# List of burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery

NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE• Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. • The article must mention their burial in the cemetery. • The fact of their burial should have a reliable source cited. • Alphabetical by last name please. • All others will be deleted. END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *END OF NOTICE West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a rural cemetery established in 1869 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 and contains the burials of many notable persons.
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## A

* Timothee Adamowski (1858–1943), composer, violinist and first conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
* Green Adams (1812–1884), U.S. Congressman
* Randolph Greenfield Adams (1892–1951), librarian and historian
* David Hayes Agnew was a surgeon and the subject of Thomas Eakins' painting The Agnew ClinicDavid Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon
* Raymond Pace Alexander (1897–1974), American civil rights leader, lawyer, politician, and first African American judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
* Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898–1989), first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States.
* Harrison Allen (1841–1897), professor of comparative anatomy and medical zoölogy at the University of Pennsylvania
* Sarah A. Anderson (1901–1992), first Black woman to preside over Pennsylvania House of Representatives general assembly
* Robert Arthur Jr. (1909–1969), writer of speculative fiction, winner of three Edgar Awards
* Samuel Howell Ashbridge (1848–1906), "Stars and Stripes Sam", Philadelphia mayor 1899–1903

## B

* Hobey Baker (1892–1918), amateur athlete, namesake of Hobey Baker Award and Hobey Baker Memorial Rink at Princeton University
* Russell Ball (1891–1942), Hollywood glamor photographer, husband of gossip columnist Gladys Hall
* Samuel L. M. Barlow II (1892–1982), composer, pianist and art critic
* Joseph Beam (1954–1988), African American gay rights activist, writer and poet
* Cecilia Beaux was the first woman instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsCecilia Beaux (1855–1942), painter
* Joe Berry (1894–1976), professional baseball player
* Edward Julius Berwind (1848–1936), founder of Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, owner of The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island, Edward J. Berwind House in New York City
* Julia Berwind, (1865–1961), socialite, social welfare activist, owner of The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island
* Frank Bettger (1888–1981), professional baseball player
* Charles M. Betts (1838–1905), Medal of Honor recipient
* Richard Binder (1839–1912), Medal of Honor recipient
* Oliver Bosbyshell (1839–1921), Civil War veteran, superintendent United States Mint (1889-1894)
* Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973), writer best known for biographies, winner 1958 National Book Award for Nonfiction
* Caroline G. Boughton (1854–1905), educator and philanthropist.
* Benjamin Markley Boyer (1823–1887), represented Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1865 to 1869.
* Anna Robeson Brown (1873–1941), writer
* Edward G. Budd (1870–1946), founder of the Budd Company
* William M. Bunn (1842–1923), American newspaperman, Governor of Idaho Territory from 1884 to 1885
* Jervis Burdick, (1889–1962), track and field athlete, competed in 1912 Summer Olympics
* Edward Bushnell (1876–1951), distance runner, competed in 1900 Summer Olympics

## C

* Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), sculptor
* Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), sculptor
* James Emmot Caldwell (1813–1881), American jeweler who founded J.E. Caldwell & Co. in 1839
* Alan Calvert (1875–1944), weightlifter, bodybuilder, founder Milo Bar-bell Company
* John Carbutt (1832–1905) photography and radiology pioneer
* Arthur Beecher Carles (1882–1952), Modernist painter
* William E. Carter (1875–1940), American millionaire, polo player, and survivor of the RMS Titanic
* Emma C. Chappell (1941–2021), first African-American woman to form a commercial bank in the United States
* Clarence Clark (1859–1937), financier, American tennis promoter and player, member of Tennis Hall of Fame
* Constance Clayton (1933–2023), educator, civic leader, Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia from 1982 to 1993
* William Clothier (1881–1962), Men's Singles Winner, 1906 U.S. National Championships (tennis), member of Tennis Hall of Fame
* Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton (1889–1971), artist, co-founder Museum of Northern Arizona with her husband Harold Sellers Colton (1881–1970); member Philadelphia Ten
* Colin Campbell Cooper was known for his architectural paintings of skyscrapersColin Campbell Cooper (1856–1937), Impressionist painter
* Joseph K. Corson (1836–1913), Medal of Honor recipient
* Peter E. Costello (1854–1935), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania 1915–1921
* Cyrus Curtis (1850–1933), founder of Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of Ladies' Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post

## D

* Frank Miles Day (1861–1918), architect
* John Blair Deaver (1855–1931), aggressive surgeon at German Hospital known as "The Great Slasher"
* Joseph H. Diss Debar (1820–1905), French-born American artist and government official
* Giuseppe Del Puente (1841–1900), Italian opera baritone
* Francis Xavier Dercum (1856–1931), neurologist, consultant for Woodrow Wilson after his stroke
* Harry Diddlebock (1854–1900) sportswriter, manager St. Louis Browns
* John Thompson Dorrance (1873–1930), president of the Campbell Soup Company
* Cecil Kent Drinker (1887–1956) physician, founder of Harvard School of Public Health
* Henry Sandwith Drinker (1880–1965) lawyer and amateur musicologist
* Henry Sturgis Drinker (1850–1937) mechanical engineer, lawyer, author, and fifth president of Lehigh University
* Katherine Rotan Drinker (1889–1956) physician, researcher of Radium Girls with husband Cecil
* Sophie Drinker (1888–1967) author, musician, musicologist; founder of women's musicological and gender studies
* H. Louis Duhring Jr. (1874–1953) architect, rebuilt Powel House in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia
* Clarissa F. Dye (1832–1921) Army nurse during the American Civil War, president of National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War

## E

* George W. Edmonds (1864-1939), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1913–1925, 1933-1935
* Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), anthropologist, poet, philosopher, best-selling author
* George Emerick Essig (1838–1925), painter, watercolorist, and etcher who specialized in marine scenes

## F

* Beatrice Fenton (1887–1983), sculptor and artist
* Larry Ferrari (1932–1997), American organist who hosted The Larry Ferrari Show from 1954 to 1997 on WPVI-TV
* Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr, MD (1894–1963), physician, University of Pennsylvania, namesake for Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome
* Frank H. Fleer (1857–1921), inventor of bubble gum and pioneer of the baseball card
* Marie K. Formad, MD (1860-1944), Russian-born American surgeon, gynecologist, and pathologist
* John Weiss Forney was the first Republican secretary of the U.S. SenateJohn Weiss Forney (1817–1881) politician, journalist, Secretary of the United States Senate 1861–1868
* Tillie May Forney (1862–1922), daughter of John Weiss Forney, writer, journalist
* Robert Foster (1856–1921), professional baseball player
* Daniel M. Fox (1819–1890), mayor of Philadelphia 1869-1871

## G

* Dave Garroway (1913–1982) American television personality, founding host and anchor of NBC's "Today" from 1952 to 1961
* Arrah Lee Gaul (1888–1980) artist, member Philadelphia Ten
* Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (1839–1917), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1889 to 1895.
* Clarence H. Geist (1866–1938), financier who played an important role in the early history of Boca Raton, Florida
* Alfred Godwin (1850–1934), English-born stained glass artist for The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, et al.
* Nelson Z. Graves (1849–1930), businessman
* Nelson Z. Graves Jr. (1880–1918), cricket player
* John Trout Greble (1834–1861), U.S. Army and Union Army officer; first graduate of the United States Military Academy to be killed in the war
* Clifford Scott Green (1923-2007), 36 years as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
* John Gribbel (1858–1936), businessman, philanthropist, donated the Glenriddell Manuscripts to the National Library of Scotland
* Robert Cooper Grier (1794–1870), Associate Justice of The United States Supreme Court (1846–1870).

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* Gladys Hall (1891–1977), film journalist, gossip columnist, wife of glamor photographer Russell Ball
* Alfred C. Harmer (1825–1900), represented Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1871 to 1875, and from 1877 until his death in 1900.
* Abram W. Harris (1858–1935), 8th president of Northwestern University, first President of the University of Maine
* Marvin Haskin (1930–2009), Professor and Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Hahnemann University
* Herman Haupt (1817–1905), Union Army General and engineer
* Lewis M. Haupt (1844–1937), United States civil engineer whose career emphasized work on waterways
* James M. Hazlett (1864–1941), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* Howard Head (1914–1991), aeronautical engineer who is credited with the invention of the first commercially successful aluminum laminate skis and the oversized tennis racket
* Jocko Henderson (1918–2000), radio disc jockey, businessman, and hip hop music pioneer
* Constantine Hering (1800–1880), early pioneer of homeopathy in the United States
* Rudolph Hering (1847–1923), helped in reversal of Chicago River, namesake for Rudolph Hering Medal awarded by American Society of Civil Engineers
* Catherine Elizabeth "Kitty" Sweeney Hershey (1871–1915), wife of chocolatier and philanthropist Milton Hershey; she died at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel and spent four years in the receiving vault of Laurel Hill West
* George Herzog (1851–1920), interior designer and decorative painter
* Brenda J. Payton Hill (1945–1992), as Brenda Payton, lead singer of doo-wop group Brenda & The Tabulations
* John Hofford (1863–1915), professional baseball pitcher for Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1885–1886
* Vera Huckel worked as a "junior computer" at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, a predecessor of NASAVera Huckel (1908–1999), one of the first woman "computers" at NACA, now NASA
* Edie Huggins (1935–2008), long-time television personality in Philadelphia
* Hannah Clothier Hull (1872–1958), clubwoman, feminist, pacifist
* Joseph Miller Huston (1866–1940), designed the third (and current) Pennsylvania State Capitol

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* Chevalier Jackson (1865–1958), physician, teacher, and father of endoscopy
* Roy "Slab" Jackson (1876–1944), early professional football player for Duquesne Country and Athletic Club; developer of Penn MaryDel breed of foxhound
* Bushrod Washington James (1806–1903), surgeon, homeopathist, writer, and philanthropist; namesake of Bushrod, Oakland, California
* Anna Jarvis (1864–1948), originator of Mother's Day
* Eldridge R. Johnson (1867–1945), founder of Victor Talking Machine Company
* Emory Richard Johnson (1864–1950), economist who specialized in transportation issues, dean of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1933
* Wallace W. Johnson (1842–1911), Medal of Honor recipient
* Jack Jones (1950–1991), first African-American news anchor in Philadelphia market

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* John Ernst Worrell Keely (1837–1898), fraudulent inventor who claimed to have discovered a new mode of power
* Roland Grubb Kent (1877–1952), educator and founder of the Linguistic Society of America
* Martha Kimball (1839–1894), philanthropist associated with founding of Memorial Day
* William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921), musician, composer of Away in a Manger
* Charles Klauder (1872–1938), architect
* Harold Knerr (1882–1949), illustrator, cartoonist, did comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids for 35 years
* Daniel S. Koltun (1933–2014), theoretical physicist who specialized in nuclear physics
* Irena Koprowska (1917–2012), cytopathology pioneer, co-developer of the Pap smear
* Hilary Koprowski (1916–2013), virology expert, developer of first oral polio vaccine, developer of first H.D.C.V. rabies vaccine
* Robert Lowe Kunzig (1918-1982), judge of the United States Court of Claims

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* John A. Lafore Jr. served as a U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1957 to 1961John A. Lafore Jr. (1905–1993), Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1957–1961
* Robert Eneas Lamberton (1886–1941), 114th mayor of Philadelphia from 1940 to 1941
* John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883), 19th century American naturalist and entomologist
* Donald Lippincott, (1893–1962), world class sprinter, medal winner at 1912 Summer Olympics
* Sarah Lee Lippincott, (1920–2019), professor of astronomy at Swarthmore College, director of the college's Sproul Observatory
* D. Herbert Lipson (1929–2017), publisher Philadelphia magazine
* Walter R. Livingston Jr. (1922–2011), architect
* Hy Lit (Hyman Aaron Lit) (1934–2007), Philadelphia radio & TV broadcaster
* William H. Luden (1859–1949), developer of the menthol throat lozenge
* Reverend Herbert H. Lusk (1953-2022), professional football running back x 3 years with Philadelphia Eagles before becoming Baptist minister
* Harry Lyons (1866–1912), professional baseball player

## M

* Harry Arista Mackey (1869–1938), football player and coach, lawyer, and politician who served as the mayor of Philadelphia 1928–1932
* Franklin J. Maloney (1899–1958), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1947–1949
* Frederick Maxson (1862–1934) German-born American composer and organist
* Frank M. Mayo (1839–1896), stage actor
* Katharine Elizabeth McBride (1904–1976) neuropsychology researcher, President Bryn Mawr College 1942–1970
* Robert M. McBride (1879–1970) publisher and defendant in the obscenity prosecution of novelist James Branch Cabell
* Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (1901–1985), represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives 1944–1957.
* James McCrea (1848–1913), president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1907 to 1913
* Henry Plumer McIlhenny, (1910–1986), connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveler, socialite, philanthropist, curator and chair of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
* Robert L. McNeil Jr. (1915–2010), chemist and pharmaceutical industry executive, responsible for commercial development, naming, and introduction of the pain reliever Tylenol
* William Morris Meredith Jr. (1919–2007), educator, poet, won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1988
* Reuben Moon (1847–1919), U.S. Congressman
* Robert Charles Moon (1844–1914), ophthalmologist
* J. Hampton Moore (1864–1950), 108th (1920–1924) and 111th (1932–1936) Mayor of Philadelphia, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1906–1920)
* Walter Moser was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis BrownsWalter Moser (1881–1946), professional baseball player
* Paul B. Moses (1929-1966) American art historian, critic, and educator, specializing in 19th-century French art; one of the first African Americans to graduate from Haverford College

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* Nellie Neilson (1873–1947), first woman president of American Historical Society
* Waldo Nelson (1898–1997), pediatrician, author of "Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics" and longtime editor of The Journal of Pediatrics.
* Wedgwood Nowell (1878–1957), stage and film actor and director

## O

* Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1868–1938), biographer and historical writer
* Sara Louisa Oberholtzer (1841–1930), poet, anti-smoking and anti-drinking activist, and economist
* Tinius Olsen (1845–1932), Norwegian-born American engineer and inventor
* Charles O'Neill (1821–1893), Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives (1863–1871) & (1873–1893), member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1850–1852) & (1860–1861), member of Pennsylvania State Senate (1853–1854)

## P

* Daniel Pabst (1826–1910), cabinetmaker, worked closely with Frank Furness
* Robert E. Pattison (1850–1904), Governor of Pennsylvania 1883–1887 and 1891–1895
* Billy Paul (1934–2016), born Paul Williams, singer "Me and Mrs. Jones", "Am I Black Enough for You?"
* George Franklin Pawling (1879–1954), President of Amateur Athletic Union in 1910s, builder of the Philadelphia Arena in 1920s
* Teddy Pendergrass was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2021Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), soul and R&B singer
* J. Howard Pew (1882–1971), American philanthropist, president of Sunoco (Sun Oil Company)
* Joseph Newton Pew (1848–1912), founder of Sun Oil Company (now Sunoco) and philanthropist
* Joseph N. Pew Jr. (1886–1963), American industrialist, influential member of Republican Party
* Theodore Presser (1848–1925), founder of Music Teachers National Association, publisher of The Etude magazine, founder of Theodore Presser Company

## R

* Nate Ramsey (1941–2019), professional football player, #24 with Philadelphia Eagles from 1963 through 1973
* Harry C. Ransley (1863–1941), Republican member of United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1921–1937
* Al Reach (1840–1928), professional baseball player, sporting good manufacturer
* Ira De Augustine Reid (1901–1968) sociologist and author who wrote extensively on the lives of Black immigrants and communities in the United States
* John Reilly (1836–1904), represented Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1875 to 1877.
* Francis Richter (1854–1926), editor Sporting Life newspaper 1883–1917, refused presidency of the National League
* Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), co-founder Comcast
* Suzanne Roberts (1921-2020), wife of Ralph J. Roberts, namesake for Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia
* Lawson Robertson (1883–1951), medal winner at 1904 Summer Olympics, renowned track and field coach
* Mario Romañach (1917–1984), Cuban-born modernist architect, planner, and university professor
* Jack Rose (1971–2009), musician, played American primitive guitar

## S

* L. Lewis Sagendorph (1842–1909), inventor and pioneer in sheet metal production
* Dennis Sandole (1913–2000), jazz guitarist, composer and music educator; mentor to John Coltrane
* William I. Schaffer (1867–1953), Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice
* Fritz Scheel (1852–1907), first conductor and musical director of the Philadelphia Orchestra
* Henry Walter "Slick" Schlichter (1866–1944) sports executive, co-founder and owner Philadelphia Giants Negro league baseball team, sportswriter for Philadelphia Item, referee in Thomas Eakin's 1898 painting Taking the Count
* Arthur Hoyt Scott (1875–1927) inventor of paper towel, namesake for Scott Arboretum
* Hardie Scott (1907-1999), congressperson, horseman
* John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), member Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1899, 1909, 1911, and 1913
* Edgar Viguers Seeler (1867–1929), architect
* Coleman Sellers II (1827–1907), prominent engineer and inventor
* Orator Shafer (1851–1922), Major League Baseball player
* Taylor Shafer (1866–1945), Major League Baseball player
* John O. Sheatz (1856–1922), Pennsylvania state representative, state senator, and state treasurer
* Ben Shibe (1838–1922), sportsman, sporting goods salesman, namesake of Shibe Park at 21st & Lehigh
* Hannah Shipley, Elizabeth Shipley, and Katharine Shipley founders of Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
* Rachel H. Shoemaker (1838–1915), founder of the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia.
* Matthew Simpson (1811–1884), notable Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, delivered eulogy at funeral of Abraham Lincoln
* Charles Emory Smith (1842–1908), U.S. Minister to Russia 1890–1891, U.S. Postmaster General 1898-1902
* David Smyrl (1935–2016), actor and writer, known for his role of Mr. Handford (Hooper's Store) on Sesame Street
* Albert Henry Smyth (1863–1907), editor of the Writings of Benjamin Franklin
* Ed Snider founded the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey LeagueEd Snider (1933–2016) Chair of Comcast Spectacor, owner Philadelphia Flyers, former owner Philadelphia 76ers, part-owner of Philadelphia Eagles
* Edward Taylor Snow (1844–1913) landscape artist, collector
* Pearl Pinkerton McClelland Snowden (1875–1943), woman for whom the Rhode Island mansion High Watch (now owned by Taylor Swift) was built
* Wilson Starbuck (1897–1983), playwright, comic strip writer, author, and United States Navy officer
* Alice Barber Stephens (1858–1932), engraver and magazine illustrator
* John Batterson Stetson (1830–1906), American hat manufacturer and founder of the John B. Stetson Company
* George H. Stockman (1833–1912), Medal of Honor recipient
* Marion Stokes (1929–2012), open access television producer, civil rights activist, librarian, and archivist who videotaped more than 70,000 tapes of television news over 35 years
* John Streaker, aka Cub Stricker (1859–1937), professional baseball player
* Edwin Sydney Stuart (1853–1937), Mayor of Philadelphia 1891–1895, Governor of Pennsylvania 1907–1911.
* Henry Winter Syle (1846-1890), first deaf person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States

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* Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), mechanical and industrial engineer, management consultant, and "father of scientific management".
* Charles W. Thomas (politician) (1860–1907), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania Senate
* Dorothy Burr Thompson (1900–2001), aka "DBT," classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College
* Homer Thompson (1906-2000), Canadian classical archaeologist, specializing in ancient Greece
* Joseph Earlston Thropp (1847–1927), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1898–1900
* John Cresson Trautwine (1810–1883), civil engineer, architect, and engineering writer
* Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938), architect
* C. Delores Tucker was a civil right activist who lead a campaign against rap music in the 1990sC. Delores Tucker (1927–2005), civil rights and anti-rap activist
* Ellwood J. Turner (1886–1948), Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County (1925–1948), Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1939–1941)
* Thomas Lovatt Turner, aka Tink Turner (1890–1962), professional baseball player

## V

* Flora M. Vare (1874–1962), Pennsylvania State Senator 1925–1928, wife of Edwin H. Vare
* Glenna Collett-Vare (1903–1989), American amateur golfer, member World Golf Hall of Fame, "The Female Bobby Jones"
* William Scott Vare (1867–1934), U.S. Senator-elect, U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania State Senator, Republican political boss
* Moses Veale (1832–1917), Medal of Honor recipient

## W

* William Wagner (1796–1885), founder of the Wagner Free Institute of Science
* Charles F. Warwick (1852–1913), author, lawyer, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Philadelphia 1895–1899
* Grover Washington Jr. is considered one of the founders of the smooth-jazz genreGrover Washington Jr. (1943–1999), American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist
* George Austin Welsh (1878–1970), represented Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1923 to 1932.
* Donald H. White (1921–2016), composer, educator at Depauw University
* Peter Arrell Browne Widener II (1895–1948), racehorse owner/breeder
* Elwood N. Williams (1842–1921), Medal of Honor recipient
* Henry Williams (1834–1917), peacetime recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Hugh Irvine Wilson (1879–1925), golf course designer
* James H. Windrim (1840–1919), architect
* John T. Windrim (1866–1934), architect
* Margaret F. Winner (1866–1937) illustrator, portrait painter, and miniaturist
* Septimus Winner (1827–1905), songwriter - Ten Little Indians, Listen to the Mockingbird, et al.
* David Duffield Wood (1838–1910), blind composer, educator, musician, organist and choir master at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church for 46 years
* Milton Work (1864–1934), world expert on whist, bridge whist, auction and contract bridge
* Harry Wright (1835–1895), pioneer of professional baseball, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

## Y

* Charlotte Yhlen (1839–1920), first Swedish woman to graduate as a physician from a university

## Z

* Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989–2011), social media pioneer, cofounder Diaspora