William Wright

William, Will or Bill Wright may refer to:

Authors, poets and writers

William Wright (1829–1898), real name of Dan DeQuille, American author, newspaperman, and humorist
William Wright (author) (born c. 1930), American author of Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals
William Wright (missionary) (1837–1899), Irish missionary and author of The Empire of the Hittites
William Wright (poet) (born 1782), Scottish poet
William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), English writer and editor

Bill Wright (producer), creator of the British quiz show Mastermind (TV series)
Will Wright (actor) (1891–1962), American character actor in film and TV
Will Wright (game designer) (born 1960), American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company, Maxis

William Wright (16th century MP) for City of York (UK Parliament constituency)
William Wright (American politician) (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and US Senator
William Wright (Canadian politician) (1853–1926), Canadian Member of Parliament
William Wright (Scottish politician) (1862–1931), Scottish politician, Member of Parliament for Rutherglen, 1922–1931
William Ambrose Wright (1844–1929), soldier, statesman, lawyer, and devoted Christian. 50-year Georgia Comptroller General
William B. Wright (1806–1868), Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals, 1868
William C. Wright (1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia
William W. Wright (1813–1889), New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner

Bill Wright (catcher), American baseball catcher for the Washington Nationals in 1887
Bill Wright (coach), Tennessee Volunteers baseball head coach 1963−1981
Bill Wright (outfielder) (born 1914), American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
Will Wright (cyclist) (born 1973), Welsh cyclist
William Wright (cricketer) (1909–1988), English cricketer

William Wright (aviator) (1895–1995), English aviator during World War I
William Wright (bishop) (1904–1990), Archbishop of Ontario
William Wright (explorer), member of Australian Burke and Wills expedition
William Wright (orientalist) (1830–1889), British Orientalist, grammarian and researcher of Syriac and Arabic
William Wright (priest) (1562–1639), English Roman Catholic missionary priest
William Wright (privateer) (1675–1682fl. 1675–1682), English privateer in French service and later buccaneer who raided Spanish towns in the late 1600s
William Henry Wright (1876–1951), Canadian prospector and publisher
William M. Wright (1863–1943), Lieutenant General in the United States Army
Wm. Robert Wright (born 1935), American lawyer and Mormon historian