Wilberforce (name)
Wilberforce is a name, both a surname and a given name. It is also the name of an English family, including William Wilberforce. Notable people with the name include:
People
[edit]Surname
[edit]People with the surname include:
- William Wilberforce (1759–1833), British politician, evangelical reformer and campaigner against the slave trade
- Barbara Wilberforce (1777–1847), wife of William
- William Wilberforce (1798–1879), first and eldest son of William, a lawyer and Member of Parliament
- Robert Wilberforce (1802–1857), second son of William, a clergyman, Catholic convert and writer
- Lionel Wilberforce (1861–1944), British physicist, grandson of Robert and inventor of the Wilberforce pendulum
- Herbert Wilberforce (1864–1941), British male tennis player, grandson of Robert and chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
- Samuel Wilberforce (1805–1873), third son of William, a bishop who debated the theory of evolution with Thomas Henry Huxley
- Ernest Wilberforce (1840–1907), Anglican bishop and third son of Samuel
- Basil Wilberforce (1841–1916), Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Westminster and fourth and youngest son of Samuel
- Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce (1907–2003), great-grandson of Samuel, Law Lord
- Henry Wilberforce (1807–1873), fourth and youngest son of William, Catholic convert, journalist and author
- Marion Wilberforce (1902–1995), aviator
- Octavia Wilberforce (1888–1963), English physician
- Robert Wilberforce (cricketer) (1910–1987), Australian cricketer
- Susan Wilberforce, suspect in the 1987 murder of Simon Dale; great-great-granddaughter of William Wilberforce
Given name
[edit]People with the given name include:
- Wilberforce Eames (1855–1937), American bibliographer and librarian
- Wilberforce Eaves (1867–1920), Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom
- Wilberforce Echezona, Nigerian musicologist and teacher
- Wilberforce Juta (1944–2020), Nigerian politician
- Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira (born 1958), Ugandan Anglican bishop
- Wilberforce Mfum (born 1936), retired Ghanaian footballer
- Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa (1945–2021), Ugandan agricultural economist, politician and academic
- Wilberforce Ocran (born 1999), English professional footballer
- Wilberforce Talel (born 1980), Kenyan runner
Middle name
[edit]People with the middle name include:
- A. Wilberforce Williams (1865–1940), African American physician, teacher, and journalist.
- Ronald Wilberforce Allen (1889–1936), English lawyer and Liberal politician
- Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko (1924–?), Ghanaian accountant and politician
- Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley (1874–1961), British civil servant
- William Wilberforce Bird (merchant) (1758–1836), British merchant, civil servant and author; Member of Parliament for Coventry
- William Wilberforce Bird (governor) (1784–1857), his son; British colonial administrator, Deputy Governor of Bengal, and Governor-General of India
- Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, Tobagonian diplomat; former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
- Henry Wilberforce Clarke (1840–1905), British translator of Persian works
- Charles Wilberforce Daniels (1862–1927), British physician
- William Gabula (William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV; born 1988), the reigning Kyabazinga of Busoga, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda
- William Wilberforce Harris Greathed (1826–1878), British senior officer in the Bengal Engineers
- Arthur Wilberforce Jose (1863–1934), English-Australian historian and editor
- George Wilberforce Kakoma (1923–2012), Ugandan musician who wrote Uganda's national anthem
- James Wilberforce Longley (1849–1922), Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, and judge
- William Wilberforce Newton (1843–1914), American Episcopalian divine and author
- Harold Wilberforce Hindmarsh Stephen (1841–1889), Australian politician
- James Wilberforce Stephen (1822–1881), Australian politician
Fictional characters
[edit]- Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries, a character in the 1970s British sitcom Are You Being Served?
- Mr. Wilberforce, a character in the children's novel, Under the Mountain, by Maurice Gee
- The Wilberforces, antagonists in the New Zealand children's TV horror-sci-fi show Under the Mountain, based on the novel by Maurice Gee
- Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce, one of the main characters in the film The Ladykillers
- Wilberforce Thornapple, a character in the comic strip The Born Loser
- Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot, a character in Blinky Bill the Movie and The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill
- Bertie Wooster (Bertram Wilberforce Wooster), a character in the comedic Jeeves stories
- Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton, main character of the Franco-Belgian comics series Clifton
- Colonel Wilberforce Buckshot, a character in the Laurel and Hardy film Another Fine Mess
See also
[edit]- Wilberforce (cat), who lived at 10 Downing Street between 1973 and 1987
- Wilberforce (disambiguation)
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