Peter Wright may refer to:

Writers

Peter Wright (journalist) Peter Wright (born 13 August 1953) is a British newspaper editor. Wright attended Clare College, Cambridge, then took a graduate trainee position with Thomson Regional Newspapers, working as a reporter on the '' Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo ...

(born 1953/4), British editor of ''The Mail on Sunday'' *

Peter Wright (MI5 officer) Peter Maurice Wright CBE (9 August 191626 April 1995) was a principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book ''Spycatcher'', written with Paul Greengrass, became an international bestseller with sales of ...

(1916–1995), author and MI5 counter-intelligence officer * Peter Wright (writer) (1880/1–1957), British author

Entertainers

Peter Wight (actor) Peter Wight (born 1950), sometimes credited as Peter Wright, is a British actor. Acting career His television credits include: ''Our Zoo'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Meantime'', ''Anna Lee'', ''Life on Mars'', ''Holby City'', '' Where the Heart Is'', ''Jan ...

(born 1950), British actor, sometimes credited as Peter Wright * Peter Wright (dancer) (born 1926), British ballet director and choreographer * Pete Wright (musician) (active 1977–1984), British bass player for the band Crass *

Peter Wright (organist) Peter Michael Wright (born 6 March 1954) is a British organist.''Who's Who 2011''
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(born 1954), British organist *Pete Wright, character in American 1950 crime film noir ''

711 Ocean Drive ''711 Ocean Drive'' is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru and Otto Kruger. Plot Telephone technician Mal Granger, with knowledge of telephones and electronics, is hired by gangster ...

Sportspeople

Peter Wright (American football) Peter Wright was an early professional football player. In 1893, he was under contract by the Allegheny Athletic Association to be paid $50 per game for the entire season. That season Peter, Ollie Rafferty and John Van Cleve John Moore Van Cle ...

, American football player in 1893 *

Peter Wright (Australian footballer) Peter Wright (born 8 September 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Gold Coast Suns with pick 8 in the 2014 AFL draft. AF ...

(born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Peter Wright (darts player) (born 1970), Scottish darts player *

Peter Wright (footballer, born 1934) Peter Brooke Wright (26 January 1934 – 24 October 2012) was an English footballer who played for Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, Engl ...

(1934–2012), English football player for Colchester United *

Peter Wright (footballer, born 1982) Peter David Wright (born 15 August 1982) is an English professional Association football, footballer who played in the Football League, as a Forward (association football), forward for Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United and Halifax Town A.F ...

, English football player for Halifax Town * Peter Wright (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer 1970–1971 and coach *

Peter Wright (rugby union) Peter Wright (born 30 December 1967) is a former rugby union footballer and now coach. Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Lasswade RFC and Boroughmuir. Provincial and professional career He played for Edinburgh District; ...

(born 1967), Scottish rugby union footballer and coach * Peter Wright (sport wrestler), British wrestler, bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games *

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 *

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 in Atlanta, Georgia. Wright competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 1,500-meter freesty ...

(born 1972), American swimmer *

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 wa ...

(born 1963), Irish-American tennis player *

Pete Wright (ice hockey) Peter Donald Wright (January 25, 1927 – August 19, 1989), was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys. Career Wright won a gold medal at the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships in London, England. The 1950 Edmonton Mercur ...

(1927–1989), Canadian ice hockey player *Peter Wright, technical director of

Team Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar, and sports car racing. Mor ...

in 1990s

Others

Peter Wright (Jesuit) Peter Wright (1603 – 19 May 1651) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Early life Peter Wright was born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, one of twelve children. Peter was still young ...

(1603–1651), beatified English Catholic martyr *

Peter Harold Wright Company Sergeant Major Peter Harold Wright VC (10 August 1916 – 5 April 1990) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Briti ...

(1916–1990), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Peter Wright (police officer) Peter Wright (21 July 1929 – 17 September 2011) was the Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police force from 1983 to 1990. During that period members of the force he commanded clashed with striking miners during the UK miners' strike (198 ...

(1929–2011), British policeman *

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 ...

, American scientist, NMR spectroscopist *

Peter Wright (mining entrepreneur) Ernest Archibald Maynard "Peter" Wright (24 February 1908 – 13 September 1985) was an Australian mining entrepreneur. He was best known as the business partner of Lang Hancock. After his death, his estate became worth over 1 billion. Early lif ...

(1908–1985), Australian mining entrepreneur *

Peter Wright (ceramicist) Peter Wright (30 December 1919 – 20 June 2003) was a British potter and sculptor. Biography Wright was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1919 and was brought up in Enfield Town, north London. After army service in World War Two, he attended Hor ...

(1919-2003), potter and sculptor *

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 {{Hndis, Wright, Peter