Robert Wright Explained
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
- 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
History
Medicine
Music
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 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