William Wright

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ɾThere are many well-known people called William Wright or Bill Wright, such as (arranged by date of birth):

• William Wright (privateer), English privateer in French service and later buccaneer who raided Spanish towns in the late 1600s,
• William Wright (botanist) (1735-1819), Scottish physician and botanist,
• William Wright (sailor) (??-1821), a sailor on the Whaleship Essex,
• William Wright (poet) (1782-??), Scottish poet,
• William Wright (politician) (1794-1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and US Senator,
• William Wright (shipbuilder) (c.1800-1878), Canadian shipbuilder,
• William Wright (1829-1898), the real name of Dan DeQuille, American author, newspaperman, and humorist,
• William Wright (Orientalist) (1830-1889) ,[1],
• William Wright (Medal of Honor) (1835-?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient,
• William Carter Wright (1866-1933), US Representative from Georgia,
• William Henry Wright (1876–1951), Canadian prospector and publisher ,
• Will Wright (actor) (1894-1962), American character actor in film and TV,
• William Wright (actor) (1911-1949), American movie actor,
• 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 (game designer), see: Will Wright,
• William Garrett Wright (poet) (born 1979), American Poet,
• William Wright (1978-Current) Convicted Drug Dealer, Rapist, Murderer, and played a stroke victim on TV series House, ER, and various soap operas.
• Father William Wright, English Roman Catholic missionary priest

• • See also: Billy Wright, Wright