James, Jimmy, or Jim Wright may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* James Wright (poet) (1927–1980), American poet *

James Wright (singer) James Wright is a Filipino-Australian singer formerly signed with GMA Music. He gained fame after joining GMA Network's reality-talent competition ''Anak Ko 'Yan'' on 2013. Wright received critical acclaim after releasing his self-titled debut albu ...

, Filipino-Australian singer * Big Jim Wright (James Quentin Wright) (1966–2018), American musician *

Jimmy Wright (actor) Jimmy Wright was an American stage and film actor. A member of the all-black cast of the Voodoo ''Macbeth'' production directed by Orson Welles in 1936, Wright went on to star as 'Dollar Bill' Burton in ''Souls of Sin'', a 1949 feature directed by ...

, American stage and screen actor *

Jimmy Wright (artist) Jimmy Wright (born 1944) is an American visual artist, who became firstly known in the 1970s for his series of bold paintings representing libertine scenes in gay ambiances in the ''Meatpacking district'' of Manhattan; later on, for his unanticip ...

(born 1944), American visual artist

Politics

U.S. politics

* Sir James Wright (governor) (1716–1785), British colonial governor of the province of Georgia, and 1st Baronet, of Carolside *

J. Skelly Wright James Skelly Wright (January 14, 1911 – August 6, 1988) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District ...

(1911–1988), American judge *

James A. Wright (Pennsylvania politician) James Assion Wright (August 11, 1902 – November 7, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served two terms in the U.S. Congress from 1941 to 1945. Wright was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the ...

(1902–1963), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania * James A. Wright (Wisconsin politician) (1873–1911), Wisconsin politician and businessman *

James L. Wright James L. Wright, Jr. (March 10, 1925 – October 16, 1990) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He is a native of New York City. He represented the 142nd legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Represen ...

(1925–1990), Pennsylvania politician *

Jim Wright James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas's 12th congressional district as a ...

(1922–2015), U.S. Congressman from Texas, Speaker of the House *

Jim Wright (commissioner) James "Jim" Wright is an American businessman and politician. Wright owns environmental services companies. Wright is one of three members of the Railroad Commission of Texas, the elected regulatory body over oil, natural gas, utilities, and surf ...

, American politician and businessman from Texas * James Henry Wright (1838–1905), American jurist and politician

Other politics

* Sir James Wright (governor) (1716–1785), British colonial governor of the province of Georgia, and 1st Baronet, of Carolside *

Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet (baptised 1730 – 1804), of Ray House, Essex, was a British diplomat and art collector. He was the ambassador to Venice for Great Britain from 1766 to 1774. Background He was the son of James Wright of Warwick (d ...

(1730–1804) of Ray House, Essex and Resident at Venice, British diplomat * James R. Wright, Canadian diplomat * James Wright (Jamaican politician) (1904–1984/85), member of the Legislative Council of Jamaica *

James William Wright James William Wright (9 October 1854 – 3 October 1917) was an Australian architect, civil engineer, and politician. He established the first private architectural practice in Western Australia in 1884, which now operates as Cameron Chisholm Ni ...

(1854–1917), Australian architect and politician

Sports

Baseball

Jim Wright (1920s pitcher) James Wright (September 19, 1900 – April 11, 1963) was an English born professional baseball pitcher. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originat ...

(1900–1963), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Jim Wright (1970s pitcher) James Clifton Wright (born December 21, 1950) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox in 1978-79. Wright was born in Reed City, Michigan. Career Wright was drafted out of hi ...

(born 1950), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Jim Wright (1980s pitcher) James Leon Wright (born March 3, 1955) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in the major leagues for the Kansas City Royals, appearing in 17 games during the 1981 season and seven games during the 1982 seas ...

(born 1955), Major League Baseball pitcher

Cricket

James Wright (cricketer, born 1948) James Wright (born 24 January 1948) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Hertfordshire. He was born in Hampstead. Wright, who represented the team in the Minor Counties Champio ...

, English cricketer * James Wright (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1961), English cricketer * James Wright (cricketer, born 1912) (1912–1987), English cricketer * James Wright (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1946), New Zealand cricketer

Gridiron football

* James Wright (tight end) (born 1956), American football tight end * James Wright (wide receiver) (born 1991), American football player * James Earl Wright (American football) (1939–2009), gridiron football defensive back and quarterback * Jim Wright (American football coach) (born 1935), American football coach

Other sports

James Leroy Wright James Leroy Wright Sr. (May 6, 1938 – March 21, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He played two seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967–68 and 1968–69, winning the ABA Finals in 1968 as a memb ...

(1938–2020), American basketball player * Jimmy Wright (golfer) (born 1939), American professional golfer * James Wright (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player *

James Wright (rugby) James Frost Wright (1 April 1863 – 4 October 1932) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1890s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., as a half-back, i.e. number 9, or 10. Prio ...

(1863–1932), rugby union footballer of the 1890s for England, and Bradford F.C. * James Wright (speedway rider) (born 1986), British motorcycle speedway rider *

James Wright (footballer) John "James" Wright (born 1892 in Ireland) was a professional footballer, who played for Cliftonville and Huddersfield Town. References * 1892 births Year of death missing Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's associat ...

(1892–?), footballer for Cliftonville and Huddersfield Town *

Jim Wright (Australian footballer) James Wright (born 26 September 1949), more commonly known as Jim Wright, is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules foot ...

(born 1949), Australian rules footballer (Geelong) *

Jim Wright (footballer, born 1910) James 'Jim' Wright (11 September 1910 – 1978) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Jim 1910 births 1978 deaths People from Okehampton English men's footballers Men's ass ...

(1910–1978), English footballer *James Earl Wright, a ring name of American professional wrestler Dale Veasey (born 1960)

Others

* James Wright (academic) (born 1939), former Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University * James Wright (antiquarian) (1643–1713), antiquary and writer * James Wright (doctor) (1927–2022), Australian medical professional * James Wright (historian) (born 1939), President of Dartmouth College, historian *

James Wright (inventor) James Gilbert E. Wright (March 25, 1874 – August 20, 1961) was a Scottish-born inventor, researcher and chemical engineer at General Electric who invented Silly Putty in 1943 while looking for a replacement for rubber. The invention of Nutty Putt ...

, American creator of Silly Putty * James Wright (palaeontologist) (1878–1957), Scottish fossil expert *

James Wright (potter) James Wright (1819–1887) was a notable New Zealand potter. He was born in Fenton, Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the no ...

(1819–1887), New Zealand potter *

James C. Wright James C. Wright is an American classical archaeologist and academic who specialises in the Aegean civilizations and Ancient Greece. Since 1998, he has been a professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology of Bryn Mawr College ...

, American classical archaeologist *

James D. Wright James David Wright (November 6, 1947 - April 29, 2019) was an American sociologist. He had been the Provost's Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Central Florida since 2001. Since 2013, he had also ...

(1947–2019), American sociologist *

James Homer Wright James Homer Wright (April 8, 1869 – January 3, 1928) was an early and influential American pathologist, who was chief of pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1896 to 1926. Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1915, he ...

(1869–1928), American pathologist * James Hood Wright (1836–1894), American banker, financier and railroad man *

James W. Wright James W. Wright was executive director of the Development Authority of the North Country, a position he held for 11 years until his retirement in 2020. Previously he had been a member of the New York State Senate, representing the 48th district ...

, executive director of the Development Authority of the North Country *James Whitaker Wright (1846–1904), English mining company owner *