Wilberforce is a name, both a surname and a given name. It is also the name of an English family, including

William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becom ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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Surname

People with the surname include: *

(1759–1833), British politician, evangelical reformer and campaigner against the slave trade **

Barbara Wilberforce Barbara Ann Wilberforce (née Spooner; 24 December 1777 – 21 April 1847) was the spouse of abolitionist and MP William Wilberforce. Early life She was born in Birches Green, Erdington, Warwickshire, and died in The Vicarage, East Farleigh, Ke ...

(1777–1847), wife of William **

William Wilberforce (1798–1879) William Wilberforce (21 July 1798 - 26 May 1879) was a British lawyer, the eldest son of William Wilberforce. He was briefly a Member of Parliament in 1837–38. Life Wilberforce was born in Clapham on 21 July 1798 to William Wilberforce, a membe ...

, first and eldest son of William, a lawyer and Member of Parliament **

Robert Wilberforce Robert Isaac Wilberforce (19 December 18023 February 1857) was an English clergyman and writer. Early life and education He was second son of abolitionist William Wilberforce, and active in the Oxford Movement. He was educated at Oriel College, ...

(1802–1857), second son of William, a clergyman, Catholic convert and writer *** Lionel Wilberforce (1861–1944), British physicist, grandson of Robert and inventor of the Wilberforce pendulum ***

Herbert Wilberforce Sir Herbert William Wrangham Wilberforce (8 February 1864 – 28 March 1941) was a British male tennis player. He was vice-president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 1911 to 1921 and served as its president from 1921 to 1936. ...

(1864–1941), British male tennis player, grandson of Robert and chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club **

Samuel Wilberforce Samuel Wilberforce, FRS (7 September 1805 – 19 July 1873) was an English bishop in the Church of England, and the third son of William Wilberforce. Known as "Soapy Sam", Wilberforce was one of the greatest public speakers of his day.Natural Hi ...

(1805–1873), third son of William, a bishop who debated the theory of evolution with Thomas Henry Huxley ***

Ernest Wilberforce Ernest Roland Wilberforce (22 January 1840 – 9 September 1907) was an Anglican clergyman and bishop. From 1882 to 1896 he was the first Anglican Bishop of Newcastle upon the diocese's creation, and from 1896 to 1907 he was Bishop of Chichest ...

(1840–1907), Anglican bishop and third son of Samuel *** Basil Wilberforce (1841–1916), Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Westminster and fourth and youngest son of Samuel ***

Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce Richard Orme Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce, (11 March 1907 – 15 February 2003) was a British judge. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1964 to 1982. Early life and career Born in Jalandhar, India, Richard Wilberforce was the son of S ...

(1907–2003), great-grandson of Samuel, Law Lord **

Henry Wilberforce Henry William Wilberforce (22 September 1807 – 23 April 1873), was a Church of England clergyman, a Tractarian, a convert to the Roman Catholic Church, and thereafter a newspaper proprietor, editor and journalist Life Henry Wilberforce was ...

(1807–1873), fourth and youngest son of William, Catholic convert, journalist and author *

Marion Wilberforce Marion Wilberforce (22 July 1902 – 17 December 1995) was a Scottish aviator and one of the first eight members of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). She flew many planes including Supermarine Spitfire, Spitfires, Hawker Hurricane, Hurricanes, ...

(1902–1995), aviator * Octavia Wilberforce (1888–1963), English physician * Robert Wilberforce (cricketer) (1910–1987), Australian cricketer * Susan Wilberforce, suspect in the 1987

murder of Simon Dale Simon Dale (17 June 1919 – September 1987) was an English retired architect whose murder in September 1987 remains unsolved. Described as "an eccentric recluse", Dale was found bludgeoned to death in his countryside mansion in Heath, Hereford ...

; great-great-granddaughter of William Wilberforce

Given name

People with the given name include: * Wilberforce Eames (1855–1937), American bibliographer and librarian *

Wilberforce Eaves Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves MBE (10 December 1867 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom. At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles tournament. Biography Eaves was born in ...

(1867–1920), Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom *

Wilberforce Echezona Wilberforce William Chukudinka Echezona was a Nigerian musicologist and a pioneer teacher of music in Nigerian universities. He was the first Igbo man to be educated at London's Trinity College of Music, and the first African to obtain a degree ...

, Nigerian musicologist and teacher * Wilberforce Juta (1944–2020), Nigerian politician * Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira (born 1958), Ugandan Anglican bishop *

Wilberforce Mfum Wilberforce "Willie" Mfum is a retired Ghanaian football (soccer) forward who played professionally in Ghana and the United States. He was a member of the Ghanaian Olympic soccer team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Club career Mfum played for Asan ...

(born 1936), retired Ghanaian footballer *

Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, also Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, (5 July 1945 7 January 2021) was a Ugandan agricultural economist, politician and academic, who served as the chairman of the Uganda Microfinance Support Center, a government-owned ...

(1945–2021), Ugandan agricultural economist, politician and academic * Wilberforce Ocran (born 1999), English professional footballer *

Wilberforce Talel Wilberforce Talel (born 10 January 1980 in Marakwet District) is runner from Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital ...

(born 1980), Kenyan runner

Middle name

People with the middle name include: *

Ronald Wilberforce Allen Sir Ronald Wilberforce Allen (24 November 1889 – 10 August 1936) was an English lawyer and Liberal politician. Family and education Allen was born in Stamford Hill in north London, the son of the Reverend William Allen, a Wesleyan minister. He ...

(1889–1936), English lawyer and Liberal politician * Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko (1924–?), Ghanaian accountant and politician * Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley (1874–1961), British civil servant * William Wilberforce Bird (merchant) (1758–1836), British merchant, civil servant and author; Member of Parliament for Coventry **

William Wilberforce Bird (governor) William Wilberforce Bird (1784–1857) was a British colonial administrator who served as Deputy-Governor of Bengal Presidency and, in 1844, as the acting Governor General of India. William Wilberforce Bird had the same name as his father, who wa ...

(1784–1857), his son; British colonial administrator, Deputy Governor of Bengal, and Governor-General of India * Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, Tobagonian diplomat; former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community *

Henry Wilberforce Clarke Henry Wilberforce Clarke (1840–1905) was the British translator of Persian works by mystic poets Saadi, Hafez, Nizami and Suhrawardi, as well as writing some works himself. He was an officer in the British India corps Bengal Engineers, and ...

(1840–1905), British translator of Persian works * Charles Wilberforce Daniels (1862–1927), British physician *

William Gabula William Wilberforce Kadhumbula Gabula Nadiope IV (born 1 November 1988), the Gabula of Bugabula, is the reigning Kyabazinga of Busoga, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the fourth Kyabazinga of Busoga. Claim to the throne Gabu ...

(William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV; born 1988), the reigning Kyabazinga of Busoga, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda * William Wilberforce Harris Greathed (1826–1878), British senior officer in the Bengal Engineers *

Arthur Wilberforce Jose Arthur Wilberforce Jose (4 September 1863 – 22 January 1934) was an English- Australian historian and editor of the Australian Encyclopaedia. Jose was born at Bristol, South West England, eldest son of William Wilberforce Jose, and his wif ...

(1863–1934), English-Australian historian and editor *

George Wilberforce Kakoma George Wilberforce Kakoma (27 July 1923 – 8 April 2012) was a Ugandan musician who wrote and composed " The Pearl of Africa", Uganda's national anthem. Kakoma's composition was first played publicly by the Police Band conducted by Mr. Moon on Oc ...

(1923–2012), Ugandan musician who wrote Uganda's national anthem *

James Wilberforce Longley James Wilberforce Longley (4 January 1849 – 16 March 1922) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, and judge. Born in Paradise, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, the son of Israel Longley and Frances Manning, Longley received a Bache ...

(1849–1922), Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, and judge * William Wilberforce Newton (1843–1914), American Episcopalian divine and author * Harold Wilberforce Hindmarsh Stephen (1841–1889), Australian politician *

James Wilberforce Stephen Hon. James Wilberforce "Wilber" Stephen, M.A., (10 April 1822 – 14 August 1881) was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Attorney-General of Victoria and Supreme Court judge. The Stephen family was a prominent legal dynasty in A ...

(1822–1881), Australian politician

Fictional characters

* Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries, a character in the 1970s British sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' * Mr. Wilberforce, a character in the children's novel, ''

Under the Mountain ''Under the Mountain'' is a 1979 children's book by New Zealand writer Maurice Gee. It has been adapted into a 1981 television miniseries, a 2009 film and stage show. Plot Beneath the extinct volcanoes surrounding the city, giant creature ...

'', by

Maurice Gee Maurice Gough Gee (born 22 August 1931) is a New Zealand novelist. He is one of New Zealand's most distinguished and prolific authors, having written over thirty novels for adults and children, and has won numerous awards both in New Zealand an ...

* The Wilberforces, antagonists in the New Zealand children's TV horror-sci-fi show ''

'', based on the novel by Maurice Gee * Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce, one of the main characters in the film '' The Ladykillers'' * Wilberforce Thornapple, a character in the comic strip ''

The Born Loser ''The Born Loser'' is a newspaper comic strip created by Art Sansom in 1965. His son, Chip Sansom, who started assisting on the strip in 1989, is the current artist. The strip is distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association. The Sansoms won ...

'' * Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot, a character in ''

Blinky Bill the Movie ''Blinky Bill the Movie'' is a 2015 Australian computer-animated adventure comedy film based on the Blinky Bill character, an anthropomorphic koala created by Dorothy Wall for a children's book series in 1933. The film was produced by Flyin ...

'' and ''

The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill ''The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill'' is an Australian animated television series based on Dorothy Wall's books about Blinky Bill, and a sequel series to the 2015 film ''Blinky Bill the Movie''. Plot Blinky Bill is back to bring his trademark ...

'' *

Bertie Wooster Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligenc ...

(Bertram Wilberforce Wooster), a character in the comedic ''Jeeves'' stories * Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton, main character of the Franco-Belgian comics series ''

Clifton Clifton may refer to: People *Clifton (surname) *Clifton (given name) Places Australia * Clifton, Queensland, a town **Shire of Clifton *Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong *Clifton, Western Australia Canada *Clifton, Nova Scotia ...

'' * Colonel Wilberforce Buckshot, a character in the

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American Double act, comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–19 ...

film

Another Fine Mess ''Another Fine Mess'' is a 1930 short comedy film directed by James Parrott and starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on the 1908 play ''Home from the Honeymoon'' by Arthur J. Jefferson, Stan Laurel's father, and is a remake of their earl ...

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