Wishart may refer to:

People

Surname

* Adam Wishart (b. 1969), British documentary filmmaker * Arthur Wishart (1903–1986), Canadian politician *

Betty Rose Wishart American composer and pianist Betty Rose Wishart was born on September 22, 1947, in Lumberton, North Carolina. She earned music degrees from Queens College (Charlotte, North Carolina) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then pursu ...

(born 1947), American composer and pianist *

Bobby Wishart Bobby Wishart (10 March 1933 – 3 December 2020) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Aberdeen, Dundee, Airdrie and Raith Rovers. Wishart won the Scottish league championship in 1955 with Aberdeen and 1962 Events January * Janu ...

(1933–2020), Scottish footballer * Bridget Wishart (b. 1962), English vocalist, musician, and performance artist *

Charles F. Wishart Charles Frederick Wishart (1870–1960) was a United States Presbyterian churchman who was President of the College of Wooster from 1919 to 1944. In 1923 he defeated William Jennings Bryan to become Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presb ...

(1870–1960), American Presbyterian clergyman * Craig Wishart (b. 1974), Zimbabwean cricketer * Eunice Wishart (1898–1982), Canadian politician in Ontario *

Felicity Wishart Felicity Jane "Flic" Wishart (4 June 1965 – 19 July 2015) was an Australian conservationist and environmental activist. Early life Wishart was born in the Melbourne suburb of Mitcham to parents of Scottish descent from Adelaide, South Australi ...

(1965–2015), Australian conservationist and environmental activist *

Fraser Wishart Fraser Wishart (born 1 March 1965) is a Scottish former professional footballer, former Secretary of the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association, and current chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland. He is a ...

(b. 1965), Scottish footballer (soccer player) and commentator * George Wishart (c. 1513–1546), Scottish religious reformer and Protestant martyr * Gordon Wishart (b. 1960), British surgeon * Hugh Wishart (fl. 1793-1824), American silversmith * Ian Wishart (disambiguation), various people *

James Wishart Admiral Sir James Wishart (1659–1723) was a Scottish admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth. Wishart served at the Battle of Cadiz and the Battle of Vigo Bay in 1702 His elder brother George became a baronet a ...

(1659–1723), British admiral and politician *

Jock Wishart Jock Wishart is a maritime and polar adventurer, sportsman and explorer. Until his successful 2011 Old Pulteney Row to the Pole, he was best known for his circumnavigation of the globe in a powered vessel, setting a new world record in the Cable ...

(b. ? ), Scottish maritime and polar adventurer, sportsman, and explorer * John Wishart (disambiguation), more than one person *

Kenneth Wishart Kenneth Leslie Wishart (18 November 1908 – 18 October 1972) was a West Indian international cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wick ...

(1908–1972), Guyanese cricketer *

Maria Torrence Wishart Maria Torrence Wishart (September 6, 1893 – December 30, 1982) was a Canadian medical illustrator and the founder of the University of Toronto's Art as Applied to Medicine program. She was educated at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine under Max B ...

(1893 – 1982), Canadian medical illustrator and the founder of the University of Toronto's Art as Applied to Medicine program *

Michael Wishart John Michael Wishart (June 12, 1928 – June 29, 1996) known as Michael Wishart, was an English figurative painter who spent most of his career in France, America and North Africa. A friend of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, he published a memoir ...

(1928–1996), English painter *

Pete Wishart Peter Wishart (born 9 March 1962) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician and musician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth and North Perthshire, formerly North Tayside, since the 2001 general election. Wishart i ...

(b. 1962), Scottish politician * Peter Wishart (composer) (1921–1984), English composer *

Robert Wishart Robert Wishart was Bishop of Glasgow during the Wars of Scottish Independence and a leading supporter of Sir William Wallace and King Robert Bruce. For Wishart and many of his fellow churchmen, the freedom of Scotland and the freedom of the S ...

(?–1316), Scottish bishop *

Rod Wishart Rod Wishart (born 15 October 1968) is an Australians, Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales state rugby league team, New South Wales State of Origin series, State of Origin and ...

(b. 1968), Australian rugby league player *

Spencer Wishart Spencer E. Wishart (December 3, 1889 – August 22, 1914) was an American racecar driver. He was active during the early years of the Indianapolis 500. Biography He was born on December 3, 1889, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wishart was ki ...

(1889–1914), American race car driver *

Stevie Wishart Stevie Wishart is an English composer, improviser, and performer on the hurdy-gurdy and medieval violin. Mainly involved in contemporary music, she has also had a career in early music and has edited and recorded the complete works of Saint Hil ...

(b. ? ), English composer and musician *

Trevor Wishart Trevor Wishart (born 11 October 1946) is an English composer, based in York. Wishart has contributed to composing with digital audio media, both fixed and interactive. He has also written extensively on the topic of what he terms " sonic art", a ...

(b 1946), English composer *

Ty Wishart Ty Wishart (born May 19, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Melbourne Mustangs in the AIHL. Wishart grew up in Comox, British Columbia, playing minor hockey there until his midget years. Pl ...

(b. 1988), Canadian ice hockey player *

William Wishart (disambiguation) William Wishart may refer to: * William Wishart, 13th century Scottish bishop of St Andrews * William Wishart (primus), University of Edinburgh principal 1716-1730 * William Wishart (secundus) William Wishart (secundus) (1691/92–1753) was a Sco ...

, more than one person

Given name

* Wishart Bryan Bell (b. 1948), American choral conductor, pianist, music educator, and musicologist *

Wishart McLea Robertson Wishart McLea Robertson, (February 15, 1891 – August 16, 1967) was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. Robertson's paternal grandfather, Robert Robertson, was a member of Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1854 until 1878. His father, T ...

(1891–1967), Canadian politician in Nova Scotia *

Wishart Spence Wishart Flett Spence, (March 9, 1904 – April 16, 1998) was a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of James Houston Spence and Margaret Hackland, Spence graduated from the University of Toronto Sch ...

(1904–1998), Canadian lawyer and jurist

Places

Antarctica

* Mount Wishart, a mountain in the Prince Charles Mountains

Australia

* Wishart, Northern Territory, a suburb *

Wishart, Queensland Wishart is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Geography Wishart is south-east of the CBD. Bulimba Creek flows through the suburb. History The suburb was originally named by Queensland Place Names Board 1 Augus ...

, a suburb of Brisbane

Canada

Wishart, Saskatchewan Wishart is a hamlet in Emerald Rural Municipality No. 277 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada. The hamlet had a population of 95 in the Canada 2006 Census. It previously held the stat ...

, a hamlet *

Wishart Island Qaiqsuarjuk ( Inuktitut syllabics: ''ᖃᐃᖅᓱᐊᕐᔪᒃ'') formerly Wishart Island is an uninhabited island located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a Baffin Island offshore island in Hudson Strait, and a member of the ...

, an island in Nunavut *

Wishart Island (British Columbia) Wishart Island is a small islet in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located in the Deserters Group to the west of Deserters Island. Both it and the Wishart Peninsula on Broughton Island are name ...

Wishart Peninsula The Wishart Peninsula is a peninsula on the Coast of British Columbia, located east of Broughton Island to the south of Wakeman Sound. Name origin The peninsula and Wishart Island (British Columbia) in the Deserters Group are named for a James Wi ...

on the British Columbia Coast

United States

* Wishart, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Wishart, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia

Other

* Wishart baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia *

Wishart distribution In statistics, the Wishart distribution is a generalization to multiple dimensions of the gamma distribution. It is named in honor of John Wishart, who first formulated the distribution in 1928. It is a family of probability distributions define ...

, in statistics, a generalization to multiple dimensions of the chi-squared distribution or the gamma distribution *

Lawrence and Wishart Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936, through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press, and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned Left-wing ...

, British publishers, successors to Wishart Ltd. * , a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1920 to 1945 {{disambiguation, geo, surname Scottish surnames