De Wilde or de Wilde is a

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surname, meaning "the wild one".Wilde, de
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Abroad the name can be agglutinated like ''DeWilde'', ''Dewilde'' or ''deWilde''. Some notable people who have this surname are: * August De Wilde (1819–1886), Belgian painter *

Autumn de Wilde Autumn de Wilde (born October 21, 1970) is an American photographer and film director best known for her portraiture and commercial work photography of musicians, as well as her music video works. In 2020 she directed her first feature film, '' E ...

(b. 1970), American photographer *

Bernard de Wilde Bernard de Wilde (1691 – 1772) was a Southern Netherlandish architect. He carried out most of his work in Ghent. Together with David t'Kindt, he is the most important representative of Ghent Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco ...

(1691–1772), Belgian architect *

Brandon deWilde Andre Brandon deWilde (April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an American theater, film, and television actor. Born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn, he debuted on Broadway at the age of seven and became a national phenomenon by the time he com ...

(1942–1972), American theatre and film actor *

Christiaan De Wilde Christiaan De Wilde is a Belgian businessman, and he is at present the chief executive officer of the biotech company Fujirebio Europe NV, a member of Japan-based Fujirebio. Education Christiaan De Wilde in Accountancy at the ''Hogeschool Gent'' ...

, Belgian business executive * Dingenis de Wilde (1885–1947), Dutch sports shooter * (1919–2005), Dutch museum curator * Dom DeWilde, an alias of Don Preston (born 1932), American jazz and rock keyboardist *

Etienne De Wilde Etienne De Wilde (born 23 March 1958 in Wetteren, East Flanders) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. De Wilde won races on the road and on the track. He won a silver medal in the madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Major resu ...

(b. 1958), Belgian road bicycle racer *

Filip de Wilde Filip Alfons De Wilde (born 5 July 1964) is a former Belgian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During a 23-year professional career he played mainly with Anderlecht, appearing in nearly 400 official games in two different spe ...

(b. 1964), Belgian football goalkeeper *

Jaap de Wilde Jacobus Hubertus "Jaap" de Wilde (born 17 May 1957) is a Dutch academic. A native of Zuidlaren, he is a Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Groningen since 2007. He headed the department of International ...

(b. 1957), Dutch international relations scholar * Jacob de Wilde (1645–1721), Dutch numismatist *

Jacob Adriaan de Wilde Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (7 January 1879 – 10 January 1956) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. De Wilde attended the Gymnasium Haganum in T ...

(1879–1956), Dutch politician *

Julien De Wilde Julien, Baron De Wilde (b. Wetteren, 7 January 1944) is a Belgian businessman. He is Chairman of Nyrstar, Chairman of the Prince Albert Fund Foundation, honorary chairman of Agoria and a member of the board of Bekaert, Telenet and Agfa-Gevaert. H ...

(b. 1944), Belgian business executive * Katherine August-deWilde, American business executive * Laurent de Wilde (b. 1960), French jazz musician * Lisa de Wilde (b. 1956), Canadian film and television executive * Maria de Wilde (1682–1729), Dutch engraver and playwright * Marius Dewilde (1921–1996), French railway worker who claimed to have been contacted by extraterrestrials * Robert de Wilde (b. 1977), Dutch motocross racer * Samuel De Wilde (1751–1832), English portrait painter * Sebastiaan De Wilde (b. 1993), Belgian footballer * (b. 1983), Belgian racing cyclist

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{{Surname, De Wilde Dutch-language surnames

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