Ridley (surname)

Ridley is a surname, and may refer to:

A

• Aaron Ridley (born 1962), British philosopher
• Aaron J. Ridley, American atmospheric researcher
• Adam Ridley (born 1942), British economist
• Alan Ridley (1910–1993), Australian rugby league footballer
• Alex Ridley (born 1996), New Zealand cricketer
• Alfred Ridley (1849–1898), English British Army officer and cricketer
• Alfred Ridley-Martin (1881–1970), British fencer
• Alice Tan Ridley (born 1952), American gospel and R&B singer
• Alonzo Ridley (1826–1909), American engineer and Confederate Army officer
• Amy Ridley (born 2002), Australian goalball athlete
• Andrew Ridley (born 1968), Australian cricketer
• Anne Ridley (born 1963), British biologist
• Annie E. Ridley (1839–1923), British novelist
• Archie Ridley (1869–1950), New Zealand cricketer
• Arnold Ridley (1896–1984), English actor and playwright
• Arthur Ridley (1852–1916), English cricketer

B

• Betty Ridley (1909–2005), British Church of England administrator
• Bill Ridley (1934–2019), American basketball player
• Bob Ridley (born 1942), English footballer
• Brian Ridley (born 1931), British solid-state physicist

C

• Caleb Ridley (1873–1932), Ku Klux Klan member
• Calvin Ridley (born 1994), American football player
• Cameron Ridley (born 1993), American basketball player
• Charles William Ridley (1812–1867), British soldier
• Christophe Ridley (born 1993), French rugby referee
• Christopher Ridley (1946–2009), South African cricketer
• Cicely Ridley (1927–2008), British-American applied mathematician
• Clarence S. Ridley (1883–1969), American military officer, governor of the Panama Canal Zone
• Claude Alward Ridley (1897–1942), British military officer and aviator
• Clem Ridley (1909–1988), Australian politician
• Curt Ridley (1951–2021), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Cyril Ridley (1895–1920), British World War I flying ace

D

• Daisy Ridley (born 1992), English actress
• Dave Ridley (1916–1998), Welsh footballer
• David Ridley (born 1954), English cricketer
• Dorsey Ridley (born 1953), American politician

E

• Edward Ridley (1843–1928), English barrister, politician and judge
• Evan Alexandrow-Ridley (born 1996), Lithuanian-Australian football goalkeeper
• Eve Ridley (born 2011), English actress

F

• Florida Ruffin Ridley (1861–1943), African-American civil rights activist and writer
• Frank Ridley (secularist) (1897–1994), British Marxist, secularist and writer
• Frank L. Ridley, American film and television actor
• Frank M. Ridley (1883–1953), American college football player and physician
• Fred Ridley (born 1952), American amateur golfer and golf administrator

G

• Gary Ridley (1945–2022), American engineer
• George Ridley (Labour politician) (1886–1944), British Member of Parliament
• George Ridley (Whig politician) (1818–1887), British Member of Parliament
• George "Geordie" Ridley (1835–1864), British concert hall songwriter and performer on Tyneside
• Gerald Ridley (1897–1953), English cricketer
• Giles Ridley (born 1944), English cricketer
• Glocester Ridley (1702–1774), English writer
• Greg Ridley (1942–2003), English rock bassist
• Guy Ridley (1885–1947), English barrister

H

• Harold Ridley (Jesuit) (1939–2005), President of Loyola College, Maryland
• Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) (1906–2001), English ophthalmologist
• Harrison Ridley Jr. (1938–2009), American radio broadcaster
• Harry Ridley (1904–1989), English footballer
• Harry Ridley (cricketer) (1868–1949), New Zealand cricketer
• Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), English botanist
• Humphrey Ridley (1653–1708), English physician

I

• Ian Ridley (1934–2008), Australian rules footballer

J

• Jack Ridley (baseball) (born 1905), American Negro leagues baseball player
• Jack Ridley (engineer) (1919–2006), New Zealand civil engineer and politician
• Jack Ridley (pilot) (1915–1957), American aeronautical engineer and test pilot
• Jack Ridley (swim coach), American competitive swimmer and swim coach
• James Ridley (1736–1765), English author
• James Ridley (footballer) (born 1889), English footballer
• Jane Ridley (born 1953), British biographer
• Jason Ridley (born 1977), American politician from Georgia
• Jasper Ridley (banker) (1887–1951), British banker
• Jasper Ridley (historian) (1920–2004), British writer known for historical biographies
• Jeanne Clare Ridley (1925–2007), American sociologist, statistician and demographer
• Jessica Ridley (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Jim Ridley (1945–2008), Canadian baseball player
• Joan Ridley (1903–1983), British tennis player
• Jody Ridley (born 1942), American NASCAR driver
• John Ridley (born 1965), American film director, actor, and writer
• John Ridley (footballer) (1952–2020), English footballer
• John Ridley (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1977), English footballer
• John Ridley (inventor) (1806–1887), best known for "Ridley's Stripper"
• John S. Ridley (1882–1934), Canadian politician
• Jordan Ridley (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
• Jordan Ridley (politician), American politician from Georgia

L

• Lancelot Ridley (died 1576), English clergyman and theologian, father of physician Mark Ridley
• Larry Ridley (born 1937), American jazz bassist
• Lee Ridley (born 1981), English footballer
• Lee Ridley (comedian) (born 1980), English stand-up comedian

M

• Mabel Ridley (1895–1938), African-American singer
• Malcolm Ridley (born 1962), English actor and writer
• Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician
• Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist
• Mark Ridley-Thomas (born 1954), American politician and felon
• Martin Ridley (1861–1936), English photographer
• Matt Ridley (born 1958), British science writer, financier, 5th Viscount Ridley
• Matthew Ridley (barrister) (1711–1778), English barrister, coal magnate and businessman
• Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (1842–1904), British statesman
• Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley (1874–1916), British politician
• Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley (1902–1964), British landowner and race car driver
• Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley (1925–2012), British courtier
• Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet (1745–1813), British landowner and politician
• Sir Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Baronet (1778–1836), British politician
• Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet (1807–1877), British politician
• Maurice Ridley (1915–1960), Canadian politician from Manitoba
• Michael Ridley (writer), English author, archaeologist and orientalist
• Michael Ridley (cricketer) (born 1947), English cricketer
• Michael Kershaw Ridley (born 1937), Clerk of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Mike Ridley (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player

N

• Nicholas Ridley (martyr) (died 1555), English bishop
• Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (1929–1993), British politician
• Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (1779–1854), British politician

P

• Philip Ridley (born 1960), British artist

R

• Ralph Ridley (born 1904), English football goalkeeper
• Reginald Ridley (1883–1971), New Zealand cricketer
• Riley Ridley (born 1996) American football player
• Rita Ridley (1946–2013), English runner
• Rosalind Ridley (born 1949), British neuropsychologist
• Roy Ridley (1890–1969), British academic, writer and poet

S

• Samuel Ridley (1864–1944), British industrialist and politician
• Sandra Ridley, Canadian poet
• Sebastian Claude Ridley (1853–1924), English organist, pianist and composer
• Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (born 1987), American politician
• Stevan Ridley (born 1989), American football player
• Stuart Oliver Ridley (1853–1935), English cleric and zoologist

T

• Thomas Ridley (1799–1879), merchant and political figure in Newfoundland
• Thomas H. Ridley (1828–1904), merchant and political figure in Newfoundland, son of Thomas Ridley the merchant
• Thomas Ridley (cricketer) (1858–1945), English barrister, clergyman and cricketer
• Todd Ridley (born 1969), Australian rules footballer
• Tony Ridley (born 1933), British civil engineer and academic

U

• Ursula Ridley, Viscountess Ridley (1904–1967), British magistrate, campaigner and charity worker

W

• Wally Ridley (1913–2007), British record producer and songwriter
• William Ridley (Presbyterian missionary) (1819–1878), English Presbyterian missionary and linguist in Australia
• William Ridley (bishop) (1836–1911), English Anglican missionary in Canada
• William Henry Ridley (1816–1882), Anglican priest and author
• William Ridley-Colborne (1814–1846), British politician

Y

• Yvonne Ridley (born 1958), English journalist