Wilder
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People
- Abel Carter WilderAbel Carter WilderAbel Carter Wilder was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.-Biography:Born in Mendon, Massachusetts, Wilder completed preparatory studies and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He moved to Rochester, New York, and continued mercantile pursuits. He moved to Leavenworth, Kansas in 1857 and again...
(1828–1875), American businessman and politician - Alan WilderAlan WilderAlan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode. When he left the latter in 1995, it became Wilder's primary project...
(born 1959), British electronic musician - Alec WilderAlec WilderAlec Wilder was an American composer.-Biography:...
(1907-1980), composer and songwriter - Billy WilderBilly WilderBilly Wilder was an Austro-Hungarian born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age...
(1906-2002), Austrian-born American film director - Burt Green WilderBurt Green WilderBurt Green Wilder was an American comparative anatomist, born in Boston to David and Celia Colton Wilder. He graduated at Harvard , 1862; medical department, 1866). During part of the Civil War he served as surgeon of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry...
- Christopher WilderChristopher WilderChristopher Bernard Wilder was a serial killer who abducted and raped at least ten women and killed at least eight of them during a spree across the United States in early 1984...
(1944-1984), American serial rapist and murderer - Cherry WilderCherry WilderCherry Wilder was the pseudonym of science fiction and fantasy writer Cherry Barbara Grimm, née Lockett, who was born in Auckland, New Zealand....
, pseudonym of author Cherry Barbara Grimm (1930-2002) - Douglas WilderDouglas WilderLawrence Douglas "Doug" Wilder is an American politician, the first African American to be elected as governor of Virginia, and the second to serve as governor of a U.S. state. Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was...
(born 1931), Governor of Virginia - Gene WilderGene WilderGene Wilder is an American stage and screen actor, director, screenwriter, and author.Wilder began his career on stage, making his screen debut in the film Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. His first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1968 film The Producers...
(born 1933), American actor - James WilderJames WilderJames Curtis Wilder is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins, and the Detroit Lions.-High school career:...
(born 1958), American football running back - John S. WilderJohn S. WilderJohn Shelton Wilder was an American politician who was a Tennessee state senator from 1959 to 1961 and again from 1967 to 2009 and the 48th lieutenant governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 2007, possibly the longest time anyone has served as Lieutenant Governor or a similar position in the history of...
(born 1921), Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee - John T. WilderJohn T. WilderJohn Thomas Wilder was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As an industrialist, he was instrumental in developing the natural resources of the State of Tennessee.-Early life and career:...
, American Civil War general - J. Welles Wilder Jr.J. Welles WilderJ. Welles Wilder Jr. is an American mechanical engineer, best known for his work in technical analysis. Wilder is the father of several technical indicators that are now considered to be core indicators in technical analysis software. These include Average True Range, the Relative Strength Index ,...
, American mechanical engineer, best known for his work in technical analysis - Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls WilderLaura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...
(1867-1957), American author - Matthew WilderMatthew WilderMatthew Wilder is an American musician, composer and record producer, best known for his 1983 Top 5 hit, "Break My Stride"....
(1953-), American musician - Michael WilderMichael WilderMichael Wilder is an American chess grandmaster and a J.D graduate of the University of Michigan. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 1988. He won the 1988 U.S. Chess Championship. He also tied for third in the 1987 U.S. Championship and tied for first at the 1987 London Open. Mr...
, U.S. chess champion - Raymond Louis WilderRaymond Louis WilderRaymond Louis Wilder was an American mathematician, who specialized in topology and gradually acquired philosophical and anthropological interests.-Life:...
(1896-1982), American mathematician - Robert WilderRobert WilderRobert Ingersoll Wilder was an American novelist, playwright and screenwriter. The son of a minister-turned-lawyer-turned-doctor-turned-dentist who was still going to college when his son was born, Wilder's childhood was spent at Daytona Beach, Florida. Following a stint in the U.S...
(b. 1960), American businessman, creator of WilderHill Clean Energy Index - Rose Wilder LaneRose Wilder LaneRose Wilder Lane was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, and political theorist...
(1886-1968), American author - Thornton WilderThornton WilderThornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.-Early years:Wilder was born in Madison,...
(1897-1975), American writer - Webb WilderWebb WilderThere are Roots-Rockers, and then there's Webb Wilder.Hardly a purist, he has described the music he and his band, The Beatnecks, make as, "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." In essence: Rock and Roll. There’s nothing new about combining R & B, Rock and Roll, Country, Blues, Pop and Rock...
, American singer/songwriter
Places
In the United States:- Wilder, CaliforniaWilder, CaliforniaWilder is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located south-southeast of Ettersburg.A post office operated at Wilder from 1896 to 1902.-References:...
- Wilder, IdahoWilder, IdahoWilder is a city in Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,462 at the 2000 census. The home of former Idaho State Governor Phil Batt, Wilder is primarily an agricultural community, with onions, hops, seed corn, beans and alfalfa seed among the major crops...
- Wilder, KentuckyWilder, KentuckyWilder is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,035 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Wilder is located at ....
- Wilder, MinnesotaWilder, MinnesotaWilder is a city in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 60 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 1.25% is water....
- Wilder, VermontWilder, VermontWilder is an unincorporated village and census-designated place within the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont. It is the location of the Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River...
Other uses
- L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public AffairsL. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public AffairsThe L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs is one of the schools at the Virginia Commonwealth University. It was established to bring together faculty members from multiple disciplines who shared an interest in public affairs....
- Wilder (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons
- A wilder (Wheel of Time) in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series
- National Lampoon's Van WilderNational Lampoon's Van WilderNational Lampoon's Van Wilder is a 2002 comedy film directed by Walt Becker that stars Ryan Reynolds as the main character. The film also stars Kal Penn, Tara Reid, and Daniel Cosgrove. It features Sophia Bush's acting debut...
, a 2002 comedy film - KaisergebirgeKaisergebirgeThe Kaisergebirge is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. It consists of two main mountain ridges – the Zahmer Kaiser to the north and the Wilder Kaiser to the south. The entire range is situated in the Austrian state of Tyrol between the town of Kufstein and the...
, also called Wilder Kaiser, a ski area in Austria - Wilder (album)Wilder (album)Wilder is the second album by neo-psychedelic Liverpool band The Teardrop Explodes, and the final completed album released by the group....
, a 1981 album by The Teardrop Explodes - Camp WilderCamp WilderCamp Wilder is an American sitcom about a family living in suburban Los Angeles, California, airing as part of ABC's TGIF lineup for half a season ....
(1992-93), a sitcom about a family living in suburban Los Angeles - Wilder (Transformers)Wilder (Transformers)Wilder is a fictional character from the Transformers universes. He is a Decepticon Headmaster tracker who turns into a winged wolf-monster. He shouldn't be confused with Fangry, looks identical, but is a separate character.-Transformers: Generation 1:...
, a fictional character - Zelos Wilder, fictional character in the video game Tales of Symphonia