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Famous People Named Wilfred
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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.
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Wilfred Owen Poet, Soldier, Writer
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was ...more
Wilfred Benítez Professional Boxer
Wilfred Benítez, is a Puerto Rican former boxer and youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career championships in separate weight divisions at the age ...more
Wilfred Jackson Arranger, Television director, Composer
Wilfred Jackson was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the two segments Night on Bald ...more
Wilfred Baddeley Tennis player
Wilfred Baddeley was a former World No. 1 British male tennis player and the elder of the Baddeley twins. His brother Herbert died on 20 July 1931 in Cannes, France.
Wilfred Bion Psychoanalyst, Psychologist
Wilfred Ruprecht Bion DSO was an influential British psychoanalyst, who became president of the British Psychoanalytical Society from 1962 to 1965. Bion has been twinned with Jacques Lacan as ...more
Wilfred Noy Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Wilfred Noy was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. He directed 89 films between 1910 and 1936. He also appeared in 18 films between 1924 and 1939. In ...more
Wilfred Rhodes
Wilfred Rhodes 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 runs, becoming the first ...more
Wilfred Lucas Screenwriter, Actor, Film Director
Wilfred Lucas was a Canadian-born American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter.
Wilfred Pickles Actor
Wilfred Pickles OBE was an English actor and radio presenter. Born in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, he moved to Southport, Lancashire, with his family in 1929 and worked with his ...more
Wilfred Greatorex Television producer, Script editor, Screenwriter
Wilfred Greatorex 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 sequel The Power Game, Hine, ...more
Wilfred Shingleton Film Art Director, Production Designer
Wilfred Shingleton 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 were several George Formby ...more
Wilfred Thesiger
Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, CBE, DSO, FRAS, FRGS, also called Mubarak bin London was a British explorer and travel writer. Thesiger is best known for his travel books Arabian Sands, on ...more
Wilfred Lau Actor, Singer, Presenter
Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is also known as "師兄" in the entertainment industry. He was the winner of the 16th annual New Talent Singing Awards ...more
Wilfred Burchett Journalist
Wilfred Graham Burchett was an Australian journalist known for his reporting of conflicts in Asia and his Communist sympathies. He was the first foreign correspondent to enter Hiroshima after ...more
Wilfred Johnson Mafioso
Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson was a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation informant from 1966 to 1985. He provided the FBI, who code-named him "Wahoo" because of his ...more
Wilfred Breistrand Actor
Wilfred Breistrand was an actor.
Wilfred Leigh Brintnell Pilot
Wilfred Leigh Brintnell was a pioneering Canadian aviator. Born at Belleville, Ontario, Brintnell joined the Royal Flying Corps in Canada in 1917. A pilot, Brintnell instructed until his ...more
Wilfred Campbell
William Wilfred Campbell 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. Roberts, Bliss Carman, ...more
Wilfred Downing Actor
Wilfred Downing is an actor.
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow Physician, Surgeon
Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow, OC FRSC was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery. Born in ...more
Wilfred Shine Actor
Wilfred Shine was a British actor. He was the father of Bill Shine.
Wilfred Senanayake
Wilfred Senanayake former MP representing the electorate of Homagama. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. Unbeknownst to his parents, he joined the Army. He joined the Lanka Sama Samaja ...more
Wilfred Trotter Psychologist, Surgeon
Wilfred Batten Lewis Trotter, FRS was a British surgeon, a pioneer in neurosurgery. He was also known for his studies on social psychology, most notably for his concept of the herd instinct, ...more
