# William Wright

William, Will, or Bill Wright may refer to:

## William
### Arts and entertainment

* William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), English editor, literary executor of Edward FitzGerald
* William Garrett Wright (born 1979), American poet and editor
* William Wright (poet) (1782–?), Scottish poet
* William Lord Wright (1879–1947), American screenwriter and film producer
* William Wright (actor) (1911–1949), American film actor in the 1940s
* William Wright (author) (1930–2016), American non-fiction writer

### Military

* William Wierman Wright (1824–1882), American civil engineer and Civil War officer for U.S. Military Railroads
* William P. Wright (1846–1933), American Civil War officer
* Sir William Purvis Wright (1846–1910), Royal Marines officer
* William M. Wright (1863–1943), lieutenant general in the United States Army
* William Wright (Indian civil servant) (1895–1990), British World War I flying ace
* William Wright (Medal of Honor) (1835–?), Medal of Honor recipient

### Politics
#### U.S. politics

* William Wright (New Jersey politician) (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and U.S. Senator
* William W. Wright (1813–1889), New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner
* William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician
* William Ambrose Wright (1844–1929), Georgia state comptroller
* William C. Wright (1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia

#### Other politics

* William Wright (16th century MP), MP for the City of York (1515) and lord mayor of York (1518–1519)
* William Wright (Australian politician) (1816–1877), British Army officer and politician in colonial Victoria
* William McKay Wright (1840–1882), Canadian Member of Parliament, Pontiac
* William Wright (Canadian politician) (1853–1926), Canadian Member of Parliament, Muskoka
* William Wright (Scottish politician) (1862–1931), Member of Parliament for Rutherglen, 1922–1931
* Sir William Wright (businessman) (1925–2022), Northern Irish business owner and Unionist politician

### Religion

* William Wright (English priest) (1563–1639), English Catholic missionary priest
* William Burnet Wright (1836–1924), Congregational clergyman from Ohio
* William Wright (missionary) (1837–1899), Irish missionary in Damascus
* William Wright (Canadian bishop) (1904–1990), Canadian Anglican bishop
* William Godsell Wright (1904–1973), Episcopal prelate who served as Bishop of Nevada
* William Wright (Australian bishop) (1952–2021), bishop of Maitland-Newcastle

### Science

* William Wright (botanist) (1735–1819), Scottish physician and botanist
* William Wright (surgeon) (1773–1860), English aural surgeon
* William Barton Wright (1828–1915), British railway engineer
* William Hammond Wright (1871–1959), American astronomer
* William Wright (engineer) (c. 1880), American railway engineer

### Sports

* William Wright (cricketer, born 1841) (1841–1916), English cricketer
* William Wright (cricketer, born 1909) (1909–1988), English cricketer
* William Wright (footballer) (1893–1945), English footballer for Exeter City and Huddersfield Town
* Will Wright (footballer) (born 1997), English football defender

### Other

* William Wright (privateer) (fl. 1675–1682), English privateer and buccaneer
* William B. Wright (1806–1868), justice of the New York Supreme Court
* William Wright (orientalist) (1830–1889), professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge
* William Henry Wright (1876–1951), Canadian prospector, founder of The Globe and Mail
* William Wright (master), English academic
* William Wright (journalist), founder of the London-based think tank New Financial
* William James Wright (1903–1994), Scottish farmer and agriculturalist

## Will

* Will Wright (actor) (1894–1962), American character actor in film and TV
* Will Wright (game designer) (born 1960), co-founder of Maxis, designer of SimCity
* Will Wright (cyclist) (born 1973), Welsh cyclist

## Bill

* Bill Wright (catcher) (1864–1940), American professional baseball catcher
* Bill Wright (footballer, born 1914) (1914–?), English footballer
* Bill Wright (outfielder) (1914–1996), American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
* Bill Wright (rugby union) (1905–1971), New Zealand rugby player
* Bill Wright (golfer) (1936–2021), American golfer