John Wilson MBE is a British angler who has been involved with angling television production for the last 20 years featuring on Channel 4 Television and more recently on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Time. Wilson was voted 'The Greatest Angler of all Time' in a 2004 poll by readers of the Angling Times Newspaper. Wilson was born in Enfield, London where he fished on the River Lea. He had careers in hairdressing, the Merchant Navy and printing before opening his own fishing tackle shop based in Norwich in 1971. Wilson now lives at Great Witchingham, Norfolk where he fishes on his local River Wensum and owns his own lake complex. Wilson was awarded a MBE in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List. In April 2013, Wilson announced his intention of selling his Norfolk home and settling in Thailand. 

January 1st, 1943 in London Borough of Enfield  /  Died:   Nov 13th, 2018