William, Will, or Bill Wright may refer to: William Entertainment William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), English editor, literary executor of Edward FitzGerald William Garrett Wright (born 1979), American poet and editor William Wright (poet) (1782–?), Scottish poet William Lord Wright (1879–1947), American screenwriter and film producer William Wright (actor) (1911–1949), American film actor in the 1940s William Wright (author) (1930–2016), American non-fiction writer Military William Wierman Wright (1824–1882), American civil engineer and Civil War officer for U.S. Military Railroads William P. Wright (1846–1933), American Civil War officer William Purvis Wright (1846–1910), Royal Marines officer William M. Wright (1863–1943), lieutenant general in the United States Army William Wright (Indian civil servant) (1895–1990), British World War I flying ace William Wright (Medal of Honor recipient) (1835–?), Medal of Honor Recipient Politics U.S. politics William Wright (New Jersey politician) (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and U.S. Senator William W. Wright (1813–1889), New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician William Ambrose Wright (1844–1929), Georgia state comptroller William C. Wright (1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia Other politics William Wright (16th century MP), MP for the City of York (1515) and lord mayor of York (1518–1519) William Wright (Australian politician) (1816–1877), British Army officer and politician in colonial Victoria William McKay Wright (1840–1882), Canadian Member of Parliament, Pontiac William Wright (Canadian politician) (1853–1926), Canadian Member of Parliament, Muskoka William Wright (Scottish politician) (1862–1931), Member of Parliament for Rutherglen, 1922–1931 William Wright (Northern Ireland politician) (1925–2022), Unionist politician Religion William Wright (priest) (1563–1639), English Catholic missionary priest William Burnet Wright (1836–1924), Congregational clergyman from Ohio William Wright (missionary) (1837–1899), Irish missionary in Damascus William Wright (Canadian bishop) (1904–1990), Canadian Anglican bishop William Godsell Wright (1904–1973), Episcopal prelate who served as Bishop of Nevada William Wright (Australian bishop) (1952–2021), bishop of Maitland-Newcastle Science William Wright (botanist) (1735–1819), Scottish physician and botanist William Wright (surgeon) (1773–1860), English aural surgeon William Barton Wright (1828–1915), British railway engineer William Hammond Wright (1871–1959), American astronomer William Wright (engineer) (c. 1880), American railway engineer Sports William Wright (cricketer, born 1841) (1841–1916), English cricketer William Wright (cricketer, born 1909) (1909–1988), English cricketer William Wright (footballer) (1893–1945), English footballer for Exeter City and Huddersfield Town Will Wright (footballer), English footballer for Gillingham Other William Wright (privateer) (), English privateer and buccaneer William B. Wright (1806–1868), justice of the New York Supreme Court William Wright (orientalist) (1830–1889), professor of Arabic