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

In arts and entertainment

In film, television, and theatre

  • Andrew Wilde (actor), English actor
  • Barbie Wilde (born 1960), Canadian actress
  • Brian Wilde (1927–2008), British actor
  • Cornel Wilde (1912–1989), American actor and film director
  • Hagar Wilde (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, British television, stage and screenwriter
  • Sonya Wilde (born 1937), American actress
  • Ted Wilde (1893–1929), comedy writer and director of silent movies
  • Nick Wilde, he is a red fox in both Zootopia and Zootopia 2

In music

  • Andrew Wilde (pianist) (born 1965), English classical pianist
  • Danny Wilde (musician) (born 1956), American musician and founding member of The Rembrandts
  • David Wilde (1935–2025), British pianist and composer
  • Jinian Wilde, British singer, part of Uniting Nations and other musical projects
  • Kim Wilde (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 (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 (artist) (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 (1854–1900), Irish poet and playwright
  • Stuart Wilde (1946–2013), British 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 (1865–1924), American banker and politician
  • Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782–1858), Lord Chancellor of England
  • William Allan Wilde (1827–1902), American publisher and politician

In sport

  • Federico Wilde (1909–?), Argentine footballer
  • Jimmy Wilde (1892–1969), Welsh world boxing champion
  • Joaquin Wilde (born 1986), American professional wrestler
  • Sam Wilde, English rugby league footballer
  • Walter Wilde (1908–1968), Somerset cricketer

In science and technology

  • Henry Wilde (engineer) (1833–1919), British engineer and inventor of the self-energizing dynamo
  • Henry Tingle Wilde (1872–1912), English chief officer on the RMS Titanic
  • Krzysztof Wilde (born 1966), Polish engineer, rector of Gdańsk University of Technology
  • William Wilde (1815–1876), Irish eye and ear surgeon, writer on medicine, archaeology and folklore, father of Oscar Wilde
  • Winston Wilde, American sexologist

In other fields

  • Dorothy Wilde (1895–1941), Anglo-Irish socialite
  • Maud Wilde (1880–1965), physician, organizational founder, and author
  • Michael Wilde (born 1952), English businessman

See also

  • De Wilde
  • Dewilde
  • Wild (surname), list of people with the surname Wild
  • Vilde

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