Hanley (name)

Hanley is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Arts and entertainment

• Bill Hanley (sound engineer) (born 1937), American audio engineer
• Bridget Hanley (1941–2021), American actress
• Catherine Hanley (born 1972), Australian-born British writer and medievalist
• Cliff Hanley (1922–1999), Scottish journalist, novelist, playwright and broadcaster
• Daniel P. Hanley (born 1955), American film editor
• Ellen Hanley (1926–2007), American musical theater performer
• Gerald Hanley (1916–1992), English novelist and travel writer
• James Hanley (novelist) (1897–1985), English novelist and playwright
• James Hanley (painter) (born 1965), Irish painter and designer
• James F. Hanley (1892–1942), American songwriter
• Jenny Hanley (born 1947), English actress
• Jimmy Hanley (1918–1970), British actor
• Kay Hanley (born 1968), American musician
• Lynne Hanley (born 1943), American feminist author and literary critic
• Paul Hanley (musician) (born 1964), British musician
• Quincy Hanley (born 1986), professionally known as Schoolboy Q, American rapper
• Roberta Hanley, American actor and movie director
• Steve Hanley (musician) (born 1959), English musician
• Susan Hanley (born 1939), American academic, author, Japanologist and historian
• Victoria Hanley, American young adult fantasy novelist
• Vincent Hanley (1954–1987), Irish radio DJ and television presenter
• William Hanley (1931–2012), American playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter

Politics, law and governance

• Barbara Hanley (1882–1959), Canadian politician
• Edward Hanley (state cabinet secretary) (1928–2007), American government official
• Edward T. Hanley (1932–2000), American labour activist and union president
• Eugene Hanley (1926–2009), American labor leader
• Frank Hanley (1909–2006), Canadian politician
• Geoffrey Hanley (born 1972), Kittitian politician
• James Hanley (1847–1916), Irish-born American railroad man and politician
• James M. Hanley (1920–2003), American politician
• Jeremy Hanley (born 1945), British politician
• Joe R. Hanley (1876–1961), American lawyer and politician
• Katherine Hanley (born 1943), American politician
• Leo B. Hanley (1908–1994), American jurist
• Michael Hanley (1918–2001), English director-general of MI5
• Val Hanley, Irish politician

Sport

• Ben Hanley (born 1985), English racing driver
• Bill Hanley (ice hockey) (1915–1990), Irish-born Canadian ice hockey administrator
• Bo Hanley (1887–1980), American professional football player and coach
• Brian Hanley (born 1974), Irish hurler
• Dan Hanley (footballer) (1883 – after 1913), Australian-rules footballer
• Dick Hanley (American football) (1894–1970), American football player and coach
• Dick Hanley (swimmer) (1936–2022), American swimmer
• Ellery Hanley (born 1961), English rugby league player
• Finian Hanley (born 1985), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Grant Hanley (born 1991), Scottish footballer
• James Hanley (hurler) (1877–1915), Irish hurler
• Jim Hanley (1885–1961), American baseball pitcher
• Junior Hanley (born 1944), Canadian stock car driver and race car builder
• Martin Hanley (1918–2000), South African cricketer
• Pat Hanley (1896–1966), American college football head coach
• Paul Hanley (tennis) (born 1977), Australian tennis player
• Pearce Hanley (born 1988), Irish Australian-rules footballer
• Raheem Hanley (born 1994), English footballer
• Robin Hanley (1968–1996), English cricketer
• Rupert Hanley (born 1952), South African cricketer
• Steve Hanley (rugby union) (born 1979), English rugby footballer
• Tim Hanley (born 1960), American soccer goalkeeper
• Will Hanley (born 1990), Irish-American professional basketball player

Other fields

• Bill Hanley (rancher) (1861–1935), American cattle baron
• Ethel Salisbury Hanley (1890–1949), American speedboat racer
• John C. Hanley, American army officer
• Paul J. Hanley (born 1949) American hospitality industry executive
• Richard Hanley, Zambian-born Australian philosopher
• Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1819–1899), British biologist
• Thomas J. Hanley Jr. (1893–1969), United States Air Force general

Given name

• Robert Hugh Hanley Baird (1855–1934), Northern Irish newspaper proprietor
• Earl Hanley Beshlin (1870–1971), American politician
• Hanley Frias (born 1973), Dominican baseball player
• Hanley Funderburk (1931–2012), American academic administrator
• Robert Hanley Hall (1850–1924), Irish-born Canadian fur trader and politician
• Hanley Ramírez (born 1983), Dominican baseball player
• Frederick Hanley Seares (1873–1964), American astronomer
• Hanley Stafford (1899–1968) (born Alfred John Austin), English radio actor
• William Edward Hanley Stanner (1905–1981), Australian anthropologist

Fictional characters

• Paul Hanley, a character in the TV series Peyton Place

See also

• Hanly, a surname