Woolley (surname)

Woolley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

• Albert Woolley (footballer), English footballer
• Alma S. Woolley, American nurse, educator, historian and author
• Bennie L. Woolley, Jr., American trainer of racing horses
• Benjamin Woolley, author, media journalist, television presenter
• Bruce Woolley (born 1953), English writer, performer and record producer
• Cam Woolley, Ontario Provincial Police officer
• Claud Woolley, English cricketer
• Edmund Woolley, early American architect and master carpenter
• Édouard Woolley, Canadian tenor, actor and composer
• Edwin D. Woolley, elected to the Utah Territorial Legislature
• Emmeline M. D. Woolley (1843–1908), English-born Australian musician
• Frank Woolley (1887–1978), English cricketer
• Geoffrey Harold Woolley, British Victoria Cross recipient
• George Cathcart Woolley, British colonial administrator and ethnographer
• Hannah Woolley, early English writer of household management books
• Harold Woolley, Baron Woolley, British farmer and life peer
• Harry George Woolley, Canadian Lacrosse player and advocate
• Helen Thompson Woolley (1874–1947), psychologist and behavioural researcher
• Jack Woolley (born 1998) Irish taekwondo athlete
• James Woolley (1966–2016), keyboard player for the group Nine Inch Nails
• Janet McCarter Woolley (1906–1996), American bacteriologist
• Jason Woolley, Canadian ice hockey defenseman
• John Woolley (disambiguation)
• Jordan Woolley, American actor
• Joseph Woolley, fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), British archaeologist
• Lorin C. Woolley, leader in the LDS (Mormon) Fundamentalist Movement
• Ken Woolley (1933–2015), Australian architect
• Mary Emma Woolley, American educator, peace activist, and women's suffrage supporter
• Monty Woolley (1888–1963), American actor
• Patrick Woolley, American lawyer
• Persia Woolley, historical novelist
• Richard van der Riet Woolley, British astronomer
• Rob Woolley (born 1990), English first-class cricketer
• Robert W. Woolley, director of the US Mint and member of the Democratic Party
• Roger Woolley, Tasmanian and Australian cricketer
• Sarah Woolley (born 1987), British trade union leader
• Sarah M. N. Woolley, American neuroscientist
• Shawn Woolley, suicidal Everquest player
• Stephen Woolley, English film producer and director
• William Woolley, member of the National Liberal Party in the UK

Fictional characters

• Bernard Woolley, a main character in the British television series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister