Wilder
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Wilder may refer to:
People[edit]
The Arts[edit]
- Acting and filmmaking
- Billy Wilder (1906–2002), Austrian-born American film director
- Gene Wilder (born 1933), American actor
- Literature
- Cherry Wilder, pseudonym of New Zealander writer Cherry Barbara Grimm (1930–2002)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), American writer
- Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968), American writer
- Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American writer
- Music
- Alan Wilder (born 1959), British electronic musician
- Alec Wilder (1907–1980), American composer and songwriter
- Matthew Wilder (born 1953), American musician
- Webb Wilder (born 1954), American singer-songwriter
Business[edit]
- C. John Wilder (born 1958), American energy industry executive
- Robert Wilder (born 1960), American businessman, creator of WilderHill Clean Energy Index
Military and politics[edit]
- Abel Carter Wilder (1828–1875), American businessman and politician
- Douglas Wilder (born 1931), Governor of Virginia
- John S. Wilder (born 1921), Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
- John T. Wilder (1830–1917), American Civil War general
Sports[edit]
- Deontay Wilder (born 1985), American heavyweight boxer
- James Wilder (born 1958), American football running back
- Michael Wilder (born 1962), American chess champion
Other[edit]
- Burt Green Wilder (1841–1925), American comparative anatomist
- Christopher Wilder (1944–1984), American serial rapist and murderer
- J. Welles Wilder, Jr. (born 20th century), American mechanical engineer, best known for his work in technical analysis
- Raymond Louis Wilder (1896–1982), American mathematician
Places[edit]
- Austria
- Kaisergebirge, also called Wilder Kaiser, a ski area in Austria
- United States
Other uses[edit]
The arts[edit]
- Film and television
- Camp Wilder (1992–1993), an American television sitcom
- National Lampoon's Van Wilder, a 2002 comedy film
- Other
- Wilder (album), a 1981 album by The Teardrop Explodes
- Wilder (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons
- wilder (The Wheel of Time), a collective term for a type of women in The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
- Wilder (Transformers), a fictional character
- Zelos Wilder, a fictional character in the video game Tales of Symphonia
Other[edit]
See also[edit]
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