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Walter White Jr.
Walter White Jr., also called Flynn, is the teenage son of Walter and Skyler White on Breaking Bad (2008-2013). He has cerebral palsy, was based on Takehiko Kitazawa, and was played by RJ Mitte, who died in 2026.
Walther von der Vogelweide
Walther von der Vogelweide (about 1170 to 1230) was a Middle High German lyric poet, regarded as the most important German lyricist of the Middle Ages.
Walton Goggins
Walton Goggins (Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.) is an American actor born in 1971, known for playing Shane Vendrell on The Shield and Boyd Crowder on Justified.
Waltz
Waltz: a 3/4-time turning couple dance from Austrian-Bavarian folk roots, fashionable in Vienna from the 1780s. Parent of the fast Viennese waltz (55-60 measures per minute), the English slow waltz, and American styles; UNESCO heritage since 2017.
Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר)
Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר) is Ari Folman's 2008 Israeli animated documentary about recovering suppressed memories of the 1982 Lebanon War and the Sabra and Shatila massacre; Golden Globe winner, Oscar-nominated, restored in 4K in 2026.
Waltzes from Vienna
Waltzes from Vienna, also released as Strauss' Great Waltz, is Alfred Hitchcock's 1934 Gaumont-British musical comedy, his only musical, a fictional account of Johann Strauss II composing The Blue Danube, based on the 1930 operetta Walzer aus Wien.
Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda, Australia's unofficial national anthem, is an 1895 folk song with lyrics by Banjo Paterson and melody attributed to Christina Macpherson, written at Dagworth Station near Winton, Queensland, and recorded over 600 times.
Waluscha De Sousa
Waluscha De Sousa (birth name Waltraudt) is a Goan-Indian actress and former model, debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Fan (2016) as Bela Khanna, later known for OTT roles Garima Kalra in Crackdown and Zainab Riaz in Tanaav.
Wamiqa Gabbi
Wamiqa Gabbi (born 1993, Chandigarh) is an Indian actress in Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu films; debuted in Jab We Met (2007), known for Godha, Jubilee, Khufiya, and a dense 2026 slate including DC.
Wampum
Wampum (sewant, zewant): tubular purple and white shell beads of the Eastern Woodlands, made from whelk and quahog, used in diplomacy belts, as mnemonic treaty records, and as colonial currency.
Wamyō Ruijushō
Wamyō Ruijushō (和名類聚抄, also written 倭名類聚鈔 and known as Wamyōshō) is a Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters compiled by the scholar Minamoto no Shitagō around 934.
Wanavokali
Wanavokali is a Kenyan R&B and soul vocal collective of six artists from Nairobi, formed in 2019 after meeting on the Safaricom Twaweza Live Tour.
Wand (band)
Wand: Los Angeles rock band formed in 2013, led by Cory Hanson (not the Japanese band WANDS or Wooden Wand). Psychedelic garage rock on Ganglion Reef, Golem, 1000 Days; shifted to art rock on Plum (2017); Drag City albums through Vertigo (2024).
Wanda (1970 film)
Wanda (1970) is Barbara Loden's only feature as director, an American independent drama she wrote, directed, and starred in; it won the International Critics' Prize at Venice 1970 and ranks joint 48th in the 2022 Sight and Sound critics' poll.
Wanda (Austrian band)
Wanda is a German-language pop and rock band from Vienna, founded in 2012, whose 2015 hit "Bologna" made them the most-awarded band in Amadeus Austrian Music Awards history.
Wanda Hendrix
Wanda Hendrix (Dixie Wanda Hendrix, 1928–1981), American actress of Confidential Agent and Ride the Pink Horse, first wife of Audie Murphy, later married James L. Stack Jr. and Steve La Monte.
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson (born 1937, Maud, Oklahoma), the Queen of Rockabilly, is an American country, rockabilly, and gospel singer and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (2009), known for "Let's Have a Party" and "Fujiyama Mama."
Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, is an Elizabeth Olsen character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, introduced in 2014, central to WandaVision (2021), and the antagonist presumed dead in Multiverse of Madness (2022).
Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes (born 1964, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer, Emmy winner from The Chris Rock Show, star of Wanda at Large and Curb Your Enthusiasm, former NSA employee, and Netflix special headliner.
Wanda Ventham
Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935, Brighton) is an English actress known as Colonel Virginia Lake in UFO, Pamela Parry in Only Fools and Horses, and the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch, with whom she appeared in Sherlock.
Wanda Wasilewska
Wanda Wasilewska (1905–1964) was a Polish and Soviet communist activist and writer who chaired the Union of Polish Patriots in the USSR during World War II.
WandaVision
WandaVision is Marvel Studios' 2021 nine-episode Disney+ limited series, also called La bruja escarlata y Visión in Spain, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision live inside shifting sitcom eras; created by Jac Schaeffer, directed by Matt Shakman, it won three Emmys from 23 nominations.
Wandee Goodday (วันดีวิทยา)
Wandee Goodday (วันดีวิทยา) is a 2024 Thai BL romantic comedy by GMMTV, adapted from Nottakorn's novel, directed by Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, starring Great Sapol and Inn Sarin as a boxer and doctor in a fake relationship, 12 episodes on GMM25.
Wander (film)
Wander is a 2020 Canadian-American conspiracy thriller directed by April Mullen, written by Tim Doiron, starring Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, Katheryn Winnick, and Heather Graham, released December 4, 2020 by Saban Films.
Wander Over Yonder
Wander Over Yonder is a Craig McCracken-created Disney animated comedy (2013–2016, 79 episodes, 2 seasons) about optimistic traveler Wander and steed Sylvia battling Lord Hater; canceled after season 2 despite an Emmy and Annie Award.
Wanderer (Genshin Impact)
Wanderer (流浪者), formerly Scaramouche the Balladeer and Kunikuzushi, is a 5-star Anemo Catalyst character in Genshin Impact released in version 3.3 (December 7, 2022). A puppet created by Raiden Ei and former Sixth Fatui Harbinger, he erased himself from Irminsul and now studies at Sumeru Akademiya as "Hat Guy."
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer), c. 1817/1818 oil on canvas by Caspar David Friedrich, Hamburger Kunsthalle HK-5161, acquired 1970; iconic Rückenfigur above fog, no pre-1939 provenance record.
Wandering
Wandering (Pang huang, also translated Hesitation) is Lu Xun's second short-story collection, gathering eleven stories written from 1924 to 1925 and published in Beijing in 1926.
Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream
Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream (游园惊梦) is a 1966 short story by Taiwanese writer Pai Hsien-yung, a landmark of stream-of-consciousness writing collected in Taipei People.
Wandering Stars (Orange novel)
Wandering Stars is Tommy Orange's 2024 Knopf novel, both prequel and sequel to There There, following Jude Star from the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre through Fort Marion and Carlisle to Orvil Red Feather in 2018 Oakland; Booker longlisted.