yasushi Inoue

Japanese writer (1907–1991)

1907-05-06 · Japan

Yaya DaCosta

American actress and model

1982-11-15 · United States

Yen Chia-kan

President of Taiwan (ROC) from 1975 to 1978

1905-10-23 · Ming dynasty / People's Republic of China / Qing dynasty / Republic of China / Song dynasty / Tang dynasty / Yuan dynasty

Yeo Jin-goo

South Korean actor (1997-)

1997-08-13 · South Korea

Yevgeni Preobrazhensky

Russian economist and politician (1886–1937)

1886-02-15 · Russia

Yevgeny Grishin

Soviet Speed skater and track cyclist (1931–2005)

1931-03-23 · Russia

Yevgeny Shaposhnikov

Soviet Air Force Marshal (1942–2020)

1942-02-03 · Russia

Yevhen Konovalets

military commander of the UNR army and political leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement (1891-1938)

1891-06-14 · Ukraine

Yi Jianlian

Chinese basketball player (born 1987)

1987-10-27 · People's Republic of China

Yitzhak Yedid

Israeli-born Australian musician

1971-09-29 · Israel / Palestine

Ylva Johansson

Swedish politician

1964-02-13 · Sweden

Yoel Bárcenas

Panamanian association football player

1993-10-23 · Panama

Yohann Diniz

French racewalker

1978-01-01 · France

Yohei Fukumoto

Japanese association football player

1987-04-12 · Japan

Yoo Jae-suk

South Korean comedian, presenter

1972-08-14 · South Korea

Yoo Sang-chul

South Korean association football player (1971-2021)

1971-10-18 · South Korea