Richard Wright

Richard Wright may refer to:

  • Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960), African-American novelist, writer, poet, essayist
  • Richard Wright (musician) (1943–2008), also known as Rick Wright, English musician, founding member of Pink Floyd
  • Richard Wright (artist) (born 1960), British artist and musician, band member of Correcto
  • Richard Wright (footballer) (born 1977), England football goalkeeper
  • Richard B. Wright (born 1937), Canadian novelist
  • Richard R. Wright (1855–1947), American military officer, educator, politician, civil rights advocate, and banking entrepreneur
  • Richard Wright (MP), MP for Dorchester
  • Richard Wright (Unitarian) (1764–1836), Unitarian minister
  • Richard Cotsman Wright (1841–1921), Canadian architect
  • Richard G. Wright (born 1962), American photographer and short filmmaker
  • Richard L. Wright (born 1943), American political leader

Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or wright:

    “I think that Richard Nixon will go down in history as a true folk hero, who struck a vital blow to the whole diseased concept of the revered image and gave the American virtue of irreverence and skepticism back to the people.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)

    “The man possessed of a dollar, feels himself to be not merely one hundred cents richer, but also one hundred cents better, than the man who is penniless; so on through all the gradations of earthly possessions—the estimate of our own moral and political importance swelling always in a ratio exactly proportionate to the growth of our purse.”
    —Frances Wright (1795–1852)