Wilmot is a surname, and may refer to:
- Andy Wilmot (born 1980), British racing driver
- Arthur Wilmot (1845âÂÂ1876), English clergyman and cricketer
- Ben Wilmot (Benjamin Lewis Wilmot; born 1999), English footballer
- Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot (c. 1572 â 1644), English soldier, Lord President of Connaught (1616âÂÂ1644)
- Chester Wilmot (1911âÂÂ1954), Australian war correspondent
- David Wilmot (politician) (1814âÂÂ1868), American politician
- David Wilmot (actor), Irish stage, screen and television actor
- Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1693âÂÂ1786), English physician
- Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester (1651âÂÂ1681), wife of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
- Elizabeth Montgomery (designer), married name Elizabeth Wilmot (1902âÂÂ1993), English theatre and opera costume and scenic designer
- Ern Wilmot (Ernest Ambrose Wilmot; 1898âÂÂ1988), Australian rugby league player
- Frank Wilmot (also known as Furnley Maurice; 1881âÂÂ1942), Australian poet
- Fred Wilmot (1927âÂÂ2009), Canadian football player
- Gary Wilmot (born 1954), British entertainer
- Gilead J. Wilmot (1834-?), American soldier and politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
- Grant Wilmot (1956âÂÂ2016), Australian rules footballer
- Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (1612âÂÂ1658), British Royalist
- Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet (1831âÂÂ1901)
- Henry Wilmot (politician) (1826âÂÂ1888), Canadian politician
- James Wilmot (1726âÂÂ1807), clergyman and alleged creator of Baconian theory
- James P. Wilmot (1911âÂÂ1980), US aviation executive and Democratic Party organizer
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647âÂÂ1680), British Libertine and satyrist
- John Wilmot (politician) (1748âÂÂ1815), British lawyer and politician, member of Parliament from 1776 to 1796
- John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston (1893âÂÂ1964), British politician, Minister of Aircraft Production (1945âÂÂ1946), Minister of Supply (1945âÂÂ1947).
- John Eardley Wilmot (1709âÂÂ1792), English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1766âÂÂ1771)
- John McNeil Wilmot (1755âÂÂ1847), Canadian politician
- Jorge Wilmot (1928âÂÂ2012), Mexican artisan
- Kate Wilmot, Anglican bishop in Australia
- Katherine Wilmot (or Catherine Wilmot; c. 1773 â 1824), Irish traveller and diarist
- Kilburn Wilmot (1911âÂÂ1996), English cricketer
- Lemuel Allan Wilmot (1809âÂÂ1878), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge
- Lorrie Wilmot (Anthony Lorraine Wilmot; 1943âÂÂ2004), South African cricketer
- Louise Currie Wilmot (born 1942), first female commander of a United States Naval base
- Malcolm Wilmot (1771âÂÂ1859), merchant and politician in New Brunswick
- Mike Wilmot, Canadian comedian
- Mollie Wilmot (née Mollie Netcher; 1923âÂÂ2002), American philanthropist and socialite
- Montague Wilmot (died 1766), British Governor of Nova Scotia (1763âÂÂ1766)
- Norah Wilmot (1889âÂÂ1980), British racehorse trainer
- Percy Wilmot (1881âÂÂ1950), Australian rules footballer
- Reginald Wilmot (1869âÂÂ1949), Australian sports journalist
- Rhys Wilmot (born 1962), Welsh footballer
- Richard Wilmot (1703âÂÂ1772), Canon of Windsor (1748âÂÂ1772)
- Robert Wilmot (playwright) (c. 1550 â by 1608), Church of England clergyman, and playwright
- Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809âÂÂ1891), Canadian politician
- Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr. (1837âÂÂ1920), Canadian Member of Parliament, son of the above
- Robert Wilmot (Gaelic footballer) (born 1954), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
- Sir Robert Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1708âÂÂ1772), Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household
- Sir Robert Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (c. 1752 â 23 July 1834), Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Samuel Wilmot (1772âÂÂ1848), Irish surgeon
- Samuel Street Wilmot (1773âÂÂ1856) surveyor, tanner, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada
- Tom Wilmot, Anglican bishop in Australia
- Walt Wilmot (1863âÂÂ1929), American baseball player
- William Wilmot (1869âÂÂ1957), English cricketer
See also
- Baron Wilmot of Selmeston
- Edward Parry Eardley-Wilmot (1843âÂÂ1898), English civil servant
- Edward Revell Eardley-Wilmot (1814âÂÂ1899), Church of England clergyman
- Hugh Eden Eardley-Wilmot (1850âÂÂ1926), English barrister
- Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1783âÂÂ1847), sixth Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania
- Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (1810âÂÂ1892), MP for South Warwickshire 1874âÂÂ1885
- Revell Eardley-Wilmot (1842âÂÂ1922), British military officer, who served in Asia
- Sydney Eardley-Wilmot (1847âÂÂ1929), Royal Navy officer
- William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, 3rd Baronet (1841âÂÂ1896), British Army officer, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in Ireland (1879âÂÂ1882)
- Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet (1784âÂÂ1841), Governor of Ceylon
- Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, British banker, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners
- Peter Wilmot-Sitwell (1935âÂÂ2018), British merchant banker and stockbroker
- Robert Bradshaw Wilmot-Sitwell (1894âÂÂ1946), Royal Navy officer