Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson may refer to:

Academics, engineers, mathematicians, and scientists

• Robert Wilson (astronomer) (1927–2002), British astronomer
• Robert Wilson (engineer) (1803–1882), Scottish engineer; inventor of the first practical screw propeller
• Robert Wilson (philosopher) (born 1964), philosopher of mind, biology, and cognitive science
• Robert Arnott Wilson (born 1958), British mathematician
• Robert B. Wilson (born 1937), American economist and professor at Stanford University
• Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930), American linguist and Presbyterian scholar
• Robert O. Wilson (1906–1967), American physician noted for his humanitarian work during the Nanking Massacre
• Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000), American physicist
• Robert Woodrow Wilson (born 1936), American astronomer and 1978 Nobel laureate in physics

Armed services

• Robert Wilson (Royal Artillery officer) (1911–2002), British Army special operations officer
• Robert L. Wilson (1920–1944), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
• Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (1777–1849), British Army general

Artists and writers

• Robert Wilson (crime novelist) (born 1957), British crime novelist
• Robert Wilson (director) (born 1941), American avant-garde stage director and playwright
• Robert Wilson (editor) (born 1951), American magazine editor and author
• Robert Wilson (dramatist) (died 1600), English Elizabethan dramatist
• Robert Wilson (physician) (1829–1881), wrote on the conditions and practices in the British mining industry
• Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), American author, essayist, occult and science fiction writer, etc.
• Robert Burns Wilson (1850–1916), American painter and poet
• Robert C. Wilson (born 1951), American novelist and lawyer
• Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953), Canadian science fiction writer
• Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1966), Northern Irish novelist

Athletes

• Rob Wilson (racing driver) (born 1952), former racing driver and current driver instructor
• Robert Wilson (cricketer) (born 1948), New Zealand cricketer
• Robert Wilson (footballer, born 1961), English football player for Fulham
• Robert Wilson (rower) (born 1935), Canadian Olympic rower
• Robert Wilson (rugby league) (1879–1916), rugby league footballer of the 1930s, for England, and Broughton Rangers
• Robert Wilson (rugby union) (1861–1944), rugby union player who represented New Zealand in 1884
• Robert Wilson (running back) (born 1969), American football player
• Robert Wilson (tennis) (born 1935), tennis player from the 1960s
• Robert Wilson (wide receiver) (born 1974), American football player
• Robert P. Wilson, American football player and coach, head football coach at Wesleyan University (1898–1902) and New York University (1903)

Entertainers

• Juice Wilson (Robert Wilson, 1904–1993), American jazz violinist
• Kenneth Robert Wilson, percussionist for American heavy metal vocalist Rob Zombie
• Rob Wilson (born 1973), known as Fresh I.E., Canadian rap artist
• Robert Wilson (American singer) (1957–2010), American R&B and funk musician, member of The Gap Band
• Robert Wilson (Music for Youth), British musician and charity founder
• Robert Wilson (tenor) (1907–1964), Scottish tenor
• Robert Wilson, American silent film actor (see Their One Love)
• Robert Wilson (born 1980), known as Bobby V, American R&B singer formerly known as Bobby Valentino
• Robert Scott Wilson (born 1987), American model and actor

Politicians

• Rob Wilson (born 1965), British politician and entrepreneur, MP for Reading East
• Robert Wilson (Australian politician) (1896–1973), New South Wales politician
• Robert Wilson (Missouri) (1803–1870), American politician and U.S. Senator from Missouri
• Robert Wilson (politician) (born 1934), Canadian politician, expelled from the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
• Robert D. Wilson (1839–?), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Robert J. Wilson, candidate in the 1953 Manitoba provincial election
• Robert John Wilson, Member of Parliament in 1922 for the UK Parliament constituency of Jarrow
• Robert L. Wilson (politician) (1805–1880), American politician
• Robert McNair Wilson (1882–1963), British surgeon, writer and politician
• Robert Nichol Wilson, Northern Irish politician
• Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (1834–1916), American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Robert Richard Wilson (1891–1969), farmer and politician in South Australia
• Robert Thomas Wilson (1777–1849), British general and politician

Others

• Robert Wilson (architect) (1834–1901), Scottish architect
• Robert Wilson (merchant) (1832–1899), New Zealand merchant and company director
• Robert Wilson (priest) (died 1897), Warden of Keble College, Oxford
• Robert Wilson (ship captain) (1806–1888), helped escaped slaves to freedom
• Robert E. Lee Wilson (1865–1933), American cotton planter
• Robert Kenneth Wilson, surgeon who took a fake photograph of the Loch Ness Monster, in 1934
• Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist) (1926–2013), American multimillionaire philanthropist