- a worker, especially a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination): a wheelwright; a playwright.
- U.S. poet.
- U.S. abolitionist and social reformer, born in Scotland.
- U.S. architect.
- U.S. poet and translator.
- English painter.
- English philologist and lexicographer.
- U.S. golfer.
- and his brother Wilbur, 1867–1912, U.S. aeronautical inventors.
- U.S. novelist.
- U.S. industrial designer.
- U.S. journalist, critic, and author.
- a male given name.
- a person who creates, builds, or repairs something specified
- 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
