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Wainwright is an Anglo-Saxon occupational surname derived from the pre-7th century Old English word waegnwyrhta. The prefix, "waeg(e)n/waen, refers to a vehicle/wagon, common in its time as being horse-driven and four-wheeled. The suffix, wyrhta/wright, refers to a maker/builder. The earliest public record of the name dates to 1237 in Essex. Variations include Wainewright, Wainright, Waynewright, Wainwrigt and Winwright. Notable people with the surname include:Aaron Wainwright, Welsh rugby union player. Adam Wainwright, American baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals Alfred Wainwright (1907–1991), writer of guide books to the fells of the English Lake District, including List of Wainwrights Alfred Wainwright (cricketer) (1883–1971), South African cricketer Alisha Wainwright, American actress Anthony Wainwright, American convicted murderer Arthur Wainwright (1894–1968), English footballer Charles S. Wainwright (1826–1907), American artillery officer during the American Civil War Dennis Wainwright (1935–2024), Bermudian cricketer Edgar Thomas Wainwright (1868–?), Scottish sculptor Geoffrey Wainwright (1939–2020), British Methodist theologian George L. Wainwright, Jr., American judge, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Harriet Wainwright (1766–1843), British composer, singer, writer, and entrepreneur Harry Wainwright, locomotive, carriage and wagon superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Helen Wainwright, American diver and freestyle swimmer Henry Wainwright, English brushmaker and murderer Hilary Wainwright, British socialist and feminist Ish Wainright, American-Ugandan basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League John Wainwright (author) (1921–1995) English crime novelist and authorJonathan Mayhew Wainwright (bishop) (1792–1854), English-American Episcopal bishop and father of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II (1821–1863), Lieutenant in the United States Navy, grandfather of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (1883–1953), United States Army general during World War II Loudon Wainwright Jr. (1924–1988), American columnist and editor. Loudon Wainwright III, American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, actor, father of Martha and Rufus Wainwright Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary of Florida Division of Corrections; respondent in Gideon v. Wainwright court cases Lyndon Wainwright (1919–2018), English ballroom and Latin exhibition dancer. Mark Wainwright, Australian academic Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III Martin Wainwright (journalist), British journalist Martin Wainwright (statistician), statistician Michael Wainwright (musician), Canadian musician Richard Wainwright (politician) (1918–2003), British Liberal politician Richard Wainwright (1817–1862), United States Navy Commander, father of Admiral Richard Wainwright Richard Wainwright (1849–1926), United States Navy Admiral, son of Commander Wainwright Richard Wainwright (1881–1944), United States Navy Commander, son of Admiral Richard Wainwright Rob Wainwright, rugby union player for Scotland and for the British Lions Rufus Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, son of Loudon Wainwright III Sally Wainwright, English dramatist and television writer Ted Wainwright (1865–1919), English cricketer Thomas Wainwright (cricketer) (1940–2019), English cricketer Victor Wainwright, American blues and boogie-woogie singer, songwriter, and pianist William Wainwright, British musician better known under his artist name William Orbit. Other aliases include Wayne Wright William Edward Wainwright (1873–1959), mine manager in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia William L. Wainwright, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly