Authors born in 1873
- Nellie McClung Author, 1873
- Otto Loewi Pharmacist, 1873
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Novelist, 1873
- Valery Bryusov Poet, 1873
- W. Heath Robinson Cartoonist, 1873
- Walter de La Mare Poet, 1873
- Walter Weyl Writer, 1873
- Willa Cather Writer, 1873
- William Christopher Handy Musician, 1873
- William Duncan Silkworth Doctor, 1873
- William Ernest Hocking Philosopher, 1873
- William Henry Irwin Author, 1873
- William J. H. Boetcker Clergyman, 1873
- William Pepperell Montague Philosopher, 1873