| 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 |
| 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 | |
