Joseph Wright may refer to: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), English painter Joseph Wright (American painter) (1756–1793), American portraitist Joseph Wright (fl. 1837/1845), whose company, Messrs. Joseph Wright and Sons, became the Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd Joseph A. Wright (1810–1867), governor of Indiana Joseph Wright (architect) (1818–1885), English architect Joseph Wright (greyhound trainer) (1824–1908) Joseph Farrall Wright (1827–1883), Anglican priest and founder of English football club Bolton Wanderers Joseph Wright (linguist) (1855–1930), English philologist Joseph Wright (rower) (1864–1950), Canadian rower Joseph C. Wright (1892–1985), American art director Joseph Wright Jr. (rower) (1906–1981), Canadian rower Joe Wright (rugby league) (Joseph Wright, 1908–1967), English rugby league footballer Joe Wright (businessman) (Joseph R. Wright, born 1938), director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Joseph Wright (illustrator) (1947–2017), English illustrator and cartoonist Joseph Wright (Mississippi politician) (1952–2022), American politician