Wilma (given name)

Wilma is a female given name, a feminine form of William. People with the name include:

## People

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* Wilma Arizapana (born 1982), Peruvian long-distance runner
* Wilma van den Berg (born 1947), Dutch sprinter
* Wilma M. Blom, marine scientist
* Wilma Burgess (1939–2003), American singer
* Wilma Chan (1949–2021), American politician
* Wilma Lee Cooper (1921–2011), American singer
* Wilma Cosmé (born 1966), Puerto Rican singer known as Sa-Fire
* Wilma De Angelis (born 1931), Italian singer and TV presenter
* Wilma Dressel (born 1983), German rower
* Wilma Driessen (born 1938), Dutch opera singer
* Wilma Dykeman (1920–2006), American writer
* Wilma Elles (born 1986), German actress
* Wilma de Faria, Brazilian politician, governor of Rio Grande do Norte
* Wilma Anderson Gilman (1881-1971), American concert pianist, music teacher, clubwoman
* Wilma Goich (born 1945), Italian pop singer and television personality
* Wilma Scott Heide (1921–1985), American feminist author and social activist
* Wilma van Hofwegen (born 1971), Dutch swimmer
* Wilma Labate (born 1949), Italian film director and screenwriter.
* Wilma Landkroon (born 1957), Dutch pop singer
* Wilma B. Liebman (born 1950), American lawyer
* Wilma Lipp (1925–2019), Austrian operatic soprano
* Wilma Mankiller (1945–2010), American politician and first female Cherokee chief
* Wilma Mansveld (born 1962), Dutch Minister for the Environment
* Wilma McCann (????–1975), the first victim of British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
* Wilma Montesi (1932–1953), Italian model and murder victim
* Wilma Murto (born 1998), Finnish pole vaulter
* Wilma Neruda (1838–1911), Czech violinist
* Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, South African politician
* Wilma Pastrana (born 1970), Puerto Rican first lady
* Wilma Rosbach (1921–2018), American politician
* Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994), American sprinter
* Wilma Rusman (born 1958), Dutch long-distance runner
* Wilma Salas (born 1991), Cuban volleyball player
* Wilma Josefina Salgado (born 1952), Ecuadorian politician and economist
* Wilma M. Sherrill (born 1939), American politician
* Wilma Smith (born 1946), American newscaster
* Wilma Smith (born 1956), Fijian-born violinist
* Wilma Stockenström (born 1933), South Africa-born Afrikaans writer, translator, and actor
* Wilma Subra (born 1943), American environmental scientist
* Wilma Tisch (born 1927), American socialite and heiress
* Wilma Vaught (born 1930), US Air Force brigadier general
* Wilma van Velsen (born 1964), Dutch swimmer
* Wilma Victor (1919–1987), American educator of Choctaw Indian descent
* Wilma Webb (born 1944), American politician

## Fictional characters

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* Wilma, in the Where's Wally? franchise
* Wilma Bishop, from Strike Witches
* Wilma Cameron, in the film The Best Years of Our Lives
* Wilma Deering, in the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
* Wilma Flintstone, in the animated television series The Flintstones
* Wilma Page, in the Oxford University Press series The Magic Key by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta
* Wilma Tenderfoot, titular character of a children's book series by Emma Kennedy

## See also

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* Wilma (disambiguation)

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