Samuel or Sam Wright may refer to:

Government

* Samuel G. Wright (1781–1845), United States Representative from New Jersey * Samuel C. Wright (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 1 ...

, (1828–1918), American Civil War soldier * Samuel T. Wright III (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 in ...

(1887–1948), Canadian wholesale merchant and political figure in Ontario * Samuel D. Wright (1925–1998), American politician in New York

Sports

Sam Wright (Australian footballer) Samuel Wright (born 15 July 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer and the current senior coach of in the AFL Women's competition. Wright played 136 games for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), a ...

(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 ...

(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. (1812–1877), English-American cricketer *

Samuel Wright (Jamaican cricketer) Samuel Wright (6 December 1933 — 30 March 2025) was a Jamaican cricketer. He played in one first-class match for the Jamaican cricket team in 1958/59. See also * List of Jamaican representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers w ...

(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) (1683–1746), dissenting divine * Sam Wright (priest) (born 1959), Dean of Connor since 2016 * Samuel E. Wright (1946–2021), American actor and singer * Samuel F. Wright, attorney active in veterans issues * Samuel Hart Wright (1825–1905), farmer, astronomer, botanist, teacher, and almanac editor {{hndis, Wright, Samuel