Wilde
Wilde is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
In arts and entertainment
In film, television, and theatre
- Andrew Wilde (actor), English actor
- Barbie Wilde, Canadian actress
- Brian Wilde, British actor
- Cornel Wilde, American actor and film director
- Hagar Wilde, screenplay writer
- Lois Wilde, American actress, model, dancer, and beauty contest winner
- Marty Wilde, British rock and roll singer and actor; father of Kim and Ricky Wilde
- Olivia Wilde, American actress
- Patrick Wilde, British television, stage and screenwriter
- Sonya Wilde, American actress
- Ted Wilde, comedy writer and director of silent movies
In music
- Andrew Wilde (pianist), English classical pianist
- Danny Wilde (musician), American musician and founding member of The Rembrandts
- David Wilde, British pianist and composer
- Jinian Wilde, British singer, part of Uniting Nations and other musical projects
- Kim Wilde, British pop singer and pop culture figure
- Marty Wilde, British rock and roll singer and actor; father of Kim and Ricky Wilde
- Ricky Wilde, British songwriter, musician, and record producer
- Wilbur Wilde, Australian saxophonist
In other arts
- Eduardo Wilde, Argentine politician, writer, and physician
- Jane Wilde, Irish political activist, poet, and folklorist; mother of Oscar Wilde
- John Wilde (artist), American painter associated with Magic Realism
- Liz Wilde, American radio personality
- Nurit Wilde, Israeli-born photographer, socialite, and occasional actress
- Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright
- Stuart Wilde, British writer
In government, law, and politics
- Eduardo Wilde, Argentine politician, writer, and physician
- Fran Wilde, New Zealand politician
- James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance, British judge, rose-breeder, and proponent of the Baconian theory of the works of Shakespeare
- John Wilde (jurist), English lawyer and politician
- Louis J. Wilde, American banker and politician
- Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro, Lord Chancellor of England
- William Allan Wilde, American publisher and politician
In sport
- Federico Wilde, Argentine footballer
- Jimmy Wilde, Welsh world boxing champion
- Joaquin Wilde, American professional wrestler
- Sam Wilde, English rugby league footballer
- Walter Wilde, Somerset cricketer
In science and technology
- Henry Wilde (engineer), British engineer and inventor of the self-energizing dynamo
- Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer on the RMS Titanic
- Krzysztof Wilde, Polish engineer, rector of Gdańsk University of Technology
- William Wilde, Irish eye and ear surgeon, writer on medicine, archaeology and folklore, father of Oscar Wilde
- Winston Wilde, American sexologist
In other fields
- Dorothy Wilde, Anglo-Irish socialite
- Maud Wilde, physician, organizational founder, and author
- Michael Wilde, English businessman