Boatwright

Boatwright is a surname of English origin, meaning boat builder.[1] It is frequently spelt Boatright without the "w". The name may refer to:

• Bennie Boatwright (born 1996), American Basketball player
• Brad Boatright (born 1976), American musician, record producer, and mastering engineer
• Brian Boatright (born 1962), justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
• Daniel E. Boatwright (1930–2012), American politician from California; state legislator 1973–96
• Danni Boatwright (born 1975), American beauty queen, model, and TV personality
• Frederic W. Boatwright (1868–1951), American college president
• Helen Boatwright (1916–2010), American soprano who specialized in the performance of American song
• Jim Boatwright (1951–2013), American-Israeli basketball player
• John B. Boatwright (1881–1965), Virginia lawyer and legislator
• John Boatright (1923–2006), American painter
• Kenneth Boatright (born 1990), American football defensive end
• Mary T. Boatwright (born 1952), American professor of classical studies
• McHenry Boatwright (1928–1994), American operatic bass-baritone and singing teacher
• Peter Boatwright, American non-fiction writer and an associate professor of marketing at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University
• Ryan Boatright (born 1992), American professional basketball player
• Todd Boatwright (born 1965), American television news anchor of News 8 Austin's weekday morning news

Fictional

• August, June and May Boatwright, fictional three sisters of the Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Secret Life of Bees
• Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright is the fictional narrator of Dorothy Allison's debut novel Bastard out of Carolina

See also

• Boatright House, Kentucky, US
• All pages with titles containing Boatwright

References

1. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 1 June 2019.