De Wilde or de Wilde is a Dutch surname, meaning "the wild one".Wilde, de at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. 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 (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 (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
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