Cartwright is an English surname that originally means a maker of carts. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Cartwright (born 1945), British musicianAlexander Cartwright (1820–1892), American engineer and supposed inventor of baseballAngela Cartwright (born 1952), British-born American actressAnn Cartwright (born 1925), British statistician and socio-medical researcherAnthony Cartwright (born 1940), New Zealand cricketerArnaud Cartwright Marts (1888–1970), American academic, president of Bucknell University (1935–1945)Bec Cartwright (born 1983), Australian actress and singerBen Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple peopleBill Cartwright (born 1957), American basketball playerBill Cartwright (disambiguation), several peopleBrian Cartwright (born 1948), American lawyer and astrophysicistBryce Cartwright (born 1994), Australian Rugby League playerCarol A. Cartwright, American academic, president of Kent State University (1991–2006) and Bowling Green State University (2008)Casimir Cartwright van Straubenzee (1867–1956), British soldierChristopher Cartwright (1602–1658), English clergymanCyril Cartwright, British cyclistD. F. Cartwright (1916–2009), British soldier, businessman and commercial fishermanDavid Cartwright (1920–1997), tenth Suffragan Bishop of SouthamptonDave Cartwright (born 1943), British musician and authorDeirdre Cartwright, British guitaristEd Cartwright (1859–1933), American baseball playerEdward David Cartwright (1920–1997), British bishop, Bishop of Southampton (1984–1989)Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823), British clergyman and inventor of the power loomErik Cartwright (born 1950), musicianFairfax Cartwright (1823–1881), British politicianFairfax Leighton Cartwright (1857–1928), British author and diplomat, Ambassador to Austria-Hungary (1908–1913)Gary Cartwright (born 1952), former Australian politicianGeoff Cartwright, Australian actorGeorge Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple peopleGreg Cartwright (born 1970), American musicianMrs H. Cartwright (fl.1776 -1787), British writerHarold Cartwright (born 1951), English cricketerHilton Cartwright (born 1990), Zimbabwean-Australian cricketerHubert James Cartwright (1900–1958), Roman Catholic coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of WilmingtonHugh Cartwright (died 1572), English politicianIan Cartwright (born 1964), English footballerJames Cartwright (born 1949), American soldier, eighth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffJames Cartwright (canoer) (born 1976), Canadian canoeistJim Cartwright (born 1958), English dramatistJohn Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple peopleJoe Cartwright (rugby league), English rugby league playerJoseph Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple peopleJustin Cartwright (born 1945), British novelistJulia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924), British art criticKelly Cartwright (born 1989), Australian athleteKit Cartwright (born 1954), American football administrator and a former American football player and coachLee Cartwright (born 1972), English footballerLionel Cartwright (born 1960), American country musicianLisa Cartwright, American scholar of visual cultureLynn Cartwright (1927–2004), American actressMarc Cartwright (born 1975), American photographerMark Cartwright (born 1973), English footballerMatt Cartwright (born 1961), American lawyerMary Cartwright (1900–1998), British mathematicianNancy Cartwright (actress) (born 1957), American voice actressNancy Cartwright (philosopher) (born 1943), American philosopherOscar Ling Cartwright (1900–1983), American entomologist who specialized in scarab beetlesPeggy Cartwright (1912–2001), Canadian silent-era actressPeter Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple peoplePhilip Cartwright (1880-1955), English cricketerRandy Cartwright (born 1951), American animatorRianti Cartwright (born 1983), Indonesian actress, model and television presenterRichard Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple peopleRobert Cartwright, art directorRock Cartwright (born 1979), American football playerRyan Cartwright (born 1981), British actorSamuel Cartwright (1789–1864), British dentistSamuel A. Cartwright (1793–1863), Confederate States of America physicianSilvia Cartwright (born 1943), New Zealand lawyer, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand (2001–2006)Steve Cartwright, American computer and video game designerStephen Cartwright (1947–2004), British illustratorThomas Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple peopleTom Cartwright (1935–2007), English cricketerVeronica Cartwright (born 1949), English actressVincent Cartwright (1882–1965), English rugby union player and cricketerWalter Cartwright (1871-????), English footballerWilburn Cartwright (1892–1979), American lawyer and politicianWilliam Cartwright (disambiguation), multiple people