Samuel or Sam Wright may refer to:

Government

Samuel G. Wright Samuel Gardiner Wright (November 18, 1781 – July 30, 1845) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for from March to July of 1845. Early life Wright was born in Wrightstown, New Jersey. ...

(1781–1845), United States Representative from New Jersey *

Samuel C. Wright Samuel Cole Wright (September 29, 1842 – July 7, 1906) was a sergeant in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Wright served with the 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, participated in 30 battles, was wounded five ti ...

(1842–1906), American Civil War soldier *

Samuel Wright (Medal of Honor) Samuel Wright (January 20, 1828 - July 7, 1918) was an American soldier who fought for the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Nolensville defending a wagon train. Wright was born 20 January 18 ...

, (1828–1918), American Civil War soldier *

Samuel T. Wright III Samuel T. Wright III (born 1955) is a former Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was elected to the Supreme Court in November 2015, and lost re-election in 2020. Early life Wright was born and raised in Letcher County, Kentucky. ...

(born 1955), Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court *

Samuel Thomas Wright Samuel Thomas Wright (December 19, 1887 – January 28, 1948) was a wholesale merchant and political figure in Ontario. He represented Dovercourt in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1934 as a Conservative member. He was born i ...

(1887–1948), Canadian wholesale merchant and political figure in Ontario *

Samuel D. Wright Samuel D. Wright (February 13, 1925 – January 20, 1998) was an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly and the New York City Council. Wright was born on February 13, 1925, in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, to Daisy Belle Chishol ...

(1925–1998), American politician in New York

Sports

Sam Wright (Australian footballer) Samuel Wright (born 15 July 1990) is an Australian front office official at The Australian Ballet. Previously, he was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...

(born 1990), Australian rules footballer *

Sam Wright (baseball) Samuel Wright Jr. (November 25, 1848 – May 6, 1928) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for a total of four seasons for the New Haven Elm Citys (1875), Boston Red Caps (1876, 1881), and Cincinnati Sta ...

(1848–1928), American baseball shortstop *

Samuel Wright (English cricketer) Samuel Reginald Wright (4 January 1869 – 25 January 1947) was an English cricketer active from 1896 to 1897 who played for Leicestershire. He was born in Markfield and died in Romford. He appeared in three first-class matches as a lefthanded b ...

(1869–1947), English cricketer *

Samuel Wright Sr. Samuel Wright Sr. (22 May 1812 - 19 December 1877), known generally as Samuel Wright or Sam Wright, was an English-American cricketer and father of two baseball Hall-of-famers, Harry Wright and George Wright. He was a member and groundskeeper ...

(1812–1877), English-American cricketer *

Samuel Wright (Jamaican cricketer) Samuel Wright (born 6 December 1933) is a Jamaican cricketer. He played in one first-class cricket, first-class match for the Jamaica national cricket team, Jamaican cricket team in 1958/59. See also * List of Jamaican representative cricketers ...

(born 1933), Jamaican cricketer *

Sam Wright (English footballer) Sam Wright (born 28 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Belper Town, as a midfielder. Career He made his senior debut for Bradford City on 9 November 2016, in an EFL Trophy game against Morecambe Morecambe ( ...

(born 1997), English footballer

Others

Samuel Wright (nonconformist) Samuel Wright (1683–1746) was an English dissenting minister. Life Left early an orphan, Wright was brought up in his mother's family, who sent him to boarding schools at Attercliffe, near Sheffield, and Darton, near Wakefield. In 1699 he ent ...

(1683–1746), dissenting divine *

Sam Wright (priest) William Samuel Wright has been Dean of Connor since 2016. Born in 1959 he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1988. After a curacy in Belfast he held incumbencies at Cleenish and Lisburn Lisburn (; ) is a city i ...

(born 1959), Dean of Connor since 2016 *

Samuel E. Wright Samuel Ernest Wright (November 20, 1946 – May 24, 2021) was an American actor and singer. He was best known as the voice of List of The Little Mermaid characters#Sebastian, Sebastian in Walt Disney Pictures, Disney's ''The Little Mermaid (1989 ...

(1946–2021), American actor and singer *

Samuel F. Wright Samuel F. Wright is a Washington DC–based attorney active in veterans issues. Wright lives in Arlington, Virginia. Military career While a law student, Wright was commissioned in November 1973 as an ensign in the Naval Reserve, via the Navy's ...

, attorney active in veterans issues *

Samuel Hart Wright Samuel Hart Wright (c. 1825–1905) was a farmer, astronomer, botanist, teacher, and almanac editor. He accumulated and maintained a large collection of plants. He catalogued ''Hartwrightia'' and it is named for him. He served as an editor of the ...

(1825–1905), farmer, astronomer, botanist, teacher, and almanac editor {{hndis, Wright, Samuel