Nye (surname)
Nye is a surname of Old English origin.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaliyah Nye, American basketball player
- Aaron Nye, Australian cricketer
- Andrea Nye, American feminist philosopher and writer
- Andy Nye, English musician
- Archibald Nye, British Army lieutenant-general and Governor of Madras
- Ben Nye, American Hollywood makeup artist
- Bill Nye, "the Science Guy", American popular scientist and TV personality
- Blaine Nye, American former National Football League player
- Carrie Nye, stage name of American actress Carolyn Nye McGeoy
- Carroll Nye, American film actor
- Chauncey Nye, American pioneer
- Claribel Nye, American home economist
- Cliff Nye, Lebanese rugby league player
- David Nye (disambiguation)
- Dick Nye, English journalist
- Edd Nye, American politician
- Edgar Wilson Nye, American humorist
- Eva Nye, American politician
- Frank Nye, American politician
- Francis W. Nye, U.S. Air Force major general
- G. Raymond Nye, American silent film actor
- George Nye (disambiguation), several people
- Gideon Nye, American diplomat, art collector, writer and merchant
- Glenn Nye, American politician
- Harry Nye (disambiguation), several people
- James W. Nye, U.S. Senator
- Jody Lynn Nye, American science fiction author
- John Nye (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Nye, American academic and political theorist
- Kim Nye, New Zealand former footballer
- Lee Nye, American photographer
- Lisa Nye, English cricketer
- Louis Nye, American actor and comedian
- Mark Nye (bishop), Anglican bishop and political prisoner in apartheid-era South Africa
- Mark Nye (politician), American politician
- Mary Jo Nye, American historian of science and professor
- Mortimer Nye, American politician
- Myra Nye, American journalist and writer
- Naomi Shihab Nye, Palestinian-American poet and songwriter
- Nathaniel Nye, English mathematician
- Nelson C. Nye, American author, editor and reviewer of Western fiction
- Niel Nye, British archdeacon
- Olin T. Nye, American lawyer
- Pat Nye, English actress
- Peter Nye, British soil scientist
- Phila Calder Nye, American art historian
- Philip Nye was an English theologian and key adviser to Oliver Cromwell on matters of religion.
- Ray J. Nye, American politician
- Rich Nye, American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Richard Nye, English composer
- Robert Nye, British novelist, poet and playwright
- Russel B. Nye, American English professor, author and historian of popular culture
- Ruth Nye, Australian pianist
- Ryan Nye, American baseball player
- Simon Nye, British comedy writer, creator of the sitcom Men Behaving Badly
- Stephen Nye, English clergyman and theological writer
- Steve Nye, music producer and keyboardist
- Susan Nye, Baroness Nye, British civil servant
- Thomas Avery Nye Jr., American politician
- Wallace G. Nye, 25th mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- William Nye (disambiguation)