Roger Wilkinson (1912-1969) was an American physicist.
Wilkson was born in Buffville, Kansas. He received a B.S. from the University of Chicago. Soon afterwards, he was hired to work on the Manhattan Project at the Chicago Met Lab.
After the war, Wilkinson returned to Chicago to complete a Ph.D. in physics. He was then hired to teach at Indiana University, where he would remain for more than 20 years.
Wilkinson died on December 25, 1969.