Cartwright (surname)
Cartwright is a surname that originally means a maker of carts.
People surnamed Cartwright include:
- Alan Cartwright (born 1945), British musician (Procol Harum)
- Alexander Cartwright (1820–1892), American engineer and supposed inventor of baseball
- Angela Cartwright (born 1952), British-born American actress (The Sound of Music)
- Ann Cartwright (born 1925), British statistician and socio-medical researcher
- Arnaud Cartwright Marts (1888–1970), American academic, president of Bucknell University (1935–1945)
- Bec Cartwright (born 1983), Australian actress and singer (Home and Away)
- Ben Cartwright (actor), British actor (Casualty)
- Bill Cartwright (born 1957), American basketball player (New York Knicks)
- Bill Cartwright (footballer born 1884) (1884-????), English footballer (Chelsea,Tottenham Hotspur)
- Brian Cartwright (born 1948), American lawyer and astrophysicist
- Carol A. Cartwright, American academic, president of Kent State University (1991–2006) and Bowling Green State University (born 2008)
- Casimir Cartwright van Straubenzee (1867–1956), British soldier
- Christopher Cartwright (1602–1658), English clergyman
- Cyril Cartwright, British cyclist
- D. F. Cartwright (1916–2009), British soldier, businessman and commercial fisherman
- Daisy Napulahaokalani Cartwright (1879-????), Hawaiian royal
- Deirdre Cartwright, British guitarist
- Dave Cartwright (born 1943), British musician and author
- Ed Cartwright (1859–1933), American baseball player (Washington Senators)
- Edward David Cartwright (1920–1997), British bishop, Bishop of Southampton (1984–1989)
- Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823), British clergyman and inventor of the power loom
- Elizabeth Cartwright, (born 1996), British, Writer
- Emily Jane Cartwright, British, Artist/Illustrator,
- Erik Cartwright (born 1950), musician (Foghat)
- Eva Kuwailanimamao Cartwright (1881–1948), Hawaiian royal
- Fairfax Cartwright (1823–1881), British politician, MP for Northamptonshire South (1868–1881)
- Fairfax Leighton Cartwright (1857–1928), British author and diplomat, Ambassador to Austria-Hungary (1908–1913)
- Geoff Cartwright, Australian actor (All Saints)
- George Cartwright (1894–1978), Australian soldier
- George Cartwright (trader) (1739–1819), British explorer
- Greg Cartwright (born 1970), American musician (Oblivians)
- Harold Cartwright (born 1951), English cricketer (Derbyshire)
- Ian Cartwright (born 1964), English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- James Cartwright (born 1949), American soldier, eighth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- James Cartwright (canoer) (born 1976), Canadian Olympic canoer
- Jeremy Cartwright, English, Human Resources (Director) (Imperial Leather)
- Jim Cartwright (born 1958), English dramatist (Road)
- John Cartwright (American football coach), American football coach
- John Cartwright (footballer) (born 1940), English footballer (Crystal Palace)
- John Cartwright (political reformer) (1740–1824), British political reformer
- John Cartwright (rugby league), Australian rugby league player (Penrith Panthers)
- John Cartwright (UK politician) (born 1933), British politician, MP for Woolwich East (1974–1983) and Woolwich (1983–1992)
- John Robert Cartwright (1895–1979), Canadian judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1967–1970)
- John Solomon Cartwright (1804–1845), Canadian businessman, lawyer, judge, farmer and political figure
- Joseph Cartwright, English rugby league player (Leigh)
- Justin Cartwright (born 1945), British novelist
- Julia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924), British art critic
- Lee Cartwright (born 1972), English footballer (Preston North End)
- Lionel Cartwright (born 1960), American country music artist
- Lynn Cartwright (1927–2004), American actress (A League of Their Own)
- Marc Cartwright (born 1975), American photographer
- Mark Cartwright (born 1973), English footballer (Wrexham)
- Mary Cartwright (1900–1998), British mathematician
- Michael Cartwright (born 1968), American charity worker
- Nancy Cartwright (actress) (born 1957), American voice actress (The Simpsons)
- Nancy Cartwright (philosopher) (born 1943), American philosopher
- Peggy Cartwright (1912–2001), Canadian silent-era actress (Our Gang)
- Peter Cartwright (actor) (born 1935), South African actor (Emmerdale)
- Peter Cartwright (revivalist) (1785–1872), American revivalist
- Randy Cartwright (born 1951), American animator
- Rianti Cartwright (born 1983), Indonesian actress, model and television presenter (Ayat-Ayat Cinta)
- 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 Cartwright Austin (born 1934), American writer and theologian
- Richard Fox Cartwright (1913–2009), British bishop, Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican) (1972–1982)
- Richard John Cartwright (1835–1912), Canadian businessman and politician, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (1911–1912)
- Robert Cartwright, art director
- Rock Cartwright (born 1979), American football player (Washington Redskins)
- Ryan Cartwright (born 1981), British actor (Bones)
- Samuel Cartwright (1789–1864), British dentist
- Samuel A. Cartwright (1793–1863), Confederate States of America physician
- Silvia Cartwright (born 1943), New Zealand lawyer, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand (2001–2006)
- Steve Cartwright, American computer and video game designer
- Stephen Cartwright (1947–2004), British illustrator
- Thomas Cartwright (architect) (c. 1635 – 1703), English architect
- Thomas Cartwright (bishop) (1634–1689), English bishop and diarist, Bishop of Chester (1686–1689)
- Thomas Cartwright (churchman) (c. 1535 – 1603), English Puritan churchman
- Thomas Cartwright (diplomat) (1795–1850), British diplomat
- Tom Cartwright (1935–2007), English cricketer (Warwickshire)
- Veronica Cartwright (born 1949), English actress (Daniel Boone)
- Vincent Cartwright (1882–1965), English rugby union player and cricketer
- Walter Cartwright (1871-????), English footballer
- Wilburn Cartwright (1892–1979), American lawyer and politician
- William Cartwright (actor) (c. 1606 – 1686), English actor
- William Cartwright (dramatist) (1611–1643), English dramatist and churchman
- William Cartwright (film editor), American film editor
- William Cornwallis Cartwright (1825–1915), British author and politician, MP for Oxfordshire (1868–1885)
- William Ralph Cartwright (1771–1847), British politician, MP for Northamptonshire (1797–1831) and for South Northamptonshire (1832–1846).
Fictional people
From the television series Bonanza:
Other fictional characters:
See also