# Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson may refer to:

## Entertainment
### Writers

* 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 (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 (1904–1967), 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
* Robert E. Wilson, astrophysicist, academic, and author

## Sports
### 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

## Other uses

* USS Robert L. Wilson, United States Navy destroyer named for Robert L. Wilson
* Robert Wilson, big-game hunter in the Ernest Hemingway short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"