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| # | Thing | Description | Topic | Up/Down/Net | Score ▼ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1651 |  | Walter Lippmann | American journalist (1889–1974) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1652 |  | Walter Scott | Scottish novelist (1771–1832) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1653 |  | Wang Wei | Tang-dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1654 |  | Wang Xizhi | Chinese calligrapher (c. 303 – c. 361) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1655 |  | Wang Yangming | Chinese philosopher and general (1472–1529) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1656 |  | Wanli Emperor | Emperor of China from 1572 to 1620 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1657 |  | Warren Buffett | American investor and philanthropist (born 1930) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1658 |  | Wayne Gretzky | Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1961) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1659 |  | Werner Heisenberg | German physicist (1901–1976) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1660 |  | Wernher von Braun | German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1661 |  | Wilhelm II | German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1662 |  | Wilhelm Röntgen | German physicist (1845–1923) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1663 |  | Wilhelm Wundt | German founder of psychology (1832–1920) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1664 |  | Will Eisner | American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917–2005) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1665 |  | Willem Barentsz | Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (c. 1550 – 1597) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1666 |  | William Blackstone | English jurist, judge, and politician (1723–1780) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1667 |  | William Blake | English poet and artist (1757–1827) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1668 |  | William Ewart Gladstone | British statesman (1809–1898) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1669 |  | William Faulkner | American writer and novelist (1897–1962) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1670 |  | William Golding | British novelist, poet, and playwright (1911–1993) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1671 |  | William Herschel | German-British astronomer and composer (1738–1822) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1672 |  | William Hogarth | English painter, engraver and satirist (1697–1764) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1673 |  | William III of England | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1674 |  | William James | American philosopher and psychologist (1842–1910) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1675 |  | William Randolph Hearst | American newspaper publisher (1863–1951) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1676 |  | William Rowan Hamilton | Irish mathematician and physicist (1805–1865) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1677 |  | William Shakespeare | English playwright and poet (1564–1616) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1678 |  | William Shockley | American physicist (1910–1989) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1679 |  | William Wilberforce | English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1680 |  | William Wordsworth | English Romantic poet (1770–1850) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1681 |  | William Wyler | German-born American film director (1902–1981) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1682 |  | William of Ockham | English Franciscan friar and theologian (c. 1287–1347) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1683 |  | William the Conqueror | King of England from 1066 to 1087 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1684 |  | William the Silent | Dutch revolt leader (1533–1584) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1685 |  | Willy Brandt | Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1686 |  | Wilma Rudolph | American athlete (1940–1994) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1687 |  | Winsor McCay | American cartoonist and animator (c.1866–1934) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1688 |  | Winston Churchill | British statesman and writer (1874–1965) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1689 |  | Wole Soyinka | Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1690 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Composer and musician (1756–1791) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1691 |  | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1958) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1692 |  | Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1693 |  | Woody Allen | American filmmaker, actor and writer (born 1935) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1694 |  | Woody Guthrie | American singer-songwriter (1912–1967) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1695 |  | Wright brothers | American aviation pioneers, inventors of the airplane | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1696 |  | Wu Zetian | Empress of China from 690 to 705 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1697 |  | Władysław II Jagiełło | Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434); King of Poland (1386–1434) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1698 |  | Xenophon | Greek philosopher, historian, and soldier (c.430–355/354 BC) | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1699 |  | Xerxes I | King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 486 to 465 BC | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
| 1700 |  | Xi Jinping | Leader of China since 2012 | People | +0 / -0 / 0 | 0.500000 |
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