Richard Wilson (disambiguation)
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Academia
- Richard Wilson (scholar)Richard Wilson (scholar)Professor Richard Wilson is a British literary critic and Shakespeare scholar teaching at Cardiff University.- Education and Employment :...
(born 1950), British Shakespeare scholar - Richard Wilson (physicist)Richard Wilson (physicist)Richard Wilson is a British physicist. He has been a faculty member at Harvard University since 1955 and is currently the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, emeritus. He is a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.-Education:Wilson was educated at St. Paul's School in...
(born 1926), British physicist - Richard Guy WilsonRichard Guy WilsonDr. Richard Guy Wilson is a noted architectural historian and Commonwealth Professor in Architectural History at the University of Virginia....
(born 1940), architectural historian and University of Virginia faculty member - Richard K. Wilson (born 1959), American professor of genetics and molecular microbiology
- Richard L. Wilson (journalist)Richard L. Wilson (journalist)Richard Lawson Wilson was an American journalistWilson was born in Galesburg, Illinois, and raised in Newton, Iowa. He was the son of Frank and Emily Wilson, and was the youngest of nine children....
(1905–1981), American journalist - Richard F. WilsonRichard F. WilsonRichard F. Wilson was selected to be Illinois Wesleyan University's 18th President on April 6, 2004 and took office on July 1, 2004. He was inaugurated on April 9, 2005. He had spent the previous 26 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, leaving as associate chancellor for...
, president of Illinois Wesleyan University - R. M. WilsonR. M. WilsonRichard Michael Wilson is a mathematician and a professor at the California Institute of Technology. Wilson and D. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, , solved Kirkman's schoolgirl problem in 1968. Wilson is known for his work in combinatorial mathematics.-References:*...
(born 1945), American mathematician (Combinatorics), Professor at Caltech - Rick Wilson (attorney)Rick Wilson (attorney)Rick Wilson is an American defense attorney, and a professor attached to the American University's Washington College of Law.He is notable for defending Canadian Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay from July 2004 until 2007 when Khadr requested his American representatives be removed from his defense team...
, contemporary American defense attorney and academic
Arts and music
- Richard Wilson (author)Richard Wilson (author)Richard Wilson was a Nebula Award winning American science fiction writer and fan. He was a member of the Futurians, and was married at one time to Leslie Perri....
, American science-fiction writer - Rich Wilson (journalist), contemporary UK based freelance rock writer
- Richard Edward WilsonRichard Edward WilsonRichard Edward Wilson is an American composer of orchestral, operatic, instrumental, and chamber music. Wilson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was at a young age drawn to the concerts of George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra...
(born 1941), American composer - Richard Wilson (sculptor)Richard Wilson (sculptor)Richard Wilson is a sculptor, installation artist and musician.Born in Islington, in London, he studied at the London College of Printing, Hornsey College of Art and Reading University...
(born 1953), British sculptor and musician - Richard Wilson (painter)Richard Wilson (painter)Richard Wilson was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson has been described as '...the most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country.' He is considered to be the...
(1714–1782), Welsh landscape painter
Film and television
- Richard Wilson (Australian actor)Richard Wilson (Australian actor)Richard Wilson is a British-born Australian actor.-Early life:Wilson moved from the UK to Australia when he was six and currently resides in Sydney. He used to live in the Blue Mountains.-Acting career:...
(born 1984), British-born Australian actor - Richard Wilson (producer) (1915–1991), American producer involved with Orson Welles' Mercury TheatreMercury TheatreThe Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and John Houseman. After a string of live theatrical productions, in 1938 the Mercury Theatre progressed into their best-known period as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio series that included one of the...
and other Hollywood films - Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) (born 1936), British actor who played Victor Meldrew in the sitcom One Foot in the Grave
Military
- Richard G. Wilson (1931–1950), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Richard Wilson (general) (born 1955), Australian general
Politics
- Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of DintonRichard Wilson, Baron Wilson of DintonRichard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton GCB is a cross bench member of the British House of Lords.-Career:...
(born 1942), member of the British House of Lords and former Cabinet secretary - Richard Wilson (Irish politician)Richard Wilson (Irish politician)Richard Wilson was an Irish politician and farmer. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1922 general election as a Farmers' Party Teachta Dála for the Kildare–Wicklow constituency. He was re-elected at the 1923 general election, this time representing the Wicklow constituency...
(died 1957), Irish Farmers' Party politician, 1922–1936 - Richard Wilson (Barnstaple MP) (c. 1750–1815), Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, 1796–1802
- Richard Wilson (Ipswich MP)Richard Wilson (Ipswich MP)Richard Wilson was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament for Ipswich from 1806 to 1807.-Sources:...
(1759–1834), ]], Member of Parliament for Ipswich, 1806–1807
Sport
- Richard Wilson (footballer)Richard Wilson (footballer)Richard H. Wilson was a New Zealand association football player, who was a goalkeeper during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, in 1982. His international career spanned from 1979 to 1984, and he played in the National Soccer League in Australia until 1989...
(born 1956), New Zealand soccer goalkeeper - Rick Wilson (NASCAR driver) (born 1953), NASCAR driver
- Rick Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1950), ice hockey player
- Rick Wilson (jockey)
- Rich Wilson (sailor)Rich Wilson (sailor)Rich Wilson is only the second American to ever finish the Vendee Globe ocean race, it took him 121 days, and over 28,790 miles....
Other
- Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr.Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr.Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. was an American banker and businessman who was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing in the early decades of the 20th Century....
(1866–1929), American businessman and prominent figure in horse racing
See also
- Dick Wilson (disambiguation)Dick Wilson (disambiguation)Dick Wilson may refer to:*Dick Wilson , American actor*Dick Wilson , president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, 1972-1976*Robert Dick Wilson , American linguist...
- Ricky Wilson (disambiguation)