Wheelwright is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Edmund M. Wheelwright (1854–1912), American architect
Edward Lawrence Wheelwright (1921–2007), Australian economist and political theorist,
Horace William Wheelwright (1815–1865), English naturalist and writer
John Wheelwright (1592–1679), English clergyman and early American settler
John Brooks Wheelwright (1897–1940), American poet
Philip Wheelwright (1901–1970), American philosopher
William Wheelwright (born 1798), American businessman