Wright 558682 223999504 2008-07-06T21:53:54Z 66.235.28.70 {{otheruses}} 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 British [[family name]]. ==People with the family name== {{compactTOC}} ===A=== * [[Alexander Wright (soldier)]], British army private, awarded VC during the Crimean War * [[Almroth Wright]], British bacteriologist * [[Alonzo Wright]], Canadian politician * [[Ambrose R. Wright]], American Confederate General * [[Amos Wright]], Canadian politician * [[Amy Wright]], American actress * [[Andrew Wright]], Canadian multimedia artist * [[Anthony Wright (quarterback)]], American football player * [[Anthony David Wright]], British politician, MP for Great Yarmouth * [[Antoine Wright]], American basketball player * [[Ashley B. Wright]], American politician ===B=== * [[Beals Wright]], American tennis player * [[Ben Wright]], one of several people including **[[Ben Wright (actor)]] (1915–1989), a British film and radio actor **[[Ben Wright (cricketer)]], English cricketer **[[Ben Wright (footballer)]], an English football player, currently playing in the Norwegian club I.K. Start **[[Ben Wright (war)]]<!-- redlink linked from [[Modoc]]-->, an American participant in events leading up to the [[Modoc]] War of the 1870s * [[Bernie Wright]], British footballer and TV personality * [[Betty Wright]] (born 1953), American musician * [[Bill Wright (baseball player)]]<!-- redlink linked from [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006]]--> (born 1914), an outfielder in the Negro Leagues, mentioned at [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006]] * [[Billy Wright]], one of several people including **[[Billy Wright (footballer)]], English footballer **[[Billy Wright (terrorist)]], Northern Ireland paramilitary killer * [[Blanche Fisher Wright]], illustrator * [[Bob Wright]], American television businessman and president, CEO, and chairman of NBC * [[Bonnie Wright]], English actress * [[Brad Wright]], TV writer * [[Bradley Wright-Phillips]], English footballer ===C=== * [[C. D. Wright]], American poet * [[Carroll D. Wright]], American statistician * [[Chalky Wright]], Mexican boxer * [[Charles Wright]], one of several people, including **[[Charles Wright (cricketer)]], English cricketer **[[Charles Wright (poet)]] (born 1935), American poet **[[Charles Wright (wrestler)]] (born 1961), American performance wrestler **[[Charles Wright (botanist)]] (1811-1885) * [[Chauncey Wright]], American philosopher and mathematician * [[Chely Wright]], American singer * [[Chris Wright (footballer)]], English footballer * [[Christopher B. Wright]], American webcomic writer * [[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 (cricketer)]], a Scottish cricketer **[[Craig Wright (playwright)]], American playwright and ''Six Feet Under'' producer ** [[J. Craig Wright]], American judge * [[Crispin Wright]], British philosopher ===D=== * [[Daphne Wright]], Lesbian American murderer * [[Dare Wright]], Canadian children's writer * [[David Wright]], one of several people including **[[David Wright (baseball player)]], an American baseball player **[[David Wright (British musician)]], composer and producer, co-founder of AD Music **[[David Wright (footballer)]], a British footballer **[[David Wright (politician)]], a British politician * [[Debbie Wright]], American singer * [[Don Wright]], American editorial cartoonist * [[Doug Wright]], American playwright * [[Doug Wright II]], Canadian cartoonist * [[Doug Wright (cricketer)]], English cricketer ===E=== * [[E. M. Wright]] (1906-2005), British mathematician and coauthor of the "Hardy & Wright" number theory textbook * [[Edgar Wright]], English film director * [[Edward Wright]], can refer to one of several people: ** [[Edward Wright (mathematician)]] (1561-1615), English mathematician and cartographer, first to explain the mathematics of the Mercator projection. **[[Gordon Wright (footballer)]], (1884-1947) an English footballer, also known as Edward Gordon Dundas Wright **[[Edward L. Wright]], an American astrophysicist and cosmologist * [[Edwin M. Wright]], American foreign relations expert * [[Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright]], American translator * [[Elizur Wright]], American theorist of life insurance * [[Eric Wright]], one of several people including ** Eric Wright, the rapper [[Eazy-E]] ** [[Eric Wright (footballer)]], football player in the NFL ** [[Eric Wright (writer)]], Canadian writer of murder mystery novels ** [[Eric Lloyd Wright]], architect * [[Erik Olin Wright]], American sociologist * [[Ernest Vincent Wright]], American writer * [[Eugene Wright]] (born 1923), musician ===F=== * [[Farnsworth Wright]] (1888–1940), 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=== * [[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 (sportsman)]], a 19th-century baseball player and manager, also active in golf and tennis ** [[George Wright (baseball outfielder)]]<!-- redlink linked from [[Texas Rangers all-time roster]]--> (born 1958), mentioned at [[Texas Rangers all-time roster]] ** [[George Wright (general)]], a U.S. general ** [[George Wright (governor)]]<!-- redlink linked from [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island]] -->, a Canadian politician on the [[list of Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island]] ** [[George Wright (lawyer)]], a former Solicitor General for Ireland ** [[George Wright (organist)]], 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 Baniszewski]], American murderer, also known as Gertrude Wright * [[Gillian Wright]], British actress * [[Ginny Wright]], American singer * [[Graham Wright (artist)]], English artist * [[Gregory Wright]], one of several people including **[[Gregory Wright (astrophysicist)]] **[[Gregory Wright (comics)]], an American comic book writer ===H=== * [[Harold Wright]], Canadian athlete and engineer * [[Harold Bell Wright]], early 20th century American author * [[Harry Wright]], baseball player * [[Henry T. Wright]]<!-- redlink linked from [[List of University of Michigan faculty and staff ]]-->, American archaeologist, National Geographic, on the [[list of University of Michigan faculty and staff]] * [[Henry W. Wright]] * [[Herbert Wright]], one of several people including ** [[Herbert Wright (politician)]], a Canadian politician ** [[Herbert Wright (producer)]], a science fiction television producer and writer * [[Horatio Wright]], American general ===I=== * [[Ian Wright]], English footballer and TV presenter * [[Ian Wright (traveller)]], British traveller * [[Iain Wright]] (born 1972), British politician ===J=== * [[Jackie Wright]], British comedian * [[Jaguar Wright]], American singer * [[Jake Wright]], Hockey Player * [[James Wright (governor)]] (1715–1785), British-American politician * [[James Wright (inventor)]] (fl. mid-20th century), American inventor, creator of Silly Putty * [[James Wright (poet)]] (1927–1980), American poet * [[James A. Wright]] (1902–1963), American politician * [[James C. Wright, Jr.]] (born 1922), American politician * [[James Homer Wright]] (1869–1928), American pathologist * [[James "Big Jim" Wright]], American record producer also known as James Quenton Wright * [[J. 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 * [[Jeffrey Wright]], American actor * [[Jeremy Wright]], one of several people including ** [[Jeremy Wright (blogger)]], a Canadian blogger ** [[Jeremy Wright (politician)]], a British politician * [[Jeremiah Wright]], American preacher * [[Jim Wright]], American politician * [[Joanne Wright]], British badminton player * [[Joe Wright]], film director (''Pride & Prejudice'' and ''Atonement'') * [[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]] (born 1961), science fiction and fantasy writer ** [[John Farnsworth Wright]] (1929–2001), British economist ** [[John Joseph Wright]] (1909–1979), Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ** [[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 (music manager)]], American music act manager * [[Johnny Wright (footballer)]], Northern Irish footballer * [[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)]]<!-- redlink linked from [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction]]-->, [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] 1942 &amp; 1962 ** [[Joseph Wright (coach builder)]]<!-- redlink linked from [[Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company]]-->, 19th century English railway rolling stock builder for [[Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company]] ** [[Joseph Wright (linguist)]] (1855–1930), comparative philologist, dialectologist, author of grammar books for the Germanic languages ** [[Joseph Wright (rower)]], Toronto Argonauts, rowing at the 1904 Summer Olympics ** [[Joseph Robert Wright, Jr.]], American businessman * [[Judith Wright]] (1915–2000), Australian poet ===K=== * [[Katie Wright]], American actress * [[Keith Wright]], one of several people, including ** [[Keith Wright (American football)]], American football player ** [[Keith Wright (footballer)]], Scottish footballer ** [[Keith Wright (ice hockey)]], Canadian ice hockey player * [[Keith L. T. Wright]], American politician * [[Keith R. Wright]], American Deist * [[Kit Wright]], English poet and children's author * [[Kristy Wright]], Australian actress ===L=== * [[L. R. Wright]] (1939–2001), Canadian writer * [[Lawrence Wright]], American author * [[Laura Wright]], American actress * [[Leo Wright]], American jazz musician * [[Lloyd Wright]], architect * [[Lorenzen Wright]], basketball player * [[Lorenzo Wright]], American athlete * [[Louis Wright]], one of several people * [[Luke Edward Wright]], American politician * [[Luke Wright (cricketer)]], English cricketer * [[Luther Wright]], former basketball player ===M=== * [[Manuel Wright]], American football player * [[Margaret Wright (disambiguation)|Margaret Wright]], one of several people including ** [[Margaret Wright]], British Green Party politician * [[Marian Wright Edelman]] (born 1939), American lawyer and founder of the Children's Defense Fund * [[Mark Wright]], one of several people including **[[Mark Wright (footballer born 1963)]], football player and manager **[[Mark Wright (rugby league footballer)]], former Australian rugby league player **[[Mark Wright (writer)]], science fiction writer * [[Martha Griffiths]], American lawyer, also known as Martha Edna Wright * [[Martin Wright]], American anarchist * [[Marty Wright]], American wrestler * [[Matthew Wright]], British journalist * [[Maurice Wright]]<!-- redlink linked from [[Escape from East Berlin]]--> (1949– ), American composer for [[Escape from East Berlin]] * [[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 * [[Miranda Wright]], fictional character from ''Bonkers'' ===N=== * [[Nathan Wright]], English courtier * [[Nate Wright]], American football player ===O=== * [[Orville Wright]] (1871–1948), American inventor ===P=== * [[Pamela Payton-Wright]], American actress * [[Patrick Wright (academic)]], British cultural studies academic * [[Patrick Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond]], British diplomat * [[Pete Wright (musician)]], bass player for the band Crass from 1977 until 1984 * [[Peter Wright]], a former MI5 counterintelligence officer, ''Spycatcher'' author * [[Peter Wright (martyr)]], English Jesuit * [[Peter Wright (rugby league footballer)]], a former Australian rugby league player * [[Peter Wright (rugby player)]], a former Scottish rugby union international * [[Philemon Wright]], Canadian farmer * Phoenix Wright, a defense attorney and the main character of the Nintendo DS video game ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' ===Q=== * [[Quincy Wright]], American political scientist ===R=== * [[Randy Wright]], American football player * Richard Wright, one of several people, including ** [[Richard Wright (author)]], African-American author ** [[Richard Wright (footballer)]], England football goalkeeper ** [[Richard Wright (musician)]] (Rick), pianist and keyboard player of Pink Floyd ** [[Richard Wright (politician)]]<!-- redlink linked from [[North Carolina General Assembly election, 2004]]-->, American politician, listed at [[North Carolina General Assembly election, 2004]] ** [[Richard B. Wright]], Canadian author * [[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 (judge)]], Lord Chief Justice of England from 1687 to 1688 ** [[Robert Wright (politician)]], (1752–1826), American politician, early 19th century governor and congressman from Maryland **[[Robert Wright (writer)]] (1914–2005), American writer of musical theatre **[[Robert Wright, Jr.]], FBI agent and critic of FBI counterterrorism **[[Robert Charles Wright]] (born 1943), American businessman **[[Robert K. Wright, Jr.]] (born 1946), American historian * [[Robin Wright (author)]], ''Washington Post'' staff writer * [[Robin Wright Penn]] (born 1966), American actress * [[Ronald Wright]], Canadian writer * [[Ronald Selby Wright]], Church of Scotland minister * [[Ruggles Wright]], Canadian lumber merchant ===S=== * [[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 * [[Silas Wright]] (fl. 1840s), American politician * [[Simon Wright]], Australian drummer * [[Stanton Macdonald-Wright]], American painter * [[Stephen Wright (English footballer)]], English footballer * [[Stephen Wright (writer)]], American writer * [[Steve Wright]], English broadcaster * [[Steven Wright]] (born 1955), comedian * [[Stevie Wright]], frontman of Australian band The Easybeats * [[Susan Barrantes]], the mother of Sarah, Duchess of York. Also known as Susan Mary Wright * [[Susan Webber Wright]], American judge * [[Syreeta Wright]], American singer-songwriter ===T=== * [[Teresa Wright]], American actress * [[Theodore Wright]], British soldier * [[Theodore Paul Wright]], American aeronautical engineer * [[Theodore S. Wright]], African-American abolitionist * [[Thomas Wright (disambiguation)]], one of several people including **[[Thomas Wright]] (1810–1877), British antiquarian and writer **[[Thomas Wright (astronomer)]] (1711–1786), English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer **[[Thomas Wright (geologist)]] (1809–1884), Scottish surgeon and palaeontologist **[[Thomas Edward Wright]], a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives **[[Thomas J. Wright]], film director * [[Todd Wright]], American sports broadcaster * [[Tom Wright]], one of several people including **[[Tom Wright (actor)]], a film actor **[[Tom Wright (baseball player)]] **[[Tom Wright (CFL)]], commissioner of the Canadian Football League **[[Tom Wright (rugby league footballer)]] **[[Tom Wright (theologian)]] * [[Tommy Wright (disambiguation)]], one of several people including ** [[Tommy Wright (footballer born 1944)]], footballer for Everton and England ** [[Tommy Wright (footballer born 1984)]], English footballer who played for Leicester City in the early 2000s ** [[Tommy Wright (footballer born 1966)]], Scottish footballer who played for Leicester City in the late 1980s and early 1990s ** [[Tommy Wright (footballer born 1963)]], Northern Irish footballer * [[Tony Wright]], one of several people including **[[Tony Wright (Staffordshire politician)]], British politician, MP for Cannock Chase * [[Turbutt Wright]] (1741–1783), American planter & politician * [[Tyler Wright]], Canadian ice hockey player ===V=== * [[Vivian Wright]], fictional character from ''Dream Team'' * [[Virginia Wright]]<!-- redlink linked from [[Broken Obelisk]]-->, (born 1958–), author, mentioned in [[Broken Obelisk]] * [[Victoria Wright]], (born 1994), singer/actress/dancer ===W=== * [[Wallace Duffield Wright]], British soldier * [[Whitaker Wright]], English businessman * [[Wilbur Wright]] (1867–1912), American inventor * [[Will Wright (actor)]] (born 1891), American character actor * [[Will Wright (cyclist)]] (born 1973), Welsh cyclist * [[Will Wright (game designer)]], American computer game designer most known for developing ''SimCity'' and ''[he Sims'' * [[S. S. Van Dine]], American writer, also known as Willard Huntington Wright * [[William Wright]], one of several people including **[[Dan DeQuille]], American author author, newspaperman, and humorist, also known as William Wright **[[William Wright (author)]], author of ''Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals'' **[[William Wright (Orientalist)]] (1830–1889) **[[William Wright (poet)]], (1782–?) Scottish poet **[[William Wright (politician)]] (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and US Senator **[[William Wright (privateer)]], English privateer in French service and later buccaneer who raided Spanish towns in the late 1600s **[[William Aldis Wright]], English writer **[[William Barton Wright]], British railway engineer **[[William Hammond Wright]] (1871–1959), American astronomer **[[William Henry Wright]] (1876–1951), Canadian industrialist and publisher * [[Wm. Robert Wright]], Latter Day Saint historian * [[Winky Wright]], American boxer * The [[Wright brothers]] (Wilbur and Orville Wright), airplane inventors. {{surname|nocat}} [[de:Wright]] [[es:Wright]] [[fr:Wright]] [[nl:Wright]] [[pl:Wright]] [[fi:Wright]] [[tr:Wright]] [[category:english surnames]]