Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson may refer to:

Entertainment

Authors

• Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), American writer, futurist, and mystic
• Robert Burns Wilson (1850–1916), American painter and poet
• Robert C. Wilson (born 1951), American novelist and lawyer
• Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953), Canadian science fiction writer
• Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1966), Northern Irish novelist
• Robert McNair Wilson (1882–1963), British surgeon, fiction writer, and politician
• Robert Wilson (crime novelist) (born 1957), British crime novelist
• Robert Wilson (dramatist) (died 1600), English Elizabethan dramatist
• Robert Wilson (editor) (born 1951), American magazine editor and author

Musicians

• Rob Wilson, known as Fresh I.E., Canadian rapper
• Robert Wilson (tenor) (1907–1964), Scottish tenor
• Robert Wilson (American singer) (1957–2010), American R&B and funk musician in The Gap Band
• Robert Wilson (music entrepreneur) (born 1951), British musician and charity founder
• Juice Wilson (Robert Wilson, 1904–1993), American jazz violinist
• Robert Wilson (born 1980), Bobby V, American R&B singer formerly known as Bobby Valentino

Other entertainment

• Robert Scott Wilson (born 1987), American model and actor
• Robert Wilson (director) (born 1941), American avant-garde stage director and playwright
• Robert Wilson (advertising executive) (1941–2017), American advertising executive; father of Andrew, Owen, and Luke Wilson

Military

• Sir Robert Wilson (British Army officer, born 1777) (1777–1849), British Army general
• Robert Wilson (British Army officer, born 1911) (1911–2002), British Army special operations officer
• Robert L. Wilson (1920–1944), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

Politics

• Robert A. Wilson (Virginia politician) (1913–2003), vice mayor of Richmond, Virginia
• Robert Wilson (Missouri politician) (1803–1870), U.S. Senator from Missouri
• Robert L. Wilson (politician) (1805–1880), American politician
• Robert P. C. Wilson (1834–1916), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Robert D. Wilson (1839–1930), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Robert Richard Wilson (1891–1969), farmer and politician in South Australia
• Robert Wilson (Australian politician) (1896–1973), New South Wales politician
• Robert John Wilson, Member of Parliament in 1922 for Jarrow
• Robert Wilson (Manitoba politician) (born 1934), Manitoba politician
• Robert J. Wilson, candidate in the 1953 Manitoba provincial election
• Rob Wilson (born 1965), British politician and entrepreneur, MP for Reading East
• Robert Nichol Wilson, Northern Irish politician
• Robert Wilson (Texas politician) (1793–1856), land speculator and politician in Texas
• Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician) (Robert Gordon Wilson), Scottish politician and solicitor

Science and medicine

• Robert A. Wilson (gynecologist) (1895–1981), American gynecologist who wrote the book Feminine Forever
• Robert Wilson (physician) (1829–1881), wrote about the British mining industry
• Robert O. Wilson (1906–1967), American physician
• Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000), American physicist
• Robert Wilson (astronomer) (1927–2002), British astronomer
• Robert Woodrow Wilson (born 1936), American astronomer and physicist
• Robert B. Wilson (born 1937), American economist

Sports

American football

• Robert P. Wilson (fl. 1890s), American football player and coach
• Robert Wilson (running back) (born 1969), American football player
• Robert Wilson (wide receiver) (1974–2020), American football player

Cricket

• Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1916) (1916–2004), Scottish cricketer
• Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1922) (1922–1980), English cricketer
• Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1934), English cricketer
• Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1935) (1935–1987), Scottish cricketer
• Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1948), New Zealand cricketer

Rugby

• Robert Wilson (rugby union, born 1854) (1854–1911), Scottish rugby union player
• Robert Wilson (rugby union, born 1861) (1861–1944), rugby union player for New Zealand in 1884
• Robert Wilson (rugby league) (1879–1916), rugby league footballer for England and Broughton Ranchers

Other sports

• Robert Wilson (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1909–1913), Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle}
• Robert Wilson (Canadian rower) (born 1935), Canadian Olympic rower
• Robert Wilson (tennis) (1935-2020), English tennis player
• Robert Wilson (American rower) (born 1939), American Olympic rower
• Rob Wilson (racing driver) (born 1952), racing driver from New Zealand
• Robert Wilson (bobsleigh) (born 1954), Canadian Olympic bobsledder
• Robert Wilson (footballer, born 1961), English football player for Fulham
• Rob Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1968), Canadian-British professional ice hockey coach

Other

• Robert Arnott Wilson (born 1958), British mathematician
• Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930), American linguist and Presbyterian scholar
• Robert E. Lee Wilson (1865–1933), American cotton plantation owner
• Robert Gordon Wilson (architect) (1844–1931), Scottish architect
• Robert Kenneth Wilson, surgeon who in 1934 supposedly took a photograph purporting to show the Loch Ness Monster
• Robert M. Wilson Jr. (1952–2012), Arkansas lawyer
• Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist) (1926–2013), American hedge fund manager and philanthropist
• Robert Wilson (architect) (1834–1901), Scottish architect
• Robert Wilson (businessman) (born 1942/1943), British businessman
• Robert Wilson (engineer) (1803–1882), Scottish engineer and inventor
• Robert Wilson (philosopher) (born 1964), philosophy professor
• Robert Wilson (priest, born 1840) (1840–1897), English Anglican priest and academic, warden of Keble College, Oxford
• Robert Wilson (dean of Ferns), 17th-century Anglican dean in Ireland
• Robert Wilson (ship captain) (1806–1888), Great Lakes captain who helped slaves escape
• Robert Wilson (merchant) (1832–1899), New Zealand merchant and company director
• Robert & William Wilson, American silversmiths in Philadelphia during the 19th century

Fictional characters

• Robert Wilson, big-game hunter in the Ernest Hemingway short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"

See also

• Bert Wilson (disambiguation)
• Bob Wilson (disambiguation)
• Bobby Wilson (disambiguation)
• Robert Willson (disambiguation)
• Robert Gordon Wilson (disambiguation)
• Robert Lee Wilson (disambiguation)
• USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), United States Navy destroyer named for Robert L. Wilson