Bright is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. D. Bright (1838–1898), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court * Adam Bright (1984-), Australian pitcher * Alfred L. Bright (1940-2019), American artist *

Annie Bright Annie Bright (14 July 1840 – 21 June 1913) was a British-born Australian journalist and spiritualist. Early life in England Annie Bright was born on 14 July 1840 at Mount Hooton, Nottingham in England. She was the daughter of bookkeeper an ...

(1840–1913), Australian journalist and spiritualist *

Bill Bright William R. Bright (October 19, 1921 – July 19, 2003) was an American evangelist. In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. In 1952 he wrote The Four Spir ...

(1921–2003), American evangelist *

Bobby Bright Bobby Neal Bright Sr. (born July 21, 1952) is an American former lawyer, farmer, and former politician who served as a U.S. Representative and was previously the three term Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. He served from 2009 to 2011 as the Represe ...

(born 1952), U.S. congressman and mayor of Montgomery, Alabama *

Charles Bright (judge) Sir Charles Hart Bright (25 November 191216 May 1983) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and chancellor of Flinders University. Early life Bright was born on 25 November 1912 in Norwood, South Australia, Norwood, a suburb of ...

(1912-1983), Australian judge * Chris Bright (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player * Crystal Bright (born 1981), American musician and artist *

Dave Bright David John Bright (born 29 November 1949 in England) is a former footballer who represented New Zealand gaining 8 A-international caps from 1979 to 1982. Born in England, Bright emigrated to New Zealand in 1974 and made his first appearance fo ...

(born 1949), New Zealand footballer *

Dora Bright Dora Estella Knatchbull (née Bright; 16 August 1862 – 16 November 1951) was an English composer and pianist. She composed works for orchestra, keyboard and voice, and music for opera and ballet, including ballets for performance by the dance ...

(1862–1951), English composer and pianist *

Graham Bright Sir Graham Frank James Bright (born 2 April 1942) is a British politician and businessman. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 1997. He subsequently served as the Cambridgeshire Police and ...

(born 1942), British Conservative politician *

Greg Bright Gregory Keith Bright (born August 2, 1957) is a former American football defensive back who played two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Bengals in the ninth round of the 1980 NFL Draf ...

(born 1957), American football player *H. R.

Bum Bright Harvey Roberts "Bum" Bright (October 6, 1920 – December 11, 2004) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the owner of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys from 1984 to 1989. Early life Bright received his bachelor's degr ...

(1920-2004), American businessman and owner of the Dallas Cowboys *

Heather Bright Heather Dawn Bright, also known by her stage name Bright Lights, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Early life Bright, whose father was a pastor during most of her childhood, began her music career singing in churches ...

(born 1982), American singer * Henry Bright (1810/14-1873), English artist *

Henry Edward Bright Hon. Henry Edward Bright (30 June 1819 – 18 February 1904) was a member of the South Australian Colonial Parliament. A son, Henry Edward Bright jr. (1843–1917), was a mayor of Gawler, South Australia. Early life Bright was born in London on ...

(1819–1904) South Australian politician *

James Franck Bright James Franck Bright (29 May 1832 – 23 October 1920) was a British historian and Master of University College, Oxford. Biography James Franck Bright was born in London, the son of the physician Richard Bright, who described Bright's disease, ...

(1832–1920), English historian *

Jason Bright Jason Bright (born 7 March 1973) is a retired Australian racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He drove the No. 56 Ford FG X Falcon for Britek Motorsport, a satellite team of Prodrive Racing Australia, be ...

(born 1973), Australian racing driver * Jerry Bright (born 1947), American sprinter *

Jesse D. Bright Jesse David Bright (December 18, 1812 – May 20, 1875) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three occasions. He was the only senator from a Northern sta ...

(1812–1875), U.S. Senator removed from office during the American Civil War *

John Bright John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws ...

(1811–1889), British Liberal politician *

Kevin S. Bright Kevin S. Bright (born November 15, 1954) is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include '' Dream On'' and '' Friends''. Early life Born to a Jewish-American family in New York City, Bright attended the East Sid ...

(born 1954), American television executive producer * Kris Bright (born 1986), New Zealand footballer *

Leon Bright Leon "Pop" Bright, Jr. (born May 19, 1955 in Starke, Florida) is a former Gridiron football player in the Canadian Football League for four years and in the National Football League for five years. He played high school football at Merritt Isl ...

(born 1955), American football player Tampabay and New York Giants * Maija Bright (born 1942), more commonly known as Maija Peeples-Bright, Latvian-born American and Canadian artist *

Martin Bright Martin Derek Bright (born 5 June 1966) is a British journalist. He worked for the BBC World Service and ''The Guardian'' before becoming ''The Observer's'' education correspondent and then home affairs editor. From 2005 to 2009, he was the polit ...

(born 1966), British journalist * Mary Bright (1954–2002), Scottish curtain designer *

Millie Bright Millie Bright (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea and the England national team. She previously played for Doncaster Belles, Leeds Ladies and represented England on the under-19 an ...

(born 1993), English association football player * Mike Bright (1937-2017), American volleyball player *

Myron H. Bright Myron Howard Bright (March 5, 1919 – December 12, 2016) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Early life and educ ...

(1919-2016), American judge *

Nick Bright Nick Bright is a British radio and television presenter. He currently hosts Saturday mid mornings on BBC Radio 1Xtra, The Squad on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sundays at midday, numerous different projects for BBC Sport and the Arsenal Matchday Show. Early ...

, British radio DJ *

Richard Bright (actor) Richard James Bright (June 28, 1937 – February 18, 2006) was an American actor, well known for his role as Al Neri in the '' Godfather'' films. Early life Bright was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Matilda (''née'' S ...

(1937–2006), American actor *

Richard Bright (physician) Richard Bright (28 September 1789 – 16 December 1858) was an English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease. He is particularly known for his description of Bright's disease. Biography He was born in Bristol, Gloucest ...

(1789–1858), English physician and kidney disease research pioneer *

Rick Bright Rick Arthur Bright is an American immunologist, vaccine researcher, and public health official. He was the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) from 2016 to 2020. In May 2020, he filed a whistleblower ...

, American immunologist and whistleblower *

Robert Bright Robert Bright (August 5, 1902 – November 21, 1988) was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who wrote and illustrated over 20 books in his 40-year career. He is best known for ''Georgie'' (1944), a children's classic about ...

(1902–1988), American author and illustrator of children's literature *

Ronnie Bright Ronald David Bright (October 18, 1938 – November 26, 2015) was an American R&B and doo-wop singer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was born in New York City. Biography Bright was the bass vocalist for doo-wop groups the Valentines, the Cad ...

(1938-2015), American singer * Rowena Bright (born 1980), Australian alpine skier *

Simon Bright Simon Bright is an art director and set decorator who is best known for ''The Lord of the Rings'' films. Oscar nominations Both of these are in Best Art Direction. * 2005 Academy Awards-Nominated for ''King Kong''. Nomination shared with Dan H ...

, art and set decorator, ''The Lord of the Rings (film series)'' * Stephen Bright (born 1948), American lawyer *

Susie Bright Susannah Bright (born March 25, 1958) is an American feminist, author, journalist, critic, editor, publisher, producer, and performer, often on the subject of politics and sexuality. She is the recipient of the 2017 Humanist Feminist Award, and ...

(born 1958), sexuality writer *

Tarryn Bright Tarryn Bright (born 26 April 1983) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an internati ...

(born 1983), South African field hockey player *

Terry Bright Terry Bright (born 12 February 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL. After winning a premiership with Geelong West in 1975 he was recruited by the Cats with whom played 219 VFL games. He was used ...

(born 1958), Australian footballer * Thomas Lockyer Bright (1818–1874), Australian journalist *

Torah Bright Torah Jane Bright (born 27 December 1986) is an Australian professional snowboarder. She is Australia's most successful Winter Olympian, former Olympic gold and silver medalist, two time X Games gold medalist, three time US Open winner, two t ...

(born 1986), Australian snowboarder *

William Bright William O. Bright (August 13, 1928 – October 15, 2006) was an American linguist and toponymist who specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics. Biography Bright earned a bachelor's degree in linguist ...

(1928–2006), linguist * William Leatham Bright (1851-1910), English politician

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