William Wright

William, Will or Bill Wright may refer to:

Authors, poets and writers[edit]

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 Wright (poet) (born 1782), Scottish poet
William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), English writer and editor

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

William Wright (16th century MP) for City of York
William Wright (Australian politician) (1816-1877), British Army officer and politician in colonial Victoria, member of the Victorian Legislative Council
William Wright (United States 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 Wright (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1925), Northern Irish business owner and politician
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 New York 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

William Wright (priest) (1562–1639), English Roman Catholic missionary priest
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 Burnet Wright (1836-1924), American clergyman

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), 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 for the Washington Nationals in 1887
Bill Wright (coach), Tennessee Volunteers baseball head coach 1963−1981
Bill Wright (outfielder) (1914–1996), 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
Bill Wright (footballer, born 1914), English soccer player
Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) (1924–1994), England and Wolverhampton Wanderers footballer
Bill Wright (rugby union) (1905—1971), New Zealand rugby union player
Will Wright (rugby league) Born 1970 Cessnock NSW. (NSW Country Rugby League Player) Played from Age 5yrs to Age 42yrs. Clubs Included: Cessnock Mongrels (rugby union), Cessnock Goannas, Kurri Bulldogs, Toronto Scorpions, Port Hedland Cougars, Newman Bulldogs, Bunbury Barbarians (rugby union), South West Warriors. Played alongside rugby league legend Andrew Johns, also played with Matthew Johns, Billy Peden, and many other ARL/NRL stars during and after their professional careers finished. Coached by Garry Johns in his junior career as well as Steven Joey Fulmer in his senior career. Was best known for his toughness on the field and although small in stature made note to pick out and target the biggest man in the field to make a point.

William Wright (aviator) (1895–1990), English aviator during World War I
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 (privateer) (fl. 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