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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 Harrison Actor Wilfred Harrison was an actor.

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 Josephs Film Score Composer, Composer Wilfred Josephs was an English composer.

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

Wilfred Grenfell Physician Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei is a Kenyan retired middle distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He also won at the World indoor Championships in Moscow ...more

Wilfred Moore Wilfred P. Moore, QC is a Canadian Senator representing Nova Scotia.

Wilfred Cantwell Smith Wilfred Cantwell Smith was a Canadian professor of comparative religion who from 1964-1973 was director of Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions. The Harvard Gazette characterized ...more

Wilfred Conwell Bain Wilfred Conwell Bain was an American music educator, a university level music school administrator, and an opera theater director at the collegiate level. Bain is widely credited for rapidly ...more

Wilfred Bamnjo Wilfred Bamnjo is a Cameroonian football player who currently plays for Hong Kong First Division League club Happy Valley. His position is defensive midfielder. Supporters have given Bamnjo a ...more

Wilfred Agbonavbare Wilfred Agbonavbare was a Nigerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Wilfred Osuji Wilfred Chinoye Osuji is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Italian Serie B side Modena.

Wilfred Sénéchal Joseph Henry Wilfred Sénéchal MM, BCL was a Canadian lawyer, a decorated World War II soldier, and a politician. Known by Wilfred, he was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. ...more

Wilfred Kiboro Entrepreneur, Civil engineer, Golfer Wilfred David Kiboro, EBS is a Kenyan entrepreneur, philanthropist and golfer. He is best known for having been the Group CEO of the Nation Media Group. Kiboro is a highly respected personality ...more

Wilfred Fienburgh Politician Wilfred Fienburgh MBE was a British Labour Party politician.

Wilfred Gibson Wilfred Gibson was an English violinist who played in the band Electric Light Orchestra, and has performed as a session musician. Gibson was born in Dilston, Northumberland. He replaced original ...more

Wilfred Corrigan Electrical engineer, Engineer Wilfred J. Corrigan is a British engineer and entrepreneur, known for founding and running LSI Logic Corp. He was the chairman and chief executive of LSI for over two decades until 2005, during ...more

Wilfred Payton Chaplain The Venerable Wilfred Ernest Granville Payton CB, MA was an English clergyman and cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1935, Cambridge University in 1937 and ...more

Wilfred M. McClay Professor Wilfred M. McClay is an American intellectual historian, a noted conservative public intellectual, and the current occupant of the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at ...more

Wilfred Buckland Film Art Director, Production Designer Wilfred Buckland was an American art director. Buckland worked as an art director with Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky, and later with Alan Dwan, from 1914-1927. He was Hollywood's first ...more

Wilfred Velásquez Footballer Wilfred Velásquez is a Guatemalan footballer who plays for Club Deportivo Suchitepéquez.

Wilfred G. Lambert Wilfred George Lambert FBA was a historian and archaeologist, a specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology.

Wilfred Fletcher Actor Wilfred Fletcher is an actor.

Wilfred Walter Wilfred Walter was an English film and theatre actor. He was the son of the actor Richard Walter. His best known film role was as Max Slessor the eponymous inmate in the 1938 comedy Convict 99, ...more

Wilfred Edwards Soldier Major Wilfred Edwards VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and ...more

Wilfred X Wilfred X was the brother of Malcolm X.

Wilfred Babbage Actor Wilfred Babbage was an actor.

Wilfred Shardlow Wilfred Shardlow was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1928. Shardlow was born at Clowne, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in July ...more

Wilfred M. Cline Cinematographer Wilfred M. Cline was a cinematographer.