George Wright may refer to:

Politics, law and government

George Wright (MP) George Wright may refer to: Politics, law and government * George Wright (MP) (died 1557), MP for Bedford and Wallingford * George Wright (governor) (1779–1842), Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island * George Wright ...

(died 1557), MP for Bedford and Wallingford * George Wright (governor) (1779–1842), Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island *

George Wright (jurist) The Hon. Justice George Wright (1917–1975) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Biography Wright was born in Adelaide, South Texas, where his father, The Reverend Dr George H Wright, was the minister at the Stow Memorial C ...

(1917–1975), Australian judge *

George Wright (lawyer) George Wright (1847 - 15 May 1913) was an Ireland, Irish lawyer and judge. Wright was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, son of Thomas Wright. His father and brothers practised as solicitors in Clonakilty: one of his brothers was H.T. Wright, Cler ...

(1847–1913), Solicitor General for Ireland *

George Wright (trade unionist) George Bernard Wright is an Australian trade unionist who served as the 10th National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party. He currently works in the private sector. Political career Wright has worked at the Finance Sector Union, the Li ...

, National Secretary of Australian Labor Party *

George F. Wright George Frederick Wright (April 23, 1881 – July 2, 1938) was Mayor of Honolulu from 1931 to 1938. Politically he was Republican. Born in Honolulu, George Frederick Wright was the son of William Wilson Wright (1846–1921), a carriage-maker, a ...

(1881–1938), American politician, mayor of Honolulu *

George G. Wright George Grover Wright (March 24, 1820January 11, 1896) was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he attended private schools and graduated from In ...

(1820–1896), United States senator from Iowa * George Melendez Wright (1904–1936), American biologist, National Park Service * George Merrill Wright (1865–?), American businessman and politician *

George Washington Wright George Washington Wright (June 4, 1816 – April 7, 1885) was a Californian politician. He was the leading vote getter in a November 1849 at-large election for California's two seats in the United States House of Representatives following Ca ...

(1816–1885), United States congressman from California *

George Wright (Jamaican politician) George Wright is a Jamaican politician. Political career He resigned from the Jamaica Labour Party The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While i ...

, Jamaican member of parliament

Sports

George Wright (sportsman) George Wright (January 28, 1847 – August 21, 1937) was an American shortstop in professional baseball. He played for the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional team, when he was the game's best player. He then played for t ...

(1847–1937), American baseball player/manager, also active in golf and tennis *

George Wright (footballer, born 1919) George William Wright (10 October 1919 - 2008) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Goalkeeper Wright played against future club Colchester United for Plymouth Argyle's reserves side (the first visiting si ...

(1919–?), English football goalkeeper * George Wright (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2000), English football player * George Wright (footballer, born 1969), Scottish football player (Heart of Midlothian FC) * George Wright (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player *

George Wright (American football) George Wayne Wright (born March 3, 1947) is a former American football defensive tackle who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Baltimore Colts and Cleveland Browns. He was drafted by the Colts in the ninth round ...

(born 1947), NFL player *

George Wright (outfielder) George De Witt Wright (December 22, 1958) is an American former professional baseball player. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1982–86 for the Texas Rangers and Montreal Expos, primarily as a center fielder. Career I ...

(born 1958), American baseball player * George Wright (triple jumper) (born 1963), Canadian triple jumper * George Wright (infielder) (1882–?), pre-Negro leagues baseball player *

George Wright (bowls) George William Arthur Wright (1893–1949) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games. Bowls career At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with Tomm ...

(1893–1949), English bowls player *

Bert Wright (footballer) George Albert Wright (4 February 1920 – August 2000) was an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Cardiff City and Hull City around World War II. He died in Sheffield in August 2000 at the age of 80. Career Wr ...

(George Albert Wright, 1920–?), English soccer player

Others

George Wright (artist) George Wright (30 June 186011 March 1944) was a painter in oils whose subjects were mainly drawn from hunting, with which he was familiar, being a fox-hunter himself, coaching and other equestrian topics. George Wright was one of the foremost eq ...

(18601944), British artist noted for his sporting and coaching scenes. *

George Wright (bishop) George William Wright was an Anglican Bishop in Africa in the mid-20th century. He was born on 17 December 1873, educated at Barnsley Grammar School and ordained in 1906 following a 15-year career as a civil servant. After a curacy at Christ Chu ...

(1873–1956), Anglican bishop *

George Wright (fugitive) George Edward Wright (born March 29, 1943) is a Portuguese citizen of American origin, known for taking part in the hijacking of Delta Air Lines Flight 841. Originally arrested and convicted for murder in 1962 and sentenced to up to 30 years ...

(born 1943), Portuguese criminal, alleged hijacker of Delta Air Lines Flight 841 in 1972 *

George Wright (general) George Wright (October 22, 1803 – July 30, 1865) was an American soldier who served in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Early life and career Wright was born in Norwich, Vermont, the son of Roswell Wright and Jemima (Rose ...

(1803–1865), American soldier and Civil War General *

George Wright (organist) George Wright (August 28, 1920 in Orland, California – May 10, 1998 in Glendale, California) was an American musician, possibly the most famous virtuoso of the theatre organ of the modern era. Wright was best known for his virtuoso performance ...

(1920–1998), American organist *

George Wright (priest) George Wright was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the 17th century. Wright was ordained in 1621; and was Archdeacon of Dromore from 1629 until the Irish Rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1641) was an uprising by ...

, Anglican priest in Ireland *

George Wright (psychologist) George Wright (born 24 November 1952) is a British psychologist. Wright completed a bachelor's of science degree in psychology at the University of London, followed by a master's degree and doctorate in the same subject from Brunel University Lon ...

(born 1952), British psychologist *

George Caleb Wright George Caleb Wright, AIA, (April 25, 1889 – February 27, 1973) was an American architect from Indiana. He was a partner in the Indianapolis, Indiana, architectural firms of Pierre & Wright, Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager (formed 1946),"Questionn ...

(1889–1973), American architect *

G. Ernest Wright George Ernest Wright (September 5, 1909 – August 29, 1974), was a leading Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist. An expert in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, he was especially known for his work in the study and dating of pottery. H ...

(1909–1974), American biblical scholar and archaeologist *

George Frederick Wright George Frederick Wright (January 22, 1838 – April 20, 1921) was an American geologist and a professor at Oberlin Theological Seminary, first of New Testament language and literature (1881 – 1892), and then of "harmony of science and revelati ...

(1838–1921), American geologist and professor *

George Hand Wright George Hand Wright (1872–1951) was an American painter, illustrator and printmaker. Life Born in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a blacksmith, he attended the Spring Garden Institute, a local technical school, a ...

(1872–1951), American painter, illustrator and printmaker * George Henry Wright (1849–1912), Nova Scotian businessperson, social reformer and ''Titanic'' victim *

George Newenham Wright George Newenham Wright (c. 1794–1877) was an Irish writer and Anglican clergyman. He was born in Dublin; his father, John Thomas Wright was a doctor. He graduated B.A. from Trinity College Dublin in 1814 and M.A. in 1817, having been elected ...

(c. 1794–1877), Anglo-Irish author and Anglican clergyman *

G. S. Wright George Speller Wright (11 January 1845 – 1 January 1935), generally referred to as G. S. Wright, was an Australian banker, the first Inspector-General of the State Bank of South Australia. His middle name is very commonly mis-spelled as "Spiller" ...

(George Speller Wright, 1845–1935), South Australian banker {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Geroge