Lives listing by occupation: aristocrat
- Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson, René Louis de, 2nd marquis d’Argenson (born 1694–died 1757), French aristocrat, government minister
- Wallop, Urania, dowager countess of Portsmouth [née Fellowes] (born 1743–died 1812), English aristocrat
- Wellesley, Richard Colley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (born 1760–died 1842), Irish aristocrat, colonial governor, diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Wentworth, William, 2nd earl of Strafford [2nd creation] (born 1722–died 1791), English aristocrat, architect
- Wharton, Thomas, 1st marquess of Wharton (born 1648–died 1715), English aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament
- Whitworth, Charles, 1st Baron Whitworth (born 1675–died 1725), English aristocrat, diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- Worsley, Lady Frances [née Thynne] (born 1673–died 1750), English aristocrat
- Worsley, Sir Thomas, 6th baronet (born 1728–died 1768), English aristocrat, historian, author
- Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary [née Pierrepont] (born 1689–died 1762), English aristocrat, traveller, author, poet
- Wyndham, George O'Brien, 3rd earl of Egremont (born 1751–died 1837), English aristocrat, politician, patron
- Yorke, The Honourable Charles (born 1722–died 1770), English aristocrat, lawyer, civil servant
- Yorke, Philip, 1st earl of Hardwicke (born 1690–died 1764), English aristocrat, lawyer, judge, politician, member of Parliament, civil servant
- Zedlitz, Karl Abraham, Freiherr von Zedlitz und Leipe (born 1731–died 1793), German aristocrat, civil servant, educator
- Zinzendorf, Karl Johann Christian von, graf von Zinzendorf (born 1739–died 1813), Austrian aristocrat, lawyer, civil servant, governor
- Zorzi, Fontana (flourished 1743–1763), Italian aristocrat
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