# 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:

## People
### 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 (1926–1987), 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), Ghanaian professional footballer in the United Kingdom
* 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