De Wilde

De Wilde or de Wilde is a Dutch surname, meaning "the wild one".^[1] Abroad the name can be agglutinated like DeWilde, Dewilde or deWilde. Some notable people who have this surname are:

• August De Wilde (1819–1886), Belgian painter
• Autumn de Wilde (b. 1970), American photographer
• Bernard de Wilde (1691–1772), Belgian architect
• Brandon deWilde (1942–1972), American theatre and film actor
• Christiaan De Wilde, Belgian business executive
• Dingenis de Wilde (1885–1947), Dutch sports shooter
• Edy de Wilde [de; it; nl] (1919–2005), Dutch museum curator
• Dom DeWilde, an alias of Don Preston (born 1932), American jazz and rock keyboardist
• Etienne De Wilde (b. 1958), Belgian road bicycle racer
• Filip de Wilde (b. 1964), Belgian football goalkeeper
• Jaap de Wilde (b. 1957), Dutch international relations scholar
• Jacob de Wilde (1645–1721), Dutch numismatist
• Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (1879–1956), Dutch politician
• Julien De Wilde (b. 1944), Belgian business executive
• Katherine August-deWilde, American business executive
• Laurent de Wilde (b. 1960), French jazz musician
• Lisa de Wilde (b. 1956), Canadian film and television executive
• Maria de Wilde (1682–1729), Dutch engraver and playwright
• Marius Dewilde (1921–1996), French railway worker who claimed to have been contacted by extraterrestrials
• Robert de Wilde (b. 1977), Dutch motocross racer
• Samuel De Wilde (1751–1832), English portrait painter
• Sebastiaan De Wilde (b. 1993), Belgian footballer
• Sjef De Wilde [de; fr; nl] (b. 1983), Belgian racing cyclist
• Rick DeWilde (b.1976), Alaskan outdoorsman on TV show Life Below Zero.

See also

• De Wild, Dutch surname
• De Wildt, town and wildlife centre in South Africa named after Mauritz Edgar de Wildt
• Wilde, English surname