Peter Wright may refer to:
Writers
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Peter Wright (journalist) (born 1953/4), British editor of ''The Mail on Sunday''
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Peter Wright (MI5 officer) (1916–1995), author and MI5 counter-intelligence officer
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Peter Wright (writer)
Peter Emmanuel Wright (''c''. 1880/81 – 1957) was a British writer.‘Captain P. E. Wright’, ''The Times'' (17 April 1957), p. 13.
He was born in Paris to a Yorkshire bookmaker and was educated at Harrow School. He won an Exhibition to Balli ...
(1880/1–1957), British author
Entertainers
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Peter Wight (actor) (born 1950), British actor, sometimes credited as Peter Wright
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Peter Wright (dancer)
Sir Peter Wright CBE (born 25 November 1926) is a British ballet teacher, choreographer, director and former professional dancer. He worked as a choreographer and as the artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, a classical ballet company b ...
(born 1926), British ballet director and choreographer
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Pete Wright (musician)
Peter Wright, was bass guitar player and vocalist for anarchist punk band Crass, from 1977 until 1984. Occasionally he is credited as Pete Wrong on the band's record covers. After the dissolution of Crass he formed the performance art
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(active 1977–1984), British bass player for the band Crass
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Peter Wright (organist) (born 1954), British organist
*Pete Wright, character in American 1950 crime film noir ''
711 Ocean Drive''
Sportspeople
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Peter Wright (American football), American football player in 1893
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Peter Wright (Australian footballer) (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
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Peter Wright (darts player)
Peter Wright (born 10 March 1970) is a Scottish professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is currently ranked No. 2 in the world. Nicknamed "Snakebite", he is regarded as one of the greatest playe ...
(born 1970), Scottish darts player
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Peter Wright (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2012), English football player for Colchester United
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Peter Wright (footballer, born 1982), English football player for Halifax Town
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Peter Wright (rugby league)
Peter Wright (born in Penrith, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for the Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian p ...
, Australian rugby league footballer 1970–1971 and coach
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Peter Wright (rugby union) (born 1967), Scottish rugby union footballer and coach
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Peter Wright (sport wrestler)
Herbert Wright (16 September 1894 – 23 September 1982) was a British Amateur wrestling, wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he won the bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling lightweight class after winning the bronz ...
, British wrestler, bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games
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Peter Wright (squash player)
Peter David William Wright (born 11 March 1943) is an Australian born Squash Champion and sports administrator/entrepreneur.Birth Certificate, District of Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, No.7517 of 1943
Wright won the World Masters Squash Ch ...
(born 1943) Australian squash player, three-time World Masters Squash Champion
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Peter Wright (swimmer)
Peter Matthew Wright (born December 3, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta ...
(born 1972), American swimmer
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Peter Wright (tennis)
Peter Wright (born December 8, 1963) is a former Irish American professional tennis player who played for Ireland in the Davis Cup. He was formerly the head tennis coach at the University of California, Berkeley.
Playing career
Wright, who w ...
(born 1963), Irish-American tennis player
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Pete Wright (ice hockey) (1927–1989), Canadian ice hockey player
*Peter Wright, technical director of
Team Lotus in 1990s
Others
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Peter Wright (Jesuit) (1603–1651), beatified English Catholic martyr
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Peter Harold Wright (1916–1990), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Peter Wright (police officer) (1929–2011), British policeman
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Peter Wright (scientist)
Peter Edwin Wright is a scientist, an NMR spectroscopist and a professor at the Scripps Research Institute. He is editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Molecular Biology''.
Wright is from New Zealand and studied at the University of Auckland. He g ...
, American scientist, NMR spectroscopist
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Peter Wright (mining entrepreneur) (1908–1985), Australian mining entrepreneur
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Peter Wright (ceramicist) (1919-2003), potter and sculptor
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Peter Wright (engineer)
Peter Wright (born 26 May 1946) is a retired British engineer, best known for his work in Formula One motor racing between the 1960s and 1990s. He had a very significant influence on the application of aerodynamics within the sport, particularly in ...
(born 1946), British motor racing engineer and aerodynamicist
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