Wilde is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

In arts and entertainment

In film, television, and theatre

* '' Wilde'' a 1997 biographical film about Oscar Wilde *

Andrew Wilde (actor) Andrew Wilde is an English actor, known for his role as Tillotson in the 1984 film ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. He also appeared in the Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-foun ...

, English actor *

Barbie Wilde Barbie Wilde is a Canadian-born British actress and writer, perhaps best known for appearing as the Female Cenobite in '' Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' (1988) – the second of ten Hellraiser films based on Clive Barker's novella, ''The Hellbound ...

(born 1960), Canadian actress * Brian Wilde (1927–2008), British actor * Cornel Wilde (1915–1989), American actor and film director *

Hagar Wilde Hagar Wilde (July 7, 1905 – September 25, 1971) was an American playwright and screenwriter in the late 1930s till the late 1950s. She is perhaps best known for the screenplays for ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938) and ''I Was a Male War Bride'' ...

(1905–1971), screenplay writer * Lois Wilde (1907–1995), American actress, model, dancer, and beauty contest winner * Marty Wilde (born 1939), British rock and roll singer and actor; father of Kim and Ricky Wilde * Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress *

Patrick Wilde Patrick Wilde is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director for television, film and theatre. Early work Most of Wilde's early work was centred on the classics. He played Hamlet, Mark Antony for ATC and Amnon in Tirso de Molina's ...

, British television, stage and screenwriter *

Sonya Wilde Sonya Wilde (born 1937) is an American former actress, best known for her starring role in the 1960 film ''I Passed for White''. She started her career as Maria on Broadway with the original cast of ''West Side Story''. Career On Broadway, Wilde ...

(born 1939), American actress *

Ted Wilde Ted Wilde (December 16, 1889 – December 17, 1929) was a comedy writer and director during the era of silent movies, though he also directed two talkies released in 1930. He was born in New York City. His initial career was as a member of Harold ...

(1893–1929), comedy writer and director of silent movies

In music

Andrew Wilde (pianist) Andrew Wilde (born 1965) is an British classical pianist. Wilde studied at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the city where he is still based. His music teachers included Ryszard Bakst. Wilde ...

(born 1965), English classical pianist *

Danny Wilde (musician) Danny Wilde (birth name Daniel Thomas; born June 3, 1956) is an American musician. He is a founding member of The Rembrandts, with the ''Friends'' theme song " I'll Be There For You". Wilde was born in Houlton, Maine, but is known for breezy Cal ...

(born 1956), American musician and founding member of The Rembrandts *

David Wilde David Wilde (born 1935 in Manchester) is an English pianist and composer. As a boy he studied with Solomon and his pupil Franz Reizenstein, who had also studied composition with Hindemith and Vaughan Williams. A frequent soloist at the Henry W ...

(born 1935), British pianist and composer * Jinian Wilde, British singer, part of Uniting Nations and other musical projects *

Kim Wilde Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award f ...

(born 1960), British pop singer and pop culture figure * Marty Wilde (born 1939), British rock and roll singer and actor; father of Kim and Ricky Wilde * Ricky Wilde (born 1961), British songwriter, musician, and record producer *

Wilbur Wilde Wilbur Wilde (born Nicholas Robert Aitken on 5 October 1955) is an Australian saxophonist, television personality and radio presenter. He is best known for his work on ''Hey Hey It's Saturday''. He rose to prominence with the bands Ol' 55 and J ...

(born 1955), Australian saxophonist

In other arts

* Eduardo Wilde (1844–1913), Argentine politician, writer, and physician * Jane Wilde (1821–1896), Irish political activist, poet, and folklorist; mother of Oscar Wilde * John Wilde (1919–2006), American painter associated with Magic Realism * Liz Wilde (born 1971), American radio personality * Nurit Wilde (born 1971), Israeli-born photographer, socialite, and occasional actress *

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

(1854–1900), Irish writer

In government, law, and politics

* Eduardo Wilde (1844–1913), Argentine politician, writer, and physician * Fran Wilde (born 1948), New Zealand politician * James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance (1816–1899), British judge, rose-breeder, and proponent of the Baconian theory of the works of Shakespeare * John Wilde (jurist) (1590–1669), English lawyer and politician *

Louis J. Wilde Louis J. Wilde (July 16, 1865 – April 18, 1924) was an American banker and Republican politician from California. Wilde was born in Iowa City, Iowa in 1865. After living in Rochester, NY, Philadelphia, and St. Paul, Minnesota, he moved t ...

(1865–1924), American banker and politician * Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782–1858), Lord Chancellor of England

In sport

* Jimmy Wilde (1892–1969), Welsh world boxing champion * Joaquin Wilde (born 1986), American professional wrestler *

Sam Wilde Sam Wilde (born 8 September 1995) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Widnes Vikings in the Betfred Championship. He previously played for the Warrington Wolves, and had loan periods with the Widn ...

, English rugby league footballer *

Walter Wilde Walter Stanley Wilde (27 February 1908 – 21 August 1968) played first-class cricket for Somerset in seven County Championship matches in the 1929 season. He was born in Long Ashton, Somerset and died at Clevedon, Somerset. Wilde was a tail ...

(1908–1968), Somerset cricketer

In science and technology

Henry Tingle Wilde Henry Tingle Wilde, RNR (21 September 1872 – 15 April 1912) was a British naval officer who was the chief officer of the . He died in the sinking. Early life Henry Tingle Wilde was born on 21 September 1872 in Walton, north of Liverpool, En ...

(1872–1912), English chief officer on the RMS ''Titanic'' * Henry Wilde (engineer) (1833–1919), British engineer and inventor of the self-energizing dynamo *

Krzysztof Wilde Krzysztof Wilde (born 11 January 1966 in Gdańsk) – Polish engineer, full professor of civil engineering, Rector of Gdańsk University of Technology since 3 June 2019 Professional career Expert in bridge structures, structural mechanics and d ...

(born 1966), Polish engineer, rector of Gdańsk University of Technology *

William Wilde Sir William Robert Wills Wilde FRCSI (March 1815 – 19 April 1876) was an Irish oto-ophthalmologic surgeon and the author of significant works on medicine, archaeology and folklore, particularly concerning his native Ireland. He was the fath ...

(1815–1876), Irish eye and ear surgeon, writer on medicine, archaeology and folklore, father of Oscar Wilde *

Winston Wilde Winston Wilde is a sexologist, psychotherapist, and author living in Los Angeles, California. He is the surviving partner of writer Paul Monette Paul Landry Monette (October 16, 1945 – February 10, 1995) was an American author, poet, and activi ...

, American sexologist

In other fields

Dorothy Wilde Dorothy Ierne Wilde, known as Dolly Wilde (11 July 1895 – 10 April 1941), was an English socialite, made famous by her family connections and her reputation as a witty conversationalist. Her charm and humour made her a popular guest at s ...

(1895–1941), Anglo-Irish socialite *

Michael Wilde Michael Wilde, born on the Wirral, Cheshire in 1952, is a businessman who became Chairman of Southampton Football Club for two periods after the club's relegation from the Premiership, resigning on 2 April 2009, the day after the club's holding c ...

(born 1952), English businessman

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