novelist (The Accidental Tourist) U Ultra Naté (born 1968), house music singer, songwriter, producer, DJ, club promoter, and entrepreneur Johnny Unitas (1933–2002), born in Pittsburgh; professional football player for the Baltimore Colts; in Pro Football Hall of Fame Leon Uris (1924–2003), novelist, author of ExodusV Matthew VanDyke (born 1979), freedom fighter and Prisoner of War in 2011 Libyan Civil War Nikolai Volkoff (1947–2018), born in Croatia, Yugoslavia, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, spent time in Baltimore area. W LaMonte Wade (born 1994), a professional baseball player in the Minnesota Twins organization. Evan Sewell Wallace (1982–2017), Black Paisley Records, hip hop artist Henry Walters (1848–1931), rail magnate (Atlantic Coast Line) and founder of Walters Art Museum in Baltimore Dante Washington (born 1970), professional soccer striker John Waters (born 1946), filmmaker John K. Waters (1906–1989), U.S. Army four-star general D. Watkins (born 1980), author Earl Weaver (1930–2013), born in St. Louis, Missouri, longtime manager of the Baltimore Orioles; Baseball Hall Of Fame inductee Chick Webb (1905–1939), jazz and swing drummer and bandleader; adopted Ella Fitzgerald Wendy Weinberg, American Olympic medalist swimmer Matthew Weiner (born 1965), creator of TV series Mad MenLeonard "Boogie" Weinglass (born 1941), founder of Merry-Go-Round clothing empire; portrayed by actor Mickey Rourke in 1982 film Diner'' Harry Wendelstedt (1938–2012), umpire in Major League Baseball Terrance West (born 1991), former running back at Towson University and NFL player for the Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, and Baltimore Ravens George Hoyt Whipple (1878–1976), graduated and taught medical school at Hopkins; won 1934 Nobel Prize in Medicine Reggie White (born 1970), football player Wade Whitney (born 1967), professional soccer player William Pinkney Whyte (1824–1908), U.S. Senator, Governor of Maryland, Mayor of Baltimore Emma Howard Wight (1863–1935), author Bernard Williams (born 1978), gold medalist in 4 × 100 meter relay at 2000 Sydney Olympics LaQuan Williams (born 1988), wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens who attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Montel Williams (born 1956), television personality Reggie Williams (born 1964), professional basketball player Trevor Williams (born 1993), football player Mary Willis (born 1940), retired US Army Brigadier General Ibbie McColm Wilson (1834–1908), poet Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), television personality, actress, producer; born in rural Mississippi and raised in Milwaukee; worked at WJZ-TV in Baltimore David Wingate (born 1963), professional basketball player Danny Wiseman (born 1967), professional ten-pin bowler and 12-time winner on the PBA Tour Edward Witten (born 1951), mathematical physicist and