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 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

Entertainment

• Bill Wright (producer), creator of the British quiz show Mastermind
• 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 Lord Wright (1879–1947), American screenwriter and film producer

Politicians

• William Wright (16th century MP) for City of York
• 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 Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician
• William C. Wright (1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia
• William McKay Wright (1840–1882), Quebec lawyer and political figure
• William W. Wright (1813–1889), New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner

Scientists and engineers

• William Wright (botanist) (1735–1819), Scottish physician and botanist
• William Barton Wright (1828–1915), British railway engineer
• William Hammond Wright (1871–1959), American astronomer
• Willy Wright (1917–2010), British civil servant and geologist

Sports

• 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 (footballer) (born 1900), footballer for Exeter City and Huddersfield Town

Others

• William Wright (aviator) (1895–1990), 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
• William Robert Wright (1935–2012), American lawyer and Mormon historian

See also

• Billy Wright (disambiguation)
• Liam Andrew Wright (born 1985), British film director, screenwriter and producer