# List of fellows of the Royal Society W, X, Y, Z

About 8,000 fellows have been elected to the Royal Society of London since its inception in 1660.
Below is a list of people who are or were Fellow or Foreign Member of the Royal Society. The date of election to the fellowship follows the name. Dates in brackets relate to an award or event associated with the person. The Society maintains a complete online list. This list is complete up to and including 2019.
List of fellows and foreign members of the Royal Society :
| A, B, C | D, E, F | G, H, I | J, K, L | M, N, O | P, Q, R | S, T, U, V | W, X, Y, Z |

## List of fellows
### W

| Names | Election date | Notes |
| Conrad Hal Waddington | 1947-03-20 | 8 November 1905 – 26 September 1975 |
| Kenneth Wade | 1989-03-16 | 13 October 1932 - 16 March 2014 Chemist |
| Walter Wade | 1811-03-14 | -1825 |
| Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia | 1957-03-21 | 25 October 1883 – 15 June 1969 |
| Harold William Taylor Wager | 1904-05-05 | 11 March 1862 – 17 November 1929 |
| Lawrence Rickard Wager | 1946-03-21 | 5 February 1904 – 30 November 1965 |
| William Wagstaffe | 1718-03-13 | 1685 – 5 May 1725 |
| Ralph Louis Wain | 1960-03-24 | 29 May 1911 – 14 December 2000 |
| Gabriel Waksman | 2012-04-19 | |
| Richard Irving Walcott | 1991-03-14 | |
| Nicholas John Wald | 2004-05-27 | |
| James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave | 1749-12-14 | 14 March 1715 – 28 April 1763 |
| Herman Waldmann | 1990-03-15 | |
| David J. Wales | 2016-04-29 | Chemical physicist |
| William Wales | 1776-11-07 | c. 1734 – 29 December 1798 |
| Alan Walker | 1999-05-13 | |
| Arthur Geoffrey Walker | 1955-03-17 | 17 July 1909 – 31 March 2001 |
| Charles Vincent Walker | 1855-06-07 | 1812 – 24 December 1882 |
| David Alan Walker | 1979-03-15 | |
| Donald Walker | 1985-03-21 | Professor |
| Edward Walker | 1869-06-03 | 14 September 1820 – 2 March 1893 Schoolmaster |
| Fowler Walker | 1791-03-31 | c. 1732 – 20 August 1804 |
| George Walker | 1771-05-30 | c. 1734 – 21 April 1807 |
| George P. L. Walker | 1975-03-20 | 2 March 1926 – 17 January 2005 |
| George Walker Walker | 1913-05-01 | 24 February 1874 – 6 September 1921 |
| Gilbert Thomas Walker | 1904-05-05 | 14 June 1868 – 4 November 1958 |
| James Walker | 1900-06-14 | 6 April 1863 – 6 May 1935 |
| James Walker | 1828-04-17 | 14 September 1781 – 8 October 1862 |
| James Walker | 1774-06-09 | c. 1720 – 22 February 1789 |
| James Thomas Walker | 1865-06-01 | 1 December 1826 – 16 February 1896 Surveyor General of India |
| John Walker | 1794-03-27 | d 9 May 1824 |
| John Ernest Walker | 1995-03-09 | |
| John James Walker | 1883-06-07 | 2 October 1825 – 15 February 1900 |
| Miles Walker | 1931-05-07 | 13 August 1868 – 22 January 1941 |
| Robert Walker | 1831-03-03 | c. 1801 – 28 September 1865 Wadham College |
| Thomas Walker | 1791-05-05 | died c. 1800 Accountant General |
| Thomas Walker | 1730-01-22 | ? September 1702 – 17 September 1764 Barrister |
| William Walker | 1738-02-09 | - 14 October 1742 Ship's captain |
| Charles Baring Wall | 1830-04-01 | c. 1795 – 14 October 1853 |
| Charles Terence Clegg Wall | 1969-03-20 | |
| Martin Wall | 1788-05-08 | 1747 – 21 June 1824 |
| Patrick David Wall | 1989-03-16 | 5 April 1925 – 8 August 2001 |
| Richard Wall | 1753-05-31 | 1694–1778 Diplomat |
| Alfred Russel Wallace | 1893-06-01 | 8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913 |
| David James Wallace | 1986-03-20 | Physicist |
| Thomas Wallace | 1953-03-19 | 5 September 1891 – 2 February 1965 Horticulturalist |
| Augustus Desiré Waller | 1892-06-02 | 12 July 1856 – 11 March 1922 |
| Augustus Volney Waller | 1851-06-05 | 21 December 1816 – 18 September 1870 |
| Edmund Waller | 1663-05-20 | 3 March 1606 – 21 October 1687 Original Fellow |
| Richard Waller | 1681-04-27 | c. 1646 – ? January 1715 Botanist |
| William Waller | 1679-02-20 | c. 1639 – 18 July 1699 Soldier & MP |
| Nathaniel Wallich | 1829-03-12 | 28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854 |
| John Wallis | 1663-05-20 | 23 November 1616 – 28 October 1703 Original Fellow |
| Sir Barnes Neville Wallis | 1945-03-22 | 26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979 |
| Daniel Frank Walls | 1992-03-12 | 13 September 1942 – 12 May 1999 |
| Charles Walmesley | 1750-11-01 | 13 January 1722 – 25 November 1797 |
| Ian Alexander Walmsley | 2012-04-19 | |
| Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford | 1824-03-04 | 14 June 1783 – 29 December 1858 |
| Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford | 1747-02-19 | 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797 |
| Spencer Horatio Walpole | 1860-11-22 | 11 September 1806 – 22 March 1898 |
| Mark Walport | 2011-05-19 | |
| Anthony Edward Walsby | 1993-03-11 | Biologist, Bristol Univ. |
| Alan Walsh | 1969-03-20 | 19 December 1916 – 3 August 1998 |
| Arthur Donald Walsh | 1964-03-19 | 8 August 1916 – 23 April 1977 |
| John Walsh | 1770-11-08 | 1 July 1726 – 9 March 1795 Scientist |
| Francis Martin Rouse Walshe | 1946-03-21 | 19 September 1885 |
| Robert Boyle-Walsingham | 1778-03-05 | 1736 – October 1779 |
| Henry Walter | 1819-11-11 | 28 January 1785 – 25 January 1859 Clergyman |
| Johann Gottlieb Walter | 1794-05-01 | 1 July 1734 – 4 January 1818 Anatomist, Frankfurt |
| Kenneth Walters | 1991-03-14 | Rheology, Univ. of Wales |
| William Walton | 1837-05-25 | - 19 September 1863 Clergyman & meteorologist |
| Humfrey Wanley | 1706-11-20 | 21 March 1672 – 6 July 1726 |
| Olaus Warburg | 1805-01-10 | 1805 |
| Henry Warburton | 1809-02-16 | ? 1784 – 16 September 1858 |
| John Warburton | 1834-04-10 | c. 1793 – 2 June 1845 Physician |
| John Warburton | 1720-03-10 | 28 February 1682 – 11 May 1759 |
| Esay Ward | 1668-02-20 | c. 1629 – ? August 1674 |
| Harry Marshall Ward | 1888-06-07 | 1854 – 26 August 1906 |
| Ian Macmillan Ward | 1983-03-17 | Physicist, Leeds Univ. |
| John Ward | 1723-11-30 | c. 1679 – 17 October 1758 Gresham Prof of Rhetoric |
| John Clive Ward | 1965-03-18 | 1 August 1924 – 6 May 2000 |
| John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley | 1815-11-16 | 9 August 1781 – 6 March 1833 |
| Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward | 1852-06-03 | 1791 – 4 June 1868 |
| Richard Samuel Ward | 2005-05-26 | Mathematician, Durham Univ. |
| Seth Ward | 1663-05-20 | ? April 1617 – 6 January 1689 Bishop Original Fellow |
| Patience Ward | 1681-04-06 | 7 December 1629 – 10 July 1696 |
| James Ware | 1802-03-11 | 11 February 1756 – 13 April 1815 Ophthalmic Surgeon |
| Philip Frank Wareing | 1969-03-20 | 27 April 1914 – ? 29 March 1996 |
| Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin | 1764-07-12 | 11 September 1717 – 13 December 1783 |
| Edward Waring | 1763-06-02 | 1734 – 15 August 1798 |
| Richard Hill Waring | 1769-02-16 | c. 1721 – 11 October 1794 High Sheriff, Flintshire |
| Robert Warington | 1864-06-02 | 7 September 1807 – ? 17 November 1867 Chemist, Soc. of Apothecaries |
| Robert Warington | 1886-06-04 | 22 August 1838 – 20 March 1907 Agricultural Chemist, Rothamsted |
| David Lee Wark | 2007-05-17 | |
| Anne Elizabeth Warner | 1985-03-21 | 25 August 1940 - 16 May 2012 |
| Joseph Warner | 1750-12-06 | 1717 – 24 July 1801 |
| Frederick Edward Warner | 1976-03-18 | 31 March 1910 – 3 July 2010 |
| Mark Warner | 2012-04-19 | |
| John Ashley Warre | 1817-05-01 | 5 October 1787 – 18 November 1860 |
| Charles Warren | 1790-04-29 | 19 March 1764 – 12 August 1829 Barrister, MP for Dorchester |
| Charles Warren | 1884-06-12 | 7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927 |
| Graham Barry Warren | 1999-05-13 | |
| John Warren | 1830-12-09 | 4 October 1796 – 16 August 1852 Clergyman and Mathematician |
| Pelham Warren | 1813-04-08 | 7 October 1778 – 2 December 1835 |
| Richard Warren | 1764-03-08 | ? 4 December 1731 – 22 June 1797 Physician |
| Samuel Warren | 1835-04-02 | 23 May 1807 – 29 July 1877 |
| George Warrender | 1815-06-08 | 5 December 1782 – 21 February 1849 |
| Elizabeth Kerr Warrington | 1986-03-20 | |
| John Washington | 1845-02-13 | ? 1800 – 16 September 1863 |
| Michael Derek Waterfield | 1991-03-14 | Biochemist, UCL |
| Douglas Frew Waterhouse | 1967-03-16 | 3 June 1916 – ? December 2000 |
| Edward Waterhouse | 1663-07-29 | 1619 – 30 May 1670 Clergyman |
| John Waterhouse | 1834-02-06 | 3 August 1806 – 13 February 1879 |
| John Conrad Waterlow | 1982-03-18 | 13 June 1916 – 19 October 2010 Nutrition scientist, London Univ. |
| William Alexander Waters | 1954-03-18 | 8 May 1903 – 28 January 1985 Chemist |
| Hugh Christian Watkins | 2017-05-05 | |
| Jeffrey Clifton Watkins | 1988-03-17 | Biochemist, Oxford Univ. |
| Thomas Watkins | 1794-01-23 | c. 1761 – 15 October 1829 Clergyman |
| Thomas Watkins | 1714-11-30 | fl 1714–1729 Mathematician |
| Winifred May Watkins | 1969-03-20 | 6 August 1924 – 3 October 2003 |
| Alan Andrew Watson | 2000-05-11 | Astrophysicist, Leeds |
| Andrew James Watson | 2003-05-15 | |
| David Meredith Seares Watson | 1922-05-11 | 18 June 1886 – 23 July 1973 |
| Frederick Beilby Watson | 1818-11-12 | 1773 – 11 July 1852 |
| George Neville Watson | 1919-05-15 | 31 January 1886 – 2 February 1965 |
| Henry Watson | 1767-04-02 | - 1793 Surgeon |
| Henry William Watson | 1881-06-02 | 25 February 1827 – 11 January 1903 |
| James Watson | 1778-03-12 | c. 1748 – 2 May 1796 Lawyer |
| James Kay Graham Watson | 1987-03-19 | |
| Janet Vida Watson | 1979-03-15 | 1 September 1923 – 29 March 1985 |
| Jonathan Watson | 1763-06-09 | c. 1718 – November 1803 |
| Morrison Watson | 1884-06-12 | ? 1846 – 25 March 1885 Physician |
| Ralph Watson | 1830-05-27 | fl 1830–1835 |
| Richard Watson | 1769-02-02 | August 1737 – 4 July 1816 |
| Robert Watson | 1751-02-07 | c. 1720 – 2 March 1756 |
| Robert Watson | 2011-05-19 | |
| Thomas Watson | 1859-06-09 | 7 March 1792 – 11 December 1882 Physician |
| William Watson | 1741-04-09 | 3 April 1715 – 10 May 1787 Chemist |
| William Watson | 1767-12-10 | ? 28 August 1744 – c. 1825 Physician & Astronomer |
| William Watson | 1808-04-07 | c. 1759 – 1 June 1818 Sergeant-at-arms |
| William Watson | 1901-06-06 | 4 August 1868 – 3 March 1919 Asst Prof of Physics, RCS, London |
| Robert Alexander Watson-Watt | 1941-03-20 | 13 April 1892 – 5 December 1973 |
| Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham | 1751-11-07 | 13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782 |
| Alexander Stuart Watt | 1957-03-21 | 21 June 1892 – 2 March 1985 |
| Fiona Mary Watt | 2003-05-15 | |
| James Watt | 1785-11-24 | 19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819 |
| James Watt | 1820-12-07 | 5 February 1769 – 2 June 1848 Son of James Watt the engineer |
| William Watt | 1976-03-18 | 14 April 1912 – 11 August 1985 Physical Chemist |
| Anthony Watts | 2014-04-30 | Geologist, Oxford University |
| Colin Watts | 2005-05-26 | Immunologist |
| Henry Watts | 1866-06-07 | 20 January 1815 – 30 June 1884 Chemistry journalist |
| Philip Watts | 1900-06-14 | 30 May 1846 – 15 March 1926 |
| William Whitehead Watts | 1904-05-05 | 7 June 1860 – 30 July 1947 |
| Andrew Scott Waugh | 1858-06-03 | 3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878 |
| Arthur Goodall Wavell | 1827-05-24 | 29 March 1785 – 10 July 1860 |
| William Wavell | 1824-02-05 | - 15 May 1829 Physician |
| Benjamin Way | 1771-12-05 | September 1740 – 22 August 1808 MP for Bridport |
| Lewis Way | 1738-02-23 | 1698–1771 |
| Dennis Lawrence Weaire | 1999-05-13 | |
| David John Weatherall | 1977-03-17 | |
| Paul Egerton Weatherley | 1973-03-15 | 6 May 1917 – 8 August 2001 Botanist, Aberdeen Univ. |
| Thomas Weaver | 1826-03-09 | 1772 – 2 July 1855 |
| Colin Edward Webb | 1991-03-14 | |
| Frederick Webb | 1822-03-21 | - 1853 |
| Philip Barker Webb | 1824-03-25 | 10 July 1793 – 31 August 1854 |
| Philip Carteret Webb | 1749-11-09 | 1700 – 22 June 1770 |
| Robert Webb | 1762-11-11 | - 9 September 1765 |
| John Webb | 1764-06-28 | - April 1797 |
| Bryan Ronald Webber | 2001-05-10 | |
| William Webber | 1766-06-05 | - 30 November 1796 |
| John Webster | 1844-03-07 | 1795 – 21 July 1876 Physician |
| Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone | 1902-06-19 | 22 December 1842 – 15 December 1915 |
| Robert Gordon Webster | 1989-03-16 | |
| Godfrey Webster | 1786-05-18 | c. 1749 – 3 June 1800 |
| Thomas Webster | 1847-03-18 | 16 October 1810 – 3 June 1875 |
| Richard Weck | 1975-03-20 | 5 March 1913 – 9 January 1986 |
| Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn | 1787-12-06 | 13 February 1733 – 2 January 1805 |
| Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn | 1933-05-11 | 26 February 1882 – 9 October 1948 |
| Josiah Wedgwood | 1783-01-16 | ? July 1730 – 3 January 1795 |
| Basil Charles Leicester Weedon | 1971-03-18 | 18 July 1923 – 10 October 2003 |
| George Wegg | 1758-02-09 | - 25 August 1777 |
| George Samuel Wegg | 1777-11-13 | c. 1750 – 4 January 1817 Barrister |
| Samuel Wegg | 1753-05-31 | 17 November 1723 – 19 December 1802 Barriste, Governor of HBC |
| Christian Frederick Weichman | 1728-06-27 | 24 August 1698 – 4 August 1770 |
| Johann Friedrich Weidler | 1732-11-09 | ? 23 April 1691 – 30 November 1755 |
| Felix Jiri Weinberg | 1983-03-17 | |
| Lawrence Weiskrantz | 1980-03-20 | |
| Frederick Ernest Weiss | 1917-05-03 | 2 November 1865 – 7 January 1953 Botanist |
| Nigel Oscar Weiss | 1992-03-12 | |
| Robin Anthony Weiss | 1997-05-15 | Virologist, UCL |
| Walter Weldon | 1882-06-08 | 31 October 1832 – 20 September 1885 |
| Walter Frank Raphael Weldon | 1890-06-05 | 15 March 1860 – 13 April 1906 |
| Walter Thompson Welford | 1980-03-20 | 31 August 1916 – 18 September 1990 |
| John Welin | 1741-05-28 | ? 1705 – 31 January 1744 Finnish |
| Mark Edward Welland | 2002-05-09 | |
| Henry Solomon Wellcome | 1932-05-26 | 21 August 1853 – 25 July 1936 |
| Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | 1847-11-25 | 29 April 1769 – 14 September 1852 |
| Alan Arthur Wells | 1977-03-17 | Engineer, Inventor of Wells Turbine |
| George Philip Wells | 1955-03-17 | 17 July 1901 – 27 September 1985 |
| Peter Neil Temple Wells | 2003-05-15 | |
| William Charles Wells | 1793-11-07 | 24 May 1757 – 18 September 1817 |
| James Raymond Wellsted | 1837-04-06 | 1805 – 25 October 1842 |
| Harry Lambert Welsh | 1962-03-15 | 23 March 1910 – 23 July 1984 |
| James Welsh | 1770-03-15 | c. 1723 – June 1778 Physician |
| John Welsh | 1857-06-11 | 27 September 1824 – 11 May 1859 Supt. of Kew Observatory |
| Robert Welsted | 1718-03-13 | 1671 – 1 February 1735 Physician |
| Thomas Francis Wenman | 1779-01-21 | 18 November 1745 – 8 April 1796 |
| Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam | 1811-01-17 | 4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857 |
| William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford | 1668-02-06 | 8 June 1626 – 16 October 1695 |
| Charles Morley Wenyon | 1927-05-12 | 24 March 1878 – 24 October 1948 |
| Paul Gottlieb Werlhof | 1736-02-26 | 24 March 1699 – 26 July 1767 |
| Johann Georg Heinrich Graf von Werthern | 1765-02-14 | 1735–1790 |
| James West | 1727-03-09 | 2 May 1703 – 2 July 1772 |
| John West, 1st Earl De La Warr | 1728-12-19 | 4 April 1693 – 16 March 1766 |
| Peter Christopher West | 2006-05-18 | Theoretical Physics, King's College, London |
| Richard Gilbert West | 1968-03-21 | |
| Stephen Craig West | 1995-03-09 | Biochemist, Cancer Research |
| Thomas Summers West | 1989-03-16 | 18 November 1927 – 9 January 2010 Chemist, Birmingham & Aberdeen Universities |
| William West | 1846-02-19 | 1793 – 10 September 1851 Chemist |
| John Hugh Westcott | 1983-03-17 | |
| William Western | 1721-11-30 | ? 1694 – 22 September 1729 |
| Gerald Westheimer | 1985-03-21 | |
| Richard Westmacott | 1837-05-25 | 1799 – 19 April 1872 |
| Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster | 1841-06-10 | 22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845 |
| Thomas Stanley Westoll | 1952-03-20 | 3 July 1912 – 19 September 1995 |
| Robert Weston | 1767-05-28 | 1767–1797 FSA |
| Stephen Weston | 1792-03-01 | 1747 – 8 January 1830 Clergyman |
| Edward Wetenhall | 1683-07-04 | 7 October 1636 – 12 November 1713 |
| Alan Marmaduke Wetherell | 1971-03-18 | 31 December 1932 – 13 September 1998 |
| Charles Wetherell | 1824-12-16 | 1770 – 17 August 1846 |
| Caspar Wetstein | 1754-07-04 | - August 1760 |
| Johann Jakob Wetstein | 1753-04-05 | 5 March 1693 – 23 March 1754 |
| Anthony de Wevelinchoven | 1781-04-05 | - 1789 |
| John Weyland | 1814-06-09 | 4 December 1774 – 8 May 1854 |
| Thomas Whalley | 1708-04-07 | fl 1708 |
| Richard Wharton | 1810-07-12 | c. 1765 – 13 October 1828 Barrister and MP |
| William James Lloyd Wharton | 1886-06-04 | 2 March 1843 – 29 September 1905 |
| Frederick Robert Whatley | 1975-03-20 | |
| James Whatman | 1840-01-09 | 3 July 1813 – ? 12 March 1887 |
| William Robert Whatton | 1834-06-05 | 17 February 1790 – 5 December 1835 |
| Charles Wheatstone | 1836-01-21 | February 1802 – 19 October 1875 |
| David John Wheeler | 1981-03-19 | 9 February 1927 – 13 December 2004 |
| Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler | 1968-05-30 | 10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976 (Statute 12) |
| Michael John Whelan | 1976-03-18 | |
| William Joseph Whelan | 1992-03-12 | Biochemist, Miami |
| Granville Wheler | 1728-06-27 | August 1701 – 12 May 1770 Revd. Proved electric current. |
| George Wheler | 1677-12-13 | 1650 – 15 January 1723 Clergyman and Scholar |
| William Whewell | 1820-04-13 | 24 May 1794 – 6 March 1866 |
| Paul Whichcote | 1675-01-14 | 5 March 1643 – December 1721 |
| Joseph Whidbey | 1805-11-21 | 1755–1833 |
| Richard Whiddington | 1925-05-07 | 25 November 1885 – 7 June 1970 |
| David Hardy Whiffen | 1966-03-17 | 15 January 1922 – 2 December 2002 |
| John Whishaw | 1815-02-23 | c. 1765 – 21 December 1840 |
| Daniel Whistler | 1663-05-20 | 1619 – 11 May 1684 Original Fellow |
| Thomas Dunham Whitaker | 1818-06-11 | 8 June 1759 – 18 December 1821 |
| William Whitaker | 1887-06-09 | 4 May 1836 – 15 January 1925 |
| Samuel Charles Whitbread | 1854-06-01 | 16 February 1796 – 27 May 1879 |
| Charles White | 1762-02-18 | 4 October 1728 – 20 February 1813 |
| Errol Ivor White | 1956-03-15 | 30 June 1901 – 11 January 1985 |
| Frederick William George White | 1966-03-17 | 26 May 1905 – 17 August 1994 |
| John White | 1723-01-17 | 2 December 1699 – 7 September 1769 |
| John Graham White | 2005-05-26 | Clinical psychologist, Liverpool |
| John William White | 1993-03-11 | |
| Michael James Denham White | 1961-03-16 | 20 August 1910 – 16 December 1983 |
| Nicholas John White | 2006-05-18 | Prof. of Tropical Medicine |
| Philip Bruce White | 1941-03-20 | 29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949 Microbiologist |
| Richard White | 1661-06-26 | 1661 Mathematician |
| Robert Stephen White | 1994-03-10 | |
| Simon David Manton White | 1997-05-15 | |
| Taylor White | 1725-04-29 | - 26 March 1772 |
| Thomas White | 1726-11-17 | - 14 November 1754 Clerk of the Errors |
| Thomas White | 1777-06-19 | 15 October 1724 – 28 February 1797 Ironmonger |
| William Archibald Armstrong White | 1837-04-13 | 26 May 1776 – 7 December 1847 Barrister and Antiquarian |
| William Henry White | 1808-11-10 | fl 1808–1827 |
| William Henry White | 1888-06-07 | 2 February 1845 – 27 February 1913 |
| Caleb Whitefoord | 1784-06-24 | 1734 – February 1810 |
| Alfred North Whitehead | 1903-06-11 | 15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947 |
| John Henry Constantine Whitehead | 1944-03-16 | 11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960 |
| John Whitehurst | 1779-05-13 | 10 April 1713 – 18 February 1788 |
| James Hunter Whitelaw | 1996-03-14 | 28 January 1936 – 16 August 2006 Prof of Mechanical Eng., Imperial College |
| John Whiteside | 1718-07-03 | ? October 1679 – ? 22 October 1729 Clergyman |
| Henry Whitfeld | 1786-03-09 | c. 1741–1813 |
| Gerald Beresford Whitham | 1965-03-18 | Mathematician, Caltech |
| George Whitmore | 1797-11-23 | - 25 November 1805 |
| John Macnaghten Whittaker | 1949-03-17 | 7 March 1905 – 29 January 1984 |
| Edmund Taylor Whittaker | 1905-05-11 | 24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956 |
| Ronald Whittam | 1973-03-15 | |
| Walter Frederick Whittard | 1957-03-21 | 26 October 1902 – 2 March 1966 |
| David Whitteridge | 1953-03-19 | 22 June 1912 – 15 June 1994 |
| Harry Blackmore Whittington | 1971-03-18 | 24 March 1916 – 20 June 2010 Professor of Geology,Cambridge |
| Peter Whittle | 1978-03-16 | |
| Frank Whittle | 1947-03-20 | 1 June 1907 – 9 August 1996 |
| Joseph Whitworth | 1857-06-11 | 21 December 1803 – 22 January 1887 |
| Robert Whytlaw-Gray | 1928-05-10 | 14 June 1877 – 21 January 1958 |
| Robert Whytt | 1752-04-16 | 6 September 1714 – 15 April 1766 |
| Francois Wicardel, Chevalier de Fleury | 1715-11-30 | 1715–1754 |
| Kumar Wickramasinghe | 2019-04-16 | |
| John Churchill Wickstead | 1716-04-05 | - May 1774 |
| Elsie May Widdowson | 1976-03-18 | 21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000 |
| Samuel Edward Widdrington | 1842-12-22 | 1787 – 11 January 1856 (Born Samuel Edward Cook) |
| Karel Frantisek Wiesner | 1969-06-20 | 25 November 1919 – 28 November 1986 |
| Vincent Brian Wigglesworth | 1939-03-16 | 17 April 1899 – 11 February 1994 |
| Robert Wight | 1855-06-07 | 6 July 1796 – 26 May 1872 |
| Dale Brian Wigley | 2004-05-27 | Scientist, Cancer Research |
| James Wigram | 1835-04-02 | 5 November 1793 – 29 July 1866 |
| Robert Wigram | 1806-02-27 | 25 September 1773 – 1843 |
| Samuel Wilberforce | 1845-12-18 | 7 September 1805 – 19 July 1873 |
| George Wilbraham | 1821-03-08 | 8 March 1779 – 24 January 1852 MP for Stockbridge, Cheshire and Cheshire North |
| Roger Wilbraham | 1782-02-28 | c. 1744 – ? March 1829 MP for Bodmin |
| Thomas Wilbraham | 1742-03-18 | c. 1702 – 29 March 1782 |
| Johann Karl Wilcke | 1789-04-30 | 6 September 1732 – 18 April 1796 |
| John Paul Wild | 1970-03-19 | |
| Henry Wilde | 1886-06-04 | ? February 1833 – 29 March 1919 |
| Andrew John Wiles | 1989-03-16 | |
| Wilhelmus Wilhelmius | 1743-01-27 | 1720 – 27 December 1771 |
| Israel Wilkes | 1760-03-06 | c. 1722 – 25 November 1805 |
| John Wilkes | 1749-04-13 | 17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797 |
| Maurice Vincent Wilkes | 1956-03-15 | |
| Alex James Wilkie | 2001-05-10 | |
| Andrew Wilkie | 2013-05-02 | |
| Douglas Robert Wilkie | 1971-03-18 | 2 October 1922 – 21 May 1998 Medical Research, UCL |
| John Wilkins | 1663-04-22 | 1614 – 19 November 1672 Founder |
| Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins | 1959-03-19 | 15 December 1916 – 5 October 2004 |
| Charles Wilkins | 1788-06-12 | 1749 – 13 May 1836 |
| William Wilkins | 1831-06-02 | 31 August 1778 – 31 August 1839 |
| Guy Wilkinson | 2018-05-09 | |
| Geordie Williamson | 2018-05-09 | 1981 – |
| James Hardy Wilkinson | 1969-03-20 | 27 September 1919 – 5 October 1986 |
| John Wilkinson | 1764-06-28 | - c. 1819 |
| Denys Haigh Wilkinson | 1956-03-15 | |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson | 1965-03-18 | 14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996 |
| John Gardner Wilkinson | 1834-12-18 | 5 October 1797 – 29 October 1875 |
| William Lionel Wilkinson | 1990-03-15 | Chemical Engineer (Nuclear Energy) |
| Mark Wilks | 1826-02-23 | c. 1760 – 19 September 1831 |
| Samuel Wilks | 1870-06-02 | 2 June 1824 – 8 November 1911 |
| Robert Willan | 1809-02-23 | 12 November 1757 – 12 April 1812 |
| John Willett Willett | 1774-12-08 | - 26 September 1815 |
| Ralph Willett | 1764-06-21 | 1719 – 13 January 1795 |
| David Willetts (Baron Willetts of Havant) | 2018-05-09 | 9 March 1956 Honorary Fellow |
| Arthur Willey | 1902-06-05 | 9 October 1867 – 26 December 1942 |
| William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland | 1760-12-04 | 15 April 1721 – 31 October 1765 Royal |
| William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange | 1734-03-07 | 1711 – 22 October 1751 Royal |
| William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester | 1797-01-14 | 15 January 1776 – 30 November 1834 Royal |
| William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester | 1780-01-10 | 14 November 1743 – 25 August 1805 Royal |
| William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland | 1831-03-10 | 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837 Patron |
| Charles Williams-Wynn | 1827-05-24 | 9 October 1775 – 2 September 1850 |
| Watkin Williams-Wynn | 1773-06-17 | 8 April 1749 – 29 July 1789 |
| Alan Frederick Williams | 1990-03-15 | 25 May 1945 – 9 April 1992 |
| Alwyn Williams | 1967-03-16 | 8 June 1921 – 4 April 2004 |
| Carrington Bonsor Williams | 1954-03-18 | 7 October 1889 – 12 July 1981 |
| Charles Greville Hanson Williams | 1862-06-05 | 22 September 1829 – 15 June 1910 |
| Charles James Blasius Williams | 1835-04-02 | 3 February 1805 – 24 March 1889 |
| David Williams | 1984-03-15 | |
| Dionysius Williams | 1766-05-08 | ? January 1733 – ? June 1775 |
| Dudley Howard Williams | 1983-03-17 | |
| Evan James Williams | 1939-03-16 | 8 June 1903 – 29 September 1945 Atomic Physics, Aberystwyth |
| Frederic Calland Williams | 1950-03-16 | 26 June 1911 – 11 August 1977 |
| James Gordon Williams | 1994-03-10 | |
| John Williams | 1828-03-06 | 12 April 1778 – 11 August 1849 |
| John Williams | 1671-03-23 | ? September 1642 – ? November 1680 Baronet |
| John Lloyd Williams | 1801-05-21 | 1801 Physician, Bengal |
| John Wesley Williams | 1839-01-31 | 1788 – January 1841 |
| Moses Williams | 1719-11-05 | 2 March 1686 – 9 April 1742 |
| Peter Michael Williams | 1999-05-13 | |
| Reeve Williams | 1699-01-11 | 1682–1703 |
| Richard Tecwyn Williams | 1967-03-16 | 20 February 1909 – 29 December 1979 |
| Robert Hughes Williams | 1990-03-15 | |
| Robert Joseph Paton Williams | 1972-03-16 | |
| Roger Williams | 1664-02-03 | - ? 1665 |
| Roger L. Williams | 2017-05-05 | |
| Stephen Williams | 1734-06-13 | c. 1701–1741 |
| Thomas Williams | 1858-06-03 | 4 January 1819 – 23 April 1865 Physician |
| Timothy John Williams | 2012-04-19 | |
| Alexander William Williamson | 1855-06-07 | 1 May 1824 – 6 May 1904 |
| Benjamin Williamson | 1879-06-12 | 9 January 1827 – 3 January 1916 Irish mathematician |
| David Theodore Nelson Williamson | 1968-03-21 | 15 February 1923 – 10 May 1992 Electronic Engineer |
| John Williamson | 1749-06-15 | 1713 – 25 February 1763 Chaplain in Lisbon |
| Joseph Williamson | 1663-05-20 | 25 July 1633 – 3 October 1701 Original Fellow |
| Robert Williamson | 1999-05-13 | Biochemist, London & Melbourne |
| William Crawford Williamson | 1854-06-01 | 24 November 1816 – 23 June 1895 |
| Henry Norton Willis | 1791-12-15 | - 13 August 1819 |
| John Christopher Willis | 1919-05-15 | 20 February 1868 – 21 March 1958 |
| John Raymond Willis | 1992-03-12 | |
| Robert Willis | 1830-04-22 | 27 February 1800 – 28 February 1875 |
| Thomas Willis | 1663-11-18 | 27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675 |
| Edward Nevill Willmer | 1960-03-24 | 15 August 1902 – 8 April 2001 |
| Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton | 1787-01-25 | 19 December 1726 – 30 June 1800 |
| Hugh Willoughby, 15th Baron Willoughby of Parham | 1745-02-14 | - 21 January 1765 |
| Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton | 1693-11-30 | c. 1670 – 17 April 1729 |
| Charles Willughby | 1683-07-25 | - ? September 1694 |
| Francis Willughby | 1663-05-20 | 1635 – 3 July 1672 Original Fellow |
| Edward Wilmot | 1730-01-15 | 29 October 1693 – 21 November 1786 |
| Robert John Wilmot | 1821-05-24 | 21 December 1784 – 31 May 1841 |
| Ian Wilmut | 2002-05-09 | |
| Alan Geoffrey Wilson | 2006-05-18 | |
| Alan Herries Wilson | 1942-03-19 | 2 July 1906 – 30 September 1995 |
| Alexander Wilson | 1838-03-01 | c. 1781 – 28 November 1863 Civil servant |
| Allan Charles Wilson | 1986-03-20 | 18 October 1934 – 21 July 1991 |
| Arthur James Cochran Wilson | 1963-03-21 | 28 November 1914 – 1 July 1995 |
| Benjamin Wilson | 1751-12-05 | 1721 – 6 June 1788 |
| Charles Thomson Rees Wilson | 1900-06-14 | 14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959 |
| Charles William Wilson | 1874-06-04 | 14 March 1836 – 25 October 1905 |
| Colin James Ness Wilson | 2015-05-01 | 1956 - Geologist |
| George Fergusson Wilson | 1855-06-07 | 25 March 1822 – 28 March 1902 Founder of Wisley Gardens. |
| Giffin Wilson | 1801-04-16 | 1766 - 1848 |
| Glocester Wilson | 1796-04-28 | - ? 1852 |
| Graham Selby Wilson | 1978-03-16 | 10 September 1895 – 5 April 1987 |
| Harold Albert Wilson | 1906-05-03 | 1 December 1874 – 13 October 1964 |
| Horace Hayman Wilson | 1834-04-10 | 26 September 1786 – 8 May 1860 |
| Ian Andrew Wilson | 2000-05-11 | Microbiologist, USA |
| Isaac Wilson | 1831-02-24 | c. 1756 – 2 December 1844 Physician to Navy |
| James Wilson | 1803-05-19 | 1765 – 17 November 1821 Prof of Anatomy to RCS |
| James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx | 1969-06-12 | 11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995 Statute |
| James Thomas Wilson | 1909-05-06 | 14 April 1861 – 2 September 1945 Prof. of Anatomy, Cambridge |
| John Wilson | 1845-02-06 | 11 December 1804 – 1 December 1875 Philanthropist & Scholar (Bombay) |
| John Wilson | 1846-02-19 | c. 1788 – 10 August 1870 Physician |
| John Wilson | 1783-03-13 | 6 August 1741 – 18 October 1793 |
| John Tuzo Wilson | 1968-03-21 | 24 October 1908 – 15 April 1993 |
| Robert Wilson | 1975-03-20 | 16 April 1927 – 2 September 2002 |
| Sophie Wilson | 2013-05-02 | |
| William James Erasmus Wilson | 1845-02-20 | 25 November 1809 – 7 August 1884 |
| William Wilson | 1923-05-03 | 1 March 1875 – 14 October 1965 Physicist, St Andrews Univ. |
| William Edward Wilson | 1896-06-04 | 19 July 1851 – 6 March 1908 Irish astronomer |
| James Wimshurst | 1898-06-09 | 13 April 1832 – 3 January 1903 |
| Joseph Windham | 1781-11-08 | 21 August 1739 – 21 September 1810 |
| William Windham | 1744-01-26 | 1717 – 30 October 1761 |
| Alan Hardwick Windle | 1997-05-15 | |
| Bertram Coghill Alan Windle | 1899-06-01 | 8 May 1858 – 14 February 1929 |
| Colin George Windsor | 1995-06-09 | 28 June 1938 - |
| Other Hickman Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth | 1773-04-22 | ? 30 May 1751 – 12 June 1799 |
| Johann Heinrich Winkler | 1747-01-08 | 12 March 1703 – 18 May 1770 |
| Rowland Winn | 1673-11-27 | 1609–1676 Merchant |
| Edward Winnington | 1805-01-10 | 14 November 1749 – 9 January 1805 (died before election) |
| Gregory Paul Winter | 1990-03-15 | April 1951 - |
| John Winthrop | 1734-04-04 | 25 August 1681 – 1 August 1747 |
| John Winthrop | 1663-05-20 | 12 February 1606 – 5 April 1676 Original Fellow |
| John Winthrop | 1766-02-20 | 19 December 1714 – 3 May 1779 |
| Sir Clifton Wintringham | 1742-12-23 | 1710 – 10 January 1794 |
| Frederick Charles William Wirtemberg, Prince of Wirtemberg | 1797-05-11 | 6 November 1754 – 30 October 1816 honorary |
| Daniel Wise | 2018-05-09 | 24 January 1971 – |
| Robert Wissett | 1801-12-24 | - 3 December 1820 |
| George Witchell | 1767-07-09 | - 29 January 1785 |
| William Withering | 1785-11-24 | March 1741 – 6 October 1799 |
| Philip J. Withers | 2016-04-29 | Materials physicist |
| Stephen Withers | 2012-04-19 | |
| Nicolaes Witsen | 1689-11-30 | 8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717 |
| George Witt | 1834-06-05 | 25 March 1804 – 20 February 1869 Surgeon, Bedford Infirmary |
| William Henry Wittrick | 1980-03-20 | 29 October 1922 – 2 July 1986 |
| Samuel Wix | 1813-02-25 | 9 February 1771 – 4 September 1861 |
| William Wix | 1810-07-12 | - c. 1847 |
| Charles Godfrey Woide | 1785-04-21 | 4 July 1725 – 9 May 1790 |
| Nathaniel Matthew Wolf | 1777-04-10 | 24 January 1724 – 15 December 1784 |
| Kenneth H. Wolfe | 2017-05-05 | |
| John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry | 1895-06-13 | 7 December 1836 – 22 January 1918 Tower Bridge builder |
| Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale | 1977-03-17 | |
| Christian, Freiherr von Wolff | 1710-11-08 | 24 January 1679 – 9 April 1754 |
| Eric Wolff | 2010-05-20 | |
| Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson | 2005-05-26 | 11 November 1927 – 20 May 2010 honorary |
| Isaac Wolfson | 1963-06-20 | 17 September 1897 – 20 June 1991 (Statute 12) |
| Alexander Luard Wollaston | 1829-02-26 | 14 June 1804 – ? 10 June 1874 |
| Charlton Wollaston | 1756-03-25 | 23 May 1733 – 26 July 1764 |
| Francis Wollaston | 1723-06-27 | 6 June 1694 – 27 December 1774 |
| Francis Wollaston | 1769-04-13 | 23 November 1731 – 31 October 1815 |
| Francis John Hyde Wollaston | 1786-11-23 | 13 April 1762 – 12 October 1823 |
| George Wollaston | 1763-02-17 | 26 October 1738 – 14 |
| William Hyde Wollaston | 1793-05-09 | 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828 |
| Daniel Mark Wolpert | 2012-04-19 | |
| Lewis Wolpert | 1980-03-20 | embryologist |
| Alan Marshall Muir Wood | 1980-03-20 | |
| Bernard John Wood | 1998-05-14 | Geologist |
| Graham Charles Wood | 1997-05-15 | Prof. of Corrosion Science, UMIST |
| John Wood | 1680-04-01 | - 25 September 1682 Naval surveyor |
| John Wood | 1871-06-08 | 12 October 1825 – 29 December 1891 |
| John Nicholas Wood | 2009-05-15 | Biomedicine, UCL |
| Martin Francis Wood | 1987-03-19 | |
| Nicholas Wood | 1864-06-02 | 24 April 1795 – 19 December 1865 |
| Richard Dean Wood | 1997-05-15 | molecular biologist |
| Robert Wood | 1789-11-19 | 1789 MP |
| Robert Wood | 1681-04-13 | ? 1621 – 9 April 1685 |
| Ronald Karslake Starr Wood | 1976-03-18 | Plant Biologist, Imperial College, London |
| Thomas Wood | 1761-11-19 | c. 1708 – 26 June 1799 |
| Thomas Wood | 1841-05-20 | 31 March 1804 – 23 October 1872 |
| Thomas Barlow Wood | 1919-05-15 | 21 January 1869 – 6 November 1929 Prof. of Agriculture, Cambridge Univ. |
| William Wood | 1812-12-24 | 1774 – ? 26 May 1857 |
| William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley | 1836-12-22 | 29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881 |
| Bennet Woodcroft | 1859-06-09 | 29 December 1803 – 07 |
| Samuel Woodford | 1664-11-02 | 15 April 1636 – 11 January 1700 Clergyman |
| Thomas Woodford | 1708-04-07 | - 26 March 1759 |
| John Henry Woodhouse | 2000-05-11 | Prof. of Geophysics, Oxford Univ. |
| Robert Woodhouse | 1802-12-16 | 28 April 1773 – ? 23 December 1827 |
| Benjamin Woodroffe | 1668-04-30 | April 1638 – 14 August 1711 |
| D. P. Woodruff | 2006-05-18 | |
| Michael Woodruff | 1968-03-21 | 3 April 1911 – 10 March 2001 |
| Andrew W. Woods | 2017-05-05 | |
| Donald Devereux Woods | 1952-03-20 | 16 February 1912 – 6 November 1964 |
| Henry Woods | 1916-05-11 | 18 December 1868 – 4 April 1952 |
| Stephen Esslemont Woods | 1974-03-21 | 12 January 1912 – 18 June 1994 |
| Arthur Smith Woodward | 1901-06-06 | 23 May 1864 – 2 September 1944 |
| Charles Woodward | 1841-04-29 | ? 1789 – 16 April 1877 Agent |
| Henry Woodward | 1873-06-12 | 24 November 1832 – 6 September 1921 |
| Horace Bolingbroke Woodward | 1896-06-04 | 20 August 1848 – 06 |
| John Woodward | 1693-11-30 | 1 May 1665 – 25 April 1728 |
| Sidney William Wooldridge | 1959-03-19 | 16 November 1900 – 25 April 1963 |
| Trevor Dion Wooley | 2007-05-17 | |
| Michael Mark Woolfson | 1984-03-15 | crystallographer, computer simulation |
| John Thomas Woolhouse | 1721-11-02 | c. 1650 – 15 January 1734 Oculist |
| Herbert Henry Woollard | 1938-03-17 | 1889 – 18 January 1939 |
| Richard van der Riet Woolley | 1953-03-19 | 24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986 |
| John Woolmore | 1830-05-27 | c. 1756 – 2 December 1838 |
| Paul Workman | 2016-04-29 | 1952 – |
| Arthur Wormall | 1956-03-15 | 17 January 1900 – 9 May 1964 |
| Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright | 1889-04-04 | 20 October 1840 – 9 January 1903 |
| Henry Worsley | 1705-11-30 | c. 1675 – 15 March 1740 ambassasdor, MP for Newtown, IoW |
| Richard Worsley | 1778-06-18 | 17 March 1751 – 8 August 1805 |
| Edward Worth | 1699-01-11 | c. 1678–1733 |
| Arthur Mason Worthington | 1893-06-01 | 11 June 1852 – 5 December 1916 |
| Brian Stewart Worthington | 1998-05-14 | 9 June 1938 – 9 December 2007 consultant neuroradiologist |
| William Wotton | 1687-12-14 | 13 August 1666 – 13 |
| Peter Woulfe | 1767-02-05 | c. 1727–1803 |
| Francis Wrangham | 1804-11-15 | 11 June 1769 – 27 December 1842 |
| Daniel Wray | 1729-03-06 | 28 November 1701 – 29 December 1783 |
| Gordon Richard Wray | 1986-03-20 | 30 January 1928 – 17 August 2005 |
| Christopher Wren | 1663-05-20 | 20 October 1632 – 25 Feb 1723 Founder and President of Royal Society |
| Christopher Wren the Younger | 1693-11-30 | 18 February 1675 – 24 August 1747 Numismatist and MP |
| Matthew Wren | 1663-04-22 | 20 August 1629 – 14 June 1672 Original Fellow |
| Thomas Wren | 1663-05-20 | 1633–1679 Clergyman Original Fellow |
| Almroth Edward Wright | 1906-05-03 | 10 August 1861 – 30 April 1947 |
| Charles Romley Alder Wright | 1881-06-02 | 1844 – 25 July 1894 |
| Edward Wright | 1759-04-05 | c. 1666 – 20 August 1761 Scottish Physician |
| Ernest Marshall Wright | 2005-05-26 | |
| John Wright | 1843-06-01 | 21 March 1793 – 13 February 1893 Clergyman |
| Richard Wright | 1767-03-19 | c. 1739 – 14 October 1786 |
| Thomas Wright | 1879-06-12 | 9 November 1809 – 17 November 1884 |
| William Wright | 1778-03-12 | March 1735 – 19 September 1819 |
| John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley | 1841-04-29 | 4 October 1798 – 27 October 1867 |
| Adrian Frederick George Wyatt | 2000-05-11 | |
| John Wyatt | 1778-02-12 | - 2 November 1797 Surgeon |
| Terry Wyatt | 2013-05-02 | |
| William Wyatt | 1769-06-08 | c. 1742 – 1 February 1813 Physician |
| Jeffrey Wyatville | 1830-05-27 | 3 August 1766 – 10 February 1840 |
| Cyril Wyche | 1663-05-20 | c. 1632 – 29 December 1707 Original Fellow |
| Peter Wyche | 1745-05-02 | 25 December 1709 – 1 November 1763 |
| Peter Wyche | 1663-05-20 | 1628–1699 Original Fellow |
| Edmund Wylde | 1663-05-20 | c. 1618 – c. 1695 Original Fellow |
| Andrew Hamilton Wyllie | 1995-03-09 | pathologist |
| Peter John Wyllie | 1984-03-15 | geologist |
| William Wynde | 1663-05-20 | c. 1647 – ? April 1722 Original Fellow |
| Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | 1834-04-10 | 19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871 |
| Edmund Wyndham | 1677-12-06 | c. 1659 - |
| George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont | 1797-12-07 | 18 December 1751 – 11 November 1837 |
| Henry Penruddocke Wyndham | 1783-01-09 | 4 June 1736 – 3 May 1819 |
| V. C. Wynne-Edwards | 1970-03-19 | 4 July 1906 – 5 January 1997 |
| Charles Gorrie Wynne | 1970-03-19 | 18 May 1911 – 1 October 1999 |
| William Wynne | 1794-03-06 | - 1815 Knight |
| William Palmer Wynne | 1896-06-04 | 13 February 1861 – 16 February 1950 |
| Marmaduke Wyvill | 1711-11-30 | - 2 November 1722 MP for Richmond. |
| Marmaduke Wyvill | 1735-02-06 | 1692 – 27 December 1753 |

### Y

| Name | Election date | Notes |
| Magdi Habib Yacoub | 1999-05-13 | heart surgeon |
| Elihu Yale | 1717-11-30 | 5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721 |
| Ziheng Yang | 2006-05-18 | |
| Alfred Fernandez Yarrow | 1922-05-11 | 13 January 1842 – 24 January 1932 |
| Frank Yates | 1948-03-18 | 12 May 1902 – 17 June 1994 |
| James Yates | 1839-01-31 | 30 April 1789 – 7 May 1871 |
| Grant David Yeats | 1819-07-01 | 1773 – 14 November 1836 |
| Thomas Pattinson Yeats | 1781-03-08 | c. 1782 |
| John Yelloly | 1814-05-05 | 30 April 1774 – 31 January 1842 |
| Talbot Yelverton, Earl of Sussex | 1722-02-01 | 2 May 1690 – 27 October 1731 |
| Gerald Francis Yeo | 1889-06-06 | 19 January 1845 – 1 May 1909 |
| Thomas Yeoman | 1764-01-12 | 1708 – 24 January 1781 |
| Julia Yeomans | 2013-05-02 | |
| William Yolland | 1859-06-09 | 17 March 1810 – 5 September 1885 |
| Charles Maurice Yonge | 1946-03-21 | 9 December 1899 – 17 March 1986 |
| James Yonge | 1702-11-30 | 27 February 1647 – 25 July 1721 Naval surgeon & Physician |
| Sir George Yonge | 1784-05-13 | 1731 – 25 September 1812 |
| Sir William Yonge | 1748-06-23 | 10 August 1755 |
| Charles Yorke | 1750-12-13 | 30 December 1722 – 20 January 1770 |
| Charles Philip Yorke | 1801-11-12 | 12 March 1764 – 13 March 1834 |
| Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke | 1847-02-25 | 2 April 1799 – 17 September 1873 |
| John Yorke | 1773-02-18 | 27 August 1728 – 3 September 1801 |
| Philip James Yorke | 1849-06-07 | 13 October 1799 – 14 December 1874 |
| Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke | 1753-12-06 | 1 December 1690 – 6 March 1764 |
| Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke | 1741-01-29 | 19 March 1720 – 16 May 1790 |
| Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke | 1790-11-25 | 31 May 1757 – 18 November 1834 |
| Warrington Yorke | 1932-05-05 | 11 April 1883 – 24 April 1943 Prof. of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool |
| Alec David Young | 1973-03-15 | 15 August 1913 – 27 January 2005 aero-engineer |
| Alfred Young | 1934-05-03 | 16 April 1873 – 15 December 1940 |
| Arthur Young | 1774-04-28 | 11 September 1741 – 20 April 1820 |
| Christopher Alwyne Jack Young | 1972-03-16 | 7 March 1912 – 20 January 1978 |
| Ian Robert Young | 1989-03-16 | |
| James Young | 1873-06-12 | 13 July 1811 – 13 May 1883 |
| John Zachary Young | 1945-03-22 | 18 March 1907 – 4 July 1997 |
| Pierre Henry John Young | 1974-03-21 | 12 June 1926 – 4 August 1985 |
| Frank George Young | 1949-03-17 | 25 March 1908 – 20 September 1988 |
| George Young | 1781-02-15 | 17 June 1732 – 28 June 1810 Admiral |
| Robert Young | 2013-05-02 | |
| Samuel Young | 1795-03-26 | 23 February 1766 – 14 December 1826 Civil servant |
| Sydney Young | 1893-06-01 | 29 December 1857 – 8 April 1937 Professor of Chemistry, Bristol |
| Thomas Young | 1794-06-19 | 13 June 1773 – 10 May 1829 |
| William Young | 1748-03-10 | 1725 – 8 April 1788 |
| William Young | 1786-06-15 | 1 December 1749 – 10 January 1815 |
| William Henry Young | 1907-05-02 | 20 October 1863 – 7 July 1942 |
| Charles Wright Younghusband | 1852-06-03 | 20 June 1821 – 28 October 1899 |
| George Udny Yule | 1921-05-12 | 18 February 1871 – 26 June 1951 |

### Z

| Name | Date Elected | Notes |
| Franz Xaver Zach | 1804-04-12 | 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832 |
| Oliver Louis Zangwill | 1977-03-17 | 29 October 1913 – 12 October 1987 psychologist |
| Francesco Maria Zannotti | 1741-02-26 | 6 January 1692 – 25 December 1777 |
| Eustachio Zanotti | 1740-11-06 | 27 November 1709 – 15 May 1782 |
| Erik Christopher Zeeman | 1975-03-20 | |
| Semir Zeki | 1990-03-15 | |
| Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz | 1979-03-15 | 18 May 1921 – 2 January 2009 |
| John Michael Ziman | 1967-03-16 | 16 May 1925 – 2 January 2005 |
| Andrew Peter Zisserman | 2007-05-17 | |
| Philip Henry Zollman | 1727-06-22 | c. 1748 |
| Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman | 1943-03-18 | 30 May 1904 – 31 March 1993 anatomist, evolutionist |

## Foreign members
### W

| Name | Election date | Notes |
| Otto Heinrich Warburg | 1934-05-03 | 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970; German chemist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1931) |
| James Dewey Watson | 1981-04-09 | |
| Ernst Heinrich Weber | 1862-06-19 | 24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878 |
| Max Wilhelm Carl Weber | 1935-06-27 | 6 December 1852 – 7 February 1937 |
| Wilhelm Eduard Weber | 1850-11-21 | 24 October 1804 – ? 23 June 1890 |
| Carl Wilhelm Weierstrass | 1881-05-12 | 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897 |
| Detlef Weigel | 2010-05-20 | |
| André Weil | 1966-04-21 | 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998; French U.S. mathematician group theory, algebraic geometry |
| Steven Weinberg | 1981-04-09 | U.S. physicist, electroweak force, Nobel Prize (1979) |
| August Friedrich Leopold Weismann | 1910-06-30 | 17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914 |
| Charles Weissmann | 1983-06-30 | Hungarian-born Switzerland British molecular biologist |
| Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went | 1933-05-25 | 18 June 1863 – 24 July 1935 |
| Susan R. Wessler | 2017-05-05 | |
| Frank Henry Westheimer | 1983-06-30 | U.S. chemist |
| Hermann Weyl | 1936-06-25 | 9 November 1885 – 9 December 1955 |
| John Archibald Wheeler | 1995-03-09 | |
| Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann | 1884-01-31 | 2 October 1826 – 23 March 1899 |
| Heinrich Otto Wieland | 1931-06-25 | 4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957 |
| Torsten Nils Wiesel | 1982-06-24 | |
| Eugene Paul Wigner | 1970-04-23 | 17 November 1902 – 1 January 1995 |
| Ellen D. Williams | 2016-04-29 | 5 December 1953 – |
| Richard Willstätter | 1928-06-21 | 13 August 1872 – 3 August 1942 |
| Edmund Beecher Wilson | 1921-05-05 | 19 October 1856 – 3 March 1939 |
| Edward Osborne Wilson | 1990-06-28 | |
| Øjvind Winge | 1947-05-01 | 19 May 1886 – 5 April 1964 Danish geneticist |
| Sergius Winogradsky | 1919-06-26 | 14 September 1856 – 24 February 1953 |
| Johannes Wislicenus | 1897-04-01 | 24 June 1835 – 5 December 1902 |
| Edward Witten | 1999-05-13 | U.S. mathematician and physicist, Fields Medal (1990) |
| Carl Richard Woese | 2006-05-18 | |
| Friedrich Wöhler | 1854-06-15 | 31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882 |
| Peter Guy Wolynes | 2007-05-17 | |
| Robert Williams Wood | 1919-06-26 | 2 May 1868 – 11 August 1955 |
| Robert Burns Woodward | 1956-04-26 | 10 April 1917 – 8 July 1979 |
| Sewall Wright | 1963-04-25 | 21 December 1889 – 3 March 1988 |
| Carl Isaac Wunsch | 2002-05-09 | |
| Karl Adolph Wurtz | 1864-06-09 | 26 November 1817 – 10 May 1884 |
| Kurt Wuthrich | 2010-05-20 | |
| Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff | 1951-04-19 | 9 August 1897 – 2 November 1994 |

### Y

| Name | Election date | Notes |
| Eli Yablonovitch | 2013-05-02 | |
| Mitsuhiro Yanagida | 2000-05-11 | |
| Chen Ning Yang | 1992-06-18 | |
| Charles Yanofsky | 1985-06-27 | U.S. scientist, medicine |
| Hideki Yukawa | 1963-04-25 | 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981 |

### Z

| Name | Year | Notes |
| Richard Neil Zare | 1999-05-13 | U.S. physicist |
| Pieter Zeeman | 1921-05-05 | 25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943 |
| Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich | 1979-04-26 | 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987 |
| Nikolay Zheludev | 2018-05-09 | 23 April 1955 – |
| Frits Zernike | 1956-04-26 | 16 July 1888 – 10 March 1966 |
| Ahmed Hassan Zewail | 2001-05-10 | |
| Guangzhao Zhou | 2012-04-19 | |
| Karl Ziegler | 1971-04-22 | 26 November 1898 – 11 August 1973 |
| Rolf Martin Zinkernagel | 1998-05-14 | |
| Ferdinand Zirkel | 1897-11-25 | 20 May 1838 – 11 June 1912 |