John Victor Wilson (17 January 1921 – 5 June 2008) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for and captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He was born in Scampston near Norton-on-Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire (now in North Yorkshire). Wilson was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1961. Wilson died in his home in Yedingham, near Malton, on 5 June 2008, aged 87.