Famous People with Name Wright

Wright Marion Morris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wright Marion Morris: was an award-winning American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms.

Wright Brothers, Orville            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wright Brothers, Orville: were two Americans who are generally credited[1][2][3] with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on 17 December 1903. They are also officially credited worldwide through the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight". In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed wing flight possible.

George Grover Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Grover Wright: was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa.He was prosecuting attorney of Van Buren County, Iowa in 1847-1848 and was a member of the Iowa Senate from 1849 to 1851. He was a justice of t

John Forsyth Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

John Forsyth Wright: was an Australian politician.He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Darwin in 1940, in a recount following the resignation of Frank Edwards.

Keith Webb Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Keith Webb Wright: is a former Australian politician and convicted rapist. Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, he was educated at the University of Queensland and Kelvin Grove Teachers College in Brisbane before becoming a teacher and author. In 1969, he was elected to the Queen

Ambrose Ransom Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ambrose Ransom Wright: was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He read law under the tutelage of Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson, who later became his brother-in-law, and was admitted to the bar. He became prominent politica

Alonzo Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alonzo Wright: was a Canadian member of Parliament and businessman commonly known as "King of the Gatineau".The Alonzo-Wright Bridge over the Gatineau River was named after him. Although Wright wasn't involved in the construction of this bridge, he did have a role in petitioning for the replacement of the ferry service at this location by a bridge. His original homestead became the Collège Saint-Alexandre, and some have claimed that a log cabin at 893 av. Gatineau served as the family residence in the 1830s.