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Template:Hndis Wilson is a variant of the name William, a patronymic of Will's son.

1 History of the Name
2 "Wilson" can refer to:

History of the Name

"Wilson" is derived from William, an old Germanic name. It became popular in England in the 1000s and 1100s, especially because people were naming their offspring Wilson, which was closely related to William the Conqueror. Wilsons are found primarily in Scotland, England, and the United States. There is also a large number of people with this last name found in Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. "Wilson" is the eighth most common name in the U.S.A.

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"Wilson" can refer to:

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People

Alexander Wilson, US ornithologist
Andrew Wilson, Scottish Covenanter, Captain in the Covenanting Army d.1693
Andrew Wilson, Leading Glasgow Radical, 1820 Scottish Insurrection
Art Wilson, Mercenary pilot (a.k.a. 'Shower Shoes')
A. N. Wilson, British author
Angus Wilson, British author
August Wilson, US playwright
Benjamin Wilson (disambiguation), several
Brian Wilson, US pop musician (The Beach Boys)
Carl Wilson, US pop musician (The Beach Boys)
Chris Wilson, Australian blues musician
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Governor of Hong Kong
Dennis Wilson, US rock and roll musician (The Beach Boys)
Edith Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson
Edmund Wilson, US writer
Edward Adrian Wilson, British polar explorer
Edward Osborne Wilson, US scientist
Ellen Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson
Eric Wilson (disambiguation), two: one athlete and one author
Ernest Henry Wilson, US botanist and explorer
Frances C. Wilson, United States general
Frank Wilson (musician), US musician
Frank Wilson (Australian politician), Australian politician
Gretchen Wilson, US Country Music singer
Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister
Harriette Wilson, courtesan
Henry Wilson, US politician
Jackie Wilson, US singer
Jacqueline Wilson, British author
James Wilson, a leader of the "Radical War" of 1820
Jared Wilson, NFL Hall of Fame QB
Colonel J.S. Wilson, early Scouting notable, head of the International Committee
Rev. Dr. John Wilson, Scottish missionary; founder of Wilson College, Chowpatty, Mumbai,India; named one of the 'Seven Founding-Fathers of Modern Bombay (Mumbai)'
John Wilson (mathematician), British mathematician
Joseph C. Wilson, US diplomat
Kenneth G. Wilson, US physicist
Landon Wilson, US ice hockey NHL player
Lanford Wilson, US playwright
Luke Wilson, US actor
Margaret Wilson, Scottish Religious Martyr
Mara Wilson, US child actress
Mary Wilson several
Mike Wilson (hockey player), Canadian ice hockey defenseman
Murry Wilson, father of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys
Owen Wilson, US actor
Patrick Wilson US actor
Peta Wilson, Australian actress
Pete Wilson, US politician
Robert Anton Wilson, US writer
Robert Charles Wilson, US-Canadian science fiction writer
Robert R. Wilson, US physicist, director of Fermilab
Robert Woodrow Wilson, US physicist, winner of 1978 Nobel Prize
Ron Wilson, NHL Coach
Sandy Wilson, British composer
Steven Wilson, British musician
William Griffith Wilson, US founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Major General Winston P. Wilson, chief of the National Guard Bureau from August 31, 1963 to August 31, 1971
Woodrow Wilson, US president

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Places

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Other

Wilson (film), a biographical film
Wilson (full name: Wilson W. Wilson, Jr.) is a character on the television sitcom Home Improvement, played by Earl Hindman. Wilson was the neighbor of Tim and Jill Taylor, whose obscured face was the subject of a running gag. In the show he is related to The Beach Boys' Wilsons.
Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC sitcom, Dad's Army
Wilson Sporting Goods, which spawned the name of Tom Hanks's volleyball companion in the film Cast Away
"Wilson" is the name of a fictitious king in Phish's compilation The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
Wilson's disease, a hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of copper in tissue
Dr. James Wilson is a fictional character on the FOX TV series House, MD, played by Robert Sean Leonard.ca:Wilson.Grant