List of Famous people with last name Wilberforce
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812). In 1785, he became an evangelical Christian, which resulted in major changes to his lifestyle and a lifelong concern for reform.
Henry William Wilberforce
Henry William Wilberforce, was a Church of England clergyman, a Tractarian, a convert to the Roman Catholic Church, and thereafter a newspaper proprietor, editor and journalist
Barbara Spooner Wilberforce
Barbara Ann Wilberforce was the spouse of abolitionist and MP William Wilberforce.
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was a British lawyer, the eldest son of William Wilberforce. He was briefly a Member of Parliament in 1837–38.
Samuel Wilberforce
Samuel Wilberforce, FRS was an English bishop in the Church of England, and the third son of William Wilberforce. Known as "Soapy Sam", Wilberforce was one of the greatest public speakers of his day. He is now best remembered for his opposition to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution at a debate in 1860.
Robert Wilberforce
Ernest Wilberforce
Ernest Roland Wilberforce was an Anglican clergyman and bishop. From 1882 to 1896 he was the first Anglican Bishop of Newcastle upon the diocese's creation, and from 1896 to 1907 he was Bishop of Chichester.
Robert Isaac Wilberforce
Robert Isaac Wilberforce was an English clergyman and writer.