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A cartwright was a person who made carts. It has thus become a surname, and may refer to:
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- Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892), American engineer and an inventor of baseball
- Angela Cartwright (born 1942), British-born American actress
- Ann Cartwright (born 1925), statistician and socio-medical researcher
- Bec Cartwright (born 1983), Australian actress
- Ben Cartwright (actor), British actor
- Bill Cartwright (born 1957), former NBA basketball player
- Carol A. Cartwright, 10th President of Kent State University
- Ed Cartwright (1859-1933), Major League Baseball first baseman
- Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823), British clergyman and inventor of the power loom
- Erik Cartwright (born 1950), musician
- George Cartwright (1894-1978), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- George Cartwright (trader) (1739-1819), trader and explorer
- Harold Cartwright (born 1951), English cricketer
- James Cartwright (athlete), Olympic athlete
- James E. Cartwright (born 1949), United States Marine Corps general
- Jim Cartwright (born 1958), English actor
- Joan Cartwright (born 1947), jazz and blues singer, composer, author and educator
- John Cartwright (political reformer) (1740-1824), supporter of American independence and British political reform
- John Cartwright (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- John Cartwright (UK politician) (born 1933), UK Member of Parliament
- John Benjamin Cartwright (inventor) (born 1984)self proclaimed peopleist and night walker.
- John Robert Cartwright (1895-1979), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- John Solomon Cartwright (1804-1845), businessman, lawyer, judge, farmer and political figure
- Justin Cartwright (born 1945), British novelist
- Lee Cartwright (born 1972), footballer
- Lynn Cartwright (1927-2004), American actress
- Mary Cartwright (1900-1998), British mathematician
- Nancy Cartwright (actress) (born 1957), American voice actress
- Nancy Cartwright (philosopher) (born 1943), professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics
- Peggy Cartwright (1912-2001), Canadian silent-era actress
- Peter Cartwright (actor) (born 1935), South African actor
- Peter Cartwright (exhorter) (1785-1872), early American "hellfire and brimstone" preacher
- Randy Cartwright (born 1951), American animator
- Rianti Cartwright (born 1983), Indonesian model, actress, and VJ MTV
- Richard Cartwright (murderer) (1974-2005), death row inmate and activist
- Richard Cartwright (Upper Canada politician) (1759-1815), businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada
- Richard John Cartwright (1835-1912), Canadian businessman and politician
- Robert Cartwright (born 1990), Canadian soccer player
- Rock Cartwright (born 1979), American football player
- Ryan Cartwright (born 1981), British actor
- Samuel A. Cartwright (1793-1863), Confederate States of America physician
- Silvia Cartwright (born 1943), New Zealand's second female Governor-General
- Steve Cartwright, American computer and video game designer
- Thomas Cartwright (architect) (circa 1635-1703), 17th century English architect
- Thomas Cartwright (churchman) (circa 1535-1603), English Puritan churchman
- Tom Cartwright (born 1935), former English cricketer
- Veronica Cartwright (born 1950), English actress
- Walter Cartwright (born 1871), English footballer
- William Cartwright (1611-1643), English dramatist and churchman
- William Cartwright (film editor), American film editor
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