Wylie is an English name meaning "well-watered meadow", and may also refer to:

People

* Wylie (surname) * Wylie (Australian explorer), Aboriginal companion of Edward John Eyre during his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in Australia *

Wylie Breckenridge John Wylie P. Breckenridge (22 April 1903 – c. 1991) was a rugby union player who represented Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Austra ...

(1903–1991), rugby union player who represented Australia * Wylie Gelber (born 1988), American bassist and guitar maker, founding member of the band Dawes *

Wylie Gibbs Wylie Talbot Gibbs (born 26 July 1922) is an Australian former surgeon and politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1969, representing the Liberal Party. Early life Gibbs grew up in Ipswich, Queensland, where his fath ...

(born 1922), Australian politician *

Wylie Cameron Grant Wylie Cameron Grant (November 24, 1879 – November 16, 1968) was an American tennis champion. In 1902 and 1904 he won the U.S. National Championships mixed doubles title together with Elisabeth Moore. He was the singles runner-up at the Irish ...

(1879–1968), American tennis champion *

Wylie Human Wylie Human (born 26 February 1979) is a South African rugby union winger. He has played for several Super Rugby teams including the Stormers, the Sharks and the Lions. He has also played for Bath and Northampton Saints, and is currently ply ...

(born 1979), South African rugby union winger *

Wylie Stateman Wylie Stateman (born November 20, 1957) is an American sound director, supervising sound editor, sound designer, and post production media entrepreneur. Stateman has supervised over 150 sound projects, resulting in 9 Academy Award nominations, 6 B ...

, American supervising sound editor * Wylie Sypher (1905–1987), American non-fiction writer and professor * Wylie Watson (1889–1966), British actor *

Wylie G. Woodruff Wylie Glidden Woodruff (March 4, 1866 – June 21, 1930) was an American football player and coach. He played guard at the University of Pennsylvania under his older brother, George Washington Woodruff. He was selected to the 1896 College Footbal ...

(1866–1930), American football player and coach

Fictional characters

* Wile E. Coyote, a cartoon character whose name sounds similar to "Wily" *

Wylie Burp ''Fievel's American Tails'' is an animated television series, produced by Amblimation, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired on CBS for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes ...

, a character from the film ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' * Wylie Endal, a character from '' Keeper Of The Lost Cities'' by Shannon Messenger

Places

United States

Lake Wylie, South Carolina Lake Wylie is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,841 at the 2010 census. Lake Wylie is located on a peninsula along the shore of Lake Wylie, a reservoir that was named for Dr. W. ...

Wylie Township, Minnesota Wylie Township is a township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 72 at the 2000 census. History Wylie Township was named for a pioneer settler. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has ...

* Wylie, Texas, a city located primarily within Collin County * Wylie, Taylor County, Texas, an unincorporated community largely in the city limits of Abilene *

Wylie Island Wylie Island is a bar island on the New River in Summers County Summers County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,959. Its county seat is Hinton. The county was created by a ...

, a bar island on the New River in Summers County, West Virginia * Lake Wylie, a reservoir, or man-made lake in the U.S. states of both South Carolina and North Carolina

Elsewhere

Wylie Bay Wylie Bay () is a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, lying between Cape Monaco and Norsel Point on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–190 ...

, a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, lying between Cape Monaco and Norsel Point on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula * Wylie Ridge, a ridge that extends westward from Meier Peak in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Wylie, Ontario, a municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County

Other

* Wylie transliteration for Tibetan script * Wylie House Museum a historic house museum of Indiana University's first president Andrew Wylie, in Bloomington, IN * Lazard Carnegie Wylie, a boutique investment bank that advises in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, initial public offerings and related transactions * Wylie Mansion, an American mansion which once stood at 10 Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C * Wylie School, a historic school building at Ekonk Hill Road and Wylie School Road in Voluntown, Connecticut

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