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Famous People Named Wilfred
Ever wondered how many famous people named Wilfred there are? This list of celebrities named Wilfred includes photos and information about each person when available. The famous Wilfreds on this list come in all shapes and sizes, but all ended up achieving some kind of fame in their respective fields. This includes singers and musicians named Wilfred, actors named Wilfred, and even athletes named Wilfred. Well-known Wilfreds like Wilfred Owen, Wilfred Benítez, and Wilfred Jackson are just the start of this list.
- Poet, Soldier, Writer
- Age: Dec. at 25 (1893-1918)
- Birthplace: Oswestry, England
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and ...more - Professional Boxer
- Age: 63
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
Wilfred Benítez (born September 12, 1958) is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world ...more - Arranger, Television director, Composer
- Age: Dec. at 82 (1906-1988)
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Wilfred Jackson (Chicago, Illinois, January 24, 1906 – Newport Beach, California, August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse ...more - Tennis player
- Age: Dec. at 57 (1872-1929)
- Birthplace: London Borough of Bromley, London, United Kingdom
Wilfred Baddeley (11 January 1872 – 24 January 1929) was a British male tennis player and the elder of the Baddeley twins. - Psychoanalyst, Psychologist
- Age: Dec. at 81 (1897-1979)
- Birthplace: Mathura, India
Wilfred Ruprecht Bion DSO (; 8 September 1897 – 8 November 1979) was an influential British psychoanalyst, who became president of the British Psychoanalytical Society from 1962 to 1965.Wilfred Bion ...more 
Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor- Age: Dec. at 64 (1883-1948)
- Birthplace: England, London
Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie ...more- Wilfred Rhodes (29 October 1877 – 8 July 1973) was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets and scored 2,325 ...more
- Screenwriter, Actor, Film Director
- Age: Dec. at 69 (1871-1940)
- Birthplace: Canada, Norfolk County, Ontario, Americas
Wilfred Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian-born American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter. - Actor
- Age: Dec. at 73 (1904-1978)
- Birthplace: Halifax, England
Wilfred Pickles, OBE (13 October 1904 – 27 March 1978) was an English actor and radio presenter. - Television producer, Script editor, Screenwriter
- Age: Dec. at 81 (1921-2002)
- Birthplace: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Wilfred Glyn Greatorex (27 May 1921 – 14 October 2002) was an English television and film writer, script editor and producer. He was creator of such series as Secret Army, 1990, Plane Makers and its ...more - Film Art Director, Production Designer
- Age: Dec. at 69 (1914-1983)
- Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Wilfred Shingleton (January 24, 1914 – June, 1983) was an English art director. He enjoyed a distinguished career in the British film industry from his debut in 1937. Some of his early assignments ...more - Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003), also known by his Arabic name Mubarak bin London (Arabic: مُبَارَك بِن لَنْدَن, the blessed one of London) was a British military ...more
- Actor, Singer, Presenter
- Age: 46
- Birthplace: Hong Kong, China
Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is also known as "師兄" (C-Hing, Senpai) in the entertainment industry because he was the winner of the 16th annual New Talent Singing Awards ...more - Journalist
- Age: Dec. at 72 (1911-1983)
- Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Wilfred Graham Burchett (16 September 1911 – 27 September 1983) was an Australian journalist known for his reporting of conflicts in Asia and his Communist sympathies. He was the first foreign ...more - Actor
- Age: Dec. at 91 (1918-2009)
- Birthplace: Sheffield, England
Wilfred Harrison was an actor. - Mafioso
- Age: Dec. at 52 (1935-1988)
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a United States (FBI) Federal Bureau of Investigation informant from 1966 to 1985. He provided the FBI, who code-named him ...more - Actor
- Age: Dec. at 86 (1921-2007)
- Birthplace: Trondheim, Norway
Wilfred Breistrand was an actor. - Age: Dec. at 75 (1895-1971)
- Birthplace: Belleville, Canada
Wilfred Leigh Brintnell (August 27, 1895 – January 22, 1971) was a pioneering Canadian aviator. Born at Belleville, Ontario, Brintnell joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in Canada in 1917. A pilot, ...more- William Wilfred Campbell (1 June ca. 1860 – 1 January 1918) was a Canadian poet. He is often classed as one of the country's Confederation Poets, a group that included fellow Canadians Charles G.D. ...more
- Film Score Composer, Composer
- Age: Dec. at 70 (1927-1997)
- Birthplace: Gosforth, United Kingdom
Wilfred Josephs (24 July 1927 – 17 November 1997) was an English composer. - Actor
- Age: 84
- Birthplace: Croydon, England, London
Wilfred Downing is an actor. - Physician, Surgeon
- Age: Dec. at 91 (1913-2005)
- Birthplace: Brandon, Canada
Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow, (June 18, 1913 – March 27, 2005) was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart ...more - Actor
- Age: Dec. at 75 (1863-1939)
- Birthplace: Manchester, United Kingdom
Wilfred Shine was a British actor. He was the father of Bill Shine. - Wilfred Senanayake (10 November 1918 - 26 May 2008) was a former MP, who represented the electorate of Homagama. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. Unbeknownst to his parents, he joined the ...more
- Psychologist, Surgeon
- Age: Dec. at 67 (1872-1939)
- Birthplace: Coleford, United Kingdom
Wilfred Batten Lewis Trotter, FRS (3 November 1872 – 25 November 1939) was an English surgeon, a pioneer in neurosurgery. He was also known for his studies on social psychology, most notably for his ...more
