Wylie (surname)
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Wylie is a surname
, and may refer to
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, and may refer to
- Adam WylieAdam WylieAdam Augustus Wylie is an American television and motion picture actor, as well as a Broadway musical performer and a former Crayola spokesman.-Early life:...
- Alexander Wylie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Andrew WylieAndrew Wylie (IU)Andrew Wylie was an American academic and theologian, who was president of Jefferson College and Washington College before becoming the first president of Indiana University ....
, first president of Indiana University - Andrew Wylie (literary agent)Andrew Wylie (literary agent)-Early life:Wylie is the son of Craig Wylie, one time editor-in-chief at Houghton Mifflin. He grew up in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, from which he was dismissed in 1965: an interview with his university alumni magazine stated that this was for...
, one of the leading literary agents of the world. - Chalmers WylieChalmers WylieChalmers Pangburn Wylie was an American politician and lawyer from Ohio, who served in various public offices in that state before serving thirteen terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives....
- Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-WylieCharles Hotham Montagu Doughty-WylieLieutenant Colonel Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie VC, CB, CMG 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 Commonwealth forces...
- Craig WylieCraig WylieCraig Wylie is a New Zealand soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Waitakere United.-Club career:Wylie played for the Football Kingz in the Australian National Soccer League but was only given 10 starts in 2 seasons....
- Elinor WylieElinor WylieElinor Morton Wylie was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry."...
- Sir Francis James Wylie (1865–1952), British academic literary critic
- Sir Francis Verner WylieFrancis Verner WylieSir Francis Verner Wylie, GCIE, KCSI, ICS was an Indian Civil Servant.Francis Wylie was educated at Royal School Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1914. In 1915, he arrived in India and was on military duty, from...
(1891–1970), British civil servant in India - James Aitken Wylie, Scottish historian
- Mike WylieMike WylieMike Wylie is a former Australian professional rugby league player who played one first grade match for the Penrith Panthers in the 1968 New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition.-Sources:...
, Australian rugby league footballer - Mina WylieMina WylieWilhelmina "Mina" Wylie was one of Australia's first two female Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend Fanny Durack.-Early life:...
- Norman WylieNorman WylieNorman Russell Wylie, Lord Wylie was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.Born in Elderslie, he was educated at Paisley Grammar School, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He served in the Fleet Air Arm from 1942 to 1946...
- Paul WyliePaul WyliePaul Stanton Wylie is an American figure skater and 1992 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, Wylie began skating at the age of three. At age eleven, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he began to train with Carlo Fassi...
- Pete WyliePete Wylie-Studio albums:- Extended Plays :-Singles:-External links:***...
- Philip Gordon WyliePhilip Gordon WyliePhilip Gordon Wylie was an American author.-Biography:Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, he was the son of Presbyterian minister Edmund Melville Wylie and the former Edna Edwards, a novelist, who died when Philip was five years old. His family moved to Montclair, New Jersey and he later attended...
- Richard "Popcorn" WylieRichard "Popcorn" WylieRichard Wayne Wylie , often known as Popcorn Wylie, was an African-American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, occasional singer, and record producer who was influential in the early years of Motown Records and was later known for his work on many records in the Northern soul genre.-Life and...
(1939-2008), American R&B pianist, songwriter and record producer - Robert WylieRobert WylieRobert Wylie , American artist, was born in the Isle of Man and relocated with his parents to the United States as a child....
- Robert A. Wylie
- Shaun WylieShaun WylieShaun Wylie was a British mathematician and World War II codebreaker.-Early life:Wylie was born in Oxford, England, the fourth son of Sir Francis Wylie, later the first Warden of Rhodes House in Oxford. He was educated at Dragon School and then Winchester College...
- Willard Otis WylieWillard Otis WylieWillard Otis Wylie , of Boston, Massachusetts, was a noted philatelic editor and writer.-Philatelic literature:In 1898 Wylie joined the Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News company and, in 1903, was named editor of the Weekly Philatelic Era, which was, by that time, owned and merged by Mekeel’s.In 1913 the...
(1862–1944), of Boston, Massachusetts, USA