Charles Wright

Charles, Charlie or Chuck Wright may refer to:

Academia and science

• Charles Wright (botanist) (1811–1885), American botanist
• Charles Alan Wright (1927–2024), American legal scholar
• Charles Conrad Wright (1917–2011), American religious historian
• Charles Henry Conrad Wright (1869–1957), professor of French language and literature
• Charles Romley Alder Wright (1844–1894), English chemistry and physics researcher

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Charles Wright (musician) (born 1940), leader of Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
• Charles "Specs" Wright (1927–1963), American jazz drummer
• Chuck Wright (born 1959), American bassist

Other media

• Charles Wright (novelist) (1932–2008), American novelist
• Charles Wright (poet) (born 1935), American poet

Politics

• Charles Wright (mayor) (1937–1998), American politician, mayor of Davenport, Iowa, from 1977 to 1981
• Charles Ernest Wright, Canadian politician from Ontario
• Charles Frederick Wright (1856–1925), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Charles Ichabod Wright (1828–1905), British member of parliament for Nottingham, 1868–1870
• Charles O. Wright (1873–1922), Canadian politician from Alberta
• Chuck Wright (politician) (1919–2016), American politician, Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, from 1965 to 1969

Sports

• The Godfather (wrestler) (born 1956), American professional wrestler born Charles Wright
• Charles Wright (athlete), English athlete
• Charles Wright (cricketer) (1863–1936), Nottinghamshire and England cricketer
• Charlie Wright (Kent cricketer) (1895–1959), English cricketer
• Charlie Wright (1938–2024), Scottish football manager and player
• Charles Wright (gridiron football) (born 1964), American player of gridiron football
• Charles Wright (speedway rider) (born 1988), speedway rider

Others

• Charles Barstow Wright (1822–1898), American financier
• Charles Cushing Wright or C. Conrad Wright (1704–1857), American medallist and engraver, founding member of the National Academy of Design
• Charles H. Wright (1918–2002), Detroit physician and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
• Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1836–1909), Irish Anglican clergyman
• Charles Seymour Wright or C. S. Wright (1887–1975), Canadian Antarctic explorer
• Charles T. Wright (1911–1980), associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court
• Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright (1862–1940), English librarian

See also

• Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, an American soul and funk band formed in the early 1960s