# Boatwright

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

- [Bennie Boatwright](/source/Bennie_Boatwright) (born 1996), American Basketball player
- [Bon Boatwright](/source/Bon_Boatwright) (born 1951) American Professional Football player
- [Brad Boatright](/source/Brad_Boatright) (born 1976), American musician, record producer, and mastering engineer
- [Brian Boatright](/source/Brian_Boatright) (born 1962), justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
- [Daniel E. Boatwright](/source/Daniel_E._Boatwright) (1930–2012), American politician from California; state legislator 1973–96
- [Danni Boatwright](/source/Danni_Boatwright) (born 1975), American beauty queen, model, and TV personality
- [Frederic W. Boatwright](/source/Frederic_W._Boatwright) (1868–1951), American college president
- [Helen Boatwright](/source/Helen_Boatwright) (1916–2010), American soprano who specialized in the performance of American song
- [Jim Boatwright](/source/Jim_Boatwright) (1951–2013), American-Israeli basketball player
- [John B. Boatwright](/source/John_B._Boatwright) (1881–1965), Virginia lawyer and legislator
- [John Boatright](/source/John_Boatright) (1923–2006), American painter
- [Kenneth Boatright](/source/Kenneth_Boatright) (born 1990), American football defensive end
- [Mary T. Boatwright](/source/Mary_T._Boatwright) (born 1952), American professor of classical studies
- [McHenry Boatwright](/source/McHenry_Boatwright) (1928–1994), American operatic bass-baritone and singing teacher
- [Peter Boatwright](/source/Peter_Boatwright), American non-fiction writer and an associate professor of marketing at the [Tepper School of Business](/source/Tepper_School_of_Business) at [Carnegie Mellon University](/source/Carnegie_Mellon_University)
- [Ryan Boatright](/source/Ryan_Boatright) (born 1992), American professional basketball player
- [Todd Boatwright](/source/Todd_Boatwright) (born 1965), American weekday morning television news anchor on [Spectrum News 1 Texas](/source/Spectrum_News_1_Austin).

**Fictional**

- August, June and May Boatwright, fictional three sisters of the [Sue Monk Kidd](/source/Sue_Monk_Kidd)'s novel *[The Secret Life of Bees](/source/The_Secret_Life_of_Bees_(novel))*
- Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright is the fictional narrator of [Dorothy Allison](/source/Dorothy_Allison)'s debut novel *[Bastard out of Carolina](/source/Bastard_out_of_Carolina)*

## See also

- [Boatright House](/source/Boatright_House), Kentucky, US
- [Botwright](/source/Botwright), surname

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick (2003). [*Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA177). Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). p. 177. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. [OCLC 51655476](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51655476). Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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