Wadsworth (surname)

Wadsworth is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Adelaide E. Wadsworth (1844-1928), American painter * Alexander S. Wadsworth (1790–1851), U.S. Navy officer; fought in the War of 1812; eponym of three ships *

Alexander Wadsworth (landscape designer) Alexander Wadsworth (1806-1898) was an American landscape architect and surveyor, best known for his work on the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born in Hiram, Maine, Wadsworth studied civil engineering at Gardiner Lyceum before ...

(1806–1898), helped design Mount Auburn Cemetery * Alfred Powell Wadsworth (1890/91-1956), British journalist, editor of ''The Guardian'' * Andre Wadsworth (born 1974), American football player * Benjamin Wadsworth (1670–1737), American clergyman and educator; president of Harvard University * Charles Wadsworth (contemporary), American classical pianist and musical promoter *

Daniel Wadsworth Daniel Wadsworth (1771–1848) of Hartford, Connecticut, was an American amateur artist and architect, arts patron and traveler. He is most remembered as the founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in his native city. Early life and e ...

(1771–1848), American artist, arts patron, and founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art * Decius Wadsworth (1768–1821) U.S. Army officer and cryptologist; developed a progressive cipher system * Derek Wadsworth (1939–2008), British composer and arranger *

Edward Wadsworth Edward Alexander Wadsworth (29 October 1889 – 21 June 1949) was an English artist, closely associated with modernist Vorticism movement. He painted coastal views, abstracts, portraits and still-life in tempera medium and works printed usin ...

(1889–1949), British artist * E. S. Wadsworth (1813–1890), American merchant * Eleanor Wadsworth (1917-2020), was the oldest surviving pilot of the

Air Transport Auxiliary The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British civilian organisation set up at the start of the Second World War with headquarters at White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire. The ATA ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between factori ...

(ATA) before her death in December 2020. *

Elijah Wadsworth Elijah Wadsworth (November 14, 1747 – December 30, 1817) was a captain in the American Revolutionary War and a major general in the War of 1812. He was a prominent military officer, Ohio pioneer, local organizer and leader, and wealthy land ...

(1747–1817) American Militia officer during the Revolutionary War and Major General during the War of 1812, early pioneer of Ohio * Frank W. Wadsworth (1919–2012), American Shakespearean scholar, author, and sportsman *

Frederick Wadsworth Frederick Elijah Wadsworth (March 7, 1786 in Litchfield, Connecticut – February 3, 1869 in Edinburg, Ohio) was an Ohio militia officer, businessman, banker, and politician. Family Frederick was born in 1786 at the family home in Litchfield ...

(1786–1869), American businessman and politician * George Wadsworth (1893–1958), American diplomat; specialized in the Middle East * George Wadsworth (1902–1979), British politician; MP for the East Riding of Yorkshire * James Wadsworth (1730–1816), American general in the Revolution; delegate to the Continental Congress *

James Wadsworth (of Geneseo) James Wadsworth (April 20, 1768 Durham, Connecticut – June 7, 1844 Geneseo, New York) was an influential and prominent 18th- and 19th-century pioneer, educator, land speculator, agriculturalist, businessman, and community leader of the early Gen ...

(1768–1844) American pioneer, land agent, philanthropist * James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), American politician, philanthropist, and general in the Civil War * James Wadsworth (1819–1891) American businessman and Mayor of Buffalo, New York *

James Wolcott Wadsworth James Wolcott Wadsworth (October 12, 1846 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 24, 1926 in Washington, D.C.) was an American farmer, soldier and statesman. Early life He was the son of Civil War General James Samuel Wadsworth (1 ...

(1846–1926), American politician; U.S. representative from New York *

James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican Party (United States), Republican from New York (state), New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the ...

(1877–1952), American politician; U.S. representative and U.S. Senator from New York *

James Jeremiah Wadsworth James Jeremiah "Jerry" Wadsworth (June 12, 1905 – March 13, 1984)"James J(eremiah) Wadsworth." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. was an American politician and diplomat from New Yor ...

(1905–1984), U.S. diplomat; ambassador to the UN *

Jeremiah Wadsworth Jeremiah Wadsworth (July 12, 1743 – April 30, 1804) was an American sea captain, merchant, and statesman from Hartford, Connecticut who profited from his position as a government official charged with supplying the Continental Army. He r ...

(1743–1804), American sea captain; delegate to the Continental Congress; U.S. representative from Connecticut * Harrison Wadsworth, Jr. (1924-2010) American engineering professor of statistical methods, author and pioneer in quality control science * Ken Wadsworth (1946–1976), New Zealand cricketer *

Mabel Sine Wadsworth Mabel Antoinette Sine Wadsworth (October 14, 1910 – January 11, 2006) was an American birth control activist and women's health educator. Influenced by the work of Margaret Sanger, she organized door to door campaigns in rural Maine in the 19 ...

(1910-2006), American birth control activist and women's health educator *

Marc Wadsworth Marc Wadsworth is a British black rights campaigner, broadcast and print journalist and BBC filmmaker. He founded the Anti-Racist Alliance in 1991 and helped set up the justice campaign for murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence two years ...

, British anti-racist campaigner *

Martha Wadsworth Brewster Martha Wadsworth Brewster (April 1, 1710 – ) was an 18th-century American poet and writer. She is one of only four colonial women who published volumes of their verse before the American Revolution and was the first American-born woman to pu ...

(1710 – c. 1757), American poet and writer. * Michael Wadsworth (contemporary), British sociologist and socio-medical researcher *

Mick Wadsworth Michael Wadsworth (born 3 November 1950) is an English football coach and former player. Born in Barnsley his playing career spanned only one season in The Football League with Scunthorpe United, along with spells playing for Gainsborough Tr ...

(born 1950), British football coach *

Peleg Wadsworth Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 – November 12, 1829) was an American Patriot officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American p ...

(1748–1829), U.S. Army officer in the American Revolution; grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Philip Wadsworth (1832–1901), American merchant and politician * Priscilla Wadsworth, American artist * Walter Wadsworth (1890–1951), British football player * William Wadsworth (1594–1675), British Puritan, American colonial pioneer, co-founder of Hartford, Connecticut, ancestor of the poet Ezra Pound * William Wadsworth (1765–1833), Brigadier General of New York Militia in the War of 1812 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wadsworth English-language surnames