# Wilmot (surname)

Wilmot is a surname, and may refer to:
* Andy Wilmot (born 1980), British racing driver
* Arthur Wilmot (1845–1876), English clergyman and cricketer
* Ben Wilmot (Benjamin Lewis Wilmot; born 1999), English footballer
* Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot (c. 1572 – 1644), English soldier, Lord President of Connaught (1616–1644)
* Chester Wilmot (1911–1954), Australian war correspondent
* David Wilmot (politician) (1814–1868), American politician
* David Wilmot (actor), Irish stage, screen and television actor
* Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1693–1786), English physician
* Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester (1651–1681), wife of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
* Elizabeth Montgomery (designer), married name Elizabeth Wilmot (1902–1993), English theatre and opera costume and scenic designer
* Ern Wilmot (Ernest Ambrose Wilmot; 1898–1988), Australian rugby league player
* Frank Wilmot (also known as Furnley Maurice; 1881–1942), Australian poet
* Fred Wilmot (1927–2009), Canadian football player
* Gary Wilmot (born 1954), British entertainer
* Gilead J. Wilmot (1834-?), American soldier and politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
* Grant Wilmot (1956–2016), Australian rules footballer
* Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (1612–1658), British Royalist
* Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet (1831–1901)
* Henry Wilmot (politician) (1826–1888), Canadian politician
* James Wilmot (1726–1807), clergyman and alleged creator of Baconian theory
* James P. Wilmot (1911–1980), US aviation executive and Democratic Party organizer
* John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), British Libertine and satyrist
* John Wilmot (politician) (1748–1815), British lawyer and politician, member of Parliament from 1776 to 1796
* John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston (1893–1964), British politician, Minister of Aircraft Production (1945–1946), Minister of Supply (1945–1947).
* John Eardley Wilmot (1709–1792), English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1766–1771)
* John McNeil Wilmot (1755–1847), Canadian politician
* Jorge Wilmot (1928–2012), Mexican artisan
* Kate Wilmot, Anglican bishop in Australia
* Katherine Wilmot (or Catherine Wilmot; c. 1773 – 1824), Irish traveller and diarist
* Kilburn Wilmot (1911–1996), English cricketer
* Lemuel Allan Wilmot (1809–1878), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge
* Lorrie Wilmot (Anthony Lorraine Wilmot; 1943–2004), South African cricketer
* Louise Currie Wilmot (born 1942), first female commander of a United States Naval base
* Malcolm Wilmot (1771–1859), merchant and politician in New Brunswick
* Mike Wilmot, Canadian comedian
* Mollie Wilmot (née Mollie Netcher; 1923–2002), American philanthropist and socialite
* Montague Wilmot (died 1766), British Governor of Nova Scotia (1763–1766)
* Norah Wilmot (1889–1980), British racehorse trainer
* Percy Wilmot (1881–1950), Australian rules footballer
* Reginald Wilmot (1869–1949), Australian sports journalist
* Rhys Wilmot (born 1962), Welsh footballer
* Richard Wilmot (1703–1772), Canon of Windsor (1748–1772)
* Robert Wilmot (playwright) (c. 1550 – by 1608), Church of England clergyman, and playwright
* Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809–1891), Canadian politician
* Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr. (1837–1920), Canadian Member of Parliament, son of the above
* Robert Wilmot (Gaelic footballer) (born 1954), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
* Sir Robert Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1708–1772), Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household
* Sir Robert Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (c. 1752 – 23 July 1834), Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
* Samuel Wilmot (1772–1848), Irish surgeon
* Samuel Street Wilmot (1773–1856) surveyor, tanner, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada
* Tom Wilmot, Anglican bishop in Australia
* Walt Wilmot (1863–1929), American baseball player
* William Wilmot (1869–1957), English cricketer