Wilson may refer to:

People

Wilson (name) Wilson is an English, Scottish, and Northern Irish surname, common in the English-speaking world, with several distinct origins. The name is derived from a patronymic form of ''Will'', a popular medieval name. The medieval ''Will'' is derived fro ...

List of people with given name Wilson Wilson is a male first name. Notable people with the name include: People *Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876), Canadian businessman * Wilson Asinobi Ake (born 1955), Nigerian politician * Wilson Alcorro (born 1973), Colombian boxer *Wilson Álvar ...

** List of people with surname Wilson * Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender *

Wilson (footballer, born 1984) Wilson Rodrigues de Moura Júnior (born 31 January 1984 in Santo André), known simply as Wilson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Career Early years After almost ten years in Flamengo's junior team, he began professio ...

, full name Wilson Rodrigues de Moura Júnior, Brazilian goalkeeper *

Wilson (footballer, born 1985) Wilson Rodrigues Fonseca (born 21 March 1985), or simply Wilson, is a Brazilian Forward (association football)#Striker, striker, currently playing for Mirassol Futebol Clube, Mirassol. Biography Born in Araras, São Paulo state, Wilson started ...

, full name Wilson Rodrigues Fonseca, Brazilian forward *

Wilson (footballer, born 1975) Wilson Roberto dos Santos or simply Wilson (born August 4, 1975) is a Brazilian soccer player, a central-defender. He currently plays for Corinthians (AL). Wilson has played in the Campeonato Brasileiro for Atlético-PR, São Paulo and Inter ...

, full name Wilson Roberto dos Santos, Brazilian centre-back

Places

Australia

* Wilson, South Australia *

Wilson, Western Australia Wilson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Canning on the north bank of the Canning River. It is a fairly old suburb with parks and close proximity to prominent shopping centres in South Perth. It is favoured by ...

Wilson Inlet Wilson Inlet is a shallow, seasonally open estuary located on the coast of the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Description The inlet receives water from the two main rivers: the Denmark River and the Hay River and some smaller r ...

, Western Australia *

Wilson Reef Wilson Reef is a small (4.5 ha) coral reef within the Great Barrier Reef complex of Queensland, Australia. It lies about 30 km north of Cape Melville on the Cape York Peninsula in the habitat protection zone of the Great Barrier Ree ...

, Queensland *

Wilsons Promontory Wilsons Promontory, is a peninsula that forms the southernmost part of the Australian mainland, located in the state of Victoria. South Point at is the southernmost tip of Wilsons Promontory and hence of mainland Australia. Located at nea ...

, Victoria, Australia, and hence: :* Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area :*

Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse is situated on South East Point, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. From its point on the peninsula, it commands almost 360° views of Bass Strait. The Wilson's Promontory lighthouse is the southernmost light ...

:* Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park :* Wilsons Promontory National Park

Canada

* Wilson Avenue (Toronto), Ontario **

Wilson (TTC) Wilson is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of Allen Road at Wilson Avenue. Wi-Fi service is available at this station. History Wilson Station was opened in what was then the ...

subway station **

Wilson Subway Yard Wilson Yard (also known as the Wilson Complex) is the largest of the Toronto Transit Commission's subway yards and bus garages. The subway yard services subway trains on Line 1 Yonge–University. The facility is located on Transit Road north o ...

Poland

Wilson Square ''Plac Wilsona'' ("Wilson Square") is the chief square of northern Warsaw's Żoliborz district. It is also one of the Polish capital's main transport hubs, with several bus and streetcars stops (opened to the public June 1, 1934). Wilson Square w ...

(''Plac Wilsona''), in Warsaw

United Kingdom

Wilson, Leicestershire Wilson, in the English county of Leicestershire, is a small hamlet just outside Melbourne, Derbyshire. Close to East Midlands Airport, Wilson retains many 'village-like' features. It has one pub, the Bulls Head. Wilson has no amenities other th ...

The Wilson (Cheltenham) The Wilson, formerly known as Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was opened in 1899. It offers free admission, and has a programme of special exhibitions. It was renamed The Wilson in honour of polar explorer Edwa ...

, Gloucestershire

United States

Wilson, Arkansas Wilson is a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located in the Arkansas Delta and is surrounded by fertile cropland historically used to produce cotton. Wilson started as a company town in 1886 by Robert E. Lee ...

Wilson, Indiana Wilson is an unincorporated community in Carr Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in N ...

The Wilson (Indianapolis, Indiana) The Wilson is a historic Renaissance Revival apartment building located at 643 Fort Wayne Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1905 amid an apartment-building boom; more than fifty such apartment buildings were comple ...

, listed on the NRHP in Indiana *

Wilson, Kansas Wilson is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. The community promotes itself as the "Czech Capital of Kansas" due to the role of Czech immigrant settlers in its early history. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city w ...

Wilson, Louisiana Wilson is a village in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 595 at the 2010 census, down from 668 in 2000. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Wilson is located in northwestern Ea ...

Wilson (town), New York Wilson is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 5,993 at the 2010 census. The town was named after an early settler, Reuben Wilson, who built and dwelt in a log cabin on the shore of Lake Ontario at the site of wh ...

Wilson (village), New York Wilson is a village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging ...

, in the town *

Wilson, North Carolina Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. Located approximately east of the capital city of Raleigh, it is served by the interchange of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 264. Wilson had an estimate ...

Wilson, Ohio Wilson is a village in Belmont and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 125 at the 2010 census. Geography Wilson is located at (39.862506, -81.0 ...

Wilson, Oklahoma Wilson is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,724 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to one of the oldest Assemblies of God churches in Oklahoma, ...

Wilson, Pennsylvania Wilson is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The population was 8,259 at the 2020 census. Wilson is located adjacent to the city of Easton and is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and wa ...

Wilson, South Carolina Wilson, formerly Wilson's Mill, is an unincorporated community in Clarendon County, South Carolina United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 521 between Manning and Greeleyville, South Carolina. Wilson formerly had its own post o ...

Wilson, Texas Wilson is a small rural city in the northeastern quadrant of Lynn County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 489. History The town of Wilson was established in 1912 by William Dickson Green of Shiner, Texas, and L ...

Wilson, Comanche County, Texas Wilson is an unincorporated community located in Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Texas. History Wilson was named for George Wilson, the community's first postmaster who operated the post office at his house in 1880. The community is home ...

, an unincorporated community * Wilson, Kaufman County, Texas, an unincorporated community *

Wilson, Utah West Haven is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 10,272 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated on July 1, 1991, combining the unincorporated communities of Kanesville and Wilson. West Haven is located approximatel ...

, a former unincorporated community * Wilson, Wisconsin (disambiguation), several places *

Wilson, Wyoming Wilson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2020 census, up from 1,482 in 2010. It is part of the Jackson, WY– ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. Wilson was pioneered ...

Wilson Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) The Wilson Avenue station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Moffat Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. History Wilson Avenue opened o ...

subway station in New York City *

Mouth of Wilson, Virginia Mouth of Wilson is an unincorporated community, in Grayson County in the U.S. state of Virginia, just north of the North Carolina state line. The community lies in the Blue Ridge Highlands section of the Blue Ridge Mountains which are part of wha ...

* Mount Wilson, California

Lists of places with Wilson in the name

Lake Wilson (disambiguation) Lake Wilson may refer to one of these locations: *Lake Wilson (Arkansas County, Arkansas), a lake in Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA *Lake Wilson (Washington County, Arkansas), a lake in Washington County, Arkansas, USA *Lake Wilson, Minnesota, a to ...

List of peaks named Mount Wilson Several peaks are named Mount Wilson or similar: Antarctica * Mount Wilson (Antarctica) Australia * Wilsons Peak Wilsons Peak ( Aboriginal: ''Jirramen'') is a mountain on the border of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Much of whic ...

Wilson County (disambiguation) Wilson County is the name of four counties in the United States: *Wilson County, Kansas * Wilson County, North Carolina * Wilson County, Tennessee *Wilson County, Texas Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2 ...

* Wilson Township (disambiguation)

Science

Botany and zoology

* Wilson's bird-of-paradise * Wilson's magnolia (''Magnolia wilsonii'') * Wilson's phalarope * Wilson's plover *

Wilson's snipe Wilson's snipe (''Gallinago delicata'') is a small, stocky shorebird. The genus name ''gallinago'' is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin ''gallina'', "hen" and the suffix ''-ago'', "resembling". The specific ''delicata'' is Latin for ...

Wilson's spiny mouse Wilson's spiny mouse (''Acomys wilsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland T ...

Wilson's storm petrel Wilson's storm petrel (''Oceanites oceanicus''), also known as Wilson's petrel, is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is one of the most abundant bird species in the world and has a circumpolar distribution mainl ...

* Wilson's warbler

Medicine

Wilson's disease Wilson's disease is a genetic disorder in which excess copper builds up in the body. Symptoms are typically related to the brain and liver. Liver-related symptoms include vomiting, weakness, fluid build up in the abdomen, swelling of the legs, ...

, a hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of copper in tissue *

Wilson's temperature syndrome Wilson's (temperature) syndrome, also called Wilson's thyroid syndrome or WTS, is a term used in alternative medicine to attribute various common and non-specific symptoms to abnormally low body temperature and impaired conversion of thyroxine ...

, a contested form of thyroid deficiency in alternative medicine circles

Physics

* Wilson action, lattice discretization of gauge fields * Wilson loop, loop operator in quantum field theory

Companies

* Wilson (company), Norwegian shipping company * Wilson Combat, American firearms company *

Wilson's (Mint Cake) Kendal Mint Cake is a sugar-based confection flavoured with peppermint. It originates from Kendal in Cumbria, England. Kendal Mint Cake is popular among climbers and mountaineers, especially those from the United Kingdom, as a source of energy ...

, one of three companies that manufacture Kendal mint cake * Wilson Parking, Hong Kong-based car parking management company *

Wilson Security Wilson Security is an Australian private security company. In 2014 it acquired the security contracts of ISS A/S Security in Australia and First Security Business in New Zealand. Wilson Security is a part of the Wilson Group which is Hong Kong ...

, Australian private security company *

Wilson Sporting Goods The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is an American sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois. The company has been a subsidiary of Finnish multinational company Amer Sports since 1989, and is, in turn, now under the Chinese Anta Spo ...

, American sports equipment manufacturer *

H. J. Wilson Co. H. J. Wilson Co., also known as Wilson's, was an American catalog showroom chain based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founded in 1947 as a jewelry store, it was acquired in 1985 by Service Merchandise. History The store was begun by Huey John Wilson i ...

, aka Wilson's, a defunct catalog showroom chain * O. G. Wilson, a defunct catalog showroom chain owned by

Zale Corporation The Zale Corporation is an American jewelry retailer, incorporated in Delaware in 1993. The principal executive offices are located in Coppell, Texas. History The company began in 1924 in Wichita Falls, Texas, when the two Russian-Jewish immig ...

Wilson's (department store) Wilson's was a full line department store, based in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It first opened in 1882, and closed in 2020. The original business, known as the Boston Store, was owned and operated by the White Brothers from 1882 to 1896. Its origin ...

, a department store in Massachusetts *

Wilson's Leather Wilsons Leather is a U.S. leather retailer, selling products such as leather jackets, belts, shoes, handbags, and gloves. At its peak in 2002, the Minneapolis-based retailer had 763 stores in 46 states and Canada. The company currently operates ...

Fictional characters

Sergeant Arthur Wilson Sergeant Arthur Wilson is a fictional Home Guard platoon sergeant and bank chief clerk, first portrayed by John Le Mesurier in the BBC television sitcom '' Dad's Army''. Background Wilson was born in 1887, and is carefree, cheerful and w ...

, from the TV show ''Dad's Army'' * Wilson (''Home Improvement''), from the TV show ''Home Improvement'' * James Wilson (''House''), from the TV show ''House'' *

George Everett Wilson ''Dennis the Menace'' is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written, and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. The comic strip made its debut on March 12, 1951, in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Sy ...

, from the comic strip ''Dennis the Menace'' *

Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wilson the Wonder Athlete was a British comic strip, first published in 1943 in the British illustrated story paper '' The Wizard'' published by D. C. Thomson & Co. It follows the sporting adventures of a heroic character named William Wilson. ...

, from the British story papers and comics published by D.C. Thomson & Co. *

Wilson the Volleyball ''Cast Away'' is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. Hanks plays a FedEx troubleshooter stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes ...

, from the film ''Cast Away'' * Wilson, king in the

Gamehendge Gamehendge is the fictional setting for a number of songs by the rock band Phish. Most of the songs can be traced back to '' The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday'' (or TMWSIY), the senior project of guitarist and primary vocalist Trey Anastasio, writt ...

saga by the rock band Phish * Wilson, a red diesel engine from the TV series ''

Chuggington ''Chuggington'' (also known as ''Chuggington: Tales from the Rails'' since series six) is a British computer-animated children's television series aimed at toddlers, produced by Ludorum PLC (Series 1–5) and Herschend Entertainment Studios ( ...

'' * Wilson, the main character from the video game '' Don't Starve'' * Wilson, the dog of Jim in ''

Friday Night Dinner ''Friday Night Dinner'' is a British television sitcom written by Robert Popper and starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, and Mark Heap. The comedy is focused on the regular dinner experience of the middle-class Briti ...

Other uses

* ''Wilson'' (1944 film), a biographical film about Woodrow Wilson * ''Wilson'' (2017 film), a film directed by Craig Johnson, based on Daniel Clowes's graphic novel * Wilson (band), an American rock band * ''Wilson'' (book), a 2013 biography of Woodrow Wilson by A. Scott Berg * ''Wilson'' (comics), a 2010 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes *

Wilson (crater) Wilson is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern part of the Moon's near side, to the southwest of the large walled plain Clavius. It is nearly attached to the southeastern rim of the slightly larger crater Kircher Kircher is a surname ...

, a lunar crater * "Wilson" (''House'' episode), a television episode * " Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)", a song by Fall Out Boy *

Wilson gearbox A preselector gearbox is a type of manual transmission mostly used on passenger cars and racing cars in the 1930s, in buses from 1940-1960 and in armoured vehicles from the 1930s to the 1970s. The defining characteristic of a preselector gearbox ...

, or preselector gearbox *

Wilson Ornithological Society The Wilson Ornithological Society (WOS) is an ornithological organization that was formally established in 1886 as the Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the Agassiz Association. It is based at the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ...

Wilson's School Wilson's School is a state boys' grammar school with academy status in the London Borough of Sutton, England. It was founded as Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell in 1615, making it one of the country's oldest state schools. The school mo ...

, boys' grammar school in Wallington, London, UK * Wilson, the nickname of the first deployment of

The Ocean Cleanup The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit environmental engineering organization based in the Netherlands, that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and intercept it in rivers before it can reach the ocean. After initial test ...

* Wilson score