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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==
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===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 & 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.
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