Jonny Wilkinson

English rugby union footballer

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Facts

26 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: May 25, 1979
Place of birth: Frimley
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[6]
Occupation: rugby union player, entrepreneur, professional athlete
Educated at: Lord Wandsworth College, Pierrepont School^[7]^[8]
Award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (2003), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, World Rugby Hall of Fame, World Rugby Men's Player of the Year (2003)^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Sibling: Mark Wilkinson^[33]
Official website: www.jonnywilkinson.com^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French, English^[24]^[25]
Nominated for: Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year (2008), Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year (2004), BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (2003)^[21]^[22]^[23]
Birth name: Jonathan Peter Wilkinson^[26]
Country for sport: England^[27]
End of work period: 2014^[30]
Family name: Wilkinson^[18]
Given name: Jonny^[19]
Height: 178 cm^[31]
Mass: 85 kg^[32]
Member of sports team: Newcastle Red Bulls (1997–2009), RC Toulonnais (2009–2014), England men’s national rugby union team (1998–2011), British & Irish Lions (2001–2005)
Position played on team / speciality: fly-half^[15]
Residence: Frimley^[16]
Social media followers: 412k (412k–419k, n=4)^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]
Sport: rugby union^[17]

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Sport number: 10^[28]
Start of work period: 1997^[29]

🏷️ Also known as

en Jonathan Peter Wilkinson en Wilko en Jonny Wilkinson ar جوني ويلكينسون da Johnny Wilkinson de Jonathan Peter Wilkinson es Jonathan Peter Wilkinson fr Jonathan Peter Wilkinson it Jonathan Peter Wilkinson ja ジョニー・ウィルキンソン ko 조니 윌킨슨 ms Johnny Wilkinson pl Johnny Wilkinson ru Джонни Уилкинсон ru Уилкинсон Джонни ru Уилкинсон, Джонни sv Wilkinson zh 尊尼·韋健遜 zh 強尼·偉基臣 zh 强尼·威尔金森

🔖 Identifiers · 44

ISNI: 0000000359842563
VIAF cluster ID: 222794623
Library of Congress Authorities ID: nr2002030585
GND ID: 173863795
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Guinness 6 Nazioni 2026- Italia vs Inghilterra-5 (cropped).jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 236594
All.Rugby player ID: jonny-wilkinson
Awards & Winners artist ID: 028g_2
BBC Things ID: bfdcbc17-1a01-48c5-a85e-695b30ec9f9c
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): WilkinsonJonny
Babelio author ID: 208625
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16565197s

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Dimensions.com element ID: jonny-wilkinson
ESPNscrum player ID (archived): 12757
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: jonny-wilkinson
European Professional Club Rugby player ID: JW736383
Evene ID: jonny-wilkinson-32266
FAST ID: 483032
Facebook username: Jonny-Wilkinson-115689848509025
Freebase ID: /m/028g_2
GTAA ID: 170370
Geni profile ID: 6000000019283117535
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme): 3005-12656
Giant Bomb Wiki ID: Characters/Jonny_Wilkinson
Golden ID (archived): Jonny_Wilkinson-D3GV5
HAND ID: B04A-5CC8-259C-2435-9F8A
IMDb ID: nm1316221
IdRef ID: 158633938
Instagram username: jonnywilkinsonofficial
It's Rugby player ID: 911
Kinobox person ID: 1209156
Ligue nationale de rugby ID: 7393-jonathan-wilkinson
NNDB people ID: 478/000163986
NUKAT ID: n2013185505
Open Library ID: OL2822422A
PremiershipRugby.com player ID (archived): 3952
Rugby Database ID: 12262
Rugby Football Union men's player ID (obsolete): KWI10
SBN author ID: TO0V668791
TMDB person ID: 1220234
Trading Card Database name ID: 93693
World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee ID: 706524
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkMHgct7WFXWQPqX6kVYP
X (Twitter) username: jonnywilkinson (2011–present), JonnyWilkinson

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🔗 Connections

Award received 4

World Rugby Men's Player of the Year, World Rugby Hall of Fame, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Member of sports team 4

England men’s national rugby union team, British & Irish Lions, Newcastle Red Bulls, RC Toulonnais

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2003 Rugby World Cup, 2003 Six Nations Championship, 2001 Six Nations Championship

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, French

Nominated for 2

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year, Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

Occupation 2

entrepreneur, rugby union player

Country for sport 1

England

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Family name 1

Wilkinson

Given name 1

Jonny

Instance of 1

human

Place of birth 1

Frimley

Position played on team / speciality 1

fly-half

Residence 1

Frimley

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

rugby union

← Winner 1

World Rugby Men's Player of the Year

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Summary

Jonny Wilkinson was born on May 25, 1979^[1], in Frimley^[2]. He has worked as a rugby union player^[3], entrepreneur^[4], and professional athlete^[5].

FAQs

Where was Jonny Wilkinson born?

Jonny Wilkinson was born in Frimley^[2].

What did Jonny Wilkinson do for work?

Jonny Wilkinson worked as a rugby union player^[3], entrepreneur^[4], and professional athlete^[5].

Where did Jonny Wilkinson go to school?

Jonny Wilkinson was educated at Lord Wandsworth College^[7] and Pierrepont School^[8].

What awards did Jonny Wilkinson receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Order of the British Empire^[9], BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award^[10], Commander of the Order of the British Empire^[11], and World Rugby Hall of Fame^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — place of birth (P19): Frimley. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — educated at (P69): Lord Wandsworth College. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — educated at (P69): Pierrepont School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — occupation (P106): rugby union player. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — occupation (P106): entrepreneur. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — occupation (P106): professional athlete. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — award received (P166): Officer of the Order of the British Empire. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — award received (P166): BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — award received (P166): Commander of the Order of the British Empire. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — award received (P166): World Rugby Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — award received (P166): World Rugby Men's Player of the Year. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — position played on team / speciality (P413): fly-half. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — residence (P551): Frimley. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — date of birth (P569): May 25, 1979. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — sport (P641): rugby union. Retrieved 2022-05-24. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — family name (P734): Wilkinson. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — given name (P735): Jonny. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — official website (P856): http://www.jonnywilkinson.com/. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — nominated for (P1411): Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — nominated for (P1411): Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — nominated for (P1411): BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — birth name (P1477): Jonathan Peter Wilkinson. en.espn.co.uk. en.espn.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — country for sport (P1532): England. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — sport number (P1618): 10. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — start of work period (P2031): 1997. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — end of work period (P2032): 2014. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — height (P2048): 178 cm. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — mass (P2067): 85 kg. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — sibling (P3373): Mark Wilkinson. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — social media followers (P8687): 419,073. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — social media followers (P8687): 418,999. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — social media followers (P8687): 413,271. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Jonny Wilkinson — social media followers (P8687): 412,494. wikidata.org.

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