Lives listing by occupation: author
- Wood, Sir Mark, 1st baronet (born 1750–died 1829), Scottish army officer, engineer, politician, member of Parliament, author
- Wordsworth, William (born 1770–died 1850), English author, poet, critic
- Worsley, Sir Richard, 7th baronet (born 1751–died 1805), English politician, member of Parliament, art collector, historian, author
- 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
- Wray, Daniel (born 1701–died 1783), English author, historian, academician
- Wycherley, William (born 1641–died 1716), English author, playwright
- Yart, Antoine (born 1710–died 1791), French author, poet, translator
- Yates, Robert (born 1738–died 1801), American lawyer, judge, politician, author
- Yorke, Philip, 2nd earl of Hardwicke (born 1720–died 1790), English antiquarian, author, politician, member of Parliament, academician
- Young, Arthur (born 1741–died 1820), English agriculturalist, author
- Young, Edward (born 1683–died 1765), English author, poet, literary critic
- Yriarte, Charles (born 1832–died 1898), French author, journalist, historian, travel-writer
- Zeno, Apostolo (born 1669–died 1750), Italian author, poet, librettist, journalist, man of letters
- Zeno, Pier Caterino (born 1666–died 1732), Italian author, journalist, publisher
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