Fred Wright

Article summary

Fred or Frederick Wright may refer to: * Fred Wright (cartoonist) (1907–1984), American labor cartoonist and activist * Fred Wright (historian) (born 1947), British historian and theologian * Frederick Wright (politician) (born 1933), Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada * Frederick Eugene Wright (1877–1953), American optician and geophysicist * Frederick Adam Wright (1869–1946), English classical scholar * Frederick Wright (cricketer) (1855–1929), English cricketer * Fred Wright (researcher), American engineer * Fred Wright (cyclist) (born 1999), British racing cyclist * Fred E. Wright (director) (1868–1936), American actor and director * Fred Howard Wright (1896–1990), American songwriter, vaudeville performer, and character actor

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1947 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367214862