Natalie Wood

(July 20, 1938, San Francisco, California-November 29, 1981, Santa Catalina Island, California). American actress. Born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko. Wife of Robert Wagner. Best known for her role as Maria in West Side Story (1961). Drowned when she fell overboard when her yacht was anchored at Catalina Island.

Herman Wouk

(May 27, 1915, New York, New York-Alive). American author. Best known for The Caine Mutiny (1951), The Winds of War (1971), and War and Remembrance (1978). Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1951.

Robert Wuhl

(October 9, 1951, Union City, New Jersey-Alive). American comedian, actor and writer. Star of the HBO series Arli$$, 1996-2002. Received Emmy, 1991, 1992.

Peter Wyden

(October 2, 1923, Berlin, Germany-June 15, 1998, Danbury, Connecticut). Author. Father of Ronald Lee Wyden.

Ronald Lee Wyden

(May 3, 1949, Wichita, Kansas-Alive). U.S. Representative (D-OR), 1981-1996. U.S. Senator (D-OR), 1996-Current. Son of Peter Wyden.

William Wyler

(July 1, 1902, Mulhausen, Germany/France-July 27, 1981, Los Angeles, California). Film director. Born Wilhelm Weiller. Received Academy Award for Best Director , 1943 (Mrs. Miniver), 1947 (The Best Years of Our Lives), and 1959 (Ben-Hur). Received Irving Thalberg Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1965.

Ed Wynn

(November 9, 1886, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-June 19, 1966, Beverly Hills, California). American actor and comedian. Born Isaiah Edwin Leopold. Father of Keenan Wynn.