Names beginning with W

The number of words in the biography is given in brackets. A * indicates that there is a portrait.

Waerden, Bartel van der (552*)
Wafa al-Buzjani Abu'l (1115)
Wald, Abraham (1465*)
Walker, Geoffrey (739*)
Walker, John (553*)
Wall, C Terence (545*)
Wallace, Alexander (886*)
Wallace, William (1328*)
Wallis, John (2463*)
Walsh, John (2920)
Walsh, Joseph (1089*)
Wang H'siao-t'ung (1484)
Wang Xiaotong (1484)
Wang, Yuan (1042*)
Wangerin, Albert (481*) Wantzel, Pierre (1020)
Waring, Edward (1378*)
Warner, Mary (1843*)
Warschawski, Stefan (1054*)
Watson, G Neville (1022*)
Watson, Henry (535*)
Watson, William (445*)
Watt, James (254)
Wattie, James (345)
Wazewski, Tadeusz (759*)
Weatherburn, Charles (506*)
Weatherhead, Kenneth (375)
Weaver, Warren (1575*)
Weber, Heinrich (654*)
Weber, Wilhelm (272*) Wedderburn, Joseph (1714*)
Weierstrass, Karl (2599*)
Weil, André (1381*)
Weingarten, Julius (734*)
Weinstein, Alexander (408*)
Weisbach, Julius (528*)
Weldon, Raphael (1332*)
Werner, Johann (916*)
Wessel, Caspar (1685)
West, John (1201)
Wexler-Kreindler, Eléna (784)
Weyl, Hermann (2284*)
Weyr, Eduard (249*)
Weyr, Emil (285*)

Wheeler, Anna J Pell (516*)
Whiston, William (1343*)
White, Henry (1440*)
Whitehead, Alfred N (2339*)
Whitehead, J Henry C (1883*)
Whitney, Hassler (1239*)
Whittaker, Edmund (1478*)
Whittaker, John (1547*)
Whyburn, Gordon (1087*)
Widman, Johannes (624)
Wielandt, Helmut (675*)
Wien, Wilhelm (395*)
Wiener, Christian (179)
Wiener, Hermann (544*) Wiener, Norbert (2449*)
Wigner, Eugene (2458*)
Wilczynski, Ernest (652)
Wilder, Raymond (1766*)
Wiles, Andrew (1178*)
William of Ockham (140*)
Wilkins, Ernest (1215*)
Wilkins, John (2456*)
Wilkinson, Jim (1029*)
Wilks, Samuel (457*)
Williams, William (1299*)
Williamson, John (137)
Willock, Sophie (1529*)
Wilson, Alexander (809) Wilson, Bertram (139)
Wilson, Edwin (677)
Wilson, John (587)
Wilson, John (2) (451)
Wiltheiss, Ernst (814*)
Wilton, John (203)
Winkler, Wilhelm (744*)
Wintner, Aurel (1461)
Wirtinger, Wilhelm (586*)
Wishart, John (1029*)
Witt, Ernst (331*)
Witt, Johan de (412*)
Witten, Edward (893*)
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (2806*)

Wolf, Frantisek (1372*)
Wolf, Rudolph (1279*)
Wolfowitz, Jacob (1031*)
Wolstenholme, Joseph (677)
Woodhouse, Robert (654) Woods, Leslie (1617*)
Woodward, Robert (311*)
Wren, Sir Christopher (3006*)
Wright, Edward (2093*)
Wright, Sewall (1360*) Wrinch, Dorothy (972*)
Wronski, Hoëné (1169*)
Wu, Wen-Tsun (1266*)

Alphabetical indexes
Pictures of all the mathematicians above

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