George Wright

George Wright may refer to:

Politics, law and government

• George Wright (MP) (died 1557), MP for Bedford and Wallingford
• George Wright (governor) (1779–1842), Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island
• George Wright (jurist) (1917–1975), Australian judge
• George Wright (lawyer) (1847–1913), Solicitor General for Ireland
• George Wright (trade unionist), National Secretary of Australian Labor Party
• George F. Wright (1881–1938), American politician, mayor of Honolulu
• George G. Wright (1820–1896), United States senator from Iowa
• George Melendez Wright (1904–1936), American biologist, National Park Service
• George Merrill Wright (1865–?), American businessman and politician
• George Washington Wright (1816–1885), United States congressman from California
• George Wright (Jamaican politician), Jamaican member of parliament

Sports

• George Wright (sportsman) (1847–1937), American baseball player/manager, also active in golf and tennis
• George Wright (footballer, born 1919) (1919–?), English football goalkeeper
• George Wright (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2000), English football player
• George Wright (footballer, born 1969), Scottish football player (Heart of Midlothian FC)
• George Wright (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
• George Wright (American football) (born 1947), NFL player
• George Wright (outfielder) (born 1958), American baseball player
• George Wright (triple jumper) (born 1963), Canadian triple jumper
• George Wright (infielder) (1882–?), pre-Negro leagues baseball player
• George Wright (bowls) (1893–1949), English bowls player
• Bert Wright (footballer) (George Albert Wright, 1920–?), English soccer player

Others

• George Wright (artist) (1860 – 1944), British artist noted for his sporting and coaching scenes.
• George Wright (bishop) (1873–1956), Anglican bishop
• George Wright (fugitive) (born 1943), Portuguese criminal, alleged hijacker of Delta Air Lines Flight 841 in 1972
• George Wright (general) (1803–1865), American soldier and Civil War General
• George Wright (organist) (1920–1998), American organist
• George Wright (priest), Anglican priest in Ireland
• George Wright (psychologist) (born 1952), British psychologist
• George Caleb Wright (1889–1973), American architect
• G. Ernest Wright (1909–1974), American biblical scholar and archaeologist
• George Frederick Wright (1838–1921), American geologist and professor
• George Hand Wright (1872–1951), American painter, illustrator and printmaker
• George Henry Wright (1849–1912), Nova Scotian businessperson, social reformer and Titanic victim
• George Newenham Wright (c. 1794–1877), Anglo-Irish author and Anglican clergyman
• G. S. Wright (George Speller Wright, 1845–1935), South Australian banker