Ross L. Wilson (born August 22, 1955) is an American diplomat who was the chargé d'affaires of the United States to Afghanistan from 2020 to 2021.

In February 2000, President Clinton nominated Wilson to be ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, and he served in that capacity from 2000 to 2003.

Between February and August 2005, Wilson served as executive assistant and chief of staff for deputy secretary of state Robert B. Zoellick, providing policy and staff support to the deputy secretary on the entire range of issues in U.S. foreign policy.

In January 2020, Wilson was asked to serve as chargé d'affaires to Afghanistan, pending a permanent ambassador.

[7] On August 30, Wilson departed Kabul aboard the last evacuation flight as the final members of the U.S. military left Afghanistan.

[8] On August 31, the embassy transferred operations to Doha, Qatar, from where staff began providing limited consular services concentrated on the evacuation effort, including processing visas for people leaving Afghanistan.

His mother, Winnidell Gravitt Wilson, was born and raised in Oklahoma, where her Choctaw ancestors settled after surviving the "Trail of Tears" Indian removal.