Oscar Wilde [SEP] mother
Oscar Wilde was born at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College), the second of three children born to Sir William Wilde and Jane Wilde, two years behind William ("Willie"). Wilde's mother had distant Italian ancestry, and under the pseudonym ""Speranza"" (the Italian word for 'hope'), wrote poetry for the revolutionary Young Irelanders in 1848; she was a lifelong Irish nationalist. She read the Young Irelanders' poetry to
Lady Wilde (1821–1896), Irish political activist, poet, and folklorist; mother of Oscar Wilde
- John Wilde (jurist) (1590–1669), English lawyer and politician
- Louis J. Wilde (1865–1924), American banker and Republican politician
- Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782–1858), Lord Chancellor of England
Real people In sport.
- Jimmy Wilde (1892–1969), Welsh world boxing champion
- Sam Wilde, English rugby league footballer
- Walter Wilde (1908–1968), Somerset cricketer