John Wright may refer to:

• John Wright (cricketer) (born 1954), member of the New Zealand cricket team, coach of the Indian cricket team
• John Wright (inventor), an inventor of electroplating (method patented, 1840)
• John Wright (politician), New Zealand MP, 1996–2002
• John C. Wright (born 1961), science fiction and fantasy writer (Nebula award finalist)
• John Cardinal Wright, Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• John Vines Wright was a member of the U.S. Congress, the Confederate Congress, and a state supreme court justice.

• John Crafts Wright was an American congressman from Ohio.
• John Wright (drummer), drummer for “No Means No”
• John Wright (film editor), Academy Award-winning film editor
• John Wright (Gunpowder Plot), co-conspirator of Guy Fawkes
• John Wright (poet), English poet
• John "Rookie" Wright, American handball player
• John Wright (minister), minister of the Evangelical Christian Church.

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