Wilder or Van Wilder is a surname, and may refer to:
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- A. Carter Wilder (1828âÂÂ1875), American businessman and politician
- Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer
- Alan Wilder (born 1959), British electronic musician
- Alan Wilder (actor) (born 1953), American actor
- Alec Wilder (1907âÂÂ1980), American composer and songwriter
- Allen W. Wilder (born c. 1843), American state legislator, teacher and lawyer in Texas
- Almanzo Wilder (1859âÂÂ1949), American farmer
- Amos Wilder (1895âÂÂ1993), American poet, minister and academic theologian
- Amos Parker Wilder (1862âÂÂ1936), American journalist and diplomat
- Andrew Wilder (American football) (born 1990), American football player
- Andrew S. Wilder, American television writer and producer
- Annelies Wilder-Smith (born 1961), infectiology academic
- Arch Wilder (1917âÂÂ2002), Canadian ice hockey player
- Arthur A. Wilder (1873âÂÂ1917), American judge
- A. E. Wilder-Smith (1915âÂÂ1995), British chemist
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- James Wilder Sr. (born 1958), American football running back
- James Wilder Jr. (born 1992), American football running back
- James Wilder (actor) (born 1968), American film and television actor
- James A. Wilder (1868âÂÂ1934), American artist and writer from Hawaii
- Joe Wilder (1922âÂÂ2014), American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer
- John Wilder (producer) (born 1936), American actor, television producer and writer
- John Shelton Wilder (1921âÂÂ2010), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
- John R. Wilder (1816âÂÂ1879), American businessman
- John T. Wilder (1830âÂÂ1917), American Civil War general
- Johnnie Wilder Jr. (1949âÂÂ2006), American musician
- J. Welles Wilder, Jr. (1935âÂÂ2021), American mechanical engineer, best known for his work in technical analysis
- Joseph M. Wilder (1918âÂÂ1990), American politician
- Josh Wilder (born 1990), American playwright
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- Madleen Wilder (born 1980), German footballer
- Marshall Pinckney Wilder (actor) (1859âÂÂ1915), American actor and humorist
- Marshall Pinckney Wilder (politician) (1798âÂÂ1886), American merchant and politician
- Martha Andresen Wilder (1944âÂÂ2018), American scholar of Renaissance literature
- Matthew Wilder (born 1953), American musician
- Maurice Wilder-Neligan (1882âÂÂ1923), Australian soldier
- Michael Wilder (born 1962), American chess champion
- Michael O. Wilder (born 1941), American politician from Wisconsin
- Mitchell Wilder (1913âÂÂ1979), American arts administrator, scholar and photographer
- Myles Wilder (1933âÂÂ2010), American television comedy writer and producer
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- Raymond Louis Wilder (1896âÂÂ1982), American mathematician
- Robert Wilder (environmentalist) (born 1960), American businessman, environmental activist and academic
- Robert Wilder (novelist) (1901âÂÂ1974), American novelist, playwright and screenwriter
- Robert Parmelee Wilder (1863âÂÂ1938), American Protestant missionary
- Roger William Wilder, III, American politician
- Rose Wilder Lane (1886âÂÂ1968), American writer from Louisiana
- Russell Morse Wilder (1885âÂÂ1959), American physician and medical researcher
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- Yvonne Wilder (1937âÂÂ2021), American actress, comedian, writer and artist
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