William Wright
William, Will, or Bill Wright may refer to:
William
Arts and entertainment
- William Aldis Wright, English editor, literary executor of Edward FitzGerald
- William Garrett Wright, American poet and editor
- William Wright (poet), Scottish poet
- William Lord Wright, American screenwriter and film producer
- William Wright (actor), American film actor in the 1940s
- William Wright (author), American non-fiction writer
Military
- William Wierman Wright, American civil engineer and Civil War officer for U.S. Military Railroads
- William P. Wright, American Civil War officer
- Sir William Purvis Wright, Royal Marines officer
- William M. Wright, lieutenant general in the United States Army
- William Wright (Indian civil servant), British World War I flying ace
- William Wright (Medal of Honor), Medal of Honor recipient
Politics
U.S. politics
- William Wright (New Jersey politician), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and U.S. Senator
- William W. Wright, New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner
- William Bacon Wright, Confederate politician
- William Ambrose Wright, Georgia state comptroller
- William C. Wright, U.S. Representative from Georgia
Other politics
- William Wright (16th century MP), MP for the City of York and lord mayor of York
- William Wright (Australian politician), British Army officer and politician in colonial Victoria
- William McKay Wright, Canadian Member of Parliament, Pontiac
- William Wright (Canadian politician), Canadian Member of Parliament, Muskoka
- William Wright (Scottish politician), Member of Parliament for Rutherglen, 1922–1931
- Sir William Wright (businessman), Northern Irish business owner and Unionist politician
Religion
- William Wright (English priest), English Catholic missionary priest
- William Burnet Wright, Congregational clergyman from Ohio
- William Wright (missionary), Irish missionary in Damascus
- William Wright (Canadian bishop), Canadian Anglican bishop
- William Godsell Wright, Episcopal prelate who served as Bishop of Nevada
- William Wright (Australian bishop), bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
Science
- William Wright (botanist), Scottish physician and botanist
- William Wright (physician), Canadian physician and curate
- William Wright (surgeon), English aural surgeon
- William Barton Wright, British railway engineer
- William Hammond Wright, American astronomer
- William Wright (engineer), American railway engineer
Sports
- William Wright (cricketer, born 1841), English cricketer
- William Wright (cricketer, born 1909), English cricketer
- William Wright (footballer, born 1893), English footballer for Exeter City and Huddersfield Town
- Will Wright (footballer, born 1997), English football defender
- Will Wright (footballer, born 2008), English football attacker
Other
- William Wright (journalist), founder of the London-based think tank New Financial
- William Wright (master), English academic
- William Wright (orientalist), professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge
- William Wright (privateer), English privateer and buccaneer
- William B. Wright, justice of the New York Supreme Court
- William Henry Wright, Canadian prospector, founder of The Globe and Mail
- William James Wright, Scottish farmer and agriculturalist
- William Robert Wright, or Bob Wright (author), American co-author of a biography of Mormon leader David O. McKay
Will
- Will Wright (actor), American character actor in film and TV
- Will Wright (game designer), co-founder of Maxis, designer of SimCity
- Will Wright (cyclist), Welsh cyclist
Bill
- Bill Wright (catcher), American professional baseball catcher
- Bill Wright (footballer, born 1914), English footballer
- Bill Wright (outfielder), American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues
- Bill Wright (rugby union), New Zealand rugby player
- Bill Wright (golfer), American golfer