Wilcox is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people *

Albert Spencer Wilcox Albert Spencer Wilcox (May 24, 1844 – July 7, 1919) was a businessman and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii. He developed several sugar plantations in Hawaii, and became a large landholder. Early life Albert Spence ...

(1844–1919), businessman and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii *

Alex Wilcox Alex Wilcox is an American airline executive and businessman. He co-founded JetSuiteX, since renamed JSX, and is JSX's CEO. Wilcox was a founding executive of JetBlue Airways as well as president and COO of Kingfisher Airlines until 2006. Wilc ...

, airline executive and entrepreneur * Alfred Wilcox (1884–1954), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Alonzo Wilcox (1810–1878), American politician *

Benjamin M. Wilcox Benjamin Martin Wilcox (June 21, 1854 in Fleming, New York, Fleming, Cayuga County, New York – August 1912) was an American manufacturer and politician from New York (state), New York. Life He was the son of Joseph Wilcox and Lydia (Martin) W ...

(1854–1912), New York politician * Brad Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people * Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn - American cryptoengineer. *

Cadmus M. Wilcox Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (May 20, 1824 – December 2, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Early life and career Wilcox was ...

(1824–1890), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War *

Carlos Wilcox Carlos Wilcox (October 22, 1794 – May 29, 1827) was an American poet. Born at Newport, New Hampshire, Wilcox was a Congregationalist minister. He wrote a poem, ''The Age of Benevolence'', which was left unfinished, and which was clearly infl ...

(1794–1827), American poet *

Cathy Wilcox Cathy Wilcox (born 1963) is an Australian cartoonist and children's book illustrator, best known for her work as a cartoonist for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and ''The Age'' newspapers. She has also twice won the Australian Children's Book Cou ...

(born 1963), Australian illustrator and cartoonist * Charles Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people *

Chris Wilcox Chris Ray Wilcox (born September 3, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He has also played in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons. High S ...

(born 1982), American basketball player *

Chris Wilcox (American football) Chris Wilcox (born October 30, 1997) is an American football cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at BYU and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round, 251st ...

(born 1997), American football player * C. J. Wilcox (born 1990), American basketball player *

Collin Wilcox (actress) Collin Randall Wilcox (February 4, 1935 – October 14, 2009) was an American film, stage and television actress. Over her career, she was also credited as Collin Wilcox-Horne or Collin Wilcox-Paxton. Wilcox may be best known for her role in ' ...

(1937–2009), American actress *

Collin Wilcox (writer) Collin Wilcox (September 21, 1924 – July 12, 1996) was an American mystery writer who published 30 books in 30 years. Born in Detroit, Michigan, September 21, 1924, his first book was ''The Black Door'' (1967), featuring a sleuth possessing ...

(1924–1996), American writer *

Daniel Wilcox Daniel Wilcox (born March 23, 1977) is a former American football tight end. He has played for the Baltimore Ravens, the New York Jets and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played in the National Football League (NFL) from 2001 to 2008. He attended A ...

(born 1977), American football player * David Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people *

Denys Wilcox Denys Wilcox (4 June 1910 – 6 February 1953) was an English cricketer and schoolmaster. Career Wilcox scored more than 1000 runs in his last season at Dulwich College, then went up to Cambridge University. He played three years for the u ...

(1910–1953), English cricketer and schoolteacher *

Desmond Wilcox Desmond John Wilcox (21 May 1931 – 6 September 2000) was a British television producer, documentary filmmaker, journalist and television executive. He worked at the BBC and ITV during his career and was producer of series such as '' This ...

(1931–2000), British TV documentary maker * Eddie Wilcox (1907-1968), American jazz pianist and arranger * Edgar Wilcox (1830–1917), American politician and farmer * Edward Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people *

Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection '' Poems of Passion'' and the poem "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you ...

(1850–1919), American author and poet *

Floyd Wilcox Floyd Cleveland Wilcox (March 17, 1886 – April 20, 1958) was the third president of Shimer College, serving from 1930 to 1935. His leadership, though marked by controversy, saw the school through the most difficult years of the Great Depression. ...

(1886–1958), American academic administrator *

Frank Wilcox Frank Reppy Wilcox (March 13, 1907 – March 3, 1974) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and television series, as well as Broadway plays. Background Wilcox was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger V. Wilcox. He was born in De Soto ...

(1907–1974), American character actor *

Frank N. Wilcox Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernism, modernist Americans, American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School (arts community), Cleveland School painters," though s ...

(1887–1964), American painter * Fred Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people * George Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people *

Harvey Henderson Wilcox Harvey Henderson Wilcox (1832 – March 19, 1891) owned a ranch west of the city of Los Angeles, which his wife Daeida named ''Hollywood'', and that they founded together in 1887. Hollywood became the center of the movie industry of the United ...

(1832–1891), American real estate developer *

Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wif ...

(1890–1977), British film producer *

Howdy Wilcox Howard Samuel Wilcox (June 24, 1889 – September 4, 1923) was an American racecar driver active in the formative years of auto racing. Biography He was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana on June 24, 1889. Wilcox won the 1919 Indianapolis 500 ...

(Howard Samuel Wilcox) (1889-1923), American racecar driver *

J. J. Wilcox James Edward "J. J." Wilcox, Jr. (born February 14, 1991) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Southern University. He has als ...

(James Edward Wilcox, Jr.) (born 1991), American football safety * J. Mark Wilcox (James Mark Wilcox) (1890–1956), U.S. Representative from Florida *

Jack Wilcox Joseph Wilcox (23 March 1887 – 29 May 1964) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right for various clubs in the years preceding the First World War. Football career Wilcox was born in Walsall, Worcestershire and jo ...

(John Mitchell Wilcox) (1886–1940), English footballer *

James Wilcox (actor) James Wilcox may refer to: * James Wilcox (actor), American actor; see '' The Peacock Fan'' * James Wilcox (novelist) (born 1949), American novelist and professor * James A. Wilcox (born 1952), American economist and professor * James D. Wilcox ...

, American actor; see ''

The Peacock Fan ''The Peacock Fan'' is a 1929 American silent mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Lucien Prival, Dorothy Dwan and Tom O'Brien.Pitts p.87 A review in ''Variety'' described it as a "fairly interesting melodrama of the who-killed-Regi ...

'' *

James Wilcox (novelist) James Wilcox (born April 4, 1949 in Hammond, Louisiana) is an American novelist and a professor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. James Wilcox worked at Random House and Doubleday in New York after graduating from Yale. Wilcox was ...

(born 1949), American novelist and professor *

James A. Wilcox James A. Wilcox is a former James J. and Marianne B. Lowery Chair and professor of economics at Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. A current employee at CRA International and research fellow at Filene Research Institute, ...

(born 1952), American economist and professor *

James D. Wilcox James D. Wilcox, ACE, is an American film and television editor and director. He is best known for his work on ''Thirteen Lives'', ''Hillbilly Elegy'', ''Genius'', ''Roots'', ''CSI: Miami'' and ''Everybody Hates Chris''. Life and career James w ...

, American film editor and director *

Jason Wilcox Jason Malcolm Wilcox (born 15 March 1971) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and director of football at EFL Championship side Southampton. As a player, Wilcox was a left winger from 1989 until 2006, notably in the Pr ...

(born 1971), English football player * Jeremy Wilcox (born 1979), Canadian volleyball player *Jessica Arline Wilcox, better known as

Candy Jones Candy Jones, originally known as Jessica Arline Wilcox (December 31, 1925 – January 18, 1990), was an American fashion model, writer and radio talk show hostess. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was raised and educated in Atlantic Cit ...

(1925–1990), American model * John Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people * Jon P. Wilcox (born 1936), American judge * Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox (born 1940), British noblewoman and politician *

Kathi Wilcox Kathi Lynn Wilcox (born November 19, 1969) is an American musician. She is the bass player in the Julie Ruin and has been in bands such as Bikini Kill, the Casual Dots, and the Frumpies. Music Wilcox attended The Evergreen State College where s ...

(born 1969), American musician *

Keith W. Wilcox Keith Wilson Wilcox (May 15, 1921 – December 16, 2011) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1984 to 1989. He was also a prominent architect who designed the Missionary Training Center i ...

(1921–2011), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

Larry Wilcox Larry Dee Wilcox (born August 8, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer (later captain) Jonathan "Jon" Baker in the television series '' CHiPs'', which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC. A Vietnam ve ...

(born 1947), American actor *

Lisa Wilcox Lisa Elizabeth Wilcox (born April 27, 1964) is an American actress, and former model and designer. She is best known for her role as Alice Johnson in the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' sequels '' 4'' (1988) and '' 5'' (1989)—both box office s ...

(born 1964), American actress * Mat Wilcox, Canadian businesswoman *

Milt Wilcox Milton Edward Wilcox (born April 20, 1950) is an American former baseball pitcher. He pitched for 16 years in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1970–1971), Cleveland Indians (1972–1974), Chicago Cubs (1975), Detroit Tigers (1977� ...

(born 1950), American baseball player *

Mitchell Wilcox Mitchell Wilcox (born November 7, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Florida. Early life Wilcox, born in Largo, Florida, is the youngest ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Murray Wilcox Murray Rutledge Wilcox, (1937–2018) was an Australian Federal Court Judge, serving from 11 May 1984 until retiring on 2 October 2006. He also served as an additional judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory from 23 Apr ...

, The Hon. Justice, AO, QC (born 1937), Australian Federal Court Justice (retired) *

Paula Wilcox Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949) is an English actress. With a career spanning over 50 years, she is best known for her role as Chrissy in the popular ITV sitcom ''Man About The House'' from 1973 to 1976. She has also had roles in TV shows ...

(born 1949), British actress * Rebecca Wilcox (born 1980), British television presenter *

Reed N. Wilcox Reed N. Wilcox was the president of Southern Virginia University (SVU) from 2014 to 2023. Previously, Wilcox was involved in the pharmaceuticals industry. He has consulted in many places throughout the US, and has also at times lived abroad in Chin ...

, American academic * Richie Wilcox (born 1980), Canadian contestant on the television show ''Canadian Idol'' * Robert Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people *

Roy Wilcox (disambiguation) Roy Wilcox may refer to: * Roy P. Wilcox (1873–1946), member of the Wisconsin State Senate * Roy C. Wilcox (1891–1975), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut {{hndis, Wilcox, Roy ...

, multiple people *

Russ Wilcox Russell "Russ" Wilcox (born 25 March 1964) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of Farsley Celtic. Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorp ...

(born 1964), English professional footballer and manager *

Sheila Willcox Sheila Mary Willcox (12 March 1936 – 9 June 2017) was a British-born eventer who won several national and international three-day events, including the Badminton Horse Trials and the European Championships. She won Badminton three consecutive y ...

(1936–2017), British equestrian *

Simon Wilcox Simon Wilcox is a Canadian songwriter based in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of Cal ...

(born 1976), Canadian musician, daughter of David Wilcox * Sophie Wilcox (born 1975), English actress * Stephen Wilcox (1830–1893), American inventor of the water tube steam boiler *

Terry Fugate-Wilcox Tery Fugate-Wilcox (born 1944) (also known as Terry Fugate-Wilcox before the 1980s when he "donated a surplus ''r'' to charity"), is a minimalist and natural-process postminimalist ( Actual Art)-ist painter and sculptor best known for three mon ...

(born 1944), American sculptor * Thomas Wilcox (1549–1608), British Puritan clergyman, controversialist, and co-author of "Admonition to Parliament," 1571 (aka 'Puritan Manifesto') * Thomas Wilcox (1622-1687), British Puritan clergyman, and author *

Vernon Wilcox Vernon Francis Wilcox CBE QC (10 April 1919 – 13 March 2004) was an Australian politician. In a political career spanning twenty years, he represented the electorate of Camberwell in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and held many positi ...

(1918–2004), Australian politician *

Walter Wilcox Walter Dwight Wilcox (1869–1949) was an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies, especially in the Lake Louise region. Life Wilcox was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover (Class of 1889) and Yale University (1893). Walter Wilcox is known fo ...

(1869–1949), Canadian mountaineer, explorer of the Canadian Rockies *

William Wilcox (disambiguation) William Wilcox may refer to: *William Cullen Wilcox (1850–1928), American missionary to South Africa *William Wilcox (footballer) (active 1910s–1925), English footballer *William H. Wilcox, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *W. ...

, multiple people

Fictional characters

Julia Wilcox The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regular ...

, character from the American television series ''Frasier'' *Several members of the Wilcox family in the novel ''

Howards End ''Howards End'' is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. ''Howards End'' is considered by many to be Forster's masterpiece. The book was ...

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Fictional characters

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