Wilkerson

For the U.S. place, see Wilkerson, California.

Wilkerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Wilkerson (born 1989), American baseball player
• Brad Wilkerson (born 1977), American baseball player
• Brandie Wilkerson (born 1992), Canadian beach volleyball player
• Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson (born 1945), American radical and member of the Weather Underground
• David Wilkerson (1931–2011), American evangelist
• David Wilkerson (politician) (born 1969), American politician
• Doug Wilkerson (1947–2021), American football player
• Eric Wilkerson (born 1966), American football player
• Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (born 1939), Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
• Herbert L. Wilkerson (1919-2021), U.S. Marine Corps Major general
• Isabel Wilkerson (born 1961), American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
• Isaiah Wilkerson (born 1990), American basketball player
• James Herbert Wilkerson (1869–1948), US federal judge
• Jerry Wilkerson (1943–2007), American painter
• Joshua Wilkerson (1992–2010), American student murdered by an illegal immigrant in Texas
• Kimberly Wilkerson, former Miss Wyoming
• Kristian Wilkerson (born 1997), American football player
• Lawrence Wilkerson (born 1945), U.S. Army officer, deputy to Colin Powell
• Lizzie Wilkerson (1895–1984), African-American folk artist
• Mark Wilkerson (born 1976), lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Course of Nature
• Muhammad Wilkerson (born 1989), US football Defensive End for the New York Jets of the National Football League
• Nathaniel P. Wilkerson (born 1972), Gitksan artist from British Columbia, Canada
• Oscar Lawton Wilkerson (1926-2023), American pilot
• Ponchai Wilkerson (1971–2000), American murderer who was executed in Texas
• Robert King Wilkerson (born 1942), Black Panther Party member
• Stevie Wilkerson (born 1992), American baseball player
• Tichi Wilkerson Kassel (1926–2004), American film personality and the publisher of "The Hollywood Reporter"
• Tim Wilkerson (born 1960), NHRA drag racer
• Tyler Wilkerson (born 1988), American basketball player
• Wallace Wilkerson (c. 1834–1879), American murderer whose execution by firing squad in Utah was botched
• William R. Wilkerson (1890–1962), founder of "The Hollywood Reporter", Ciro's, and the Flamingo Hotel

Fictional characters:

• "Wilkerson", the family name in the television show Malcolm in the Middle