List of people with the surname Buckley

This is a list of people with surname Buckley.

Academia

• Ann Buckley (fl. from 1971), Irish musicologist
• Cheryl Buckley (born 1956), British design historian
• F. H. Buckley (born 1948), Canadian academic
• Francis Buckley (archaeologist) (1881–1948), British archaeologist
• Hallie Buckley (fl. from 2001), New Zealand bioarchaeologist
• Hannah Buckley (fl. from 2001), New Zealand ecologist
• John Buckley (historian) (born 1967), professor of military history at the University of Wolverhampton
• Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (born 1944), Norwegian-American professor
• Lauren B. Buckley (fl. from 2000), American scientist
• Michael Buckley (professor) (fl. from 2009), professor at the University of Texas at Arlington
• Michael J. Buckley (1931–2019), theology professor at Santa Clara University
• Nicole Buckley (born 1960), Canadian biologist
• Patricia Buckley Ebrey (born 1947), American historian
• Peter Buckley (academic) (born 1949), British professor of multinational enterprise and international business
• Peter F. Buckley (fl. from 2000), American psychiatrist
• Rebecca Buckley (born 1933), American pediatrician and medical educator
• Ross P. Buckley (fl. from 2007), Australian academic and consultant
• Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809–1884), American botanist and naturalist
• Sonja Buckley (1918–2005), American virologist
• Suzanne Shelton Buckley (born 1946), American journalist and historian
• Theodore Alois Buckley (1825–1856), English classicist and translator
• Thomas Buckley (1942–2015), American anthropologist and Buddhist monastic
• Walter F. Buckley (1922–2006), American sociologist
• William Edward Buckley (1817–1892), Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Allie Crow Buckley fl. from 2017), American musician
• Barry Buckley (1938–2006), Australian musician
• Caroline Buckley (fl. from 1991), member of the British music duo Banderas
• David Buckley (born 1976), British composer of film and television scores
• Emerson Buckley (1916–1989), American conductor
• Jeff Buckley (1966–1997), American songwriter, son of Tim Buckley
• John Buckley (composer) (born 1951), Irish composer
• Jordan Buckley (fl. from 1998), guitarist for Every Time I Die and Better Lovers
• Jules Buckley (born 1980), English conductor
• Keith Buckley (born 1979), vocalist for Every Time I Die
• Kyle Buckley (fl. from 2017), American musician
• Linda Buckley (born 1979), Irish composer and musician
• Mariel Buckley (fl. from 2012), Canadian singer–songwriter
• Olivia Buckley (1799–1847), English harpist, organist and composer
• R. J. Buckley (1847–1938), English music critic, composer and author
• Steve Buckley (musician) (fl. since 1985), British jazz musician
• T. Buckley (fl. from 2011), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Tim Buckley (1947–1975), American songwriter

Radio

• Bill Buckley (radio presenter) (born 1959), British radio presenter
• Dick Buckley (1925–2010), American radio presenter
• Jerry Buckley (journalist) (1891–1930), American radio commentator

Stage and screen

• A. J. Buckley (born 1978), American actor
• Andy Buckley (born 1965), American actor, screenwriter and stockbroker
• Anthony Buckley (born 1937), Australian film editor and producer
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
• Bryan Buckley (born 1963), American film and commercial director and screenwriter
• David Joss Buckley (born 1948), British screenwriter, playwright, author, actor, and musician
• Dillon Monroe Buckley (born 1993), American actress known as Maika Monroe
• Floyd Buckley (1877–1961), American actor
• Ginny Buckley (born 1970), British television presenter
• James Buckley (actor) (born 1987), English actor who stars in The Inbetweeners
• Jenny Buckley (born 1979), Irish television presenter
• Jessie Buckley (born 1989), Irish actress
• Keith Buckley (actor) (1941–2020), English actor
• Kenneth Buckley (1906–1982), British actor
• Kristen Buckley (born 1968), American screenwriter and author
• Lord Buckley (Richard Myrle Buckley, 1906–1960), American comedian
• Matthew Buckley {born c. 1988), British actor
• Michael Buckley (YouTuber) (born 1975), American Internet celebrity, comedian and vlogger
• Nicky Buckley (born 1965), Australian television presenter
• Norman Buckley (born 1955), American film director
• Priscilla Buckley (1921–2012), American journalist and author
• Robert Buckley (born 1981), American actor
• Sarah Jane Buckley (born 1968), British actress
• Sean Buckley (producer) (born c. 1967), Canadian producer and director

Visual arts

• Brad Buckley (born 1952), Australian artist
• Carmel Buckley (born 1956), British artist
• Jerry Buckley (cartoonist) (1932–2000), American cartoonist
• John Buckley (sculptor) (born 1945), English sculptor
• Laura Buckley (1977–2022), Irish artist
• Tim Buckley (comics) (born c. 1980), American webcomic artist

Other arts and entertainment

• Declan Buckley (fl. from 1997), Irish drag queen

Writing

• Arabella Buckley (1840–1929), English writer and science educator
• Charles Burton Buckley (1844–1922), British journalist and newspaper editor in Singapore
• Christopher Buckley (journalist) (1905–1950), British journalist and historian
• Christopher Buckley (novelist) (born 1952), American author, son of William F. Buckley Jr.
• Christopher Buckley (poet) (born 1948), American poet
• Eunice Buckley, pen name of R. Allatini (1890–1980), Austrian-British novelist
• F. R. Buckley (1896–1976), English writer
• Fiona Buckley, pen name of Valerie Anand (1937–2024), English author
• Gail Lumet Buckley (1937–2024), American journalist and author
• Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1882–1959), English writer and translator
• Jonathan Buckley (writer) (born 1956), British author
• Leila Buckley (1917–2013), English poet, writer and translator
• Michael Buckley (author) (born 1969), American children's book author
• Patricia Buckley Bozell (1927–2008), American writer, sister of William F. and James L. Buckley
• Reid Buckley (1930–2014), American writer
• Richard Buckley (journalist) (1948–2021), American LGBT writer and journalist
• Roger Buckley (1937–2020), American historian, novelist, and Asian Americanist
• Steve Buckley (journalist) (born 1956), American sports journalist
• Veronica Buckley (born 1956), New Zealand–born biographer
• Vincent Buckley (1925–1988), Australian poet, teacher, editor, essayist, and critic
• Will Buckley (journalist) (born c. 1965), journalist and author

Business

• Abel Buckley (1835–1908), British manufacturer
• Ann Buckley (industrialist) (1806–1872), English factory owner
• Buck Buckley (born 1960), American tech executive
• Dan Buckley (fl. from 1989), American comic books executive
• Francis Buckley (businessman) (1921–2016), Canadian businessman
• George W. Buckley (born 1947), British businessman
• Mortimer J. Buckley (born 1969), American financial executive
• Sean Buckley (entrepreneur) (fl. from 1994), Australian entrepreneur and racehorse owner

Law

• Denys Buckley (1906–1998), English barrister and judge
• Henry Buckley, 1st Baron Wrenbury (1845–1935), British barrister and judge
• William F. Buckley Sr. (1881–1958), American lawyer and oil developer

Medicine

• Ellen Buckley (1909–2009), American military nurse
• Winifred Buckley (1883–1959), Indian-born surgeon

Military

• Alexander Buckley (1891–1918), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
• Cecil Buckley (1830–1872), Royal Navy officer, Victoria Cross recipient
• Denis Buckley (Medal of Honor) (c. 1844–1864), Canadian soldier who fought in the American Civil War
• Dennis J. Buckley Jr. (1920–1943), United States Navy sailor and Silver Star recipient
• Felix Buckley (1724–1823), British Army officer
• Howard Major Buckley (1863–1941), American soldier
• Jimmy Buckley (died 1943), British World War II pilot and POW
• John Buckley (VC) (1813–1876), British Victoria Cross recipient
• John C. Buckley (1842–1913), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Maurice Buckley (1891–1921), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
• Michael Buckley Jr. (1902–2006), United States Army officer

Politics and government

Australia

• Arthur Buckley (1891–1974), trade union leader and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Francis Buckley (politician) (1894–1971), trade union leader and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• George Buckley (Australian politician) (1881–1958), trade union leader and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Henry Buckley (1813–1888), British-born member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Ray Buckley (Australian politician) (1912–1989), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Canada

• John Buckley (Canadian politician) (1863–1942), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• John Francis Buckley (1891–1931), barrister, soldier, and federal politician

Ireland

• Daniel Buckley, birth name of Domhnall Ua Buachalla (1866–1963), politician and governor–general of the Irish Free State
• Margaret Buckley (1879–1962), Irish republican and Sinn Féin leader, president of Sinn Féin
• Pat Buckley (Irish politician) (born 1969), TD from Cork
• Seán Buckley (politician) (1873–1963), revolutionary and TD from Cork

New Zealand

• George Buckley (New Zealand politician) (1830–1895), farmer and politician from Canterbury
• Patrick Buckley (politician) (1841–1896), Irish New Zealand soldier, lawyer and politician

United Kingdom

• Albert Buckley (1877–1965), British Conservative politician
• Edmund Buckley (politician, born 1780) (1780–1867), British Conservative MP
• Sir Edmund Buckley, 1st Baronet (1834–1910), British Conservative MP
• Edward Pery Buckley (1796–1873), British Liberal and Whig politician
• George Buckley (British politician) (1935–1991), Labour MP
• Jonathan Buckley (born 1991), DUP politician
• Julia Buckley (fl. from 2017), Labour MP for Shrewsbury
• Michael Buckley (civil servant) (born 1939), former Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
• Nathaniel Buckley (1821–1892), British Liberal politician
• Victor Buckley (1838–1882), British civil servant

United States

• Alice Buckley (born c. 1993)
• Anna Buckley (1924–2003)
• Barbara Buckley (born 1960), American attorney and Democratic Party politician
• Brad Buckley (politician) (born 1966), Texan politician
• C. W. Buckley (1835–1906)
• Caleb F. Buckley (1841–1879)
• Charles A. Buckley (1890–1967)
• Christopher Augustine Buckley (1845–1922), "Blind Boss" Buckley, 19th century political boss in San Francisco, California
• Constantine W. Buckley (1815–1865)
• E. Ross Buckley (1921–1992)
• Esther Buckley (1948–2013), American educator
• Gavin Buckley (born 1963), Australian-American Democratic politician
• Horace Lawson Buckley (born 1941)
• James L. Buckley (1923–2023), American politician, jurist, diplomat, author, and corporate director
• James R. Buckley (1870–1945), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• James V. Buckley (1894–1954), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• John Buckley (attorney) (1885–1959), Connecticut politician
• John Buckley (Virginia politician) (born 1953)
• John F. Buckley (1892–1965), Wisconsin politician
• John J. Buckley (mayor) (1915–1997), Massachusetts politician, mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts
• John J. Buckley (sheriff) (1929–1994), Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• John L. Buckley (1900–after 1948), New York politician
• John R. Buckley (1932–2020), Massachusetts politician
• Peter J. Buckley (born 1957), Oregon politician
• Pola Buckley (born before 1978), American accountant and former Maine State Auditor
• Raymond Buckley (born 1959), American politician from New Hampshire
• T. Garry Buckley (1922–2012), American politician, active in Vermont
• Thomas H. Buckley (1897–1960), American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor
• Thomas J. Buckley (1895–1964), American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor
• Victoria Buckley (1949–1999)
• William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008), American writer and conservative leader

Religion

• Eric Buckley (1868–1948), English clergyman
• James Buckley (bishop) (1770–1828), English Roman Catholic bishop of Geras
• James Buckley (priest) (1849–1924), Archdeacon of Llandaff
• James Monroe Buckley (1836–1920), American Methodist doctor, preacher, and editor
• John Buckley (bishop) (born 1939), Irish Catholic bishop
• John Buckley (c. 1530–1598), Welsh martyr also known as John Jones
• Pat Buckley (priest) (1952–2024), excommunicated Irish Catholic priest
• Sigebert Buckley (1520–1610), only monk of Westminster to survive the Reformation

Sport

Association football

• Adam Buckley (born 1979), English professional footballer
• Alan Buckley (born 1951), British football manager
• Brandon Buckley (born 2000), English footballer
• Chris Buckley (footballer) (1886–1973), English footballer
• Delron Buckley (born 1977), South African footballer
• Frank Buckley (footballer) (1882–1964), English footballer
• Garry Buckley (born 1993), Irish footballer
• Gary Buckley (born 1961), English footballer
• Georges Buckley (born 1974), Peruvian football referee
• Graham Buckley (born 1963), Scottish footballer
• Jack Buckley (English footballer) (1903–1985)
• John Buckley (footballer, born 1962) (born 1962), Scottish football manager and former footballer
• John Buckley (footballer, born 1999) (born 1999), English footballer
• Keith Buckley (footballer) (born 1992), Irish footballer
• Liam Buckley (born 1960), Irish footballer
• Mick Buckley (English footballer) (1953–2013), English footballer
• Neil Buckley (born 1968), English footballer
• Paddy Buckley (1925–2008), Scottish footballer
• Pat Buckley (footballer) (born 1946), Scottish footballer
• Pru Buckley (born 1973), English footballer
• Steve Buckley (footballer) (born 1953), English footballer
• Steve Buckley (soccer) (born 1950), American soccer player
• Tara Buckley O'Sullivan (born 1962 as Tara Buckley)
• Walter Buckley (footballer) (1906–1985), English footballer
• Will Buckley (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer

Australian rules football

• Ben Buckley (born 1967), Australian businessman and footballer
• Bill Buckley (Australian rules footballer) (1896–1946)
• Brian Buckley (political advisor) (1935–2013), played for Footscray
• Brian Buckley (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2014), played for Carlton
• Dylan Buckley (born 1993)
• Ed Buckley (1889–1932)
• Jack Buckley (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1980)
• Jack Buckley (footballer, born 1997)
• Jim Buckley (born 1959)
• Mark Buckley (born 1962)
• Nathan Buckley (born 1972)
• Paul Buckley (1913–1988)
• Simon Buckley (born 1987)
• Stephen Buckley (born 1959)
• Ted Buckley (1912–1984)

Gridiron football

• Andrew Buckley (Canadian football) (born 1993), Canadian football quarterback
• Curtis Buckley (born 1970), football cornerback
• Eldra Buckley (born 1985)
• Hayden Buckley (1930–2013), American football player and coach
• Marcus Buckley (born 1971)
• Quayshawne Buckley (born 1991)
• Ralph Buckley (1907–1979)
• Terrell Buckley (born 1971), American football player and coach

Baseball

• Dick Buckley (baseball) (1858–1929), American Major League Baseball (MLB) player
• Jean Buckley (1931–2019), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• John Buckley (baseball) (1869–1942), American baseball pitcher
• Kevin Buckley (born 1959), American MLB player
• Mathew Buckley (born 1973), Australian baseball player
• Troy Buckley (born 1968), American college baseball coach

Boxing

• Johnny Buckley (died 1963), Irish boxing manager and promoter
• Peter Buckley (boxer) (born 1969), English journeyman welterweight boxer
• Regan Buckley (born 1997), Irish boxer

Cricket

• Alfred Buckley (1829–1900), English cricketer
• Cyril Buckley (1905–1974), English cricketer
• Duncombe Buckley (1831–1855), English cricketer and soldier
• G. B. Buckley (1885–1962), English surgeon and cricket historian
• George Buckley (cricketer, born 1889) (1889–1935), English cricketer
• John Buckley (cricketer) (born 1956), South African cricketer
• Ryan Buckley (born 1994), English cricketer

Gaelic football

• Bobby Buckley (1931–2013), Irish Gaelic footballer
• David Buckley (Gaelic footballer) (born 2001), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Donie Buckley (born early 1960s), Irish Gaelic footballer and coach
• Johnny Buckley (Gaelic footballer) (born 1989), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Mark Buckley (Gaelic footballer) (born 1998), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Mick Buckley (Sarsfields Gaelic footballer) (born 1944)
• Paul John Buckley (born c. 1956), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Rena Buckley (born c. 1987), Irish Gaelic football and camogie player

Hurling and camogie

• Andy Buckley (hurler) (fl. 1884–1916), Irish hurler
• Austin Buckley (born 1960), Irish hurler
• Cillian Buckley (born 1992), Irish hurler
• Connie Buckley (1915–2009), Irish hurler
• Danny Buckley (born 1957), Irish hurler
• Din Joe Buckley (1919–2009), Irish hurler
• Éamonn Buckley (born 1982), Irish hurler
• John Buckley (Aghabullogue hurler) (1863–1935), Irish hurler
• John Buckley (Glen Rovers hurler) (born 1958), Irish hurler
• John Buckley (Newtownshandrum hurler) (born 1953), Irish hurler
• Kathleen Buckley (fl. 1934–1940), Irish camogie player
• Pat Buckley (Aghabullogue hurler) (fl. 1890–1892), Irish hurler
• Pat Buckley (Cork hurler) (born 1965), Irish hurler
• Seán Buckley (hurler) (born 1938), Irish hurler
• William Buckley (hurler) (born 2004), Irish hurler

Rugby league football

• Alan Buckley (rugby league) (1948–2008), British rugby league footballer
• Bill Buckley (rugby league) (1906–1973), Australian rugby league footballer
• David Buckley (rugby league) (fl. 2000s), Irish rugby league footballer
• Dawson Buckley (1917–1993), Australian rugby league footballer
• Owen Buckley (born 1998), English rugby league footballer

Rugby union football

• Denis Buckley (born 1990), rugby union footballer from Ireland
• Jim Buckley (rugby union) (fl. from 1973), Irish rugby union footballer
• Rhys Buckley (born 1989), Welsh rugby union footballer
• Scott Buckley (born 2000), Irish rugby union footballer
• Shane Buckley (born 1992), Irish rugby union footballer
• Tony Buckley (born 1980), Irish rugby union footballer

Other sports

• Andrew Buckley (field hockey) (born 1973), New Zealand field hockey player
• Brendan Buckley (born 1977), American ice hockey player
• Bridget Buckley (born 1955), British rower
• Fred Buckley (1883–1965), British middle-distance runner
• Hayden Buckley (golfer) (born 1996), American golfer
• Joaquin Buckley (born 1994), American mixed martial artist
• Mark Buckley (tennis) (born 1960), American tennis player
• Markino Buckley (born 1986), Jamaican hurdler
• Mike Buckley (born 1963), American stock car racing driver
• Pat Buckley (bobsleigh) (fl. late 1940s), American bobsleigher
• Peter Buckley (cyclist) (1944–1969), British professional racing cyclist
• Ronnie Buckley (born 1986), Australian discus thrower
• Roy Buckley (1946–2021), American ten–pin bowler
• Tim Buckley (basketball) (born 1963), American college basketball coach

Other fields

• Bryan Burton Buckley, 2nd Baron Wrenbury (1890–1940)
• Carol Buckley (born 1954), American elephant caregiver
• Christine Buckley (1946–2014), Irish activist
• Daniel Buckley (1890–1918), one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
• Declan Buckley (designer) (fl. from 1999), British landscape designer
• Sir Edmund Buckley, 2nd Baronet (1861–1919)
• Eliza Buckley Ingalls (1848–1918), American temperance activist
• George Buckley (explorer) (1866–1937), New Zealand soldier and adventurer
• Harold Robert Buckley (1896–1958), American World War I flying ace
• Jay C. Buckey (born 1956), American astronaut
• Karen Buckley (1991–2015), Scottish murder victim
• Oliver Ellsworth Buckley (1887–1959), American electrical engineer
• Melanie Buckley (born 1982), English chess master
• Nick Buckley (born 1968), British charity worker
• Pamela Buckley (1951–1976), American murder victim
• Patricia Buckley (1926–2007), American socialite, wife of William F. Buckley Jr.
• Richard Buckley (courtier) (1928–2022), Royal Navy officer and courtier
• Richard Buckley (fl. 1930s), New Zealand farmer whose trousers exploded
• St. John McLean Buckley (1869–1915), New Zealand farmer
• William Buckley (convict) (1776–1856), Australian convict
• William Francis Buckley (1928–1985), CIA station chief captured by Hezbollah and killed

See also

• Senator Buckley (disambiguation)