Boatwright is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
of
English origin, meaning ''boat builder''.
It is frequently spelt Boatright without the "w". The name may refer to:
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Bennie Boatwright
Bennie Francois Boatwright III (born July 13, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans.
Early life
Boatwright i ...
(born 1996), American Basketball player
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Bon Boatwright (born 1951) American Professional Football player
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Brad Boatright (born 1976), American musician, record producer, and mastering engineer
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Brian Boatright (born 1962), justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
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Daniel E. Boatwright (1930–2012), American politician from California; state legislator 1973–96
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Danni Boatwright (born 1975), American beauty queen, model, and TV personality
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Frederic W. Boatwright (1868–1951), American college president
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Helen Boatwright (1916–2010), American soprano who specialized in the performance of American song
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Jim Boatwright (1951–2013), American-Israeli basketball player
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John B. Boatwright (1881–1965), Virginia lawyer and legislator
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John Boatright (1923–2006), American painter
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Kenneth Boatright (born 1990), American football defensive end
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Mary T. Boatwright (born 1952), American professor of classical studies
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McHenry Boatwright (1928–1994), American operatic bass-baritone and singing teacher
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Peter Boatwright, American non-fiction writer and an associate professor of marketing at the
Tepper School of Business
The Tepper School of Business is the business school of Carnegie Mellon University. It is located in the university's campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The school offers degrees from the undergraduate through doctoral levels, in addition to ...
at
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...
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Ryan Boatright (born 1992), American professional basketball player
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Todd Boatwright (born 1965), American television news anchor of
News 8 Austin's weekday morning news
Fictional
* August, June and May Boatwright, fictional three sisters of the
Sue Monk Kidd's novel ''
The Secret Life of Bees''
* Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright is the fictional narrator of
Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Earlene Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won a number o ...
's debut novel ''
Bastard out of Carolina
''Bastard Out of Carolina'' is a 1992 novel by Dorothy Allison. Semi-autobiographical in nature, the book is set in Allison's hometown of Greenville, South Carolina in the 1950s. Narrated by Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright, the primary conflict o ...
''
See also
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Boatright House, Kentucky, US
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Botwright, surname
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References
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Occupational surnames
English-language occupational surnames