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H.W. Wiancko was a photographer based in Muskoka, ON.

Edith Margaret Whyte was a graduate of Queen's University, B.A 1948. he name of Edith M. Whyte, B.A. '48, the highest ranking woman official in the Bank of Canada. At the time of her death in October 1980, she was Associate Adviser, part of the Bank's policy-making body and an adviser to Bank Governor Gerald Bouey.
Edith joined the bank in 1948 and in sequence became research officer, assistant chief of the Research Department, Chief of the International Department and Chief of Computer Services (1977-80). During her years in the International Department, she became an expert on Canada's balance of payments.

A.G. Whyte was a student in the School of Mining at Queen's University.

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Reginald Whitty served as a columnist and staffwriter with the Kingston Whig Standard for a number of years during the 1970's and 1980's. The column and articles written by Whitty were focussed on local events and happenings. Mr. Whitty passed away in the mid-nineties.

Charlotte (Carlotte) Elizabeth Whitton was born in Renfrew, Ontario in 1896. She entered Queen's University in 1914 and graduated with an M.A. in 1917. Dr. Whitton followed a career in social work and politics. She was co-editor of Social Welfare and became first full-time Director of the Canadian Council on Child Welfare in 1926. In 1941 she gave up this post to write and act as consultant to both federal and provincial governments on social services and welfare. Dr. Whitton was elected controller of the City of Ottawa in 1950 and became the first woman mayor of a Canadian city in 1951. She served four terms as mayor and was active in city politics until 1972. Dr. Whitton received many honours during her lifetime, among them: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1934); the Service Medal of the Order of Canada (1967); honourary doctorates from such institutions as King's College, Halifax (1939) and Smith College, Mass. (1955). She died in Ottawa in 1975.

Whitteker Photo was a printer active in Morrisburg, ON.

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Medical student and professor.

Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.[1] His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.

Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and—in addition to publishing his poetry—was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. He died at age 72.