John Wright may refer to:

Arts

• John Buckland Wright (1897-1954), New Zealand illustrator
• John C. Wright (author) (born 1961), science fiction and fantasy writer
• John Henry Wright (1852-1908), American classical scholar
• John Lloyd Wright (1892-1972), American architect and toy designer
• John Michael Wright (1617-1694), Scottish painter
• John William Wright (1802-1848), English painter
• John Wright (film editor), American film editor
• John Wright (musician) (born 1962), drummer for Nomeansno and singer for the Hanson Brothers
• John Wright (theatre director), English theatre director
• John Christie Wright (1889-1917), Scottish-born Australian sculptor
• Johnnie Wright (1914-2011), American country musician, singer, songwriter
• Johnny Wright (music manager) (born 1960), American music act manager

Politics

• John Wright (MP for Bedford), MP in 1391 for Bedford
• John and Christopher Wright (1568-1605), (1570-1605), members of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
• John Wright (Ipswich MP) (1615-1683)
• John Wright (politician), New Zealand MP, 1996-2002
• John C. Wright (comptroller), NY State Comptroller, 1852-1853
• John C. Wright (politician) (1783-1861), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• John F. Wright (born 1945), Nebraska Supreme Court justice
• John Vines Wright (1828-1908), member of the U.S. Congress, the Confederate Congress, and a state supreme court justice
• John Allan Cecil Cecil-Wright (1886-1982), Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington, 1936-1945
• John A. Wright (born 1954), Oklahoma State Representative and Lieutenant Governor Candidate
• John Wright (New South Wales politician), New South Wales colonial MP
• John Wright (Tasmanian politician) (1892-1947), Tasmanian state MP
• John T. Wright, African American politician and taxi company proprietor

Science

• John Wright (inventor), English inventor of an electroplating method patented in 1840
• John Kirtland Wright (1891-1969), American geographer
• John Farnsworth Wright (1929-2001), British economist

Sports

• John Wright (ice hockey) (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player
• John Wright (cricketer) (born 1954), member of the New Zealand cricket team, former coach of the Indian cricket team
• John "Rookie" Wright (born 1973), American handball player
• John Wright (boxer) (1929-2001), Olympic boxer and boxing referee
• John W. Wright, American college football coach
• John Wright (cricketer, born 1935), former English cricketer
• John K. Wright, head football coach for the Kentucky State University Thorobreds, 1986
• Johnny Wright (footballer) (born 1975), Northern Irish footballer
• Johnny Wright (baseball) (1919-1990), Negro League baseball player

Other uses

• John Wright (Archbishop of Sydney) (1861-1933), Anglican bishop in Australia
• John Wright (Bishop of Pittsburgh) (1909-1979), Roman Catholic bishop in America
• John Wright (bookseller) (died 1658)
• Sir John Wright, 1st Baronet (1843-1926), British steel manufacturer
• John Wright (businessman), colonial period businessman who established Wright's Ferry
• John Skirrow Wright (1822-1880), pioneer and social improver of Birmingham, England
• John Wright (greyhound trainer) (1899-1980)
• John W. Wright (jurist), West Virginia, appointed a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Abraham Lincoln
• John W. Wright II, Dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
• John Wright (horticulturalist) (1836-1916), winner of the Victoria Medal of Honour

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