Wilmot (surname) explained

Wilmot is a surname, and may refer to:

• Andy Wilmot (born 1980), British racing driver
• Arthur Wilmot (1845–1876), English clergyman and cricketer
• Ben Wilmot (Benjamin Lewis Wilmot; born 1999), English footballer
• Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot (c. 1572 – 1644), English soldier, Lord President of Connaught (1616–1644)
• Chester Wilmot (1911–1954), Australian war correspondent
• David Wilmot (1814–1868), American politician
• David Wilmot (actor), Irish stage, screen and television actor
• Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1693–1786), English physician
• Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester (1651–1681), wife of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
• Elizabeth Montgomery (designer), married name Elizabeth Wilmot (1902–1993), English theatre and opera costume and scenic designer
• Ern Wilmot (Ernest Ambrose Wilmot; 1898–1988), Australian rugby league player
• Frank Wilmot (also known as Furnley Maurice; 1881–1942), Australian poet
• Fred Wilmot (1927–2009), Canadian football player
• Gary Wilmot (born 1954), British entertainer
• Gilead J. Wilmot (1834-?), American soldier and politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Grant Wilmot (1956–2016), Australian rules footballer
• Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (1612–1658), British Royalist
• Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet (1831–1901)
• Henry Wilmot (politician) (1826–1888), Canadian politician
• James Wilmot (1726–1807), clergyman and alleged creator of Baconian theory
• James P. Wilmot (1911–1980), US aviation executive and Democratic Party organizer
• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), British Libertine and satyrist
• John Wilmot (politician) (1748–1815), British lawyer and politician, member of Parliament from 1776 to 1796
• John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston (1893–1964), British politician, Minister of Aircraft Production (1945–1946), Minister of Supply (1945–1947).
• John Eardley Wilmot (1709–1792), English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1766–1771)
• John McNeil Wilmot (1755–1847), Canadian politician
• Jorge Wilmot (1928–2012), Mexican artisan
• Kate Wilmot, Anglican bishop in Australia
• Katherine Wilmot (or Catherine Wilmot; c. 1773 – 1824), Irish traveller and diarist
• Kilburn Wilmot (1911–1996), English cricketer
• Lemuel Allan Wilmot (1809–1878), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge
• Lorrie Wilmot (Anthony Lorraine Wilmot; 1943–2004), South African cricketer
• Louise Currie Wilmot (born 1942), first female commander of a United States Naval base
• Malcolm Wilmot (1771–1859), merchant and politician in New Brunswick
• Mike Wilmot, Canadian comedian
• Mollie Wilmot (née Mollie Netcher; 1923–2002), American philanthropist and socialite
• Montague Wilmot (died 1766), British Governor of Nova Scotia (1763–1766)
• Norah Wilmot (1889–1980), British racehorse trainer
• Percy Wilmot (1881–1950), Australian rules footballer
• Reginald Wilmot (1869–1949), Australian sports journalist
• Rhys Wilmot (born 1962), Welsh footballer
• Richard Wilmot (1703–1772), Canon of Windsor (1748–1772)
• Robert Wilmot (playwright) (c. 1550 – by 1608), Church of England clergyman, and playwright
• Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809–1891), Canadian politician
• Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr. (1837–1920), Canadian Member of Parliament, son of the above
• Robert Wilmot (Gaelic footballer) (born 1954), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
• Sir Robert Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1708–1772), Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household
• Sir Robert Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (c. 1752 – 23 July 1834), Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Samuel Wilmot (1772–1848), Irish surgeon
• Samuel Street Wilmot (1773–1856) surveyor, tanner, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada
• Tom Wilmot, Anglican bishop in Australia
• Walt Wilmot (1863–1929), American baseball player
• William Wilmot (1869–1957), English cricketer

See also

• Baron Wilmot of Selmeston
• Edward Parry Eardley-Wilmot (1843–1898), English civil servant
• Edward Revell Eardley-Wilmot (1814–1899), Church of England clergyman
• Hugh Eden Eardley-Wilmot (1850–1926), English barrister
• Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1783–1847), sixth Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania
• Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (1810–1892), MP for South Warwickshire 1874–1885
• Revell Eardley-Wilmot (1842–1922), British military officer, who served in Asia
• Sydney Eardley-Wilmot (1847–1929), Royal Navy officer
• William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, 3rd Baronet (1841–1896), British Army officer, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in Ireland (1879–1882)
• Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet (1784–1841), Governor of Ceylon
• Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, British banker, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners
• Peter Wilmot-Sitwell (1935–2018), British merchant banker and stockbroker
• Robert Bradshaw Wilmot-Sitwell (1894–1946), Royal Navy officer