Wilfrid (c. 633 – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne...
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Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor, best remembered for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man...
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Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC (/ˈlɒrieɪ/ LORR-ee-ay; French: [wilfʁid loʁje]; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian...
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Wilfrid Voynich (born Michał Habdank-Wojnicz; 12 November [O.S. 31 October] 1865 – 19 March 1930) was a Polish revolutionary, antiquarian and bibliophile...
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Wilfrid Lawson may refer to: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell (c. 1610–1688), MP for Cumberland 1659 and 1660 and Cockermouth 1660–1679 Sir Wilfrid...
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Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (May 20, 1912 – July 2, 1989) was an American philosopher and prominent developer of critical realism, who "revolutionized both...
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Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford...
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Wilfrid Laurier Heighington, KC (July 30, 1897 – 23 March 1945) was a Canadian soldier, writer, lawyer and politician. Heighington attended Royal Military...
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Wilfrid Augustine Hodges, FBA (born 27 May 1941) is a British mathematician and logician known for his work in model theory. Hodges attended New College...
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Wilford Brimley (redirect from Wilfrid Brimley)
Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the...
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Wilfrid Hyde-White (née Hyde White; 12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype",...
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Wilfred (given name) (redirect from Wilfrid (given name))
twentieth century.[citation needed] Wilfried and its English spelling, Wilfrid, are closely related to Wilfred, with the same roots (Will and Frieden...
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Wilfrid Jackson may refer to: J. Wilfrid Jackson, British conchologist, archaeologist and geologist. Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson, British colonial...
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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922), sometimes spelt Wilfred, was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled...
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Wilfrid Berthold Jacob Israel (11 July 1899 – 1 June 1943) was an Anglo-German businessman and philanthropist, born into a wealthy Anglo-German Jewish...
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Wilfrid Meynell CBE (17 November 1852, Newcastle-upon-Tyne – 20 October 1948, Pulborough), who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym John Oldcastle, was...
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Wilfrid Joseph Weld, JP, FRICS, DL ( 1934 – 3 December 2015 Tahiti) was a British landowner. He was a member of the Weld family of Lulworth Castle, a...
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Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (2 October 1878 – 26 May 1962) was a British Georgian poet, who was associated with World War I but continued publishing poetry...
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Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot (12 February 1833 – 22 October 1914) was a French pianist, teacher and composer. He was born in Paris in 1833, the son of the...
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Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer Lewis, OBE, DL (9 February 1881 – 15 March 1950) was a British judge, barrister, and ecclesiastical lawyer. He served as Junior...
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Wilfrid Roger Butt (2 May 1922 – 1 May 2006) was an English biochemist and reproductive endocrinologist. He pioneered the isolation and purification of...
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The Society (Church of England) (redirect from Society of St Wilfrid and St Hilda)
Society under the patronage of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda and formerly known as The Society of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda, is an independent association...
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Wilfrid John Harrington (born 1927 in Ireland) is an Irish Dominican priest. From Eyeries (near Castletownbere), County Cork, Ireland, Harrington was...
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CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a Martha L. Black-class light icebreaker and major navaids tender of the Canadian Coast Guard. Built in 1986 by Canadian Shipbuilding...
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Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed (27 December 1930 – 19 January 2011) was an English-born American novelist and essayist. Sheed was born in London, to Frank...
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Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum (born 7 July 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Greek Super League club Panserraikos...
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Wilfrid Ernest Sanderson FRCO LRAM (23 December 1878 – 10 December 1935) was a composer and organist based in Doncaster. Sanderson was born in Ipswich...
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Ernest Legouvé (redirect from Gabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest Wilfrid Legouve)
Gabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest Wilfrid Legouvé (pronounced [ɡabʁijɛl ʒɑ̃ batist ɛʁnɛst wilfʁid ləɡuve]; 14 February 1807 – 14 March 1903) was a French dramatist...
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Wop May (redirect from Wilfrid May)
Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, OBE, DFC (March 20, 1896 – June 21, 1952) was a Canadian flying ace in the First World War and a leading post-war aviator. He...
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Wilfrid Lawson (born Wilfrid Lawson Worsnop; 14 January 1900 – 10 October 1966) was an English character actor of screen and stage. Lawson was born Wilfrid...
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