Wilder (surname)

Wilder or Van Wilder is a surname, and may refer to:

A

• A. Carter Wilder (1828–1875), 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 (1907–1980), American composer and songwriter
• Allen W. Wilder (born c. 1843), American state legislator, teacher and lawyer in Texas
• Almanzo Wilder (1859–1949), American farmer
• Amos Wilder (1895–1993), American poet, minister and academic theologian
• Amos Parker Wilder (1862–1936), 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 (1917–2002), Canadian ice hockey player
• Arthur A. Wilder (1873–1917), American judge
• A. E. Wilder-Smith (1915–1995), British chemist

B

• Bert Wilder (1939–2012), American football player
• Billy Wilder (1906–2002), Austrian-born American film director
• Bob Wilder (c.1921–1953), American racing driver
• Bobby Wilder (born 1964), American college football coach
• Burt Green Wilder (1841–1925), American comparative anatomist

C

• Charles McDuffie Wilder (c.1835–1902), American public official and politician in South Carolina
• Charlotte Frances Wilder (1839–1916), American writer
• Cherry Wilder, pseudonym of New Zealand writer Cherry Barbara Grimm (1930–2002)
• Chris Wilder (born 1967), English football player and manager
• Christopher Wilder (1944–1984), American serial rapist and murderer
• Clint Wilder, American business journalist
• Craig Steven Wilder, American historian

D

• Dash Wilder (born 1987), American professional wrestler
• David Wilder Jr. (1778–1866), American politician
• David Wilder (activist), American leader of Israeli settlers
• David Wilder (baseball) (born 1960), American Major League Baseball executive
• Dennis Wilder, American intelligence official and academix=c
• Deontay Wilder (born 1985), American heavyweight boxer
• Donald Wilder (1926–2010), Canadian cinematographer and documentarian
• Douglas Wilder (born 1931), American politician, Governor of Virginia

E

• Effie Wilder (1909–2007), American writer

F

• Frances Farmer Wilder, American radio executive

G

• Gene Wilder (1933–2016), American actor
• George Wilder (cricketer) (1876–1948), English cricketer
• George Wilder (criminal) (born 1962), prison escaper and New Zealand folk hero
• George H. Wilder (1870–1959), American politician
• Gertrude B. Wilder (1874–1955), American clubwoman

H

• Hal Wilder (1893–1989), American football player
• Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1864–1928), American zoologist
• Harvey A. Wilder (1907–1968), American farmer and politician
• Henry Wilder (cricketer) (1798–1836), English cricketer
• Henry L. Wilder (1883–1962), American football and basketball coach and newspaper publisher
• Hilary Wilder, American visual artist and educator
• Horace Wilder (1802–1889), American politician and judge from Ohio

I

• Ilan Van Wilder (born 2000), Belgian cyclist
• Inez Whipple Wilder (1871–1929), American zoologist
• Isabel Wilder (1900–1995), American novelist, biographer and patron of the arts

J

• 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 (1868–1934), American artist and writer from Hawaii
• Joe Wilder (1922–2014), American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer
• John Wilder (producer) (born 1936), American actor, television producer and writer
• John Shelton Wilder (1921–2010), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
• John R. Wilder (1816–1879), American businessman
• John T. Wilder (1830–1917), American Civil War general
• Johnnie Wilder Jr. (1949–2006), American musician
• J. Welles Wilder, Jr. (1935–2021), American mechanical engineer, best known for his work in technical analysis
• Joseph M. Wilder (1918–1990), American politician
• Josh Wilder (born 1990), American playwright

K

• Kate Wilder, U.S. Army officer
• Kathryn Wilder, English stage and film actress
• Kurtis T. Wilder (born 1959), American judge

L

• Lance Wilder (born 1968), American animator
• Latisha Wilder (born 1975), American figure competitor
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American writer
• Lawrence D. Wilder Jr. (born 1962), American politician
• Louise Beebe Wilder (1878–1938), American gardening writer
• Lynn Wilder (born 1952), American author and academic

M

• Madleen Wilder (born 1980), German footballer
• Marshall Pinckney Wilder (actor) (1859–1915), American actor and humorist
• Marshall Pinckney Wilder (politician) (1798–1886), American merchant and politician
• Martha Andresen Wilder (1944–2018), American scholar of Renaissance literature
• Matthew Wilder (born 1953), American musician
• Maurice Wilder-Neligan (1882–1923), Australian soldier
• Michael Wilder (born 1962), American chess champion
• Michael O. Wilder (born 1941), American politician from Wisconsin
• Mitchell Wilder (1913–1979), American arts administrator, scholar and photographer
• Myles Wilder (1933–2010), American television comedy writer and producer

N

• Nicholas Wilder (1937–1989), American art dealer and gallerist

O

• O'Neal Wilder (born 1989), American sprinter
• Oshea Wilder (1784–1846), American pioneer in Michigan

P

• Patricia "Honeychile" Wilder (1913–1995), American film actress
• Petra Wilder-Smith, dentistry academic and researcher
• Philip van Wilder (c.1500–1554), lutenist and composer from the Habsburg Netherlands
• Philip Wilder (born 1968), American counter-tenor

Q

• Quinn Wilder, Canadian author

R

• Raymond Louis Wilder (1896–1982), American mathematician
• Robert Wilder (environmentalist) (born 1960), American businessman, environmental activist and academic
• Robert Wilder (novelist) (1901–1974), American novelist, playwright and screenwriter
• Robert Parmelee Wilder (1863–1938), American Protestant missionary
• Roger William Wilder, III, American politician
• Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968), American writer from Louisiana
• Russell Morse Wilder (1885–1959), American physician and medical researcher

S

• Sam Wilder (American football) (born 1933), American football player
• Samuel Gardner Wilder (1831–1888), American shipping magnate and politician
• S. Fannie Gerry Wilder (1850–1923), American writer
• Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, American humorist

T

• Terri L. Wilder, American social worker and AIDS activist
• Terry Wilder, American biblical scholar
• Theaker Wilder (1717–1778), Anglo-Irish academic
• Thomas Wilder (born 1995), American basketball player
• Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American writer
• Tiffany Spann-Wilder, American attorney and politician from South Carolina

V

• Val Wilder (born 1959), American tennis player
• Većeslav Wilder (1878–1961), Croatian and Yugoslavian politician

W

• W. Lee Wilder (1904–1982), Austrian-born American screenwriter, film producer and director
• Webb Wilder (born 1954), American singer-songwriter
• Wilber Elliott Wilder (1857–1952), American brigadier general
• William Wilder (1855–1913), American lawyer and politician

Y

• Yvonne Wilder (1937–2021), American actress, comedian, writer and artist

See also

• Wilders (surname)