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 words joseph and/or wright:
“Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don’t want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them.”
—Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939)