Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
Frances or Fanny, 1795–1852, U.S. abolitionist and social reformer, born in Scotland.
Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, U.S. architect.
James, 1927–80, U.S. poet and translator.
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–97, English painter.
Joseph, 1855–1935, English philologist and lexicographer.
Mary Kathryn Mickey, born 1935, U.S. golfer.
Orville 1871–1948, and his brother Wilbur, 1867–1912, U.S. aeronautical inventors.
Richard, 1908–60, U.S. novelist.
Russel 1904–76, U.S. industrial designer.
Willard Huntington S. S. Van Dine, 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, critic, and author.
a male given name.
Frank Lloyd. 1869–1959, US architect, whose designs include the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo (1916), the Guggenheim Museum, New York (1943), and many private houses. His "organic architecture" sought a close relationship between buildings and their natural surroundings
Joseph, known as Wright of Derby . 1734–97, British painter, noted for his paintings of industrial and scientific subjects, esp The Orrery (?1765) and The Air Pump (1768)
Joseph. 1855–1930, British philologist; editor of The English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
Judith ( Arundel ). 1915–2000, Australian poet, critic, and conservationist. Her collections of poetry include The Moving Image (1946), Woman to Man (1949), and A Human Pattern (1990)
Richard. 1908–60, US Black novelist and short-story writer, best known for the novel Native Son (1940)
Wilbur (1867–1912) and his brother, Orville (1871–1948), US aviation pioneers, who designed and flew the first powered aircraft (1903)
William, known as Billy . 1924–94, English footballer: winner of 105 caps
before 900; Middle English; Old English wryhta, metathetic variant of wyrhta “worker”; akin to work
If you make a living building furniture out of wood, you can call yourself a wright, which is an old fashioned way to say "maker or builder." You're more likely to see the word wright in combination with other words than on its own these days. Some common examples are playwright and wheelwright, or in other words, makers of plays and wheels. The origin of wright is the Old English wryhta, or "someone who works with wood." Originally, a wright was specifically a wood worker, but later it grew to include many different kinds of professions.
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From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2014
Tags: Baseball, david wright, mets, retaliation, terry collins Baseball evokes the image of a father having that catch with his son.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2012
It is to be hoped that one of these years the judges in Stockholm will confer upon Williams the Nobel Prize for Literature, which has been accorded to only one U.S. play wright, Eugene O'Neill.
From Time Magazine Archive
Billy Fisher is hardly an angry young menace, but he might be mistaken for a highly comic younger brother of Play wright John Osborne's backward-scowling Jimmy Porter.
From Time Magazine Archive
I should say an upholsterer, or a mill wright, or some trade where his intelligence can help him on.
From A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Wright said "greed, incompetence and an inability to keep up with his own failings" had all played a part in his crimes.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Earlier this year, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright used a summit to promote the Trump Peace Pipelines Framework -- a plan to expand energy infrastructure across central and eastern Europe.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He said that Wright had “explained this numerous times in briefings on Capitol Hill.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has put the cost of refilling it at roughly $20 billion over several years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Mr. and Mrs. Wright exchanged uneasy looks, as she had known they would.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Play wrights Sanctuary directed Dr Larry Myers of St John s University goes directly to breaking news troubespots nd engages in dramatic arts jihads!
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
It remains to be seen whether the costly craft launched by Russel Crowe and his ark wrights will sink or swim.
From Time ● Mar. 27, 2014
Unlike many play wrights, Hamilton was both willing and able to make changes in his script.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other English play wrights may update Shaw; Berkoff wants to be an East End blend of Sam Shepard and Jean Genet.
From Time Magazine Archive
We may begin by and by with wrights, but I cannot but think that a handy laborer might be taught to work at them.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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