Wilberforce (name)

Wilberforce is a name, both a surname and a given name. It is also the name of an English family, including William Wilberforce. Notable people with the name include:

Surname
People with the surname include:
 * William Wilberforce (1759–1833), British politician, evangelical reformer and campaigner against the slave trade
 * Barbara Wilberforce (1777–1847), wife of William
 * William Wilberforce (1798–1879), first and eldest son of William, a lawyer and Member of Parliament
 * Robert Wilberforce (1802–1857), second son of William, a clergyman, Catholic convert and writer
 * Lionel Wilberforce (1861–1944), British physicist, grandson of Robert and inventor of the Wilberforce pendulum
 * Herbert Wilberforce (1864–1941), British male tennis player, grandson of Robert and chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
 * Samuel Wilberforce (1805–1873), third son of William, a bishop who debated the theory of evolution with Thomas Henry Huxley
 * Ernest Wilberforce (1840–1907), Anglican bishop and third son of Samuel
 * Basil Wilberforce (1841–1916), Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Westminster and fourth and youngest son of Samuel
 * Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce (1907–2003), great-grandson of Samuel, Law Lord
 * Henry Wilberforce (1807–1873), fourth and youngest son of William, Catholic convert, journalist and author
 * Marion Wilberforce (1902–1995), aviator
 * Octavia Wilberforce (1888–1963), English physician
 * Robert Wilberforce (cricketer) (1910–1987), Australian cricketer
 * Susan Wilberforce, suspect in the 1987 murder of Simon Dale; great-great-granddaughter of William Wilberforce

Given name
People with the given name include:
 * Wilberforce Eames (1855–1937), American bibliographer and librarian
 * Wilberforce Eaves (1867–1920), Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom
 * Wilberforce Echezona, Nigerian musicologist and teacher
 * Wilberforce Juta (1944–2020), Nigerian politician
 * Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira (born 1958), Ugandan Anglican bishop
 * Wilberforce Mfum (born 1936), retired Ghanaian footballer
 * Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa (1945–2021), Ugandan agricultural economist, politician and academic
 * Wilberforce Ocran (born 1999), English professional footballer
 * Wilberforce Talel (born 1980), Kenyan runner

Middle name
People with the middle name include:
 * A. Wilberforce Williams (1865–1940), African American physician, teacher, and journalist.
 * Ronald Wilberforce Allen (1889–1936), English lawyer and Liberal politician
 * Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko (1924–?), Ghanaian accountant and politician
 * Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley (1874–1961), British civil servant
 * William Wilberforce Bird (merchant) (1758–1836), British merchant, civil servant and author; Member of Parliament for Coventry
 * William Wilberforce Bird (governor) (1784–1857), his son; British colonial administrator, Deputy Governor of Bengal, and Governor-General of India
 * Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, Tobagonian diplomat; former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
 * Henry Wilberforce Clarke (1840–1905), British translator of Persian works
 * Charles Wilberforce Daniels (1862–1927), British physician
 * William Gabula (William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV; born 1988), the reigning Kyabazinga of Busoga, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda
 * William Wilberforce Harris Greathed (1826–1878), British senior officer in the Bengal Engineers
 * Arthur Wilberforce Jose (1863–1934), English-Australian historian and editor
 * George Wilberforce Kakoma (1923–2012), Ugandan musician who wrote Uganda's national anthem
 * James Wilberforce Longley (1849–1922), Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, and judge
 * William Wilberforce Newton (1843–1914), American Episcopalian divine and author
 * Harold Wilberforce Hindmarsh Stephen (1841–1889), Australian politician
 * James Wilberforce Stephen (1822–1881), Australian politician

Fictional characters

 * Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries, a character in the 1970s British sitcom Are You Being Served?
 * Mr. Wilberforce, a character in the children's novel, Under the Mountain, by Maurice Gee
 * The Wilberforces, antagonists in the New Zealand children's TV horror-sci-fi show Under the Mountain, based on the novel by Maurice Gee
 * Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce, one of the main characters in the film The Ladykillers
 * Wilberforce Thornapple, a character in the comic strip The Born Loser
 * Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot, a character in Blinky Bill the Movie and The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill
 * Bertie Wooster (Bertram Wilberforce Wooster), a character in the comedic Jeeves stories
 * Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton, main character of the Franco-Belgian comics series Clifton
 * Colonel Wilberforce Buckshot, a character in the Laurel and Hardy film Another Fine Mess