List of people with given name Wilson

Wilson is a male first name. Notable people with the name include:

People

 * Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876), Canadian businessman
 * Wilson Asinobi Ake (born 1955), Nigerian politician
 * Wilson Alcorro (born 1973), Colombian boxer
 * Wilson Álvarez (born 1970), Venezuelan baseball player
 * Wilson Alvarez (American football) (born 1957), Bolivian football player
 * Wilson Francisco Alves (1927–1998), Brazilian football player
 * Wilson Antônio (born 1982), Brazilian football player
 * Wilson Baker (1900–2002), British organic chemist
 * Wilson Barrett (1846–1904), British actor and theater manager
 * Wilson Bell (1897–1947), American politician
 * Wilson Benge (1875–1955), British actor
 * Wilson Bentley (1865–1931), American photographer and meteorologist
 * Wilson Betemit (born 1981), Dominican baseball player
 * Wilson Bigaud (1931–2010), Haitian painter
 * Wilson S. Bissell (1847–1903), American politician
 * Wilson Brown (admiral) (1882–1957), American admiral
 * Wilson Brown (Medal of Honor) (1841–1900), American sailor
 * Wilson Busienei (born 1981), Ugandan long-distance runner
 * Wilson Buzzone (1938–2023), Brazilian football forward
 * Wilson Caldwell (1841–1898), American university officer
 * Wilson Carlile (1847–1942), British evangelist
 * Wilson Casey (born 1954), American writer
 * Wilson Chandler (born 1987), American basketball player
 * Wilson Cooke (1819 –1887), American politician and merchant
 * Wilson Cruz (born 1973), American actor
 * Wilson Delgado (born 1972), Dominican baseball player
 * Wilson C. Edsell (1814–1900), American politician
 * Wilson Frost (1925–2018), American lawyer and politician
 * Wilson Goode (born 1938), Mayor of Philadelphia
 * Wilson Gunaratne (born 1949), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema, TV, and stage actor
 * Wilson Harris (1921–2018), Guyanese writer
 * Wilson A. Head (1914–1993), American sociologist
 * Wilson Heredia (born 1972), Dominican baseball player
 * Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born 1971), American actor
 * Wilson Jameson (1885–1962), British doctor
 * Wilson Roosevelt Jerman (1929-2020), American butler; served in the White House
 * Wilson Jones (billiards player) (1922–2003), Indian billiards player
 * Wilson Jones (footballer) (1914–1986), British football player
 * Wilson Karunaratne (1942–2022), Sri Lankan Sinhala film actor and stunt director
 * Wilson Bryan Key (1925–2008), American author
 * Wilson Kipketer (born 1972), Danish middle-distance runner
 * Wilson Boit Kipketer (born 1973), Kenyan athlete
 * Wilson Ko (born 1960), American cardiothoracic surgeon
 * Wilson MacDonald (1880–1967), Canadian poet
 * Wilson Mbomio (born 2002), British actor
 * Wilson Carey McWilliams (1933–2005), American political scientist
 * Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820), American politician
 * Wilson Palacios (born 1984), Honduran footballer
 * Koddul Arachchige Wilson Perera (1926-2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala director
 * Wilson Raj Perumal (born 1965), Singaporean match-fixer and bookmaker
 * Wilson Pickett (1941–2006), American singer and songwriter
 * Wilson Riles (1917–1999), American educator
 * Wilson Tucker (writer) (1914–2006), American writer
 * Wilson Valdez (born 1978), Dominican baseball player
 * Wilson Whineray (1935–2012), New Zealand rugby player
 * Wilson Yip (born 1963), Hong Kong actor

Fictional characters

 * Wilson, a character from Phish lore
 * Wilson Fisk, a crime lord known as the Kingpin
 * Wilson the Volleyball, from the film Cast Away
 * Wilson Wilson Jr, home improvement
 * Wilson, a playable character from Don't Starve.