De Wilde or de Wilde is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

surname, meaning "the wild one".Wilde, de
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Abroad the name can be agglutinated like ''DeWilde'', ''Dewilde'' or ''deWilde''. Some notable people who have this surname are: * August De Wilde (1819–1886), Belgian painter *

Autumn de Wilde Autumn de Wilde (born October 21, 1970) is an American photographer and film director best known for her portraiture and commercial work photography of musicians, as well as her music video works. In 2020 she directed her first feature film, '' E ...

(b. 1970), American photographer *

Bernard de Wilde Bernard de Wilde (1691 – 1772) was a Southern Netherlandish architect. He carried out most of his work in Ghent. Together with David 't Kindt, he is the most important representative of Ghent Rococo Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ...

(1691–1772), Belgian architect *

Brandon deWilde Andre Brandon deWilde (April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an American theatre, film, and television actor. Born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn, he debuted on Broadway theater, Broadway at the age of seven and became a national phenomenon b ...

(1942–1972), American theatre and film actor * Christiaan De Wilde, Belgian business executive * Dingenis de Wilde (1885–1947), Dutch sports shooter * (1919–2005), Dutch museum curator * Dom DeWilde, an alias of Don Preston (born 1932), American jazz and rock keyboardist * Etienne De Wilde (b. 1958), Belgian road bicycle racer * Filip de Wilde (b. 1964), Belgian football goalkeeper *

Jaap de Wilde Jacobus Hubertus "Jaap" de Wilde (born 17 May 1957) is a Dutch academic. A native of Zuidlaren, he has been a Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Groningen since 2007. He headed the department of Interna ...

(b. 1957), Dutch international relations scholar *

Jacob de Wilde Jacob de Wilde (1645–1721) was a citizen of the Dutch Republic. Of modest stock, he married well and rose socially to become ontvanger-generaal (or collector-general, responsible for collecting taxes) of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He is better ...

(1645–1721), Dutch numismatist * Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956), Dutch politician *

Julien De Wilde Julien, Baron De Wilde (b. Wetteren, 7 January 1944) is a Belgian businessman. He is Chairman of Nyrstar, Chairman of the Prince Albert Fund Foundation, honorary chairman of Agoria and a member of the board of Bekaert, Telenet and Agfa-Gevaert ...

(b. 1944), Belgian business executive * Katherine August-deWilde, American business executive * Laurent de Wilde (b. 1960), French jazz musician *

Lisa de Wilde Lisa de Wilde (born 1956) is a Canadian film and television executive, was the CEO of TVOntario from 2005 to 2019. She retired on October 30, 2019. De Wilde previously worked at the CRTC for seven years before moving into the private sector and eve ...

(b. 1956), Canadian film and television executive * Maria de Wilde (1682–1729), Dutch engraver and playwright * Marius Dewilde (1921–1996), French railway worker who claimed to have been contacted by extraterrestrials * Robert de Wilde (b. 1977), Dutch motocross racer *

Samuel De Wilde Samuel De Wilde (1751 – 19 January 1832), born and died in London, was a portrait painter and etcher of Dutch descent famous for his theatrical paintings. He was the leading painter of actors and actresses between 1770 and 1820. He lived in Cl ...

(1751–1832), English portrait painter * Sebastiaan De Wilde (b. 1993), Belgian footballer * (b. 1983), Belgian racing cyclist * Rick DeWilde (b.1976), Alaskan outdoorsman on TV show Life Below Zero.

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{{Surname, De Wilde Dutch-language surnames

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