Author
- Wang Han1
- Wang Qiao1
- Wang Xing1
- Warram ibn Abi Firas al-Hilli1
- Waḍḍāḥī, Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Ziyād1
- William McElwee Miller1
- William of Malmesbury1
- Wu Chen1
- Wu Yan1
- Xia Liangsheng1
- Xiao Qi1
- Xie Su1
- Xu Zhongxing1
- Ya'qub al-Jarkhi1
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo1
- Yamanī, ʻĪsá ibn Luṭf Allāh, 1578 or 9-16381
- Yang Jue1
- Yao Guang Xiao1
- Yaqut al-Hamawi1
- Yazıcı Salahuddin1