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Wayne Nance
Wayne Nathan Nance, the "Missoula Mauler," was a suspected serial killer in Missoula, Montana, active 1974–1986, linked to at least six killings including Donna Pounds and the Shooks, never tried, and killed in 1986 by intended victim Doug Wells.
Wayne Newton
Wayne Newton (Carson Wayne Newton, born 1942, Norfolk, Virginia), "Mr. Las Vegas": singer and multi-instrumentalist, Vegas performer since 1959, hits "Danke Schoen" and "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", 165 albums, Flamingo residency extended into 2024.
Wayne Osmond
Wayne Osmond (Melvin Wayne Osmond, 1951-2025), founding member and baritone guitarist of the Osmond Brothers/The Osmonds, brother of Donny and Marie; co-creator of Crazy Horses, died of a stroke aged 73.
Wayne Parnell
Wayne Dillon Parnell, South African left-arm medium-fast all-rounder born 1989 in Port Elizabeth; 2008 U-19 World Cup captain, 6 Tests, 73 ODIs, 56 T20Is, later Kolpak Worcestershire and global franchise cricket.
Wayne Robert Johnson
Wayne Robert Johnson is an American aerospace engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025 for rotorcraft analysis and Mars Helicopter development.
Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers (1933-2015), American actor and investor, born William Wayne McMillan Rogers III in Birmingham, Alabama. Played Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre on M*A*S*H 1972-1975, later led House Calls and became a prominent investor, panelist on Fox's Cashin' In, and head of Wayne Rogers & Co.
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney: England's record outfield cap holder (120) and 53-goal former record scorer; Manchester United's record goalscorer (253 in 559), five-time Premier League champion, later manager of Derby, D.C. United, Birmingham and Plymouth, now a BBC Match of the Day pundit.
Wayne Rosenthal (Illinois politician)
Wayne Rosenthal is an American Republican politician who represents Illinois' 108th district in the Illinois House of Representatives and formerly directed the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Wayne Routledge
Wayne Routledge (born 1985, Sidcup) is an English former winger; Crystal Palace, Tottenham, Newcastle, and 305 Swansea City appearances with the 2013 League Cup; 12 England Under-21 caps; retired 2021.
Wayne S. Balta
Wayne S. Balta is a civil engineer who spent his career at IBM, rising to Vice President of Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2019.
Wayne Sermon
Wayne Sermon (Daniel Wayne Sermon), born 1984 in American Fork, Utah, is the lead guitarist of Imagine Dragons. Berklee-trained in jazz guitar, he is known for textural, song-first playing, vintage guitars, and composer credits on Radioactive, Believer, and Thunder.
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (1933-2023), Newark-born jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis's second great quintet, and Weather Report; 12 Grammy Awards, Blue Note classics like Speak No Evil, and the opera Iphigenia.
Wayne Simmonds
Wayne Simmonds, born 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, is a retired Canadian NHL right wing (Kings, Flyers, Predators, Devils, Sabres, Maple Leafs); 2017 All-Star MVP, 1,037 games, 263 goals, retired a Flyer in 2024.
Wayne Sleep
Wayne Sleep OBE (born 1948, Plymouth) is a British ballet dancer, choreographer, and actor; shortest male Royal Ballet School entrant, Senior Principal Dancer, entrechat douze record holder, original Mr Mistoffelees in Cats, Diana's 1985 dance partner.
Wayne State University
Wayne State University, formerly Wayne University, is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It grew from the Detroit Medical College, founded in 1868, and offers more than 375 academic programs.
Wayne Static
Wayne Static (Wayne Richard Wells, 1965–2014), American industrial metal frontman of Static-X, 'evil disco' pioneer, Wisconsin Death Trip, Pighammer solo album, died at 48.
Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud (Morton Wayne Thiebaud, 1920-2021), American painter of thickly impastoed still lifes of cakes, pies, and gumball machines; exhibited with Pop artists in 1962 but rejected the Pop label; taught at UC Davis.
Wayne Wells
Wayne Wells (Wayne Alton Wells, born 1946, Abilene, Texas) is an American freestyle wrestler and attorney who won 1972 Munich Olympic welterweight gold after placing fourth in 1968, with 1970 world title.
Wayne Williams
Wayne Bertram Williams (born 1958, Atlanta) is the convicted murderer serving two consecutive life sentences for the 1982 killings of Jimmy Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater, linked by law enforcement to most of the 29 Atlanta Child Murders of 1979 to 1981 through hair and fiber evidence.
Wayne's World
Wayne's World: SNL sketch (first aired 18 February 1989) and 1992 Penelope Spheeris film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as public-access hosts; highest-grossing SNL film at over $183 million.
Wayne's World (film)
Wayne's World (1992), Penelope Spheeris comedy based on the SNL sketch, starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth; $183 million worldwide gross, sequel Wayne's World 2 (1993).
Wayne's World 2
Wayne's World 2 (also styled Wayne's World II) is a 1993 American comedy film and sequel to Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey.
Ways of Dying
Ways of Dying is a 1995 novel by the South African writer Zakes Mda, his first, following the professional mourner Toloki through the violence of South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy.
Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing: 1972 BBC Two four-part arts documentary by John Berger and Mike Dibb, adapted into the Penguin book of the same name, critiquing Western art history, the male gaze, and advertising; BAFTA-winning, a response to Kenneth Clark's Civilisation.
Waystar
Waystar (Waystar Holding Corp.) is a Lehi, Utah-based healthcare payments software company offering cloud-based revenue cycle management tools to hospitals and physician groups, publicly traded on Nasdaq since June 2024.
Wayuu oral literature
Wayuu oral literature is the body of myths, narratives, and songs of the Wayuu people of the Guajira peninsula in northern Colombia and Venezuela, carrying their history and law.
WayV
WayV (威神V, 웨이션브이) is a Chinese boy group under SM Entertainment's Label V, the fourth NCT sub-unit, debuting January 17, 2019 with 'The Vision'; known for Mandarin releases, 'Love Talk', and albums like On My Youth.
Wayve
Wayve Technologies is a British artificial intelligence company headquartered in London, founded in 2017 by Alex Kendall and Amar Shah, developing end-to-end deep learning systems for automated driving.
Wayve funding
Wayve funding refers to the venture financing of Wayve, a London autonomous driving company, most notably its $1.05 billion SoftBank-led Series C in May 2024.
Wayward (miniseries)
Wayward is an eight-episode 2025 Netflix limited series created by and starring Mae Martin, a psychological thriller set in 2003 in Tall Pines, Vermont, about a troubled-teen academy run by Toni Collette's Evelyn Wade, filmed in Ontario.