William Wright

William, Will or Bill Wright may refer to:

Authors, poets and writers[edit]

William Wright (poet) (1782–?), Scottish poet
William Wright (1829–1898), real name of Dan DeQuille, American author, newspaperman, and humorist
William Wright (author) (1930–2016), American author of Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals
William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), English writer and editor

William Lord Wright (1879–1947), American screenwriter and film producer
Will Wright (actor) (1894–1962), American character actor in film and TV
William Wright (actor) (1911–1949), American actor
Will Wright (game designer) (born 1960), American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis

William Wright (United States politician) (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and US Senator
William B. Wright (1806–1868), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, 1868
William W. Wright (1813–1889), New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner
William Wright (Australian politician) (1816–1877), British Army officer and politician in colonial Victoria, member of the Victorian Legislative Council
William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician
William McKay Wright (1840–1882), Quebec lawyer and political figure
William Ambrose Wright (1844–1929), soldier, lawyer, government official
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 C. Wright (1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia
William Wright (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1925), Northern Irish business owner and politician

William Wright (priest) (1563–1639), English Roman Catholic missionary priest
William Burnet Wright (1836–1924), American clergyman
William Wright (missionary) (1837–1899), Irish missionary and author of The Empire of the Hittites
William Wright (Canadian bishop) (1904–1990), Archbishop of Ontario
William Wright (Australian bishop) (born 1952), Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
William Godsell Wright (1904–1973), Episcopal prelate

William Wright (botanist) (1735–1819), Scottish physician and botanist
William Wright (surgeon) (1773–1860), aural surgeon in England
William Barton Wright (1828–1915), British railway engineer
William Hammond Wright (1871–1959), American astronomer
William Wright (engineer) (ca. 1880), American engineer who contributed to the development of the Corliss steam engine
Willy Wright (1917–2010), British civil servant and geologist

Bill Wright (catcher), American baseball catcher, 1887
William Wright (footballer) (1900–?), Exeter City and Huddersfield Town
Bill Wright (rugby union) (1905–1971), New Zealand player
William Wright (cricketer) (1909–1988), English cricketer
Bill Wright (footballer, born 1914) (1914–?), English soccer player
Bill Wright (outfielder) (1914–1996), American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) (1924–1994), English footballer
Will Wright (cyclist) (born 1973), Welsh cyclist

William Wright (privateer) (fl. 1675–1682), English privateer
William Wright (orientalist) (1830–1889), British Orientalist, grammarian and researcher of Syriac and Arabic
William M. Wright (1863–1943), lieutenant general in the United States Army
William Henry Wright (1876–1951), Canadian prospector and publisher
William Wright (Indian civil servant) (1895–1990), English aviator
William Robert Wright (1935–2012), American lawyer and Mormon historian
William Purvis Wright (1846–1910), Royal Marines officer
William P. Wright (1846–1933), American Civil War officer