Wishart may refer to:

People

Surname

Adam Wishart Adam Wishart (born 1969) is a documentary filmmaker. His professional background includes writing, directing, and appearing in various productions for BBC television projects. Professional background Writing Wishart's first book, ''Leaving R ...

(born 1969), British documentary filmmaker *

Arthur Wishart Arthur Allison Wishart, (June 11, 1903 – November 23, 1986) was a politician and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1971. He was a Progressive Conservative member who served in the cabinets of John Robarts and Bill Davis. ...

(1903–1986), Canadian politician * Betty Rose Wishart (born 1947), American composer and pianist * Bobby Wishart (1933–2020), Scottish football player * Bridget Wishart (born 1962), English musician, and performance artist * Charles F. Wishart (1870–1960), American Presbyterian clergyman * Craig Wishart (born 1974), Zimbabwean cricketer * Eunice Wishart (1898–1982), Canadian politician in Ontario * Felicity Wishart (1965–2015), Australian conservationist and environmental activist *

Fraser Wishart Fraser Wishart (born 1 March 1965) is a Scottish former professional footballer, former Secretary of the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association, and current chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland. He is a ...

(born 1965), Scottish football player and commentator *

George Wishart George Wishart (also Wisehart; c. 15131 March 1546) was a Scottish Protestant Reformer and one of the early Protestant martyrs burned at the stake as a heretic. George Wishart was the son of James and brother of Sir John of Pitarrow ...

(c. 1513–1546), Scottish religious reformer and Protestant martyr * Gordon Wishart (born 1960), British surgeon * Hugh Wishart (fl. 1793-1824), American silversmith * Ian Wishart (disambiguation), various people * James Wishart (1659–1723), British admiral and politician * Jock Wishart (born ?), Scottish maritime and polar adventurer, sportsman, and explorer *

John Wishart (disambiguation) John Wishart may refer to: * John Wishart (bishop) (died 1338), bishop of Glasgow *John Wishart of Pitarrow (d. 1576), Scottish lawyer and politician * John Wishart (surgeon) (1850–1926), Canadian surgeon *John Wishart (statistician) John Wish ...

, more than one person *

Kenneth Wishart Kenneth Leslie Wishart (18 November 1908 – 18 October 1972) was a West Indian international cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, ...

(1908–1972), Guyanese cricketer * Maria Torrence Wishart (1893–1982), Canadian medical illustrator * Michael Wishart (1928–1996), English painter *

Pete Wishart Peter Wishart (born 9 March 1962) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and musician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth and Kinross-shire since 2024. He previously served as the MP for Perth and North Perthshir ...

(born 1962), Scottish politician * Peter Wishart (1921–1984), English composer *

Robert Wishart Robert Wishart was Bishop of Glasgow during the Wars of Scottish Independence and a leading supporter of Sir William Wallace and King Robert Bruce. For Wishart and many of his fellow churchmen, the freedom of Scotland and the freedom of the S ...

(?–1316), Scottish bishop *

Rod Wishart Rod Wishart (born 15 October 1968) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative goal-kicking winger, he played club ...

(born 1968), Australian rugby player *

Spencer Wishart Spencer E. Wishart (December 3, 1889 – August 22, 1914) was an American racing driver. He was active during the early years of Indy car racing. Biography Wishart was born on December 3, 1889, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wishart was kil ...

(1889–1914), American race car driver *

Stevie Wishart Stevie Wishart is a composer, improviser, and performer on the hurdy-gurdy and violin. Mainly involved in contemporary music, she has also had a career in early music and has edited and recorded the complete works of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, ...

(born ?), English composer and musician *

Trevor Wishart Trevor Wishart (born 11 October 1946) is an English composer, based in York. Wishart has contributed to composing with digital audio media, both fixed and interactive. He has also written extensively on the topic of what he terms " sonic art", a ...

(born 1946), English composer *

Ty Wishart Ty Wishart (born May 19, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Melbourne Mustangs in the AIHL. Wishart grew up in Comox, British Columbia, playing minor hockey there until his midget years. ...

(born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player *

William Wishart (disambiguation) William Wishart may refer to: * William Wishart, 13th century Scottish bishop of St Andrews * William Wishart (primus), University of Edinburgh principal 1716-1730 * William Wishart (secundus), University of Edinburgh principal 1736-1754 * Will ...

, more than one person

Given name

Wishart Bryan Bell Wishart Bryan Bell (born in Canada, currently living in South Bend, Indiana) is an American choral conductor, pianist, music educator, and musicologist. In 1997, he joined the faculty at Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana. He retired in 2016. F ...

(born 1948), American choral conductor, pianist, music educator, and musicologist *

Wishart McLea Robertson Wishart McLea Robertson, (February 15, 1891 – August 16, 1967) was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. Robertson's paternal grandfather, Robert Robertson, was a member of Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1854 until 1878. His father, T ...

(1891–1967), Canadian politician in Nova Scotia * Wishart Spence (1904–1998), Canadian lawyer and jurist

Places

Antarctica

* Mount Wishart, a mountain in the Prince Charles Mountains

Australia

* Wishart, Northern Territory, a suburb * Wishart, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane

Canada

Wishart, Saskatchewan Wishart is a hamlet (place), hamlet in Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan, Emerald Rural Municipality No. 277 in the Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada. The hamlet had a population of 95 i ...

, a hamlet *

Wishart Island Qaiqsuarjuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᖃᐃᖅᓱᐊᕐᔪᒃ'') formerly Wishart Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait, and a member of the Sheer ...

, an island in Nunavut * Wishart Island (British Columbia) * Wishart Peninsula on the British Columbia Coast

United States

* Wishart, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Wishart, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia

Other

* Wishart baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia *

Wishart distribution In statistics, the Wishart distribution is a generalization of the gamma distribution to multiple dimensions. It is named in honor of John Wishart (statistician), John Wishart, who first formulated the distribution in 1928. Other names include Wi ...

, in statistics, a generalization to multiple dimensions of the chi-squared distribution or the gamma distribution *

Lawrence and Wishart Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press, and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned left-wing ...

, British publishers, successors to Wishart Ltd. * , a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1920 to 1945 {{disambiguation, geo, surname Surnames of Scottish origin