Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson may refer to:

Authors

 * Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), American writer, futurist, and mystic
 * 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
 * Robert McNair Wilson (1882–1963), British surgeon, fiction writer, and politician
 * Robert Wilson (crime novelist) (born 1957), British crime novelist
 * Robert Wilson (dramatist) (died 1600), English Elizabethan dramatist
 * Robert Wilson (editor) (born 1951), American magazine editor and author

Musicians

 * Rob Wilson, known as Fresh I.E., Canadian rapper
 * Robert Wilson (tenor) (1907–1964), Scottish tenor
 * Robert Wilson (American singer) (1957–2010), American R&B and funk musician in The Gap Band
 * Robert Wilson (music entrepreneur) (born 1951), British musician and charity founder
 * Juice Wilson (Robert Wilson, 1904–1993), American jazz violinist
 * Robert Wilson (born 1980), Bobby V, American R&B singer formerly known as Bobby Valentino

Other entertainment

 * Robert Scott Wilson (born 1987), American model and actor
 * Robert Wilson (director) (born 1941), American avant-garde stage director and playwright
 * Robert Wilson (advertising executive) (1941–2017), American advertising executive; father of Andrew, Owen, and Luke Wilson

Military

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

Politics

 * Robert A. Wilson (Virginia politician) (1913–2003), vice mayor of Richmond, Virginia
 * Robert Wilson (Missouri politician) (1803–1870), U.S. Senator from Missouri
 * Robert L. Wilson (politician) (1805–1880), American politician
 * Robert P. C. Wilson (1834–1916), U.S. Representative from Missouri
 * Robert D. Wilson (1839–1930), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Robert Richard Wilson (1891–1969), farmer and politician in South Australia
 * Robert Wilson (Australian politician) (1896–1973), New South Wales politician
 * Robert John Wilson, Member of Parliament in 1922 for Jarrow
 * Robert Wilson (Manitoba politician) (born 1934), Manitoba politician
 * Robert J. Wilson, candidate in the 1953 Manitoba provincial election
 * Rob Wilson (born 1965), British politician and entrepreneur, MP for Reading East
 * Robert Nichol Wilson, Northern Irish politician
 * Robert Wilson (Texas politician) (1793–1856), land speculator and politician in Texas
 * Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician) (Robert Gordon Wilson), Scottish politician and solicitor

Science and medicine

 * Robert A. Wilson (gynecologist) (1895–1981), American gynecologist who wrote the book Feminine Forever
 * Robert Wilson (physician) (1829–1881), wrote about the British mining industry
 * Robert O. Wilson (1906–1967), American physician
 * Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000), American physicist
 * Robert Wilson (astronomer) (1927–2002), British astronomer
 * Robert Woodrow Wilson (born 1936), American astronomer and physicist
 * Robert B. Wilson (born 1937), American economist

American football

 * Robert P. Wilson (fl. 1890s), American football player and coach
 * Robert Wilson (running back) (born 1969), American football player
 * Robert Wilson (wide receiver) (1974–2020), American football player

Cricket

 * Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1916) (1916–2004), Scottish cricketer
 * Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1922) (1922–1980), English cricketer
 * Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1934), English cricketer
 * Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1935) (1935–1987), Scottish cricketer
 * Robert Wilson (cricketer, born 1948), New Zealand cricketer

Rugby

 * Robert Wilson (rugby union, born 1854) (1854–1911), Scottish rugby union player
 * Robert Wilson (rugby union, born 1861) (1861–1944), rugby union player for New Zealand in 1884
 * Robert Wilson (rugby league) (1879–1916), rugby league footballer for England and Broughton Ranchers

Other sports

 * Robert Wilson (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1909–1913), Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle}
 * Robert Wilson (Canadian rower) (born 1935), Canadian Olympic rower
 * Robert Wilson (tennis) (1935-2020), English tennis player
 * Robert Wilson (American rower) (born 1939), American Olympic rower
 * Rob Wilson (racing driver) (born 1952), racing driver from New Zealand
 * Robert Wilson (bobsleigh) (born 1954), Canadian Olympic bobsledder
 * Robert Wilson (footballer, born 1961), English football player for Fulham
 * Rob Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1968), Canadian-British professional ice hockey coach

Other

 * Robert Arnott Wilson (born 1958), British mathematician
 * Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930), American linguist and Presbyterian scholar
 * Robert E. Lee Wilson (1865–1933), American cotton plantation owner
 * Robert Gordon Wilson (architect) (1844–1931), Scottish architect
 * Robert Kenneth Wilson, surgeon who in 1934 supposedly took a photograph purporting to show the Loch Ness Monster
 * Robert M. Wilson Jr. (1952–2012), Arkansas lawyer
 * Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist) (1926–2013), American hedge fund manager and philanthropist
 * Robert Wilson (architect) (1834–1901), Scottish architect
 * Robert Wilson (businessman) (born 1942/1943), British businessman
 * Robert Wilson (engineer) (1803–1882), Scottish engineer and inventor
 * Robert Wilson (philosopher) (born 1964), philosophy professor
 * Robert Wilson (priest, born 1840) (1840–1897), English Anglican priest and academic, warden of Keble College, Oxford
 * Robert Wilson (dean of Ferns), 17th-century Anglican dean in Ireland
 * Robert Wilson (ship captain) (1806–1888), Great Lakes captain who helped slaves escape
 * Robert Wilson (merchant) (1832–1899), New Zealand merchant and company director
 * Robert & William Wilson, American silversmiths in Philadelphia during the 19th century

Fictional characters

 * Robert Wilson, big-game hunter in the Ernest Hemingway short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"