Richard Wright may refer to:

Arts

Richard Wright (author) Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans dur ...

(1908–1960), African-American novelist *

Richard B. Wright Richard Bruce Wright (March 4, 1937 – February 7, 2017) was a Canadian novelist. He was known for his break-through 2001 novel ''Clara Callan,'' which won three major literary awards in Canada: The Giller Prize, the Trillium Book Award, and th ...

(1937–2017), Canadian novelist *

Richard Wright (painter) Richard Wright ( – ) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one ...

(1735–1775), marine painter *

Richard Wright (artist) Richard Wright (born London, 1960) is an English artist and musician. Wright was born in London. His family moved to Scotland when he was young. He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1978 to 1982 and studied at Glasgow School of Art between ...

(born 1960), British artist and musician, band member of Correcto *

Richard Wright (musician) Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English musician who was a co-founder of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He played keyboards and sang, appearing on almost every Pink Floyd album and performing on a ...

(1943–2008), founding member of Pink Floyd

Politics

Richard Wright (MP) Richard Wright (c. 1568–1639), MP of Sherborne, Dorset, was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dorchester in 1597 and for Queenborough. Family Richard Wright was the eldest son of Robert Wright of Sturminster Newton, Dorset. He wa ...

(1568–1639), MP for Dorchester from 1597 to 1598 *

Richard L. Wright Richard LaFollette Wright (born January 18, 1943) is an American political leader who held a number of positions at both the state and national level. He served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of New Jersey in the Cabinet of Governor Jim Flori ...

(born 1943), American political leader *

Richard R. Wright Richard Robert Wright Sr. (May 16, 1855 – July 2, 1947) was an American military officer, educator and college president, politician, civil rights advocate and banking entrepreneur. Among his many accomplishments, he founded a high school, a col ...

(1855–1947), American military officer, educator, politician, civil rights advocate, and banking entrepreneur

Sports

Richard Wright (cricketer, born 1877) Richard Gane Wright (1 January 1877 – 27 October 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and educator. The son of Richard Wright senior and his wife, Anne Maria Jones, Wright was born on New Year's Day in 1877 at Gisburn, Yorkshire. H ...

(1877–1942), English cricketer *

Richard Wright (cricketer, born 1903) Richard Leslie Wright (1903-1991) was an English cricketer active from 1923 to 1926 who played for Northamptonshire. He appeared in 54 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. One of four brothers who played ...

(1903–1991), English cricketer *

Richard Wright (footballer) Richard Ian Wright (born 5 November 1977) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is a goalkeeping coach for Premier League side Manchester City. As a player he was a goalkeeper. He joined Ipswich Town as a tra ...

(born 1977), retired English football goalkeeper

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Richard Wright (headmaster) Richard Wright may refer to: Arts * Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960), African-American novelist * Richard B. Wright (1937–2017), Canadian novelist * Richard Wright (painter) (1735–1775), marine painter * Richard Wright (artist) (born 196 ...

(1572–1638), headmaster of Eaton College 1611 *

Richard Wright (Unitarian) Richard Wright (7 February 1764 – 16 September 1836) was an English Unitarian minister, and the itinerant missionary of the Unitarian Fund, a missionary society established in 1806. Life The eldest son of Richard Wright, he was born at Blaken ...

(1764–1836), Unitarian minister *

Richard Cotsman Wright Richard Cotsman Wright (1860–1921) was a Canadians, Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1918-1927. As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period. He embr ...

(1841–1921), Canadian architect *

Richard R. Wright Jr. Richard Robert Wright Jr. (April 16, 1878 in Cuthbert, Georgia – December 12, 1967) was an American sociologist, social worker, and minister. In 1911, Wright became the first African American to earn a doctorate in sociology from an organized ...

(1878–1967), American sociologist * Richard T. Wright (born 1951), American criminologist * Orville Wilbur Richard "Rick" Wright, a character in the TV series ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'', named Orville "Rick" Wright in the 2018 series reboot

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