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.

Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright: is an American boxer, the former undisputed light middleweight world champion and a current middleweight contender. In addition to Bernard Hopkins, Paul Williams, "Sugar" Shane Mosley, Angel Hernandez, Felix Trinidad, and Jermain Taylor, Wright has fought

John "Johnny" Alan Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: English

John "Johnny" Alan Wright: was a British amateur boxer who won a silver medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He lost in the final to László Papp of Hungary.

Billy Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Billy Wright: is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. Wright made his full All Whites debut in a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia on 21 June 1988 and ended his international playing career having played 26 times for the All Whites, i

Rasheim Ali Abdul Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Rasheim Ali Abdul Wright: is a basketballer. He received Jordanian citizenship in 2007

Wayne Danforth Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wayne Danforth Wright: was a Champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years. In 1939, Wright appeared in the Columbia Pictures film, Columbia World of Sports: Jockeys Up in which future Radio Hall of Fame and Am