Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson may refer to:
Athletes
- Robert Wilson (rugby union), rugby union player who represented New Zealand in 1884
- Robert Wilson (rugby league), (born 1879) rugby league footballer of the 1930s, for England, and Broughton Rangers
- Robert P. Wilson, American football player and coach, head football coach at Wesleyan University (1898–1902) and New York University (1903)
- Robert Wilson (rower) (born 1935), Canadian Olympic rower
- Robert Wilson (tennis) (born 1935), tennis player from the 1960s
- Rob Wilson (racing driver) (born 1952), A former racing driver and current driver coach
- Robert Wilson (footballer, born 1961), English football player for Fulham
- Robert Wilson (running back) (born 1969), American football player
- Robert Wilson (wide receiver) (born 1974), American football player
Politicians
- Robert Thomas Wilson (1777–1849), British general and politician
- Robert Wilson (Missouri) (1803–1870), American politician and U.S. Senator from Missouri
- Robert L. Wilson (politician) (1805–1880), American politician
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (1834–1916), American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Robert D. Wilson (1839-?), American politician, 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 the UK Parliament constituency of Jarrow
- Robert Nichol Wilson, Northern Irish politician
- Robert J. Wilson, candidate in the 1953 Manitoba provincial election
- Robert Wilson (politician) (born 1934), Canadian politician, expelled from the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Rob Wilson (born 1965), British politician and entrepreneur, MP for Reading East
Entertainers
- Juice Wilson, Robert "Juice" Wilson (1904–1993), American jazz violinist
- Robert Wilson, American silent film actor (see Their One Love)
- Robert Wilson (tenor) (1907–1964), Scottish tenor
- Robert Wilson (American singer) (1957–2010), American R&B and funk musician, member of The Gap Band
- Rob Wilson (born 1973) known as Fresh I.E., Canadian rap artist
- Robert Scott Wilson (born 1987), American model and actor
- Robert Wilson (Canadian singer) who has performed on both Martha Speaks and Littlest Pet Shop
- Robert Wilson (born 1980), known as Bobby V., American R&B singer formerly known as Bobby Valentino
Writers
- 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 Burns Wilson (1850–1916), American painter and poet
- Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), American author, essayist, occult and science fiction writer, etc.
- Robert Wilson (director) (born 1941), American avant-garde stage director and playwright
- Robert C. Wilson (born 1951), American novelist and lawyer
- Robert Wilson (editor) (born 1951), American magazine editor and author
- Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953), Canadian science fiction writer
- Robert Wilson (crime novelist) (born 1957), British crime novelist
- Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1966), Northern Irish novelist
Scientists
- Robert Wilson (engineer) (1803–1882), Scottish engineer; inventor of the first practical screw propeller
- Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930), American linguist and Presbyterian scholar
- Robert O. Wilson (1904–1967), American physician noted for his humanitarian work during the Nanking Massacre
- Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000), American physicist
- Robert Wilson (astronomer) (1927–2002), British astronomer
- Robert Woodrow Wilson (born 1936), American astronomer and 1978 Nobel laureate in physics
- Robert B. Wilson (born 1937), American economist and professor at Stanford University
- Robert Arnott Wilson (born 1958), British mathematician
Others
- Robert Wilson (priest) (died 1897), Warden of Keble College, Oxford
- Robert Wilson (ship captain) (1806–1888), helped escaped slaves to freedom
- Robert Wilson (merchant) (1832–1899), New Zealand merchant and company director
- Robert Wilson (architect) (1834-1901) Scottish architect
- 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 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
- Robert W. Wilson (philanthropist) (1927–2013) American multimillionaire philanthropist
- Robert A. Wilson, philosopher
See also
- Bob Wilson (disambiguation)
- Bobby Wilson (disambiguation)
- Bert Wilson (disambiguation)
- Robert Willson (disambiguation)
- USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), United States Navy destroyer
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