Lives listing by occupation: poet
- West, Gilbert (born 1703–died 1756), English soldier, poet, theologian, translator
- West, Richard [junior] (born 1716–died 1742), English author, poet
- Whalley, Reverend Thomas Sedgwick (born 1746–died 1828), English churchman, poet, traveller
- Wharton, Richard (born 1764–died 1828), English lawyer, politician, member of Parliament, civil servant, poet
- Wheeler, Reverend Doctor Benjamin (born c. 1733–died 1783), English academic, churchman, poet
- Whitefoord, Caleb (born 1734–died 1810), Scottish wine-merchant, poet, diplomat, academician, tradesman
- Whitehead, William (born 1715–died 1785), English author, playwright, poet
- Wieland, Christoph Martin (born 1733–died 1813), German poet, translator
- Wilkie, William (born 1721–died 1772), Scottish author, poet, churchman, university teacher
- Williams, Anna [née Williams] (born 1706–died 1783), Welsh poet
- Williams, Helen Maria (born 1759–died 1827), English author, novelist, poet, translator
- Wordsworth, William (born 1770–died 1850), English author, poet, critic
- Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary [née Pierrepont] (born 1689–died 1762), English aristocrat, traveller, author, poet
- Yart, Antoine (born 1710–died 1791), French author, poet, translator
- Young, Edward (born 1683–died 1765), English author, poet, literary critic
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