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Authors

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Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, 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 Robert Charles Wilson (born December 15, 1953 ) is an American-Canadian science fiction author. Career Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s ...
(born 1953), Canadian science fiction writer *
Robert McLiam Wilson Robert McLiam Wilson (born Robert Wilson, 24 February 1964) is a Northern List of Irish novelists, Irish novelist. Biography He was born in the New Lodge, Belfast, New Lodge district of Belfast and then moved to Turf Lodge and other places in ...
(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) Robert Wilson (flourished 15721600), was an Elizabethan dramatist who worked primarily in the 1580s and 1590s. He is also believed to have been an actor who specialized in clown roles. He was connected with sixteen plays intended for Philip He ...
(died 1600), English Elizabethan dramatist *
Robert Wilson (editor) Robert S. Wilson (born 1951
'' 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 Bobby Marcel Wilson (born February 27, 1980), better known by his stage name Bobby V (also known as Bobby Valentino), is an American R&B singer. He was first a member of the R&B group Mista in 1994, before signing to rapper Ludacris through h ...
, American R&B singer formerly known as Bobby Valentino


Other entertainment

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Robert Scott Wilson Robert Scott Wilson (born November 9, 1987) is an American model and actor. He is known for portraying the roles of Ben Weston and Alexander "Alex" Kiriakis on ''Days of Our Lives''. He is also known for being the first male model of '' The Pr ...
(born 1987), American model and actor *
Robert Wilson (director) Robert Wilson (born October 4, 1941) is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright who has been described by ''The New York Times'' as " mericas – or even the world's – foremost vanguard 'theater artist. He has also worke ...
(born 1941), American avant-garde stage director and playwright


Military

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Robert Wilson (British Army officer, born 1777) General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (17 August 1777 – 9 May 1849) was a British general and politician who served in Flanders, Egypt, the Iberian Peninsula, Prussia, and was seconded to the Imperial Russian Army in 1812. He sat as the Whig Mem ...
(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 Patterson Clark Wilson Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (August 8, 1834 – December 21, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Boonville, Missouri, Wilson moved with his parents to Platte County. He attended William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri ...
(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 Robert Owen Biggs Wilson (born 4 January 1965) is an English politician and political author. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election, being re-elected in ...
(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 (16 April 1938 – 25 June 2017) was a Scottish politician and solicitor. He was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1979 to 1990, and was SNP Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee East from 1974 to 1987. ...
(Robert Gordon Wilson), Scottish politician and solicitor


Science

* Robert Wilson (physician) (1829–1881), wrote about the British mining industry * Robert O. Wilson (1906–1967), American physician *
Robert R. Wilson Robert Rathbun Wilson (March 4, 1914 – January 16, 2000) was an American physicist known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, as a sculptor, and as an architect of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), ...
(1914–2000), American physicist * Robert Wilson (astronomer) (1927–2002), British astronomer *
Robert Woodrow Wilson Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American astronomer who, along with Arno Allan Penzias, discovered cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) in 1964. The pair won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery. While ...
(born 1936), American astronomer and physicist * Robert B. Wilson (born 1937), Nobel Prize-winning American economist and professor at Stanford University


Sports


American football

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


Rugby

* Robert Wilson (rugby league) (1879–1916), rugby league footballer for England and Broughton Ranchers *
Robert Wilson (rugby union, born 1854) Robert Wilson (4 February 1854 – 6 July 1911) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northe ...
(1854–1911), Scottish rugby union player * Robert Wilson (rugby union, born 1861) (1861–1944), rugby union player for New Zealand in 1884


Other sports

* Robert Wilson (bobsleigh) (born 1954), Canadian Olympic bobsledder * 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 (Canadian rower) (born 1935), Canadian Olympic rower * Robert Wilson (tennis) (1935-2020), tennis player in the 1960s * Robert Wilson (American rower) (born 1939), American Olympic rower *
Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1948) Robert Stanley Wilson (born 1 October 1948) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago between 1971 and 1979. See also * List of Otago representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have play ...
, New Zealand cricketer * Rob Wilson (racing driver) (born 1952), racing driver from New Zealand * Robert Wilson (footballer, born 1961), English football player for Fulham * Rob Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1968), Canadian-British professional ice hockey coach * Robert Wilson (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle}


Other

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Robert Arnott Wilson Robert Arnott Wilson (born 1958) is a retired mathematician in London, England, who is best known for his work on classifying the maximal subgroups of finite simple groups and for the work in the Monster group In the area of abstract alge ...
(born 1958), British mathematician *
Robert Dick Wilson Robert Dick Wilson, PhD, DD (February 4, 1856 – October 11, 1930) was an American linguist and Presbyterian Old Testament scholar who devoted his life to prove the reliability of the Hebrew Bible. In his quest to determine the accuracy o ...
(1856–1930), American linguist and Presbyterian scholar * Robert E. Lee Wilson (1865–1933), American cotton plantation owner * Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist) (1926–2013), American hedge fund manager and philanthropist *
Robert Wilson (architect) Robert Wilson (9 September 1834 – 1 July 1901) was architect for the Edinburgh Board of Education and responsible for a high percentage of the city's schools. He is also noteworthy for involvement in several institutions aimed at improving th ...
(1834–1901), Scottish architect * Robert Gordon Wilson (architect) (1844–1931), Scottish architect * Robert Wilson (businessman) (born 1942/1943), British businessman *
Robert Wilson (engineer) Robert Wilson FRSE FRSSA (10 September 1803 – 28 July 1882) was a Scottish engineer, remembered as inventor of a special kind of a screw propeller, which he demonstrated in 1827 (although the first patent was awarded to another inventor in 183 ...
(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 M. Wilson Jr. (1952–2012), Arkansas lawyer * Robert & William Wilson, American silversmith in Philadelphia * Robert Kenneth Wilson, surgeon who in 1934 supposedly took a photograph purporting to show the Loch Ness Monster


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 {{hndis, Wilson, Robert