William Wright
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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
Entertainment[edit]
- 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
Politicians[edit]
- 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
Religious[edit]
- 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
Health, science, and engineering[edit]
- 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
Sports[edit]
- 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
Others[edit]
- 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
See also[edit]
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