WRIGHT

The word 'wright' is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder (e.g. a shipwright is a person who builds ships) and a common English family name.

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People with the family name

People with the family name

★ Alexander Wrights, British army private during the Crimean War

★ Almroth Wright, British bacteriologist

★ Alonzo Wright, Canadian politician

★ Ambrose R. Wright, American Confederate General

★ Amos Wright, Canadian politiciana

★ Amy Wright, American actress

★ Amie Michelle Wright, American poet, writer

★ Antoine Wright, American basketball player

★ Ashley B. Wright, American politician

★ Anthony Wright, American football player

★ Anthony David Wright, British politician, MP for Great Yarmouth

★ Anthony Wayland Wright, British politician, MP for Cannock Chase

★ Beals Wright, American tennis player

★ Ben Wright, one of several people including

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★ Ben Wright (1915–1989), a British film and radio actor

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★ Ben Wright, an American participant in events leading up to the Modoc War of the 1870s

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★ Ben Wright, an English football player. Currently playing in the Norwegian club I.K. Start

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★ Ben Wright, English cricketer

★ Bernie Wright, British footballer and TV personality

★ Betty Wright (born 1953), American musician

★ Billy Wright, one of several people including

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★ Billy Wright, English footballer

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★ Billy Wright, Northern Ireland paramilitary killer

★ Blanche Fisher Wright, illustrator

★ Bonnie Wright, English actress

★ Brad Wright, TV writer

★ Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer

★ C. D. Wright, American poet

★ Carroll D. Wright, American statistician

★ Chalky Wright, Mexican boxer

★ Charles Wright, one of several people, including

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★ Charles Wright (born 1935), American poet

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★ Charles Wright (born 1940), American musician

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★ Charles Wright (born 1961), American performance wrestler

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★ Charles Wright (cricketer), English cricketer

★ Chauncey Wright, American philosopher and mathematician

★ Chely Wright, American singer

★ Clarke Wright, Canadian pop singer, musician, designer

★ Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef

★ Cliff Wright, British illustrator

★ Clyde Wright, a former Major League Baseball pitcher

★ Craig Wright, one of several people including

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★ Craig Wright, American playwright and Six Feet Under producer.

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★ Craig Wright, a Scottish cricketer.

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★ J. Craig Wright, American judge

★ Chris Wright (footballer), English footballer

★ Christopher B. Wright, American webcomic writer

★ Christopher Wright, Treasury Management Officer Dallas,TX

★ Dare Wright, Canadian children's writer

★ David Wright, one of several people including

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★ David Wright, composer and Producer, co founder of AD Music

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★ David Wright, a British politician

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★ David Wright, an American baseball player

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★ David Wright, a British footballer

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★ David Wright, assistant director and former director of the Ambassadors of Harmony

★ Debbie Wright, American singer

★ Don Wright, American editorial cartoonist

★ Doug Wright, American playwright

★ Doug Wright II, Canadian cartoonist

★ Doug Wright, English cricketer

★ E. M. Wright, British mathematician]]

★ Edgar Wright, English film director

★ Edwin M. Wright, American foreign relations expert

★ Elizur Wright, American theorist of life insurance

★ Eric Wright, one of several people including

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★ Eric Wright, the rapper Eazy-E

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★ Eric Wright, Jr., Eazy-E's oldest son (a.k.a. Lil Eazy-E)

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★ Eric Wright, Canadian writer of murder mystery novels

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★ Eric Wright, football player in the NFL.

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★ Eric Lloyd Wright, architect

★ Erik Olin Wright, American sociologist

★ Ernest Vincent Wright, American writer

★ Eugene Wright (born 1923), musician

★ Farnsworth Wright (1888–), editor of ''Weird Tales''

★ Fielding L. Wright, American politician

★ Frances Wright, British-American lecturer

★ Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

★ Franz Wright (born 1953), poet

★ Fred Wright, British author

★ Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio personality

★ G.V. Wright, Irish politician

★ Gary Wright, American musician

★ Georg Henrik von Wright (1916–2003), Finland-Swedish philosopher

★ George Wright, one of several people including

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★ George Wright, a Canadian politician.

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★ George Wright, a U.S. general

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★ George Wright, a 19th-century baseball player and manager.

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★ George Wright (born 1958), a baseball outfielder

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★ George Wright, a former Solicitor General for Ireland

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★ George Wright, a 20th-century U.S. organist

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★ George F. Wright, a Mayor of Honolulu

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★ George Frederick Wright, 1838–1921, American geologist and professor of the harmony of science and religion.

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★ George G. Wright, a U.S. Senator from Iowa.

★ Gertrude Wright, American murderer Gertrude Baniszewski

★ Gillian Wright, British actress

★ Ginny Wright, American singer

★ Graham Wright (artist), English artist

★ Gregory Wright, one of several people including

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★ Gregory Wright, an astrophysicist

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★ Gregory Wright, an American comic book writer

★ Harold Wright, Canadian athlete and engineer

★ Harold Bell Wright, early 20th century American author

★ Harry Wright, baseball player

★ Henry T. Wright, American archaeologist, University of Michigan, National Geographic

★ Henry W. Wright

★ Herbert Wright, one of several people including

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★ Herbert Wright, a Canadian politician

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★ Herbert Wright, a science fiction television producer and writer

★ Horatio Wright, American general

★ Ian Wright, English footballer and TV presenter

★ Ian Wright, British traveller

★ Iain Wright (born 1972), British politician

★ Jackie Wright, British comedian

★ Jaguar Wright, American singer

★ James Wright (1715–1785), British-American politician

★ James Wright (1927–1980), American poet

★ James Wright (fl. mid-20th century), American inventor, creator of Silly Putty

★ James A. Wright (1902–1963), American politician

★ James C. Wright, Jr. (born 1922), American politician

★ James Homer Wright (1869–1928), American pathologist

★ James Mahan Wright (born 1913), American sailor

★ James Quenton Wright, the American record producer James "Big Jim" Wright

★ James Skelly Wright (1911–1988), American circuit and district judge

★ Jamey Wright, American baseball player

★ Jamie Wright, Canadian ice hockey player

★ Janet Wright, Canadian actress

★ Jaret Wright, American baseball player

★ Jay Wright, one of several people including

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★ Jay Wright (coach) (born 1961), men's head basketball coach of Villanova University

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★ Jay Wright (poet) (born 1935), American poet, winner of the 2005 Bollingen Prize

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★ Jay Wright (filmmaker, artist, writer) (born 1972)

★ Jeffrey Wright, American actor

★ Jeremy Wright, one of several people including

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★ Jeremy Wright (politician), a British politician

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★ Jeremy Wright (blogger), a Canadian blogger

★ Jim Wright, American politician

★ Joanne Wright, British badminton player

★ John Wright, one of several people including

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★ John Wright (cricketer) (born 1954), member of the New Zealand cricket team, coach of the Indian cricket team

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★ John Wright (inventor), an inventor of electroplating (method patented, 1840)

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★ John Wright (politician), New Zealand MP, 1996–2002

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★ John Buckland Wright, New Zealand illustrator

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★ John Charles Wright (1861–1933) Anglican archbishop of Sydney, Australia

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★ John C. Wright (1948–) Sports, Track & Field

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★ John C. Wright (born 1961), science fiction and fantasy writer

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★ John Joseph Wright (1909–1979), Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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★ John Farnsworth Wright (1929–2001), British economist

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★ John Kirtland Wright (1891–1969), American geographer

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★ John Lloyd Wright, architect and toy designer, son of Frank Lloyd Wright

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★ John Vines Wright (1828–1908) member of: U.S. and Confederate Congresses, and a state supreme court justice

★ Johnny Wright, American music act manager

★ José Roberto Wright, former Brazilian football (soccer) referee

★ Joseph Wright, one of several people including

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★ Joseph A. Wright (1810–1867), American politician, Governor of Indiana, 1849–1857

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★ Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), painter

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★ Joseph Wright (art director), Academy awards 1942 & 1962

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★ Joseph Wright (coach builder), 19th century English railway rolling stock builder.

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★ Joseph Wright (rower), Toronto Argonauts, Rowing at the 1904 Summer Olympics

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★ Joseph Wright (linguist) (1855–1930), comparative philologist, dialectologist, author of grammar books for the Germanic languages

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★ Joseph Robert Wright, Jr., American businessman

★ Judith Wright (1915–2000), Australian poet

★ Katie Wright, American actress

★ Keith Wright (born 1982), American football player

★ Keith L. T. Wright, American politician

★ Keith R. Wright, American Deist

★ Kristy Wright, Australian actress

★ L. R. Wright (1939–2001), Canadian writer

★ Laura Wright, American actress

★ Leo Wright, American jazz musician

★ Lloyd Wright, architect

★ Lorenzen Wright, basketball player

★ Lorenzo Wright, American athlete

★ Louis Wright, American footballer

★ Luke Edward Wright, American politician

★ Luke Wright (cricketer), English cricketer

★ Luther Wright, former basketball player

★ Lyle Henry Wright, scholar of American fiction

★ Manuel Wright, American football player

★ Marian Wright Edelman (born 1939), American lawyer and founder of the Children's Defense Fund

★ Mark Wright, one of several people including

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★ Mark Wright, football player and manager.

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★ Mark Wright, former Australian rugby league player.

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★ Mark Wright, science fiction writer

★ Martha Edna Wright, American lawyer Martha Griffiths

★ Martin Wright, American anarchist

★ Marty Wright, American wrestler

★ Matthew Wright, British journalist

★ Margaret Wright, British Green Party politician

★ Maurice Wright (1949– ), American composer

★ Mauricio Wright, Costa Rican soccer player

★ Max Wright, American actor

★ Micah Wright, American writer

★ Michael Wright, one of several people including

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★ Michael Wright (actor), American film and television actor

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★ Michael Wright (Australian politician), Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly

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★ Michael Wright (cyclist), English former professional road bicycle racer from 1962 to 1976

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★ Michael Wright (rapper), an old-school rapper known as Wonder Mike

★ Mickey Wright, American golfer

★ Mike Wright, American football player

★ Milton Wright, American Methodist bishop and father of Orville and Wilbur

★ Milton Vincent Wright, American Poet and father of Vince, Ronny, Bert And Barry

★ Miranda Wright, fictional character from ''Bonkers''

★ Nathan Wright, English courtier

★ Nate Wright, American football player

★ Orville Wright (1871–1948), American inventor

★ Pamela Payton-Wright, American actress

★ Patrick Wright, British cultural studies academic

★ Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond, British diplomat

★ Peter Wright, a former MI5 counterintelligence officer, ''Spycatcher'' author

★ Peter Wright, a former Scottish rugby union international

★ Peter Wright, a former Australian rugby league player

★ Peter Wright (martyr), English Jesuit

★ Pete Wright (musician), several people including bass player for the band Crass from 1977 until 1984.

★ Philemon Wright, Canadian farmer

★ Phoenix Wright, a defense attorney and the main character of the Nintendo DS video game ''.

★ Quincy Wright, American political scientist, brother of Sewall and Theodore Paul

★ Randy Wright, American football player

★ Richard Wright, one of several people, including

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★ Richard Wright, African-American author

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★ Richard B. Wright, Canadian author

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★ Richard Wright, (Rick), pianist and keyboard player of Pink Floyd

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★ Richard Wright, England football goalkeeper

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★ Richard Wright, American politician

★ Richelle Renee Wright, the American singer Chely Wright

★ Robert Wright, one of several people, including

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★ Robert Wright (historian), British Royal Air Force historian and biographer of Hugh Dowding

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★ Robert Wright (journalist), journalist and author of books popularizing sociobiology and game theory

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★ Robert Wright (politician), (1752–1826), American politician, early 19th century governor and congressman from Maryland

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★ Robert Wright (judge), Lord Chief Justice of England from 1687 to 1688

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★ Robert Wright, Jr., FBI agent and critic of FBI counterterrorist.

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★ Bob Wright, American television businessman and president, CEO, and chairman of NBC

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★ Robert C. Wright (1914–2005), American writer of musical theatre

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★ Wright, Robert, American journalist

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★ Robert Charles Wright (born 1943), American businessman

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★ Robert K. Wright, Jr. (born 1946), American historian

★ Robin Wright, Washington Post Staff writer

★ Robin Wright Penn (born 1966), American actress

★ Ronald Wright, British writer

★ Ronald Lamont Wright, American boxer Winky Wright

★ Ronald Selby Wright, Church of Scotland minister

★ Ruggles Wright, Canadian lumber merchant

★ Samuel E. Wright, American actor

★ Sarah Wright, American actress

★ Sewall Wright (1889–1988), biologist

★ Shannon Wright, American singer-songwriter

★ Shaun Wright-Phillips (born 1981), English footballer, adopted son of Ian

★ Silas Wright (fl. 1840s), American politician

★ Simon Wright, Australian drummer

★ Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter

★ Stephen Wright, American writer

★ Stephen Wright, English footballer

★ Steve Wright, English broadcaster

★ Steven Wright (born 1955), comedian

★ Stevie Wright, frontman of Australian band The Easybeats

★ Stuart James Wright, Youtube entrepreneur

★ Susan Mary Wright, the mother Susan Barrantes of Sarah, Duchess of York

★ Susan Webber Wright, American judge

★ Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter

★ Teresa Wright, American actress

★ Theodore Wright, British soldier

★ Theodore Paul Wright, American aeronautical engineer

★ Theodore S. Wright, African-American abolitionist

★ Thomas Wright, one of several people including

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★ Thomas Wright (1711–1786), English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer

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★ Thomas Wright (1763–1829), English musician and inventor

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★ Thomas Wright (1809–1884), Scottish surgeon and palaeontologist

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★ Thomas Wright (1810–1877), British antiquarian and writer

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★ Thomas Edward Wright, a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives currently serving his seventh term.

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★ Thomas Wright (surveyor) (1740–1812), Canadian surveyor and Prince Edward Island politician

★ Todd Wright, American sports broadcaster

★ Tom Wright, one of several people including

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★ Tom Wright, commissioner of the Canadian Football League

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★ Tom Wright, a film actor

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★ Tom Wright, a baseball player

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★ Tom Wright, a rugby league player

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★ Tom Wright, a theologian

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★ Thomas J. Wright, film director

★ Tom Wright, London-based cinematographer

★ Tommy Wright, one of several people including

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★ Tommy Wright, footballer for Everton and England

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★ Tommy E. Wright, Scottish footballer who played for Leicester City in the late '80s and early '90s.

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★ Tommy Wright (footballer born 1984), English footballer who played for Leicester City in the early 2000s

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★ Tommy J. Wright, Northern Irish footballer

★ Tony Wright, one of several people including

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★ Anthony David Wright, British politician, MP for Great Yarmouth

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★ Tony Wright, British politician, MP for Cannock Chase

★ Turbutt Wright (1741–1783), American planter & politician

★ Tyler Wright, Canadian ice hockey player

★ Vivian Wright, fictional character from ''Dream Team''

★ Virginia Wright, (born 1958–), Author

★ Wallace Duffield Wright, British soldier

★ Whitaker Wright, English businessman

★ Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), American inventor

★ Wilbur Jesse Wright (1986–), James Madison University Student

★ Will Wright, American computer game designer most known for developing ''SimCity'' and ''The Sims''

★ Willard Huntington Wright, the American writer S. S. Van Dine

★ William Wright, one of several people including

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★ William Wright, the real name of Dan DeQuille, American author, newspaperman, and humorist

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★ William Wright (privateer), English privateer in French service and later buccaneer who raided Spanish towns in the late 1600s

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★ William Wright (politician) (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and US Senator

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★ William Carter Wright (1866–1933), US Representative from Georgia

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★ William Wright (shipbuilder) (c.1800–1878), Canadian shipbuilder

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★ William Wright (Orientalist) (1830–1889)

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★ Bill Wright (baseball player) (born 1914), an outfielder in the Negro Leagues

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★ William Wright (author), author of ''Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals''

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★ William Wright (poet), (1782–??) Scottish poet

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★ William Aldis Wright, English writer

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★ William Barton Wright, British railway engineer

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★ William Hammond Wright (1871–1959), American astronomer

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★ William Henry Wright (1876–1951), Canadian industrialist and publisher

★ Wm. Robert Wright, Latter Day Saint historian

★ Winky Wright, American boxer

★ Wilbur & Orville Wright, made the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air human flight on December 17th 1903