Joseph Wright may refer to:
- Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), governor of Indiana
- Joseph C. Wright (1892-1985), American art director
- Joseph Robert Wright, Jr. (born 1938), Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget
- Joseph Wright (linguist) (1855-1930), English philologist
- Joseph Wright (rower) (1864–1950), Canadian rower
- Joseph Wright (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Great Britain, England, and Swinton
- Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), English painter
- Joseph Wright (American Artist) (1756–1793), American portraitist
- Joseph Wright, Jr. (rower) (1906-1981), Canadian rower
- Joseph Wright (greyhound trainer) (1824-1908), greyhound trainer and father of Jack Wright (greyhound trainer), Joe Wright (greyhound trainer), Robert Kelsell Wright and Tom Wright (greyhound trainer)
Famous quotes containing the word wright:
“... the yearly expenses of the existing religious system ... exceed in these United States twenty millions of dollars. Twenty millions! For teaching what? Things unseen and causes unknown!... Twenty millions would more than suffice to make us wise; and alas! do they not more than suffice to make us foolish?”
—Frances Wright (1795–1852)