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Famous People Whose Last Name Is West  

Chris Abraham
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Being a fairly common name, it's no surprise there are a lot of famous people with the last name West. Do you recognize all the celebrities whose last name is West on this list? Although not all of these people are related, they are all famous people with West as their surname. From athletes and actors to musicians and political figures, this list provides images of each famous West along with information about their lives. If your surname is also West, you very well could be related to some of the well-known people on this list. Examples of famous Wests include Kanye West, Jerry West, and Mae West, but there are plenty of others on this list to learn about other than just those three.

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Kanye West is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 41
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, director, painter, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. West first gained prominence as a producer for Roc-A-Fella ...more
Jerry West is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 80
Jerry Alan West is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. His nicknames include ...more
Mae West is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
Dec. at 87 (1893-1980)
Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, playwright, and screenwriter whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a ...more
Adam West is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 90
William "Bill" West Anderson, better known by his stage name Adam West, is an American actor. He is best known for the title role in the 1960s ABC series Batman and its theatrical ...more
Sienna West is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 41
Sienna West is a pornographic actress.
Sadie West is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 30
Sadie West is an American former pornographic actress.
David West is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 38
David Moorer West is an American retired professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Xavier ...more
Dominic West is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 49
Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Detective Jimmy McNulty in the HBO drama series The Wire, and won the award for Leading Actor at the ...more
Shane West is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 40
Shane West is an American actor, punk rock musician and songwriter. West is known for his portrayal of Eli Sammler in the ABC family drama Once and Again, Landon Carter in A Walk to Remember, ...more
Delonte West is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 35
Delonte Maurice West is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for Saint Joseph's
Billy West is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 66
William Richard "Billy" West is an American voice actor, singer and comedian best known for his voice-over work in a number of television series, films and commercials. He has done ...more
Leslie West is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 73
Leslie West is an American rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Mountain.
Allen West is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 58
Allen Bernard West is an American political commentator, former member of the United States House of Representatives, and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. A member of the Republican Party, ...more
Chandra West is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 48
Chandra K. West is a Canadian actress.
Rosemary West is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 65
Rosemary Pauline "Rose" West is a British serial killer, now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, after being convicted of 10 murders in 1995. Her husband Fred, who committed ...more
Dottie West is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
Dec. at 59 (1932-1991)
Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most ...more
Fred West is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
Dec. at 54 (1941-1995)
Frederick Walter Stephen "Fred" West was an English serial killer. Between 1967 and 1987, West – alone and later with his second wife, serial killer Rosemary West – tortured and raped ...more
Allen West is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 51
Allen West is an American death metal guitarist who has been a member of Massacre, Obituary, Six Feet Under, Lowbrow, and Southwicked. He is considered to be a pioneering figure of the death ...more
Go West is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist Peter Cox; and rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist Richard Drummie. The outfit enjoyed their peak of popularity between the mid ...more
Cornel West is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 65
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, academic, activist, author, public intellectual, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. The son of a Baptist minister, West ...more
Holly West is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 38
Hannah West is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 31
Hannah West is an actress.
Sandy West is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
Dec. at 47 (1959-2006)
Sandy West was an American musician, singer, songwriter and drummer. She was one of the founding members of the Runaways, the first teenage all-girl hard rock band to record and achieve ...more
April West is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 53
James Edward Maceo West is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is West
age 88
James Edward Maceo West is an American inventor and acoustician. Along with Gerhard Sessler, West developed the foil electret microphone in 1962 while developing instruments for human hearing ...more