Robert Wilson

Last updated August 05, 2025

Robert Wilson may refer to:

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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
R. McL. Wilson (Robert McLachlan Wilson, 1916–2010), Scottish biblical scholar and translator
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

Rob Wilson, known as Fresh I.E. (born 1973), 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

Robert Scott Wilson (born 1987), American model and actor
Robert Wilson (director) (1941–2025), American avant-garde stage director and playwright
Robert Wilson (1941–2017), American advertising executive; father of Andrew, Owen, and Luke Wilson

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

Robert A. Wilson (Virginia politician) (1913–2003), vice mayor of Richmond, Virginia
Robert E. Wilson (politician) (1856–1921), State Auditor of Mississippi
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 (1865–1946), 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) (1938–2017, Robert Gordon Wilson), Scottish politician and solicitor

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 (1904–1967), 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
Robert E. Wilson (born 1937), astrophysicist, academic, and author

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

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

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 (1899–1969), 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 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

USS Robert L. Wilson, United States Navy destroyer named for Robert L. Wilson
Robert Wilson, big-game hunter in the Ernest Hemingway short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"