Politicians
- Joe Wilson (U.S. politician) (born 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Joseph C. Wilson (born 1949), former United States ambassador to Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe and husband of Valerie Plame Wilson
- Joseph G. Wilson (1826–1873), U.S. Representative from Oregon
- Joseph Havelock Wilson (1859–1929), British trade union leader, Liberal politician, and campaigner for the rights of merchant seamen
- Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901–1968), U.S. Representative from Texas
- Joseph Vivian Wilson, former New Zealand ambassador to France
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