Cartwright (surname)
Cartwright is an English surname that originally means a maker of carts. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Cartwright, British musician
- Alexander Cartwright, American engineer and supposed inventor of baseball
- Angela Cartwright, British-born American actress
- Ann Cartwright, British statistician and socio-medical researcher
- Anthony Cartwright , New Zealand cricketer
- Anthony Cartwright , British novelist
- Arnaud Cartwright Marts, American academic, president of Bucknell University
- Bec Cartwright, Australian actress and singer
- Ben Cartwright, multiple people
- Bill Cartwright, American basketball player
- Bill Cartwright, several people
- Brian Cartwright, American lawyer and astrophysicist
- Bryce Cartwright, Australian Rugby League player
- Buns Cartwright, English cricketer and soldier
- Caleb Cartwright, Irish academic and clergyman
- Carol A. Cartwright, American academic, president of Kent State University and Bowling Green State University
- Casimir Cartwright van Straubenzee, British soldier
- Christopher Cartwright, English clergyman
- Cyril Cartwright, British cyclist
- D. F. Cartwright, British soldier, businessman and commercial fisherman
- David Cartwright, tenth Suffragan Bishop of Southampton
- Dave Cartwright, British musician and author
- Deirdre Cartwright, British guitarist
- Ed Cartwright, American baseball player
- Edward David Cartwright, British bishop, Bishop of Southampton
- Edmund Cartwright, British clergyman and inventor of the power loom
- Erik Cartwright, musician
- Fairfax Cartwright, British politician
- Fairfax Leighton Cartwright, British author and diplomat, Ambassador to Austria-Hungary
- Gary Cartwright, former Australian politician
- Geoff Cartwright, Australian actor
- George Cartwright, multiple people
- Greg Cartwright, American musician
- Mrs H. Cartwright, British writer
- Hannah Cartwright, a.k.a. Augustus Ghost, vocalist for Snow Ghosts
- Harold Cartwright, English cricketer
- Hilton Cartwright, Zimbabwean-Australian cricketer
- Hubert James Cartwright, Roman Catholic coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
- Hugh Cartwright, English politician
- Ian Cartwright, English footballer
- James Cartwright, American soldier, eighth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- James Cartwright , Canadian canoeist
- James Cartwright, multiple people
- Jim Cartwright, English dramatist
- John Cartwright, multiple people
- Joe Cartwright, English rugby league player
- Joseph Cartwright, multiple people
- Justin Cartwright, British novelist
- Julia Cartwright Ady, British art critic
- Kelly Cartwright, Australian athlete
- Kit Cartwright, American football administrator and a former American football player and coach
- Lee Cartwright, English footballer
- Lionel Cartwright, American country musician
- Lisa Cartwright, American scholar of visual culture
- Lynn Cartwright, American actress
- Mark Cartwright, English footballer
- Matt Cartwright, American lawyer and politician representing the 8th district of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives
- Mary Cartwright, British mathematician
- Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
- Nancy Cartwright , American philosopher
- Oscar Ling Cartwright, American entomologist who specialized in scarab beetles
- Peggy Cartwright, Canadian silent-era actress
- Peter Cartwright, multiple people
- Philip Cartwright, English cricketer
- Randy Cartwright, American animator
- Rianti Cartwright, Indonesian actress, model and television presenter
- Richard Cartwright, multiple people
- Robert Cartwright, art director
- Rock Cartwright, American football player
- Ryan Cartwright, British actor
- Samuel Cartwright, British dentist
- Samuel A. Cartwright, Confederate States of America physician
- Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand
- Steve Cartwright, American computer and video game designer
- Stephen Cartwright, British illustrator
- Thomas Cartwright, multiple people
- Tom Cartwright, English cricketer
- Veronica Cartwright, English actress
- Vincent Cartwright, English rugby union player and cricketer
- Walter Cartwright, English footballer
- Wilburn Cartwright, American lawyer and politician
- William Cartwright, multiple people
Fictional people
From the television series Bonanza:
Other fictional characters:
- Fleet Admiral Cartwright, a character in the Star Trek universe
- Annie Cartwright, policewoman in Life on Mars
- Harold Cartwright, a protagonist from ' and '
- Helen Cartwright, one of the main characters from Nights: Journey of Dreams
- Lorna Cartwright, former character in EastEnders
- Madge Cartwright, the sole heiress to Cartwright's Soap Empire; and fiancee of Teddy Meldrum in You Rang, M'Lord
- Rosie Cartwright, member of The Sleepover Club
- Casey Cartwright, one of the main characters from Greek
- Rusty Cartwright, one of the main characters from Greek
