Wilfred Patrick Thesiger DSO (3 de junho, 1910 – 24 de agosto, 2003) foi um explorador britânico nascido em Addis Ababa, capital da Etiópia.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE 1968
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, DSO 1941
Third Class Star of Ethiopia 1930
Founder's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, RGS 1948
Lawrence of Arabia Medal, Royal Central Asian Society, RCAS 1955
Livingstone Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, RSGS 1962
Royal Society of Literature, RSL 1965
Burton Memorial Medal, Royal Asiatic Society, RAS 1966
Fellow Royal Society of Literature, FRSL 1982
Honorary Fellow British Academy, FBA 1982;
Arabian Sands (1959) travel writing classic, reissued in several editions
Paperback reissue April 1985 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4
Hardcover reissue 1960 Readers Union (January 1, 1960) 270 pp; ASIN B0007J3E16
Paperback reissue 1981 Viking Press (February 1981); ISBN 0-14-002125-6
Hardcover reissue 1983 by Fairmount Books Ltd Remainders (September 30, 1983); ISBN 0-00-217005-1
Hardcover reissue 1983 by Viking Adult (April 19, 1984). 347 pp. ISBN 0-670-13005-2
Paperback reissue 1984 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4