Meaning of Last Name

Cartwright is a surname that originally means a maker of carts. People surnamed Cartwright include: * Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892), American engineer and an inventor of baseball * Angela Cartwright (born 1952), British-born American actress * Ann Cartwright (born 1925), statistician and socio-medical researcher * Bec Cartwright (born 1983), Australian actress * Ben Cartwright (actor), British actor * Bill Cartwright (born 1957), former NBA basketball player * Carol A. Cartwright, 10th President of Kent State University * Ed Cartwright (1859-1933), Major League Baseball first baseman * Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823), British clergyman and inventor of the power loom * Erik Cartwright (born 1950), musician * George Cartwright (1894-1978), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross * George Cartwright (trader) (1739-1819), trader and explorer * Harold Cartwright (born 1951), English cricketer * James Cartwright (athlete), Olympic athlete * James E. Cartwright (born 1949), United States Marine Corps general * Jim Cartwright (born 1958), English actor * John Cartwright (political reformer) (1740-1824), supporter of American independence and British political reform * John Cartwright (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer and coach * John Cartwright (UK politician) (born 1933), UK Member of Parliament * John Robert Cartwright (1895-1979), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada * John Solomon Cartwright (1804-1845), businessman, lawyer, judge, farmer and political figure * Justin Cartwright (born 1945), British novelist * Lee Cartwright (born 1972), footballer * Lynn Cartwright (1927-2004), American actress * Mary Cartwright (1900-1998), British mathematician * Nancy Cartwright (actress) (born 1957), American voice actress * Nancy Cartwright (philosopher) (born 1943), professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics * Peggy Cartwright (1912-2001), Canadian silent-era actress * Peter Cartwright (actor) (born 1935), South African actor * Peter Cartwright (exhorter) (1785-1872), early American "hellfire and brimstone" preacher * Randy Cartwright (born 1951), American animator * Richard Cartwright (murderer) (1974-2005), death row inmate and activist * Richard Cartwright (Upper Canada politician) (1759-1815), businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada * Richard John Cartwright (1835-1912), Canadian businessman and politician * Robert Cartwright (born 1990), Canadian soccer player * Rock Cartwright (born 1979), American football player * Ryan Cartwright (born 1981), British actor * Samuel A. Cartwright (1793-1863), Confederate States of America physician * Silvia Cartwright (born 1943), New Zealand's second female Governor-General * Steve Cartwright, American computer and video game designer * Thomas Cartwright (architect) (circa 1635-1703), 17th century English architect * Thomas Cartwright (churchman) (circa 1535-1603), English Puritan churchman * Tom Cartwright (born 1935), former English cricketer * Veronica Cartwright (born 1950), English actress * Walter Cartwright (born 1871), English footballer * William Cartwright (dramatist) (1611-1643), English dramatist and churchman * William Cartwright (film editor), American film editor