Author
- Valmiki1
- Vasubandhu1
- Vasumitra1
- Wafāʼī, Muḥammad ibn Badr al-Dīn1
- Wang Cheng1
- 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