List of Chemists

Johannes Diderik van der Waals, (1837–1923)
Sir James Walker (1863–1935), Scottish physical chemist
John E. Walker, (born 1941), 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Otto Wallach, (1847–1931), German chemist, 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Alfred Werner, (1866–1919), Swiss chemist, 1913 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Thomas Summers West (1927–2010), British analytical chemist.
Peter Jaffrey Wheatley (1921–1997)
Chaim Weizmann, (1874–1952), Russian chemist, developed the ABE-process
George M. Whitesides, (born 1939), American chemist
John Rex Whinfield (1901–1966), British chemist, discovered polyester fibres
Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877–1957) German chemist 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Julius Wilbrand - inventor of TNT
Harvey W. Wiley, (1844–1930), US chemist, Pure food & drug advocate
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, (1921–1996), 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Alexander William Williamson, English chemist, famous for Williamson ether synthesis
Thomas Willson, (1860–1915), Canadian chemist, discovered an economically efficient process for creating calcium carbide
Richard Willstätter, (1872–1942), 1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, (1876–1959), 1928 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Günter Wirths, Germany
Georg Wittig, 1897–1987), 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Friedrich Wöhler, (1800–1882), German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea.
William Hyde Wollaston, (1766–1828), English chemist, discovered the element Palladium and the element Rhodium
Robert B. Woodward (1917–1979), 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, (1817–1884), Alsatian French chemist, discovered the Wurtz reaction
Kurt Wüthrich, (born 1938), 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry