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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 Britishfamily name .People with the family name
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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 politicianB
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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) , an American participant in events leading up to theModoc War of the 1870s
*Bernie Wright , British footballer and TV personality
*Betty Wright (born 1953), American musician
*Bill Wright (baseball player) (born 1914), an outfielder in the Negro Leagues, mentioned atBaseball 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 footballerC
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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 philosopherD
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D. Jeffrey Wright , conservationist, strategist, NGO organizer
*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
*Denny Wright , British guitarist
*Don Wright , American editorial cartoonist
*Doug Wright , American playwright
*Doug Wright II , Canadian cartoonist
*Doug Wright (cricketer) , English cricketerE
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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
**Emily Wriht , English school girl
*Eric Wright , one of several people including
** Eric Wright, the rapperEazy-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), musicianF
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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 personalityG
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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) (born 1958), mentioned atTexas Rangers all-time roster
**George Wright (general) , a U.S. general
**George Wright (governor) , a Canadian politician on thelist 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 writerH
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Harold Wright , Canadian athlete and engineer
*Harold Bell Wright , early 20th century American author
*Harry Wright , baseball player
*Henry T. Wright , American archaeologist, National Geographic, on thelist 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 generalI
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Ian Wright , English footballer and TV presenter
*Ian Wright (traveller) , British traveller
*Iain Wright (born 1972), British politicianJ
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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) ,Academy Award for Best Art Direction 1942 & 1962
**Joseph Wright (coach builder) , 19th century English railway rolling stock builder forMidland 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 poetK
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Katharine Wright , teacher and sister of Wilbur and Orville
*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 actressL
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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 playerM
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Manuel Wright , American football player
* 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 (1949– ), American composer forEscape 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
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Nathan Wright , English courtier
*Nate Wright , American football playerO
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Orville Wright (1871–1948), American inventorP
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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) , Australian rugby league footballer
*Peter Wright (rugby union) , Scottish rugby union footballer and coach
*Philemon Wright , Canadian farmer
* Phoenix Wright, a defense attorney and the main character of the Nintendo DS video game ""Q
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Quincy Wright , American political scientistR
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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 ofPink Floyd
**Richard Wright (politician) , American politician, listed atNorth 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*
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-songwriterT
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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 (antiquarian) (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 (disambiguation) , 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 playerV
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Vivian Wright , fictional character from "Dream Team"
*Virginia Wright , (born 1958–), author, mentioned inBroken Obelisk
*Victoria Wright , (born 1994), singer/actress/dancerW
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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 "The 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
* TheWright brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright), airplane inventors.
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