William, Will, or Bill Wright may refer to:

William

Arts and entertainment

William Aldis Wright William Aldis Wright (1 August 183119 May 1914) was an English writer and classical scholar. He was best known for founding '' The Cambridge Shakespeare'' alongside writer William George Clark. Additionally, he was friends with poet Edward FitzG ...

(1831–1914), English editor, literary executor of Edward FitzGerald *

William Garrett Wright William Garrett Wright is an American poet, editor, and writer. Raised in Edgefield, South Carolina, Wright has worked as an educator at institutions such as Emory University, Oxford College at Emory University, and The University of Tennessee. ...

(born 1979), American poet and editor *

William Wright (poet) William Wright (c. 1782-??) was a Scottish poet. Born in the Row, Ednam, he was largely paralysed from birth. He was particularly keen on nature poetry, and spent long hours in Ednam kirkyard In Christian countries, a churchyard is a pa ...

(1782–?), Scottish poet * William Lord Wright (1879–1947), American screenwriter and film producer *

William Wright (actor) William Wright (January 5, 1911 – January 19, 1949) was an American actor. He is unrelated to the more famous character actor Will Wright (actor), Will Wright. Career He was a leading man in films who was most popular in the 1940s wh ...

(1911–1949), American film actor in the 1940s *

William Wright (author) William Connor Wright Jr. (October 22, 1930 – June 4, 2016) was an American author, editor and playwright. He is best known for his non fiction writing covering a widely divergent list of subjects: from the April in Paris Ball at the Wald ...

(1930–2016), American non-fiction writer

Military

* William Wierman Wright (1824–1882), American civil engineer and Civil War officer for U.S. Military Railroads * William P. Wright (1846–1933), American Civil War officer *Sir

William Purvis Wright General Sir William Purvis Wright, (16 July 1846 – 30 April 1910) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Wright was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry Royal may refe ...

(1846–1910), Royal Marines officer *

William M. Wright William Mason Wright (September 24, 1863 – August 16, 1943) was a career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of lieutenant general and was most notable for his service as a division and corps commander during World War I. E ...

(1863–1943), lieutenant general in the United States Army * William Wright (Indian civil servant) (1895–1990), British World War I flying ace * William Wright (Medal of Honor) (1835–?), Medal of Honor recipient

Politics

U.S. politics

* William Wright (New Jersey politician) (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and U.S. Senator * William W. Wright (1813–1889), New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner * William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician *

William Ambrose Wright William Ambrose Wright (January 19, 1844 – September 13, 1929) was a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army, and Georgia state comptroller for fifty years, as well as insurance commissioner. Biography William Ambrose Wright was born in ...

(1844–1929), Georgia state comptroller *

William C. Wright William Carter Wright (January 6, 1866 – June 11, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born on a farm in Carroll County, Georgia, Wright moved with his parents to Newnan, Georgia, in 1869. He attended the common and high schools of ...

(1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia

Other politics

William Wright (16th century MP) William Wright was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York on one occasion. Life and politics There are few records detailing the life of William Wright. Born around 1482 to William Wright. He was a merch ...

, MP for the City of York (1515) and lord mayor of York (1518–1519) * William Wright (Australian politician) (1816–1877), British Army officer and politician in colonial Victoria * William McKay Wright (1840–1882), Canadian Member of Parliament, Pontiac * William Wright (Canadian politician) (1853–1926), Canadian Member of Parliament, Muskoka *

William Wright (Scottish politician) William Wright (1862 – 9 April 1931) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. Born near Lincoln, Wright joined the Independent Labour Party, and began working for the party as a full-time organiser in South Wales in 1898. He later relocated t ...

(1862–1931), Member of Parliament for Rutherglen, 1922–1931 *Sir

William Wright (businessman) Sir William Thompson Wright, (September 1927 – 24 July 2022) was a Northern Irish business owner and Unionist politician. Early life Wright grew up in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s, when he joine ...

(1925–2022), Northern Irish business owner and Unionist politician

Religion

William Wright (English priest) William Wright (1563 in York, England – 18 January 1639 in London, England) was an English Roman Catholic scholar and Jesuit missionary priest. He was imprisoned after the Gunpowder plot. Life He was born at York, and was educated at St Peter ...

(1563–1639), English Catholic missionary priest *

William Burnet Wright William Burnet Wright (April 15, 1838 in Cincinnati His works include ''Master and Men'', published in 1894. References External links * * 1838 births 1924 deaths American Congregationalist ministers Religious leaders from Cincinnati ...

(1836–1924), Congregational clergyman from Ohio *

William Wright (missionary) William Wright (15 January 1837 – 31 July 1899) was an Irish missionary in Damascus and the author In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, v ...

(1837–1899), Irish missionary in Damascus *

William Wright (Canadian bishop) William Lockridge Wright (September 4, 1904 - January 19, 1990) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Personal life and education Wright was born into an ecclesiastical family on 8 September 1904 in Roslin, Ontario. He was educat ...

(1904–1990), Canadian Anglican bishop *

William Godsell Wright William Godsell Wright (March 13, 1904 August 4, 1973) was an Episcopal prelate who served as Bishop of Nevada from 1960 to 1972. Education Wright was born on March 13, 1904, in Greenville, Illinois, the son of William Clifford Wright and Edi ...

(1904–1973), Episcopal prelate who served as Bishop of Nevada *

William Wright (Australian bishop) William Joseph Wright (26 October 1952 13 November 2021) was the eighth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle in Australia. He was consecrated on 15 June 2011. Cardinal George Pell, two dozen priests, bishops and hundre ...

(1952–2021), bishop of Maitland-Newcastle

Science

William Wright (botanist) William Wright (1735–1819) was a Scottish physician, botanist and slave owner. In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Life He was born in March 1735 in Crieff, Perthshire, and was educated at Crieff Grammar School ...

(1735–1819), Scottish physician and botanist *

William Wright (surgeon) William Wright (1773–1860) was a British aural surgeon. Biography Wright was born at Dartford in Kent on 28 May 1773, was son of William and Margaret Wright. Wright was educated under John Cunningham Saunders, and was therefore in all proba ...

(1773–1860), English aural surgeon *

William Barton Wright William Barton Wright (13 November 1828 – 7 May 1915) was an English mechanical engineer, also tea plantation owner and mine owner. He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) from 1875. During his ten-year ca ...

(1828–1915), British railway engineer *

William Hammond Wright William Hammond Wright (November 4, 1871 – May 16, 1959) was an American astronomer and the director of the Lick Observatory from 1935 until 1942. Wright was born in San Francisco. After graduating in 1893 from the University of Californi ...

(1871–1959), American astronomer * William Wright (engineer) (c. 1880), American railway engineer

Sports

* William Wright (cricketer, born 1841) (1841–1916), English cricketer * William Wright (cricketer, born 1909) (1909–1988), English cricketer * William Wright (footballer) (1893–1945), English footballer for Exeter City and Huddersfield Town *

Will Wright (footballer) William Robert Wright (born 12 June 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Swindon Town. Career Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, Wright played youth football for Luton Town, before playing in non-league footba ...

(born 1997), English football defender

Other

* William Wright (privateer) (), English privateer and buccaneer * William B. Wright (1806–1868), justice of the New York Supreme Court *

William Wright (orientalist) William Wright (17 January 1830 – 22 May 1889) was a famous English Orientalist, and Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge. Many of his works on Syriac literature are still in print and of considerable scholarly value, especially ...

(1830–1889), professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge *

William Henry Wright William Henry Wright (21 April 1876 – 20 September 1951) was a Canadian prospector. In 1911, he discovered the Kirkland Lake Break, which hosted seven gold-producing mines. He used the proceeds from his gold finds to launch a national newspap ...

(1876–1951), Canadian prospector, founder of ''The Globe and Mail'' *

William Wright (master) William Wright was an English academic during the 16th-century; he graduated B.A. from Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a ...

, English academic *

William Wright (journalist) New Financial is a London-based think tank created in 2014 by William Wright, a former journalist. Background Wright studied history in the early 1990s at Merton College, Oxford and at University of London. He started his career in banking. In ...

, founder of the London-based think tank New Financial * William James Wright (1903–1994), Scottish farmer and agriculturalist

Will

Will Wright (actor) William Henry Wright (March 26, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American actor.Obituary '' Variety'', June 27, 1962, p. 52. He was frequently cast in Westerns and as a curmudgeonly and argumentative old man. Over the course of his career, ...

(1894–1962), American character actor in film and TV *

Will Wright (game designer) William Ralph Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, which later became part of Electronic Arts. In April 2009, he left EA to run Stupid Fun Club Camp, an entertain ...

(born 1960), co-founder of Maxis, designer of SimCity * Will Wright (cyclist) (born 1973), Welsh cyclist

Bill

* Bill Wright (catcher) (1864–1940), American professional baseball catcher * Bill Wright (footballer, born 1914) (1914–?), English footballer * Bill Wright (outfielder) (1914–1996), American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues * Bill Wright (rugby union) (1905–1971), New Zealand rugby player * Bill Wright (golfer) (1936–2021), American golfer