Wilder (name)
Wilder is an English surname, sometimes used as a given name, meaning "untamed" or "wild animal".People with the given name
- Wilder D. Baker, United States Navy admiral
- Wilder Dwight Bancroft, American chemist
- Wilder Calderón, Peruvian politician
- Wilder Cartagena, Peruvian footballer
- Wilder W. Crane Jr., American politician
- Wilder D. Foster, American politician
- Wilder Guisao, Colombian footballer
- Wilder W. Hartley, American politician
- Wilder Hobson, American writer and musician
- Wilder Medina, Colombian footballer
- Wilder Metcalf, United States Army general and politician
- Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon
- Wilder Smith, American minister and writer
- Wilder Weir, Canadian television host
- Wilder Zabala, Bolivian footballer
People with the surname
The arts
Acting and filmmaking
- Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American film director
- Gene Wilder, American actor
- James Wilder , American film and television actor
- W. Lee Wilder, Austrian-born American screenwriter, film producer and director
Literature
- Charlotte Frances Wilder, American writer
- Cherry Wilder, pseudonym of New Zealand writer Cherry Barbara Grimm
- Effie Wilder, American writer
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer
- Louise Beebe Wilder, American gardening writer
- Rose Wilder Lane, American writer
- Thornton Wilder, American writer
Music
- Ace Wilder, Swedish singer
- Alan Wilder, British electronic musician
- Alec Wilder, American composer and songwriter
- Matthew Wilder, American musician
- Webb Wilder, American singer-songwriter
Military and politics
- Abel Carter Wilder, American businessman and politician
- Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia
- John Shelton Wilder, Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
- John T. Wilder, American Civil War general
- Wilber Elliott Wilder, American Brigadier General
Sports
- Bobby Wilder, head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs football team
- Dash Wilder, American professional wrestler
- Deontay Wilder, American heavyweight boxer
- George Wilder , English cricketer
- James Wilder Sr., American football running back
- James Wilder Jr., American football running back
- Michael Wilder, American chess champion
Others
- Burt Green Wilder, American comparative anatomist
- Chris Wilder, English footballer
- Christopher Wilder, American serial rapist and murderer
- Frances Farmer Wilder, American radio executive
- George Wilder , prison escaper and New Zealand folk hero
- Gertrude B. Wilder, American clubwoman
- Harris Hawthorne Wilder, American zoologist
- Inez Whipple Wilder, American zoologist
- J. Welles Wilder, Jr., American mechanical engineer, best known for his work in technical analysis
- Lynn Wilder, American author and professor
- Raymond Louis Wilder, American mathematician
- Robert Wilder, American businessman, creator of WilderHill Clean Energy Index
