Wilbur - Given Name

Given Name

• Wilbur Clark (1908-1965), American businessman and owner of hotels and casinos
• Wilbur J. Cohen (1913-1987), American social scientist and, as a civil servant, one of the key architects of the welfare state
• Wilbur Cooper (1892-1973), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948), American educator and Governor of Connecticut
• Wilbur Good (1885-1963), Major League Baseball player
• Wilbur Jackson (born 1951), American collegiate and National Football League running back
• Wilbur MacDonald (born 1933), Canadian politician
• Wilbur Mills (1909-1992), influential member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
• Wilbur Ross (born 1937), American investor known for restructuring failed companies
• Wilbur Schramm (1907-1987), American journalist and academic sometimes called the "father of communication studies"
• Wilbur Shaw (1902–1954), American racing driver
• Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), African-American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader and clarinetist
• Wilbur Ware (1923–1979), American jazz double-bassist
• Wilbur Wood (born 1941), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), one of the two brothers generally credited with inventing the first successful airplane
• Wilbur, the pig who is the main character in the book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
• Wilbur the Wildcat, the athletic mascot of the University of Arizona