Wright
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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). All uses of the word in English derive from this meaning.
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[edit] People
Wright is a surname and may refer to:
- Alexander Wright, British army private 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
- 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
- Clarissa Dickson-Wright, Scottish TV cook
- Cliff Wright, British illustrator
- 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
- 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, 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 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
- 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 (born 1961), science fiction and fantasy writer
- John Cardinal 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
- 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
- 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, American actor
- Michael Wright, the rapper 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
- 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 from the popular Nintendo DS game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
- 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.
- Robert C. 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 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
- Susan Mary Wright, the mother Susan Barrantes of Sarah, Duchess of York
- Susan Webber Wright, American judge
- Syreeta Wright, American singer-somgwriter
- 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 Wright (Scottish), Scottish footballer who played for Leicester City in the late '80s and early '90s.
- Tommy Wright (English), English footballer who played for Leicester City in the early 2000s
- Tommy Wright (Northern Ireland), 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
- Wallace Duffield Wright, British soldier
- Whitaker Wright, English businessman
- Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), American inventor
- Will Wright, American computer game designer
- 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) [1]
- 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 (1871 – 1959), American astronomer
- William Henry Wright (1876 – 1951), Canadian industrialist and publisher
- Wm. Robert Wright, Latter Day Saint historian
- Winky Wright, American boxer
- Wilbur & Orville Wright, try make an airplane.
[edit] Places
Wright, the place, may refer to:
- Counties called Wright County in the United States
- Towns called Wright Township in the United States
[edit] Australia
- The Electoral district of Wright, a state electoral district in South Australia
[edit] Canada
- Wright, British Columbia
- Mont Wright, Cantons-Unis de Stoneham et Tewkesbury, Québec - near Québec City, site of a primeval forest park (Parc de la forêt ancienne du mont Wright)
- Mont Wright, Québec, a mountain near Fermont, Québec, site of major iron ore mining operations since the 1970s and now a 200 m (700 ft) deep pit as a result
- Mont-Wright, the hamlet situated near Mont Wright
- Wright Township, Québec (MRC La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Outaouais)
- Wright Island, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec
- Wright Island, Côte-Nord, Québec
- Wright Lake (MRC Basse-Côte-Nord), Côte-Nord, Québec
- Wright Lake (MRC La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau), Outaouais, Québec
- Wright Lake (MRC Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais), Outaouais, Québec
- Wright Lake (MRC Pontiac), Outaouais, Québec
- Wright Lake (MRC Sept-Rivières), Côte-Nord, Québec
- Wright Lake (MRC Témiscamingue), Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec
[edit] Philippines
- Wright, Capiz
- Wright, Samar
[edit] United States
Places in the United States called Wright include:
- Wright, Alabama, located in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
- Wright Crossroads, Alabama
- Wright, Arkansas, located in Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
- Wright Town, Arkansas
- Wright Place, California
- Wright, Florida, located in Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
- Wright Mill, Georgia
- Wright, Indiana, a township in Greene County, Indiana, USA
- Wright, Iowa, located in Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
- Wright, Kansas, located in Ford County, Kansas, USA
- Wright, Louisiana, located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Wright Corner, Maine
- Wright Acres, Maryland
- Wright, Michigan, two locations:
- Wright, Ottawa County, Michigan, located in Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
- Wright, Hillsdale County, Michigan, located in Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
- Wright, Minnesota, two locations:
- Wright, Carlton County, Minnesota, located in Carlton County, Minnesota, USA
- Wright, Marshall County, Minnesota, located in Marshall County, Minnesota, USA
- Wright, Mississippi, located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA
- Wright City, Missouri
- Wright Place, New Mexico
- Wright, New York, a town located in Schoharie County, New York, USA
- Wright Place, North Carolina
- Wright, North Dakota, a township in Dickey County, North Dakota, USA
- Wright City, Oklahoma
- Wright, South Dakota, a township in Tripp County, South Dakota, USA
- Wright, Tennessee, located in Lake County, Tennessee, USA
- Wright, Texas, located in Parker County, Texas, USA
- Wright City, Texas
- Wright, Virginia, located in Roanoke County, Virginia, USA.
- Wright Shop, Virginia
- Wright, West Virginia, located in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
- Wright, Wyoming, a town located in Campbell County, Wyoming, USA
[edit] Others
Wright may also refer to:
- Asa Wright Nature Centre
- USS Wright, the name of two ships of the United States Navy
- Curtiss-Wright
- The Wrights, Australian rock music group
- Wright (ADL), an architecture description language developed by Carnegie Mellon University
- Wright Aeronautical
- Wright-Martin
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
- Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio, USA
- Wright's stain, a staining method for blood films
- Wrightbus
- Wrightson
[edit] See also
- Right
- Write (disambiguation)
- Rite
- Wrights
- Wrightville
- Wrightwood