Robert Wright

Robert, Bob, Rob or Bobby Wright may refer to:

Law

• Sir Robert Wright (judge, died 1689) (c. 1634–1689), Lord Chief Justice of England, 1687–1688
• Robert Wright (South Carolina judge) (1666–1739), Chief Justice of South Carolina from 1725, son of the above
• Robert William Wright (1816–1885), American lawyer, politician, newspaper editor, and author
• Sir Robert Samuel Wright (1839–1904), British judge
• Robert Wright, Baron Wright (1869–1964), British judge

Sports

• Robert Wright (English cricketer) (1852–1891), English first-class cricketer
• Robert Kelsell Wright (1858–1908), English greyhound "slipper"
• Robert Wright (English footballer) (1880–?), English footballer
• Bob Wright (greyhound trainer) (1886–1943), English greyhound trainer
• Bob Wright (baseball) (1891–1993), American baseball pitcher
• Robert Wright (Australian cricketer) (1914–1965), Australian cricketer
• Bob Wright (Scottish footballer) (1915–?), Scottish footballer
• Robert Wright (hurdler), winner of the 60 yards hurdles at the 1943 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
• Bob Wright (basketball) (1926–2012), American high school and college basketball coach
• Bob Wright (Australian footballer) (1943–2019), Australian rules footballer
• Bobby Jack Wright (born 1950), American football coach
• Robert Wright (basketball) (born 2005), American basketball player

History

• Robert Wright (British historian) (1906–1992), Royal Air Force historian and biographer of Hugh Dowding
• Robert K. Wright Jr. (born 1946), American military historian and author
• Robert E. Wright (born 1969), American business, economic, financial, and monetary historian

Medicine

• Sir Robert Wright (surgeon) (1915–1981), British surgeon
• Bobby E. Wright (1934–1982), American clinical psychologist

Music

• Robert Wright (musical writer) (1914–2005), American composer and lyricist of musicals
• Bobby Wright (born 1942), American country music singer
• Rob Wright (born 1954), Canadian musician

Politics

• Robert Wright (Maryland politician) (1752–1826), United States Senator from Maryland and Governor of Maryland
• Robert R. Wright (1844–1927), mayor of Denver, Colorado
• Robert Wright (New Zealand politician) (1863–1947), MP and mayor of Wellington
• Robert Howard Wright (1865–1933), mayor of Aylmer, Quebec
• Bob Wright (Utah politician) (1935–2012), Utah lawyer, Republican gubernatorial candidate, biographer of David O. McKay
• Robert C. Wright (politician) (1944–2014), Pennsylvania State Representatives and judge

Religion

• Robert Wright (Calvinist priest) (1556–1624), English Anglican priest
• Robert Wright (English bishop) (1560–1643), Bishop of Bristol, 1623–1632, and Bishop of Lichfield, 1632–1643
• Robert Wright (priest, died 1622), Archdeacon of Carlisle
• J. Robert Wright (1936–2022), American theologian and author
• Robert Wright (priest, born 1949), Church of England priest, Archdeacon of Westminster and Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons
• Rob Wright (bishop) (born 1964), American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Others

• Robert Wright (courtier) (1553–1596), English scholar and courtier
• Robert Wright (Medal of Honor) (1828–1885), Irish-born American Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

• Robert Ramsay Wright (1852–1933), Scottish zoologist
• Sir Robert Patrick Wright (1857–1938), Scottish agriculturalist
• Robert Herring Wright (1870–1934), American teacher, president of East Carolina Teachers Training School
• Bob Wright (born 1943), American television businessman and former CEO of NBC
• Sir Robert Wright (RAF officer) (born 1947), British air marshal
• Robert Wright (journalist) (born 1957), American journalist and author of books popularizing evolutionary psychology and game theory
• Rob Wright (writer) (– ), American television producer and writer
• Robert Wright (special effects artist), American special effects artist
• Robert Wright Jr. (– ), American FBI agent and critic of FBI counterterrorist activities
• Robert G. Wright, Canadian diplomat

See also

• Bert Wright (disambiguation)