James Wright

James, Jimmy, or Jim Wright may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • James Wright (poet) (1927–1980), American poet
  • James Wright (singer), Filipino-Australian singer
  • Big Jim Wright (James Quentin Wright) (1966–2018), American musician
  • Jimmy Wright (actor), American stage and screen actor
  • Jimmy Wright (artist) (born 1944), American visual artist

Politics and the law

United States

  • James Wright (governor) (1716–1785), British colonial governor of the province of Georgia, and 1st Baronet, of Carolside
  • J. Skelly Wright (1911–1988), American judge
  • James A. Wright (Pennsylvania politician) (1902–1963), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
  • James A. Wright (Wisconsin politician) (1873–1911), Wisconsin politician and businessman
  • James Henry Wright (1838–1905), American jurist and politician
  • James L. Wright (1925–1990), Pennsylvania politician
  • Jim Wright (1922–2015), U.S. Congressman from Texas, Speaker of the House
  • Jim Wright (commissioner), American politician and businessman from Texas

Elsewhere

  • Sir James Wright (governor) (1716–1785), British colonial governor of the province of Georgia, and 1st Baronet, of Carolside
  • Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet (1730–1804) of Ray House, Essex and Resident at Venice, British diplomat
  • James Wright (Jamaican politician) (1904–1984/85), member of the Legislative Council of Jamaica
  • James R. Wright, Canadian diplomat
  • James William Wright (1854–1917), Australian architect and politician

Science and academics

  • James Wright (classicist) (born 1939), former Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University
  • James Wright (historian) (1939–2022), President of Dartmouth College, historian
  • James Wright (palaeontologist) (1878–1957), Scottish paaeontologist, geologist and fossil collector
  • James C. Wright, American classical archaeologist
  • James D. Wright (1947–2019), American sociologist

Sports

Baseball

  • Jim Wright (1920s pitcher) (1900–1963), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jim Wright (1970s pitcher) (born 1950), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jim Wright (1980s pitcher) (born 1955), Major League Baseball pitcher

Cricket

  • James Wright (cricketer, born 1948), English cricketer
  • James Wright (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1961), English cricketer
  • James Wright (cricketer, born 1912) (1912–1987), English cricketer
  • James Wright (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1946), New Zealand cricketer

Gridiron football

  • James Wright (tight end) (born 1956), American football tight end
  • James Wright (wide receiver) (born 1991), American football player
  • James Earl Wright (American football) (1939–2009), gridiron football defensive back and quarterback
  • Jim Wright (American football coach) (born 1935), American football coach

Other sports

  • Jim Wright (footballer, born 1910) (1910–1978), English footballer
  • James Leroy Wright (1938–2020), American basketball player
  • Jimmy Wright (golfer) (born 1939), American professional golfer
  • James Wright (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
  • James Wright (rugby) (1863–1932), rugby union footballer of the 1890s for England, and Bradford F.C.
  • James Wright (speedway rider) (born 1986), British motorcycle speedway rider
  • Jim Wright (Australian footballer) (born 1949), Australian rules footballer (Geelong)
  • James Earl Wright, a ring name of American professional wrestler Dale Veasey (born 1960)

Other fields

  • James Wright (antiquarian) (1643–1713), antiquary and writer
  • James Wright (doctor) (1927–2022), Australian medical professional
  • James Wright (inventor), American creator of Silly Putty
  • James Wright (potter) (1819–1887), New Zealand potter
  • James Homer Wright (1869–1928), American pathologist
  • James Hood Wright (1836–1894), American banker, financier and railroad man
  • James W. Wright, executive director of the Development Authority of the North Country
  • James Whitaker Wright (1846–1904), English mining company owner
  • James William Wright (1854–1917), Australian architect and politician

See also

  • Jamey Wright (born 1974), baseball player
  • Jamie Wright (born 1976), ice hockey player
  • Jay Wright (disambiguation)
  • Cottage Grove State Airport or Jim Wright Field, Lane County, Oregon, USA
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