Wilder (name)

Wilder is an English and German surname, sometimes used as a given name, meaning "untamed" or "wild", a wild, free, or natural state or existence, also passionately eager or enthusiastic. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

People with the given name

Wilder D. Baker (1890–1975), United States Navy admiral
Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867–1953), American chemist
Wilder Calderón (born 1947), Peruvian politician
Wilder Cartagena (born 1994), Peruvian footballer
Wilder W. Crane Jr. (1928–1985), American politician
Wilder D. Foster (1819–1873), American politician
Wilder Guisao (born 1991), Colombian footballer
Wilder W. Hartley (1901–1970), American politician
Wilder Hobson (1906–1964), American writer and musician
Wilder Medina (born 1981), Colombian footballer
Wilder Metcalf (1855–1935), United States Army general and politician
Wilder Penfield (1891–1976), American-Canadian neurosurgeon
Wilder Smith (1835–1891), American minister and writer
Wilder Weir (born 1983), Canadian television host
Wilder Zabala (born 1982), Bolivian footballer

People with the surname

The arts

Acting and filmmaking

Billy Wilder (1906–2002), Austrian-born American film director
Gene Wilder (1933–2016), American actor
James Wilder (actor) (born 1968), American film and television actor
W. Lee Wilder (1904–1982), Austrian-born American screenwriter, film producer and director

Literature

Charlotte Frances Wilder (1839–1916), American writer
Cherry Wilder, pseudonym of New Zealand writer Cherry Barbara Grimm (1930–2002)
Effie Wilder (1909–2007), American writer
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American writer
Louise Beebe Wilder (1878–1938), American gardening writer
Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968), American writer
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American writer

Music

Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer
Alan Wilder (born 1959), British electronic musician
Alec Wilder (1907–1980), American composer and songwriter
Matthew Wilder (born 1953), American musician
Webb Wilder (born 1954), American singer-songwriter

Military and politics

Abel Carter Wilder (1828–1875), American businessman and politician
Douglas Wilder (born 1931), American politician, Governor of Virginia
Harvey A. Wilder (1907–1968), American farmer and politician
John Shelton Wilder (1921–2010), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
John T. Wilder (1830–1917), American Civil War general
Joseph M. Wilder (1918–1990), American politician
Wilber Elliott Wilder (1857–1952), American brigadier general

Sports

Bobby Wilder (born 1964), head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs football team
Chris Wilder (born 1967), English football player and manager
Dash Wilder (born 1987), American professional wrestler
Deontay Wilder (born 1985), American heavyweight boxer
George Wilder (cricketer) (1876–1948), English cricketer
James Wilder Sr. (born 1958), American football running back
James Wilder Jr. (born 1992), American football running back
Michael Wilder (born 1962), American chess champion

Others

Burt Green Wilder (1841–1925), American comparative anatomist
Christopher Wilder (1944–1984), American serial rapist and murderer
Frances Farmer Wilder, American radio executive
George Wilder (criminal) (born 1962), prison escaper and New Zealand folk hero
Gertrude B. Wilder (1874–1955), American clubwoman
Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1864–1928), American zoologist
Inez Whipple Wilder (1871–1929), American zoologist
John R. Wilder (1816–1879), American businessman
J. Welles Wilder, Jr. (1935–2021), American mechanical engineer, best known for his work in technical analysis
Lynn Wilder (born 1952), American author and professor
Nicholas Wilder (1937–1989), American art dealer and gallery owner
Raymond Louis Wilder (1896–1982), American mathematician
Robert Wilder (born 1960), American businessman, creator of WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Russell Morse Wilder (1885–1959), American physician and medical researcher

Fictional characters

Alex Wilder, a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics
Harry Wilder, a fictional character in the Case Closed
Wilder (Transformers), a fictional character
Zelos Wilder, a fictional character in the video game Tales of Symphonia
Kate Wilder, a fictional character in the video game The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

References

^ Reaney, Percy Hide (1967). The origin of English surnames. Routledge & K. Paul. p. 264. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Google Books.
^ Hayes, Justin Cord (18 December 2012). The Terrible Meanings of Names: Or Why You Shouldn't Poke Your Giselle with a Barry. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781440552564. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Definition of WILD". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

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[1] Reaney, Percy Hide (1967). The origin of English surnames. Routledge & K. Paul. p. 264. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Google Books.

[2] Hayes, Justin Cord (18 December 2012). The Terrible Meanings of Names: Or Why You Shouldn't Poke Your Giselle with a Barry. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781440552564. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Google Books.

[3] "Definition of WILD". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

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