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1. United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
   - E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
    
2. American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
   - James Wilson
    
3. Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
   - John Tuzo Wilson
    
4. A peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)
   - Mount Wilson
    
5. 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
   - Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson
    
6. United States literary critic (1895-1972)
   - Edmund Wilson
    
7. Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
   - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
    
8. Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
   - Alexander Wilson
    
9. English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
   - Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
    
10. Author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
    - Harriet E. Wilson, Harriet Wilson
     
11. United States physicist honoured for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1936)
    - Robert Woodrow Wilson
     
12. British Labour politician (1916-1995), Prime Minister of the UK 1964-1970 and 1974-1976
    - Harold Wilson, James Harold Wilson

Derived forms: Wilsons

Type of: American Revolutionary leader, author, bird watcher, bug-hunter, bugologist, Chief Executive, entomologist, geophysicist, literary critic, mountain peak, nuclear physicist, ornithologist, physicist, PM, POTUS [US, informal], premier, President, President of the United States, Prime Minister, United States President, writer

Part of: British Labour Party, Labor [US], Labour [UK], Labour Party [UK], San Juan Mountains

Encyclopedia: Wilson, North Carolina micropolitan area