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Wes Edens
Wes Edens, also known as Wesley R. Edens, is an American investor who co-founded Fortress Investment Group in 1998, became CEO of New Fortress Energy, and built Brightline.
Wes Foderingham
Wes Foderingham (Wesley Andrew Foderingham), English goalkeeper born 1991; played for Swindon Town, Rangers, Sheffield United, and West Ham, now at Aris Limassol; former England under-19 international.
Wes Hoolahan
Wes Hoolahan (Weso), Irish attacking midfielder born 1982 in Dublin; Shelbourne, Blackpool, ten years at Norwich City; 43 Ireland caps, 3 goals; scored vs Sweden and assisted Brady vs Italy at Euro 2016.
Wes Kitchens
Wes Kitchens is an American Republican politician who has represented Alabama Senate District 9 since 2024, after representing District 27 in the Alabama House from 2019 to 2024.
Wes Lee
Wes Lee (Deveon Everhart Aikens, b. 1994), also Dezmond Xavier, American wrestler; NXT North American Champion 269 days, MSK tag champion, released by WWE October 2025, now in TNA/AEW as Dezmond Xavier.
Wes McKinney
Wes McKinney (born 1985) is the American creator of Python pandas, co-creator of Apache Arrow and Ibis, author of Python for Data Analysis, former Voltron Data CTO, and founder of Kenn Software.
Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery (John Leslie Montgomery, 1923-1968), Indianapolis jazz guitarist who played with his thumb instead of a pick, pioneered signature octave solos, and moved from Riverside's The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960) to Grammy-winning pop-jazz on Verve and A&M.
Wes Moore
Wes Moore (Westley Watende Omari Moore) is the 63rd governor of Maryland, its first Black governor and the third Black elected governor in U.S. history; Army veteran, Rhodes Scholar, author of The Other Wes Moore, elected in 2022 over Dan Cox.
Wes Morgan
Wes Morgan is a Jamaican professional center-back who captained Leicester City to their 2015/16 Premier League title. He made over 400 appearances for Nottingham and earned 25 caps for Jamaica.
Wes Nichols
Wes Nichols is an American venture capital investor and two-time entrepreneur, a Partner at March Capital Partners since 2020 and co-founder and CEO of the marketing analytics firm MarketShare.
Wes Santee
Wes Santee (David Wesley Santee, 1932-2010), Kansas runner and 1952 Olympian, top US miler of the 1950s; set 1500m world record 3:42.8 and mile best 4:00.5 but was AAU-banned before breaking four minutes.
Wes Scantlin
Wes Scantlin (Wesley Reid Scantlin) is the American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who founded and remains the frontman of post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd, known for Come Clean (2001) and hits Control, Blurry, and She Hates Me.
Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting, British Labour MP for Ilford North since 2015, Secretary of State for Defence from July 2026 after serving as Health and Social Care Secretary 2024-2026; former NUS president, 10-year NHS plan, kidney cancer survivor.
Wes Studi
Wes Studi (Wesley Studie), Cherokee Nation actor born 1947 in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma; Vietnam veteran and activist; broke out in Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans, and Geronimo; first Native American actor to receive an Academy Award, the 2019 Governors Award.
Wes Unseld
Wes Unseld, Bullets center (1968-81), won NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP in 1968-69, the second player after Wilt Chamberlain to do so, and the 1978 title and Finals MVP; later coach and executive.
Wes Virdell
Wes Virdell is an American Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 53, elected in 2024 after serving as Texas State Director for Gun Owners of America.
Wes Welker
Wes Welker, a former American football wide receiver born in 1981, defined the modern slot receiver position during his 14 seasons, catching 903 passes and 50 touchdowns.
Wesco International
Wesco International is an American business-to-business distributor of electrical, communications, and utility products, headquartered in Pittsburgh, with about $24 billion in annual sales and 21,000 employees.
Wesel-Büderich
Wesel-Büderich is a district of Wesel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the left bank of the Rhine, rebuilt after Napoleon ordered the old town of Büderich demolished in 1813.
Weserstadion
Weserstadion, Bremen: home of SV Werder Bremen since 1930, opened 17 October 1926 as ABTS-Kampfbahn; 42,100 capacity, photovoltaic roof, owned 50/50 by city and club.
Wesfarmers
Wesfarmers, also known as Westralian Farmers, is an Australian conglomerate headquartered in Perth that began as a farmers' cooperative in 1914 and grew into retail, health, and chemicals, buying Coles in 2007.
Weshesh
The Weshesh, also known as the Washesh, were one of the Sea Peoples who attacked Egypt around 1177 BCE in the eighth year of Ramesses III.
Węsiory
Węsiory: a Wielbark culture (Gothic) cemetery in Kashubia, Pomerania, Poland, with four stone circles and 20 barrows, 1st–3rd centuries AD, Type Odry-Węsiory-Grzybnica, excavated from the late 1950s.
Wesley A. Clark
Wesley A. Clark (1927–2016) was an American computer scientist who designed the LINC, widely recognized as the first personal computer, and shaped the TX-0 and TX-2 at MIT.
Wesley Bailey (American football)
Wesley Bailey is a Canadian professional football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams who played college football at Rutgers and Louisville before signing in 2026.
Wesley Bell
Wesley Bell, born 1974, is an American Democrat serving as U.S. Representative from Missouri's 1st district since 2025, after serving as St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney.
Wesley Bissainthe
Wesley Bissainthe, born 2004, is a Miami Central High School linebacker who played for the Miami Hurricanes 2022-2025, earned 2025 third-team All-ACC honors, and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as a 2026 undrafted free agent.
Wesley Blake
Wesley Blake (Cory James Weston, born 1987) is an American wrestler, now Westin Blake; NXT Tag Team Champion with Buddy Murphy (2015, ~7 months), later The Forgotten Sons; released by WWE April 2021.
Wesley Britt
Wesley Britt (born 1981, Cullman, Alabama) is a former NFL offensive tackle and Alabama four-year starter who won the 2004 SEC Jacobs Award, was drafted 164th overall by San Diego in 2005, played 16 games for the Patriots, and is the husband of Senator Katie Britt.
Wesley C. Mitchell
Wesley C. Mitchell, also known as Wesley Clair Mitchell, was an American economist who pioneered empirical study of business cycles and founded the NBER, directing its research from 1920 to 1945.