page_title: List of people from Minnesota
section_title: W
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Minnesota / W
caption_attribution_description: Roy Wilkins — in 1963, when executive secretary of the NAACP. An African American Civil Rights leader in the United States.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable persons who were born or spent important time in the American state of Minnesota. People not born in Minnesota are marked with §.
context_section_description: Kevin Wacholz (born 1958) – wrestler
  James Wakefield § (1825–1910) – 8th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota; member of U.S. Congress
  Harriet G. Walker § (1841–1917) – president, Northwestern Hospital
  T. B. Walker  § (1840–1928) – lumberman; founder of Minneapolis Public Library; founder of Walker Art Center
  DeWitt Wallace (1889–1981) – publisher; founder of Reader's Digest; philanthropist
  Steve Walsh (born 1966) – football player
  Sean Waltman (born 1972) – wrestler
  Tim Walz – politician
  Lou Wangberg (born 1941) – 41st Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
  John Warne (born 1979) – musician
  Lonnie Warwick – football player
  Cadwallader Washburn § (1818–1882) – businessperson; founder of Washburn Mills
  William D. Washburn § (1831–1912) – U.S. Senator; member of U.S. Congress
  Gene Washington § (born 1947) – football player
  Vin Weber (born 1952) – member of U.S. Congress
  Jon Wefald (born 1937) – educator
  Knud Wefald § (1869–1936) – member of U.S. Congress
  Mark Weigle (born 1967) – singer-songwriter
  Chris Weinke (born 1972) – football player
  Jeff Weise (1988–2005) – high school student who committed murder/suicide
  Paul Wellstone § (1944–2002) – U.S. Senator
  Sheila Wellstone (1944–2002) – advocate for human rights, the environment, and peace; wife of Paul Wellstone
  Carl L. Weschcke (born 1930) – businessperson; president and owner, Llewellyn Worldwide
  Paul Westerberg (born 1959) – musician
  Wes Westrum (1922–2002) – baseball player
  Jacob Wetterling (1978–1989) – kidnapped, abused, and murdered in 1989; missing until remains were discovered in 2016
  Patty Wetterling § (born 1949) – politician, advocate of children's safety
  Friedrich Weyerhäuser – businessperson
  Lindsay Whalen (born 1982) – WNBA player
  David Wheaton (born 1969) – tennis player
  Blake Wheeler (born 1986) – hockey player
  Ed White – football player
  Milo White § (1833–1912) – member of U.S. Congress
  Minor White (1908–1976) – photographer
  Sammy White § (born 1954) – football player
  Benson Whitney – U.S. Ambassador to Norway
  Richard Widmark (1914–2008) – actor
  Roy Wier § (1888–1963) – member of U.S. Congress
  James Russell Wiggins (1903–2000) – editor; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
  Jermaine Wiggins (born 1975) – football player
  Laura Ingalls Wilder § (1867–1957) – novelist
  Zygi Wilf § (born 1950) – football team owner
  Roy Wilkins § (1901–1981) – civil rights leader
  Bud Wilkinson (1916–1994) – football player, coach, and broadcaster
  Morton S. Wilkinson § (1819–1894) – U.S. Senator; member of U.S. Congress
  Warren William (Warren William Krech) (1894–1948) – actor
  Auburn Williams (born 1990) – singer
  Brian Williams (born 1979) – football player
  Kevin Williams (born 1980) – football player
  Moe Williams (born 1974) – football player
  Pat Williams (born 1972) – football player
  Stokley Williams (born 1967) – musician
  Tom Williams (1940–1992) – hockey player
  Walter Jon Williams (born 1953) – writer
  Troy Williamson (born 1983) – football player
  Paul Willson (born 1945) – actor
  August Wilson § (1945–2005) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
  Dan Wilson – musician
  Dorothy Wilson (1909–1998) – actress
  Eugene McLanahan Wilson § (1833–1890) – member of U.S. Congress
  Rainn Wilson § (born 1966) – actor; Guthrie Theater alumnus
  Sheree J. Wilson (born 1958) – actor
  Thomas Wilson § (1827–1910) – member of U.S. Congress
  Wade Wilson § (born 1959) – football player
  Harold Windingstad (1929–2006) – political activist, farmer
  William Windom § (1827–1891) – U.S. Senator, member of U.S. Congress
  Antoine Winfield (born 1977) – football player
  Dave Winfield (born 1951) – Baseball Hall of Fame player
  Eliza Winston § (born 1830) – freed slave
  Roy Winston – football player
  Max Winter § (1903–1996) – football team owner
  Ted Winter (born 1949) – politician, farmer, insurance agent
  Theodore Wirth § (1863–1949) – horticulturalist, Minneapolis Superintendent of Parks; civic planner
  Cory Withrow – football player
  Wally Wood (1927–1981) – comic-book writer, artist, and independent publisher
  Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith) § – radio personality
  Jerome J. Workman, Jr. (born 1952) – spectroscopist, editor, autho
caption: Roy Wilkins
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