List of Famous people named Wilbur

Here are some famous Wilburs:

Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Addison Smith
First Name Wilbur
Last Name Smith
Born on January 9, 1933
Died on November 13, 2021 (aged 88)

Wilbur Addison Smith was a Zambian-born South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints of both black and white families.

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Wilbur Scoville

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville
First Name Wilbur
Last Name Scoville
Born on January 22, 1865
Died on March 10, 1942 (aged 77)

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", now standardized as the Scoville scale.

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Wilbur Ross

Wilbur Louis Ross, Jr.
First Name Wilbur
Last Name Ross
Born on November 28, 1937 (age 87)

Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States Secretary of Commerce from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Ross was previously chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WL Ross & Co from 2000 to 2017.

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Wilbur Wright

First Name Wilbur
Last Name Wright
Born on April 16, 1867
Died on May 30, 1912 (aged 45)

The Wright brothersOrville and Wilbur —were two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, 4 mi (6 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. In 1904–05, the brothers developed their flying machine to make longer-running and more aerodynamic flights with the Wright Flyer II, followed by the first truly practical fixed-wing aircraft, the Wright Flyer III. The Wright brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.

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Wilbur MacDonald

First Name Wilbur
Last Name MacDonald
Born on September 13, 1933
Died on May 20, 2020 (aged 86)

Wilbur Bernard MacDonald was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career.

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Wilbur Pillman Townsend

First Name Wilbur
Last Name Townsend
Born on April 3, 1917
Died on December 2, 2002 (aged 85)
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Wilbur Shaw

First Name Wilbur
Last Name Shaw
Born on October 31, 1902
Died on November 30, 1954 (aged 52)

Warren Wilbur Shaw was an American racing driver. He was president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death in 1954. Shaw was the automotive test evaluator for Popular Science magazine.

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Wilbur Stark

First Name Wilbur
Last Name Stark
Born on August 10, 1912
Died on August 11, 1995 (aged 83)

Wilbur Stark was an American writer and film, television, and radio producer and director.

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Wilbur Anthony Coote

First Name Wilbur
Last Name Coote
Born on June 9, 1994 (age 30)
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Wilbur Thomas Rippon Browne

First Name Wilbur
Last Name Browne
Born on March 29, 2013 (age 11)
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