Wainwright (surname)
Wainwright is an Anglo-Saxon occupational surname derived from the pre-7th century Old English word waegnwyrhta. The prefix, "waegn/''waen, refers to a vehicle/wagon, common in its time as being horse-driven and four-wheeled. The suffix, wyrhta/wright, refers to a maker/builder. The earliest public record of the name dates to 1237 in Essex. Variations include Wainewright, Wainright, Waynewright, Wainwrigt and Winwright. Notable people with the surname include:
List of Wainwrights'' Alfred Wainwright (cricketer), South African cricketer Alisha Wainwright, American actress Anthony Wainwright, American convicted murderer Arthur Wainwright, English footballer Charles S. Wainwright, American artillery officer during the American Civil War Dennis Wainwright, Bermudian cricketer Edgar Thomas Wainwright, Scottish sculptor Geoffrey Wainwright, British Methodist theologian George L. Wainwright, Jr., American judge, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Harriet Wainwright, British composer, singer, writer, and entrepreneur Harry Wainwright, locomotive, carriage and wagon superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Helen Wainwright, American diver and freestyle swimmer Henry Wainwright, English brushmaker and murderer Hilary Wainwright, British socialist and feminist Ish Wainright, American-Ugandan basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League John William Wainwright was an English crime novelist and author Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (bishop), English-American Episcopal bishop and father of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II, Lieutenant in the United States Navy, grandfather of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, United States Army general during World War II Loudon Wainwright Jr., American columnist and editor. Loudon Wainwright III, American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, actor, father of Martha and Rufus Wainwright Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary of Florida Division of Corrections; respondent in Gideon v. Wainwright court casesLyndon Wainwright, English ballroom and Latin exhibition dancer.Mark Wainwright, Australian academicMartha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright IIIMartin Wainwright (journalist), British journalistMartin Wainwright (statistician), statisticianMichael Wainwright (musician), Canadian musicianRichard Wainwright (politician), British Liberal politicianRichard Wainwright (Civil War naval officer), United States Navy Commander, father of Admiral Richard WainwrightRichard Wainwright (Spanish-American War naval officer), United States Navy Admiral, son of Commander WainwrightRichard Wainwright (World War I naval officer), United States Navy Commander, son of Admiral Richard WainwrightRob Wainwright (rugby union), rugby union player for Scotland and for the British LionsRufus Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, son of Loudon Wainwright IIISally Wainwright, English dramatist and television writerTed Wainwright, English cricketerThomas Wainwright (cricketer), English cricketerVictor Wainwright, American blues and boogie-woogie singer, songwriter, and pianistWilliam Wainwright, British musician better known under his artist name William Orbit. Other aliases include Wayne WrightWilliam Edward Wainwright, mine manager in Broken Hill, New South Wales, AustraliaWilliam L. Wainwright, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly