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


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


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


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


Ben Wright, English cricketer

Bernie Wright, British footballer and TV personality

Betty Wright (born 1953), American musician

Billy Wright, one of several people including


Billy Wright, English footballer


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


Charles Wright (born 1935), American poet


Charles Wright (born 1940), American musician


Charles Wright (born 1961), American performance wrestler


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


Craig Wright, American playwright and Six Feet Under producer.


Craig Wright, a Scottish cricketer.


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


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


David Wright, a British politician


David Wright, an American baseball player


David Wright, a British footballer


★ 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


Eric Wright, the rapper Eazy-E


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


Eric Wright, Canadian writer of murder mystery novels


Eric Wright, football player in the NFL.


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


George Wright, a Canadian politician.


George Wright, a U.S. general


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


George Wright (born 1958), a baseball outfielder


George Wright, a former Solicitor General for Ireland


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


George F. Wright, a Mayor of Honolulu


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


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


Gregory Wright, an astrophysicist


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


Herbert Wright, a Canadian politician


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


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


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


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

Jeffrey Wright, American actor

Jeremy Wright, one of several people including


Jeremy Wright (politician), a British politician


Jeremy Wright (blogger), a Canadian blogger

Jim Wright, American politician

Joanne Wright, British badminton player

John Wright, one of several people including


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


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


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


John Buckland Wright, New Zealand illustrator


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


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


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


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


John Farnsworth Wright (1929–2001), British economist


John Kirtland Wright (1891–1969), American geographer


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


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


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


Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), painter


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


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


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


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


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


Mark Wright, football player and manager.


Mark Wright, former Australian rugby league player.


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


Michael Wright (actor), American film and television actor


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


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


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


Richard Wright, African-American author


Richard B. Wright, Canadian author


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


Richard Wright, England football goalkeeper


Richard Wright, American politician

Richelle Renee Wright, the American singer Chely Wright

Robert Wright, one of several people, including


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Wright, Robert, American journalist


Robert Charles Wright (born 1943), American businessman


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

Todd Wright, American sports broadcaster

Tom Wright, one of several people including


Tom Wright, commissioner of the Canadian Football League


Tom Wright, a film actor


Tom Wright, a baseball player


Tom Wright, a rugby league player


Tom Wright, a theologian


Thomas J. Wright, film director

Tom Wright, London-based cinematographer

Tommy Wright, one of several people including


Tommy Wright, footballer for Everton and England


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


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


Tommy J. Wright, Northern Irish footballer

Tony Wright, one of several people including


Anthony David Wright, British politician, MP for Great Yarmouth


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


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


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


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


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


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


William Wright (Orientalist) (1830–1889)


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


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


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


William Aldis Wright, English writer


William Barton Wright, British railway engineer


William Hammond Wright (18711959), American astronomer


William Henry Wright (18761951), 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

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