Bright

Bright may refer to:

• Brightness, the perception of how dark or light a source of luminance is
• Being bright (adjective), describing colloquially, something with intelligence (trait)
• The Brights movement, a social movement promoting the naturalistic world view
• A bright (noun), is a person with a naturalistic world view (capital B [Bright] is used if the person is a member of the Brights movement, see above)
• Bright's disease, historical classification of kidney diseases
• Brighter a song by American rock band Paramore from debut album "All We Know Is Falling"

Places

Australia 

• Bright, Victoria, a town in Australia
• Electoral district of Bright in South Australia

Northern Ireland 

• Bright, County Down, a village and also a parish in County Down, Northern Ireland

United States

• Bright, Georgia, a locality in Dawson County along Corridor A
• Bright, Indiana, a census-designated place
• Bright, West Virginia
• Bright, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

People

• Bill Bright (1921–2003), American evangelist
• Bobby Bright, former U.S. congressman and former mayor of Montgomery, Alabama
• Dora Bright (1862–1951), English composer and pianist
• Sir Graham Bright, British Conservative politician
• H. R. "Bum" Bright (1920-2004), American businessman and former owner of the Dallas Cowboys
• James Franck Bright (1832–1920), English historian
• Jason Bright (born 1973), Australian racing driver
• Jesse Bright (1812–1875), U.S. Senator removed from office during the American Civil War
• John Bright (1811–1889), British Liberal politician
• Richard Bright (actor) (1937–2006), American actor
• Richard Bright (physician) (1789–1858), English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease
• Robert Bright (1902-1988), Author of Georgie
• Susie Bright (b. 1958), sexuality writer
• William Bright (1928–2006), linguist

Other uses

• Bright 106.4 FM, local radio station in Sussex, UK
• Bright (American band), an experimental pop group from Brooklyn, New York
  • Bright (album), the eponymous debut from the aforementioned group
• Bright (Japanese band), a dance vocal band from Japan
• Bright (Suikoden), a character from the Genso Suikoden series of games
• BRIGHT (nanosatellite), the BRIght-star Target Explorer
• Bright (programming language), a scripting language derived from Lua
• Bright Noa, a fictional character from the Gundam anime metaverse
• Bright Automotive, American manufacturer of electric vehicles
• Brightnetwork, British social recruitment website

See also

• Bert, a name traditionally meaning bright, which has been incorporated into many names