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of Scottish or German origin, which is medieval pet form of the personal name

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Wilke Wilke is a surname of German origin, which is medieval pet form of the personal name Wilhelm.''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Wilke Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 15 January 2016. A related English surname is W ...

. The surname Wilkie may refer to: * Alan Wilkie (born 1951), British football referee * Allan Wilkie (1878–1970), British actor *

Alex Wilkie Alex James Wilkie FRS (born 1948 in Northampton) is a British mathematician known for his contributions to model theory and logic. Previously Reader in Mathematical Logic at the University of Oxford, he was appointed to the Fielden Chair of Pur ...

(born 1948), British mathematician *

Alexander Wilkie Alexander Wilkie CH (30 September 1850 – 2 September 1928) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland, best known for his service as a Member of Parliament for Dundee. Along with the Dundonian George Nicoll Barnes, Wilkie was one of the firs ...

(1850–1928), British politician *

Andrew Wilkie Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Clark. Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Australian Army., Australian Parliament House Biographies; 19 Augu ...

(born 1961), Australian politician * Andrew Wilkie (geneticist) (born 1959), at Oxford University * Andrew Wilkie (zoo director) (1853–1948), of Melbourne, Australia * Bob Wilkie (footballer), (1920-2001) Australian Rules footballer * Bob Wilkie (ice hockey) (born 1969) Canadian ice hockey player *

Clare Wilkie Clare Wilkie (born 1974) is a British actress, best known for playing Sandra di Marco in the television soap opera ''EastEnders''. Prior to her appearance in ''EastEnders'', she had acted in the ill-fated soap opera '' Eldorado'' and played a l ...

(born 1974), British actress *

David Wilkie (artist) Sir David Wilkie (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits, including formal royal ones, and ...

(1785–1841), British painter *

David Wilkie (ice hockey) David John Wilkie (born May 30, 1974) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers. He played defense and shot right-hand ...

(born 1974), American ice hockey player *

David Wilkie (surgeon) Sir David Percival Dalbreck Wilkie, (5 November 1882 – 28 August 1938), known to friends and colleagues as DPD, was among the first of the new breed of professors of surgery appointed at a relatively young age to develop surgical research an ...

(1882–1938), British surgeon *

David Wilkie (swimmer) David Andrew Wilkie (born 8 March 1954) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s. He is the only person to have held British, American, Commonwealth, European, world and Olympic swim ...

(born 1958), British swimmer * Dougie Wilkie (born 1956), Scottish footballer * Douglas Wilkie (1909–2002), Australian journalist * Elsie Wilkie (born 1922), lawn bowls competitor from New Zealand * Gordon Wilkie (born 1940), Canadian ice hockey player * Horace W. Wilkie (1917–1976), American politician * Ian Angus Wilkie (born 1960), British actor * J. Scott Wilkie, Canadian lawyer * Jack Wilkie, Scottish footballer * Jean Baptiste Wilkie (1803–1886), American Métis chief *

John Wilkie John Elbert Wilkie (1860 – December 13, 1934) was an American journalist and Chief of the United States Secret Service from 1898 to 1911. Journalist At age 19, Wilkie joined the staff of the '' Chicago Times'' as a reporter. His father, Fran ...

(1860–1934), American journalist and head of the Secret Service *

John Wilkie (canoeist) John Wilkie (born 24 March 1977 in Murwillumbah) is an Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. He finished in 21st place in the K1 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officiall ...

(born 1977), Australian slalom canoeist *

John Wilkie (footballer) John Carlin Wilkie (1 July 1947 – 26 October 2023) was a Scottish footballer. A winger, he played for several clubs in Scotland before signing for Halifax Town in the Football League Third Division in 1973. In 1976, he joined Wigan Athletic ...

(born 1947), Scottish footballer *

Kim Wilkie Kim Wilkie (born 3 June 1959), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to December 2007, representing the Electoral Division of Swan, Western Australia. He was bor ...

(born 1959), Australian politician *

Kyle Wilkie Kyle Wilkie (born 20 February 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gala Fairydean Rovers. He has previously played youth football in England with Stockport County, before playing senior professional football ...

(born 1991), Scottish footballer *

Lee Wilkie Lee Wilkie (born 20 April 1980) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a central defender. Wilkie spent the majority of his career in Dundee, playing for both Dundee and Dundee United. Wilkie started his career with Dundee, making over ...

(born 1980), Scottish footballer *

Lefty Wilkie Aldon Jay "Lefty" Wilkie (October 30, 1914 – August 5, 1992) was a Canadian-born professional baseball player. The native of Zealandia, Saskatchewan, was a left-handed pitcher who worked in 68 games pitched, 12 as a starter, in the Major Le ...

(1914–1992), American baseball player *

Leslie Wilkie Leslie Andrew Alexander Wilkie (27 June 1878 – 4 September 1935) was an Australian artist and the president of the South Australian Society of Arts from 1932 to 1934. Early life Wilkie was born at Royal Park, Melbourne, the son of David Wilki ...

(1878–1935), Australian artist and gallery director * Malcolm Richard Wilkey (1918–2009), American judge and diplomat *

Philip Willkie Philip Herman Willkie (December 7, 1919 – April 10, 1974) was an American lawyer and a Republican politician from Indiana. He was the only child of Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate for President of the United States in the election o ...

(1919–1974), American businessman *

Reginald Wilkie Reginald Wilkie (died 6 August 1962) was a British ice dancer. With his partner Daphne Wallis, he was the British Ice Dance champion for many years, in the era before international competitions in this discipline were recognized by the Interna ...

(1907–1962), British ice dancer * Rob Wilkey (born 1956), American politician *

Robert Wilkie Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. (born August 2, 1962) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2018 to 2021, during the Trump administration. He was previously Under Secretary of De ...

(born 1963), American lawyer *

Robert J. Wilke Robert Joseph Wilke (May 18, 1914 – March 28, 1989) was an American film and television actor noted primarily for his roles as villains, mostly in Westerns. Early years Wilke was a native of Cincinnati. Before going into acting, he h ...

(1914–1989), American actor * Vincent Wilkie (born 1969), German musician *

Wendell Willkie Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican ...

(1892–1944), American lawyer and politician *

William Wilkie William Wilkie (5 October 1721 – 10 October 1772) was a Scottish Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Natural Philosophy primarily remembered as a poet nicknamed Potato Willie, known more respectfully as the "Scottish Homer". The son ...

(1721–1772), Scottish poet

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