Robert, Bob, Rob or Bobby Wright may refer to:

Law

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Robert Wright (judge, died 1689) Sir Robert Wright (c. 1634 – 1689) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench 1687–89. Early life Wright was the son of Jermyn Wright of Wangford in Suffolk, by his wife Anne, daughter of Richard Batchcroft of Bexwell in ...

(c. 1634–1689), Lord Chief Justice of England, 1687–1688 *

Robert Wright (South Carolina judge) Robert Wright (1666 – 12 October 1739) was the son of Sir Robert Wright, Chief Justice of the King's Bench (1687–1689) who died in Newgate Prison following the Glorious Revolution. In the same year Robert was called to the bar at Middle Te ...

(1666–1739), Chief Justice of South Carolina from 1725 * Robert William Wright (1816–1885), American lawyer, politician, newspaper editor, and author *Sir Robert Samuel Wright (1839–1904), British judge * Robert Wright, Baron Wright (1869–1964), British judge

Sports

* Robert Wright (English cricketer) (1852–1891), English first-class cricketer *

Robert Kelsell Wright Robert Kelsell Wright (1858–1908) was the third eldest son of Joseph & Ann Wright of Avenue Farm, Waverton, Cheshire, United Kingdoma. Robert obtained his middle name from his paternal grandmother Elizabeth Kelsell and did not follow his brother ...

(1858–1908), English greyhound "slipper" * Robert Wright (English footballer) (1880–?), English footballer *

Bob Wright (greyhound trainer) Robert Wright (1886–1943) was an English greyhound trainer, and the second eldest son of Joe Wright, who had achieved training success with two Waterloo Cup winners in the late 19th century. A member of a famous family of greyhound trainers f ...

(1886–1943), English greyhound trainer *

Bob Wright (baseball) Robert Cassius Wright (December 13, 1891 – July 30, 1993) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played two games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1915. He was born in Decatur County, Indiana and died ...

(1891–1993), American baseball pitcher * Robert Wright (Australian cricketer) (1914–1965), Australian cricketer *

Bob Wright (Scottish footballer) Robert Cooper Allen Wright (20 February 1913 – 27 May 1998) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half. He made over 20 Football League appearances in the years before the Second World War. Career Wright played locally for Horden Co ...

(1915–?), Scottish footballer *

Bob Wright (basketball) Robert G. Wright (March 31, 1926 – April 15, 2012) was an American college basketball coach. He coached Morehead State University for three seasons, and won a Kentucky high school state championship in 1961 as coach of the Paul G. Blazer High Sc ...

(1926–2012), American high school and college basketball coach * Bob Wright (Australian footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer *

Bobby Jack Wright Bobby Jack Wright (born December 11, 1950) is a former American football coach. He was the assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator, and secondary coach under Bob Stoops at the University of Oklahoma. He was originally hired at Oklahoma to r ...

(born 1950), American football coach

History

* Robert Wright (British historian) (1906–1992), Royal Air Force historian and biographer of Hugh Dowding *

Robert K. Wright Jr. Robert K. Wright Jr. (born 1946) is an American military historian and author. After growing up in Connecticut, he graduated in 1968 with a degree in history from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He entered the Army, serv ...

(born 1946), American military historian and author * Robert E. Wright (born 1969), American business, economic, financial, and monetary historian

Medicine

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Robert Wright (surgeon) Sir Robert Wright DSO OBE (1 March 1915 – 4 December 1981) was a senior British surgeon; a former President of the General Medical Council of Great Britain and former President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Earl ...

(1915–1981), British surgeon *

Bobby E. Wright Bobby Eugene Wright (March 1, 1934, Hobson City, Alabama – April 6, 1982, Chicago) was an American clinical psychologist, scholar, educator, political activist and humanitarian. He received his BSc in Education and MSc in Counseling from ...

(1934–1982), American clinical psychologist

Music

Robert Wright (musical writer) Robert Craig Wright (September 25, 1914 – July 27, 2005) was an American composer-lyricist for Hollywood and the musical theatre, best known for the Broadway musical and musical film '' Kismet'', for which he and his professional and romantic ...

(1914–2005), American composer and lyricist of musicals *

Bobby Wright John Robert "Bobby" Wright (born March 30, 1942) is an American country music singer. He is the middle child and the only son of country singers Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells. Biography He was born in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. ...

(born 1942), American country music singer * Rob Wright (born 1954), Canadian musician

Politics

Robert Wright (Maryland politician) Robert Wright (November 20, 1752September 7, 1826) was an American politician and a soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Early life Wright was born at Narborough, near Chestertown, Maryland, and attended the Kent Free School ...

(1752–1826), United States Senator from Maryland and Governor of Maryland *

Robert R. Wright Robert R. Wright, Jr. (August 16, 1844 – August 4, 1927) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Denver, Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It enco ...

(1844–1927), mayor of Denver, Colorado *

Robert Wright (New Zealand politician) Robert Alexander Wright (8 August 1863 – 6 December 1947) was the Mayor of Wellington from 1921 to 1925, and a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party. Biography Early life and career He was born in Dunedin to Robert and Lydia Esther Wrig ...

(1863–1947), MP and mayor of Wellington *

Robert Howard Wright Robert Howard Wright (1865 – 1933) was a business owner and politician in Quebec. He served as mayor of Aylmer, Quebec, Aylmer from 1907 to 1911. The son of Charles Wright and Lucy Stewart, he purchased the former residence of John Egan (Cana ...

(1865–1933), mayor of Aylmer, Quebec *

Bob Wright (Utah politician) William Robert Wright (May 20, 1935 – January 13, 2012) was an American attorney, political candidate, and author. Early life and education Wright was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ralph Bassett Wright and Afton Middlemiss Wright. He grad ...

(1935–2012), Utah lawyer, Republican gubernatorial candidate, biographer of David O. McKay *

Robert C. Wright (politician) Robert C. Wright (November 5, 1944 – February 22, 2014) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 159th district from 1981 to 1992 and as a judge on the Dela ...

(1944–2014), Pennsylvania State Representatives and judge

Religion

Robert Wright (Calvinist priest) Robert Wright (1556?–1624) was an English Anglican priest, a nonconformist under Elizabeth I. Wright matriculated as a pensioner of Trinity College, Cambridge, on 21 May 1571, and graduated B.A. 1574, and M.A. 1578. He was an ardent Calvinist, ...

(1556–1624), English Anglican priest *

Robert Wright (English bishop) Robert Wright (1560–1643) was an English bishop, first holding the see of Bristol and then the see of Lichfield and Coventry. He died at an episcopal palace, under siege in the First English Civil War. Life Wright was born of humble parent ...

(1560–1643), Bishop of Bristol, 1623–1632, and Bishop of Lichfield, 1632–1643 * Robert Wright (priest, died 1622), Archdeacon of Carlisle *

J. Robert Wright John Robert Wright (October 20, 1936 – January 12, 2022) was an American Episcopal priest and St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery professor at General Theological Seminary and a church historian. Wright was Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical Hi ...

(1936–2022), American theologian and author * Robert Wright (priest, born 1949), Church of England priest, Archdeacon of Westminster and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons * Rob Wright (bishop) (born 1964), American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Others

* Robert Wright (courtier) (1553–1596), English scholar and courtier * Robert Wright (Medal of Honor) (1828–1885), Irish-born American Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

Robert Ramsay Wright Robert Ramsay Wright (23 September 1852 – 6 September 1933) was a Scottish zoologist and academic whose professional career was spent in Canada. Born in a manse at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, he studied at Edinburgh High School before receiv ...

(1852–1933), Scottish zoologist *Sir Robert Patrick Wright (1857–1938), Scottish agriculturalist *

Robert Herring Wright Robert Herring Wright (May 21, 1870 – April 25, 1934) was the first president of East Carolina Teachers Training School. Wright received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897 from the University of North Carolina. He completed further education a ...

(1870–1934), American teacher, president of East Carolina Teachers Training School *

Bob Wright Robert Charles Wright (born April 23, 1943) is an American lawyer, businessman, right-wing lobbyist, and author. He is a former NBC executive, having served as president and CEO from 1986 to 2001, and chairman and CEO from 2001 until he retire ...

(born 1943), American television businessman and former CEO of NBC *Sir

Robert Wright (RAF officer) Air Marshal Sir Robert Alfred Wright, (born 10 June 1947) is a former senior Royal Air Force officer. RAF career Wright joined the Royal Air Force in 1966. He became commanding officer of No. 9 Squadron based at RAF Bruggen in 1987, Personal ...

(born 1947), British air marshal * Robert Wright (journalist) (born 1957), American journalist and author of books popularizing evolutionary psychology and game theory *

Rob Wright (writer) Rob Wright is an American television writer and producer. His credits include such titles as “Lethal Weapon,” “The Librarians,” “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” “Grimm,” “''Drop Dead Diva'',” “Las Vegas,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Char ...

, American television producer and writer *

Robert Wright (special effects artist) Robert Wright was an American special effects artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Special Effects at the 17th Academy Awards for work on the film ''Secret Command ''Secret Command'' is a 1944 American drama war film dir ...

, American special effects artist *

Robert Wright Jr. Robert G. Wright Jr. is an FBI agent who has criticized the FBI's counterterrorism, counterterrorist activities in the 1990s, when he worked in the Chicago division on terrorists with links to the Middle East, especially on the issue of money laun ...

, American FBI agent and critic of FBI counterterrorist activities *

Robert G. Wright Robert G. Wright is a Canadian former diplomat. He first worked for the Canadian federal government in 1971, as a policy analyst in the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce. By 1995, he had risen to the position of Deputy Minister of Intern ...

, Canadian diplomat

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