Cartwright

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A cartwright is a person who builds and repairs wooden carts (wright meaning a craftsman or builder). This occupational name eventually became the English surname Cartwright.

Cartwright may also refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Music 4 Fictional characters 5 Medicine

[edit] People

• Alexander Cartwright (1820–1892), an American engineer and an inventor of baseball
• Angela Cartwright (b. 1942), a British-born American actress
• Bec Cartwright (b. 1983), an Australian actress
• Bill Cartwright (b. 1957), a former NBA basketball player
• Carol A. Cartwright, the 10th President of Kent State University
• Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823), a British clergyman and inventor of the power loom
• Frederick John Cartwright (?-2004), British born ex-VP of Ampex, Harvey, New Brunswick
• George Cartwright, an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James E. Cartwright, Commander, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
• Jim Cartwright (b. 1958), an English actor
• John Cartwright (political reformer) (1740–1824), supporter of American independence and British political reform
• John Robert Cartwright (1895–1979), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• John Cartwright (UK politician), UK Member of Parliament
• Lynn Cartwright (1927–2004), an American actress
• Mary Cartwright, (1900–1998), a British mathematician
• Nancy Cartwright (actress) (b. 1957), an American actress, best noted for providing the voice of Bart Simpson
• Nancy Cartwright (philosopher), a professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics
• Peggy Cartwright (1912–2001), a Canadian silent-era actress
• Peter Cartwright (exhorter), a "hellfire and brimstone" preacher born in Amherst County, Virginia
• Peter Cartwright (New Zealand), the husband of the Governor-General of New Zealand and chair of the Broadcasting Standards Authority
• Richard John Cartwright (1835–1912), a Canadian businessman and politician
• Silvia Cartwright (b. 1943), the Governor-General of New Zealand
• Thomas Cartwright (architect)
• Thomas Cartwright (bishop), a Bishop of Chester
• Thomas Cartwright (churchman) (1535–1603), an English Puritan clergyman
• Veronica Cartwright (b. 1950), an English actress
• William Cartwright (1611–1643), an English dramatist and churchman
• William Cartwright (film editor), a documentary film editor

[edit] Places

• Cartwright in the Canadian province of Manitoba
• Cartwright in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Cartwright, Alabama in Limestone County, Alabama, USA
• Cartwright, Arizona in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
• Cartwright, Kentucky in Clinton County, Kentucky, USA
• Cartwright, Louisiana in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
• Cartwright, North Dakota in McKenzie County, North Dakota, USA
• Cartwright, Oklahoma in Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA
• Cartwright, Pennsylvania in Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Cartwright, Tennessee, two locations:
  • Cartwright, Tennessee, in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, USA
  • Cartwright, Tennessee, in Smith County, Tennessee, USA
• Cartwright, Texas, two locations:
  • Cartwright, Texas, in Kaufman County, Texas, USA
  • Cartwright, Texas, in Wood County, Texas, USA
• Cartwright, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
• Cartwright-L’Anse Au Clair, a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Cartwrights Crossing in McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA

[edit] Music

• Cartwright is a rock band centered in Rocky Mount, NC

[edit] Fictional characters

• The Cartwright family from the TV series Bonanza
• Fleet Admiral Cartwright, a character in the Star Trek universe

[edit] Medicine

• Cartwright antigen system