Wainwright is an english family name, with known members near London and in Northumberland.
Notable persons include
- Reverend Wainwright of Maiden's Point, Northumberland (ca. 1877 - 1943)
- Ben Wainwright of Hull, (1897 - 1962), husband of Katherine, father of Sally
- Katherine Costello Wainwright, ('1902'- 1987) neé Kathy Nightingale (* ca. 1989)
- Malcolm Wainwright, gradson of Ben and Kathy, nephew of Sally
- Sally Wainwright, firstborn daughter of Ben and Kathy, aunt of Malcolm
- Wainwright (Chicago female) from the Ministers of Grace around 1930
Notable place
- Wainwright Museum in Chicago in the 1930s.