Wilbur (name)
Wilbur is an English and German masculine given name of Germanic origin as well as a surname. The etymology of the name is disputed, however the most accepted theory is that it is composed of the elements wilþī- "wild", and ebur "boar". Another suggestion is that it derives from German willo "will", "wish", "desire", and burg "fortress". Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Cornelia B. Wilbur, American psychiatrist
- Crane Wilbur, American writer, actor and director of stage, radio and screen
- Curtis D. Wilbur, US Secretary of the Navy and Chief Justice of California
- George P. Wilbur, actor and stuntman
- Jay Wilbur, British bandleader
- John Wilbur (disambiguation)
- Ray Lyman Wilbur, American doctor, president of Stanford University and United States Secretary of the Interior
- Richard Wilbur, United States Poet Laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Richard C. Wilbur, judge of the United States Tax Court
- Sylvia Wilbur, British computer scientist
- Todd Wilbur, American cookbook author
- William Wilbur, New York politician
- William H. Wilbur, US Army brigadier general
Given name
- Wilbur Cave, American politician from South Carolina
- Wilbur Clark, American businessman and owner of hotels and casinos
- Wilbur Cobb, American jazz drummer
- Wilbur J. Cohen, American social scientist and, as a civil servant, one of the key architects of the welfare state
- Wilbur Cooper, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wilbur Lucius Cross, American educator and Governor of Connecticut
- Wilbur F. Foster, American politician, lawyer
- Wilbur Good, Major League Baseball player
- Wilbur Jackson, American collegiate and National Football League running back
- Wilbur MacDonald, Canadian politician
- Wilbur Mills, influential member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
- Wilbur Ross, American investor and 39th Secretary of Commerce
- Wilbur Schramm, American journalist and academic sometimes called the "father of communication studies"
- Wilbur Shaw, American racing driver
- Wilbur Smith, South African novelist
- Wilbur Soot, English YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and musician
- Wilbur Sweatman, African-American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader and clarinetist
- Wilbur J. Thomas, American combat pilot
- Wilbur Thomas, American former basketball player
- Wilbur Ware, American jazz double-bassist
- Wilbur Wood, former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wilbur Wright, one of the two brothers generally credited with inventing the first successful airplane
- Wilbur Young, American football player
Fictional characters
- Cousin Wilbur, the title character of the 1939 short film Cousin Wilbur
- Wilbur, in the 2002 film Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
- Wilbur, the albatross in the 1990 animated film The Rescuers Down Under
- Wilbur, the checkerboard elephant in the 1994 picture book Elmer and Wilbur
- Wilbur, the grasshopper in the 1939 animated short film Goofy and Wilbur
- Wilbur, the pig in the 1952 children's novel Charlotte's Web and subsequent adaptations
- Wilbur, the title character of the children's television series Wilbur
- Wilbur Force, in the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors
- Wilbur Post, in the television series Mister Ed
- Wilbur Robinson, in the 1990 picture book A Day with Wilbur Robinson and its film adaptation ''Meet the Robinsons''