Wildman

Wildman

:"For "Rev. Donald Wildmon" see Donald Wildmon"

Wildman may refer to:
* Henry Wildman, Australian convict and prospector
* John Wildman, Leveller
* Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, a famous street singer
* Naomi Wildman, fictional character in the Star Trek universe who appeared on the television series Star Trek: Voyager
* Sir Lawrence (Larry) Wildman, fictional character in the film Wall Street
* Samantha Wildman, fictional character in the Star Trek universe
* The Wildman is one of the protagonists of the Noble Warriors Trilogy

* Wildman or wild man is a name that has been used for centuries to describe wild bipedal man-like creatures; including:
** The Woodwose of Medieval Europe,
** The Bigfoot or Sasquatch of North America,
** The Yeti of the Himalayas,
** The "wild man of Borneo", a term for the Oran utan ("man of the forest" in Dyak), and title of films from 1902 and 1942.
** The wild man, a character represented in masks and dances of natives of coastal British Columbia.Humans to which the term was applied include:
* another name for "Mountain Men", of the 19th century North American frontier. Men who lived alone in mountainous territory, surviving by hunting & trapping, building their own homes (log cabins), and generally living off the land. Many of these men were fur traders/trappers, only coming to civilization to sell their load of pelts.
* Ishi, the "Wild Man of Oroville", California, the last of his Native American people.
* Oofty Goofty, the "Wild man of Borneo", a sideshow act.
* Also several in Also:
* Wild Man Blues a 1998 documentary about Woody Allen.


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