Victor – actress Kia Vaughn (born 1987) – WNBA player Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor George Vergara – NFL player Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer CoCo Vandeweghe – tennis player W Michael Wachter (born 1943) – professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author Christopher Walken – actor Adam Walker – football player Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City Kemba Walker – basketball player Eli Wallach – actor Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer Fats Waller – jazz pianist Rudolf Wanderone – professional pool player Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropist Vera Wang – fashion designer Bree Warren – model Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, and social worker Kerry Washington – actress Damon Wayans – actor and producer Dwayne Wayans – director, producer, and writer Keenen Ivory Wayans – actor, director, producer, and writer Kim Wayans – actress Marlon Wayans – actor and producer Nadia Wayans – actress Shawn Wayans – actor and producer Michael Weatherly – actor Sigourney Weaver – actress Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game GrumpsSteven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gabriel P. Weisberg – art historian Malina Weissman (born 2003) – child actress Tuesday Weld – actress Ming-Na Wen (born 1963) – Macau-born actress and model Tanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and current head coach of the Atlanta Dream Sheck Wes (born 1998) – rapper Leslie West – rock musician Mae West (1893–1980) – actress Nathanael West – author Edith Wharton – author Joss Whedon – writer, director, producer, and composer Maggie Wheeler – actress Sahvir Wheeler – college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats White Light Motorcade – music group Billy Whitlock – blackface performer Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman Kristen Wiig – actress, comedian, and writer Matthew Wilder – singer and musician Charles Wilkes – naval officer and explorer Lenny Wilkens – basketball player and coach Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor Vanessa L. Williams – singer and actress Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator Harry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA Dean