William, Will, or Bill Wright may refer to:
William
[edit]Arts and entertainment
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]U.S. politics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
See also
[edit]- Billy Wright (disambiguation)
- Willie Wright (disambiguation)
- Dan DeQuille (1829–1898), pseudonym for William Wright, American journalist
- Rasty Wright (outfielder) (1863–1922), born William Wright, American baseball player