# Joseph Wilson

Joseph or Joe Wilson may refer to:

## Politicians and government officials
### United States

* Joe Wilson (American politician) (born 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
* Joseph C. Wilson (1949–2019), United States ambassador and husband of Valerie Plame Wilson
* Joseph G. Wilson (1826–1873), U.S. Representative from Oregon
* Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901–1968), U.S. Representative from Texas
* Joe N. Wilson (1922–2015), American politician from Iowa
* Joseph Harvey Wilson (1810–1884), American politician from North Carolina
* Joseph S. Wilson, U.S. Treasury and Department of the Interior official
* Joseph T. Wilson (died 1891), American politician, journalist, and author

### United Kingdom

* Joe Wilson (British politician) (born 1937), Member of the European Parliament for North Wales (1989–99)
* Joseph Havelock Wilson (1859–1929), British trade union leader and politician

### New Zealand

* Joseph Vivian Wilson (1894–1977), New Zealand ambassador to France

## Sportsmen
### Football

* Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1861) (1861–1952), played at outside left for Stoke, Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion
* Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1945), played at centre half for Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall
* Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1984), played at inside right for Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion
* Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1996), played at right back for Southend United, Brentford, Barnsley and others
* Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2015), played at full back for Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers
* Joe Wilson (1920s and 1930s footballer), played for Gillingham and Walsall
* Joseph Wilson (football manager), known as "Bill" Wilson, a Guyanese professional football manager
* Joe Wilson (Australian footballer) (1870–1912), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
* Joseph Wilson (footballer) (born 1939), Ghanaian footballer
* Joe Wilson (American football) (born 1950), American football running back

### Other sports

* Joseph Peter Wilson (1935–2019), American Olympic cross-country skier
* Joseph Wilson (Australian cricketer) (1869–1938), Australian cricketer
* Joseph Wilson (English cricketer) (born 1965), English cricketer
* Joe Wilson (sportscaster) (1911–1983), American sports announcer

## Arts

* Joe Wilson (Geordie singer) (1841–1875), Geordie dialect singer, songwriter
* Joe Wilson (musician), member of the British band Sneaker Pimps
* Joe Lee Wilson (1935–2011), American gospel-influenced jazz singer
* Joe Wilson (director) (born 1964), American film director and producer

## Religion

* Joseph Bearwalker Wilson (1942–2004), shamanist and founder of the 1734 tradition of witchcraft
* Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903), theologian and father of Woodrow Wilson

## Business

* Joseph C. Wilson (entrepreneur) (1909–1971), founder of the Xerox Corporation
* Joseph Lapsley Wilson (1844–1928), American railroad executive, author and horticulturalist
* J. W. Wilson (Joseph William Wilson, 1829–1898), English engineer

## Fiction

* Joe Wilson (character), a fictional character appearing in numerous Henry Lawson short stories
** Joe Wilson (miniseries), a 1988 mini series about the character
* Jericho (DC Comics), also known as Joseph William Wilson, a fictional comic book superhero