Wilson is a male first name. Notable people with the name include:
People edit
- Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876), Canadian businessman
- Wilson Asinobi Ake (born 1955), Nigerian politician
- Wilson Alcorro (born 1973), Colombian boxer
- Wilson Álvarez (born 1970), Venezuelan baseball player
- Wilson Alvarez (American football) (born 1957), Bolivian football player
- Wilson Francisco Alves (1927–1998), Brazilian football player
- Wilson Antônio (born 1982), Brazilian football player
- Wilson Baker (1900–2002), British organic chemist
- Wilson Barrett (1846–1904), British actor and theater manager
- Wilson Bell (1897–1947), American politician
- Wilson Benge (1875–1955), British actor
- Wilson Bentley (1865–1931), American photographer and meteorologist
- Wilson Betemit (born 1981), Dominican baseball player
- Wilson Bigaud (1931–2010), Haitian painter
- Wilson S. Bissell (1847–1903), American politician
- Wilson Brown (admiral) (1882–1957), American admiral
- Wilson Brown (Medal of Honor) (1841–1900), American sailor
- Wilson Busienei (born 1981), Ugandan long-distance runner
- Wilson Buzzone (1938–2023), Brazilian football forward
- Wilson Caldwell (1841–1898), American university officer
- Wilson Carlile (1847–1942), British evangelist
- Wilson Casey (born 1954), American writer
- Wilson Chandler (born 1987), American basketball player
- Wilson Cooke (1819 –1887), American politician and merchant
- Wilson Cruz (born 1973), American actor
- Wilson Delgado (born 1972), Dominican baseball player
- Wilson C. Edsell (1814–1900), American politician
- Wilson Frost (1925–2018), American lawyer and politician
- Wilson Goode (born 1938), Mayor of Philadelphia
- Wilson Gunaratne (born 1949), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema, TV, and stage actor
- Wilson Harris (1921–2018), Guyanese writer
- Wilson A. Head (1914–1993), American sociologist
- Wilson Heredia (born 1972), Dominican baseball player
- Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born 1971), American actor
- Wilson Jameson (1885–1962), British doctor
- Wilson Roosevelt Jerman (1929-2020), American butler; served in the White House
- Wilson Jones (billiards player) (1922–2003), Indian billiards player
- Wilson Jones (footballer) (1914–1986), British football player
- Wilson Karunaratne (1942–2022), Sri Lankan Sinhala film actor and stunt director
- Wilson Bryan Key (1925–2008), American author
- Wilson Kipketer (born 1972), Danish middle-distance runner
- Wilson Boit Kipketer (born 1973), Kenyan athlete
- Wilson Ko (born 1960), American cardiothoracic surgeon
- Wilson MacDonald (1880–1967), Canadian poet
- Wilson Mbomio (born 2002), British actor
- Wilson Carey McWilliams (1933–2005), American political scientist
- Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820), American politician
- Wilson Palacios (born 1984), Honduran footballer
- Koddul Arachchige Wilson Perera (1926-2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala director
- Wilson Raj Perumal (born 1965), Singaporean match-fixer and bookmaker
- Wilson Pickett (1941–2006), American singer and songwriter
- Wilson Riles (1917–1999), American educator
- Wilson Tucker (writer) (1914–2006), American writer
- Wilson Valdez (born 1978), Dominican baseball player
- Wilson Whineray (1935–2012), New Zealand rugby player
- Wilson Yip (born 1963), Hong Kong actor
Fictional characters edit
- Wilson, a character from Phish lore
- Wilson Fisk, a crime lord known as the Kingpin
- Wilson the Volleyball, from the film Cast Away
- Wilson Wilson Jr, home improvement
- Wilson, a playable character from Don't Starve.