Wight (surname)
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Wight is a surname.
People
- Andrew Wight (c. 1960–2012), Australian screenwriter and film producer
- Orlando Williams Wight (1824-1888), American author
- Paul Wight (b. 1972), American professional wrestler, known in WWE as "Big Show"
- Robert Wight (1796–1872), Scottish surgeon and botanist
- Sean Wight (1964–2011), Australian rules football player
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According to one story, an army regiment was forcibly recruited from young men on the Isle of Wight and marched north to quell a rebellion in southern Scotland. On demobilisation,the men were all given the surname Wight before being released into the surrounding countryside to intermingle with and eventually to marry into the local population.
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