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Joseph Wilson

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Joseph or Joe Wilson may refer to:

Politicians and government officials

United States

  • Joe Wilson (American politician) (born 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
  • Joseph C. Wilson (1949–2019), United States ambassador and husband of Valerie Plame Wilson
  • Joseph G. Wilson (1826–1873), U.S. Representative from Oregon
  • Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901–1968), U.S. Representative from Texas
  • Joe N. Wilson (1922–2015), American politician from Iowa
  • Joseph Harvey Wilson (1810–1884), American politician from North Carolina
  • Joseph S. Wilson, U.S. Treasury and Department of the Interior official

United Kingdom

  • Joe Wilson (British politician) (born 1937), Member of the European Parliament for North Wales (1989–99)
  • Joseph Havelock Wilson (1859–1929), British trade union leader and politician

New Zealand

  • Joseph Vivian Wilson (1894–1977), New Zealand ambassador to France

Sportsmen

Football

  • Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1861) (1861–1952), played at outside left for Stoke, Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion
  • Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1884) (1884 – after 1920), played at centre half for Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall
  • Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1984), played at inside right for Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1996), played at right back for Southend United, Brentford, Barnsley and others
  • Joe Wilson (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2015), played at full back for Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Joe Wilson (1920s and 1930s footballer), played for Gillingham and Walsall
  • Joseph Wilson (football manager), known as "Bill" Wilson, a Guyanese professional football manager
  • Joe Wilson (Australian footballer) (1870–1912), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
  • Joseph Wilson (footballer) (born 1939), Ghanaian footballer
  • Joe Wilson (American football) (born 1950), American football running back

Other sports

  • Joseph Peter Wilson (1935–2019), American Olympic cross-country skier
  • Joseph Wilson (Australian cricketer) (1869–1938), Australian cricketer
  • Joseph Wilson (English cricketer) (born 1965), English cricketer

Arts

  • Joe Wilson (Geordie singer) (1841–1875), Geordie dialect singer, songwriter
  • Joe Wilson (musician), member of the British band Sneaker Pimps
  • Joe Lee Wilson (1935–2011), American gospel-influenced jazz singer
  • Joe Wilson (director) (born 1964), American film director and producer
  • Jericho (DC Comics), also known as Joseph William Wilson, is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics.

Religion

  • Joseph Bearwalker Wilson (1942–2004), shamanist and founder of the 1734 tradition of witchcraft
  • Joseph Ruggles Wilson (1822–1903), theologian and father of Woodrow Wilson

Business

  • Joseph C. Wilson (entrepreneur) (1909–1971), founder of the Xerox Corporation
  • Joseph Lapsley Wilson (1844–1928), American railroad executive, author and horticulturalist

Fiction

  • Joe Wilson (character), a fictional character appearing in numerous Henry Lawson short stories
    • Joe Wilson (miniseries), a 1988 mini series about the character
  • Jericho (comics), also known as Joseph William Wilson, a fictional comic book superhero
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