Rowley (surname)
Rowley is an English-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
A
- Alec Rowley, English composer
- Alex Rowley, Scottish politician
- Allan Rowley, British Army officer, Foreign Office diplomat and Secret Intelligence Service controller
- Amy Rowley, a deaf student in the 1982 United States Supreme Court case Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
- Arthur Rowley, English footballer
- Arthur Rowley (footballer, born 1870), English footballer
B
- Bartholomew Rowley, British naval officer
- Beth Rowley, English singer-songwriter
- Bill Rowley, English footballer
- Bill Rowley (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
C
- Charles Rowley (disambiguation), several people
- Chris Rowley, American baseball pitcher
- Christopher Rowley, American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Clotworthy Rowley of Mount Campbell, Anglo-Irish barrister and Member of Parliament in the Irish Parliament
- Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford, Irish peer
- Coleen Rowley, American former FBI agent and whistleblower
- Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
D
- Danielle Rowley, Scottish politician
- Dave Rowley, 21st century American politician
- David Rowley (footballer), Malaysian footballer
- Dick Rowley, Irish international footballer
E
- Elizabeth Rowley, Canadian politician and writer
F
- Francis Rowley, Australian cricketer
- Francis H. Rowley, American Baptist minister, animal welfare campaigner and hymn writer
G
- Geoff Rowley, English professional skateboarder
- George Rowley (disambiguation), several people
- Gordon Rowley, British botanist and writer
- Gordon Rowley, frontman and bassist for the British rock band Nightwing
- Graham Rowley (cyclist), Australian racing cyclist
- Graham Westbrook Rowley, British Arctic explorer and geographer
H
- H. H. Rowley, English theologian and scholar
- Harrison Rowley, New Zealand rugby union international
- Harry Rowley, English footballer
- Hazel Rowley, British-born Australian writer
- Herbert Rowley, British First World War flying ace and air commodore
- Hercules Rowley, Anglo-Irish politician, father of Hercules Langford Rowley
- Hercules Langford Rowley, Irish politician
I
- Ian Rowley, Scottish-born Australian ornithologist
J
- Jack Rowley, English footballer
- James Joseph Rowley, director of the United States Secret Service under three presidents
- James Rowley (cricketer), English cricketer
- Janet Rowley, American human geneticist
- Jeff Rowley, Australian professional surfer
- Jeremy Rowley, American actor, comedian and writer
- Jodi Rowley, Australian herpetologist and conservationist
- Joe Rowley, English footballer
- John Rowley, South African-born English cricketer and colonial governor of Darfur
- Joshua Rowley, Royal Navy vice-admiral, uncle of Josias Rowley
- Josias Rowley, Anglo-Irish Royal Navy admiral
K
- Katie Rowley Jones, English musical theatre actress
- Keith Rowley, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- Kent Rowley, Canadian labour organizer
L
- Laurie Rowley (tennis), American tennis player
- Laurie Rowley (writer), English comedy writer
- Lee Rowley, British politician, former Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety and former management consultant
M
- Mark Rowley (police officer), Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London
- Mark Rowley (actor), Scottish actor
- Mark Rowley (rugby union), Welsh rugby union international
P
- Paul Rowley, British rugby league coach and former player
- Peter Rowley, New Zealand comic actor and writer
R
- Richard Rowley (disambiguation), several people
- Rosemarie Rowley, Irish poet and ecofeminist
S
- Sally Rowley, American jewelry-maker and civil rights activist
- Samuel Rowley, English dramatist and actor
- Samuel Campbell Rowley, Irish-born Royal Navy rear-admiral
- Sean Rowley, British disc jockey and television and radio presenter
- Sean Rowley (singer), lead singer of the American electronic/synthpop band Cause and Effect
- Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter
- Steven Rowley, author of the 2016 novel ''Lily and the Octopus''
T
- Thomas Rowley (disambiguation), several people
- Trevor Rowley, British landscape historian and archaeologist
W
- William Rowley (disambiguation), several people
Barons and baronets
- Various holders of the title Baron Langford
- Various Rowley baronets of Tendring Hall (1786)
- Various Rowley baronets of Hill House (1836)