Politicians
- William Wright (16th century MP) for City of York
- William Wright (American politician) (1794–1866), mayor of Newark, New Jersey and US Senator
- William Wright (Canadian politician) (1853–1926), Canadian Member of Parliament
- William Wright (Scottish politician) (1862–1931), Scottish politician, Member of Parliament for Rutherglen, 1922–1931
- William Ambrose Wright (1844–1929), soldier, statesman, lawyer, and devoted Christian. 50-year Georgia Comptroller General
- William B. Wright (1806–1868), Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals, 1868
- William Bacon Wright (1830–1895), Confederate politician
- William C. Wright (1866–1933), U.S. Representative from Georgia
- William McKay Wright (1840–1882), Quebec lawyer and political figure
- William W. Wright (1813–1889), New York politician and Erie Canal Commissioner
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