Stanley (name)

People with the given name

• Ann Dunham, birth name Stanley Ann Dunham, mother of the 44th US president Barack Obama
• Stanley (Brazilian footballer), Brazil
• Stanley Adams (actor), American actor and screenwriter
• Stanley Adams (singer), American singer and lyricist
• Stanley Adams (whistleblower), Maltese whistleblower in the pharmaceutical industry
• Stanley T. Adams, American Army officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War
• Stanley Amis, British architect
• Stanley Andrisse, American endocrinologist
• Stan Arthur, U.S. Navy officer; Vice Chief of Naval Operations 1992–95
• Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer
• Stanley Baldwin, three-time prime minister of the United Kingdom
• Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author
• Stanley Berryhill, American football player
• Stanley Bleifeld, American sculptor
• Stanley Booth-Clibborn, British Anglican bishop
• Stanley Branche, American civil rights leader
• Stanley Brundy, American basketball player
• Stanley Burnside, Bahamian cartoonist and painter
• Stanley Burrell, American rapper known as MC Hammer
• Stanley Cavell, American philosopher
• Stanley Chais, American investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
• Stanley Chera, American real estate developer
• Stanley R. Christianson, American Marine, awarded Medal of Honor
• Stanley Clarke, American jazz and funk bassist
• Stanley Clements, American actor and comedian
• Stanley Cohen (biochemist), American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate
• Stanley Cohen (physicist), American physicist, founder and president of Speakeasy Computing Corporation
• Stan Cohen (politician), British Labour politician
• Stanley Cohen (sociologist), Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics
• Stanley G. Cohen, American music educator, president of Five Towns College
• Stanley Norman Cohen, American geneticist
• Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer
• Stan Drake, American cartoonist
• Stanley Ann Dunham, American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama
• Stanley Ellis (cricketer), English cricketer
• Stanley Ellis (linguist), English linguistics scholar and broadcaster
• Stanley Fields (actor), American actor
• Stanley Fields (biologist), American biologist
• Stanley Fischer, Israeli American economist
• Stanley Fisher, 24th Chief Justice of Ceylon
• Stanley H. Ford, United States Army General
• Stanley Fung, Hong Kong actor and film director
• Stanley Jerome Gaetz, member of the North Dakota Senate
• Stanley Goble, Royal Australian Air Force commander
• Stanley G. Grizzle, Canadian citizenship judge and labour union activist
• Stanley Heaps, English architect responsible for the design of a number of stations on the London Underground system
• Stanley Ho, Hong Kong-Macau businessman
• Stanley Holloway, English actor, comedian, singer and monologist
• Stanley Johnson (basketball), American basketball player
• Stanley Johnson (London politician), English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, MP 1918–1924
• Stanley Johnson (writer), British author and politician, writer on environmental and population issues, MEP 1979–1984
• Stanley Jones (cyclist), British Olympic cyclist
• Stanley Kalpage, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1991 to 1994
• Stanley Kamel, American actor
• Stanley A. Klein, American neuroscientist
• Stanley H. Klein, American architect
• Stanley Kramer, American film director and producer
• Stanley Krippner, American psychologist, parapsychologist, and Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University
• Stanley Kubrick, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
• Stanley Kurtz, American conservative commentator
• Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, English comic actor, writer and film director
• Stanley Lechtzin, American artist, jeweler, metalsmith, and educator
• Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher
• Stanley Lewis (sculptor), Canadian sculptor
• Stanley Cornwell Lewis, British portrait painter and illustrator
• Stan Love (basketball), American basketball player
• Stanley G. Love, American scientist and astronaut
• Sir Stanley Matthews, British footballer
• Stanley Mazor, American electrical engineer and inventor
• Stanley A. McChrystal, former Commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan
• Stanley Meltzoff, American illustrator
• Stanley Middleton, British novelist
• Stanley Morgan Jr., American football player
• Stanley Myers, English composer and conductor
• Stanley Nelson Jr., American documentary filmmaker
• Stanley Nibbs British Virgin Islander teacher
• Stanley Ocitti, Ugandan basketball player
• Stan Owen, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Stanley G. Payne, American historian and Hispanist
• Stanley Peiris, Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer
• Stanley Plotkin, American physician, vaccinologist, and immunologist
• Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist
• Stanley Robinson (disambiguation), several people
• Stanley Rogers Resor, American lawyer and military officer; 9th United States Secretary of the Army
• Stanley Jedidiah Samartha, Indian theologian
• Stanley Savige, Australian soldier and businessman
• Stanley Schmidt, American science fiction author and editor
• Stanley Schumacher, Canadian politician
• Stanley Senanayake Sri Lankan law enforcement official
• Stanley Shakespeare, American football player
• Stanley Shanfield, American inventor
• Stanley Sheff, American film director and writer
• Stanley Gerald Umphrey Shier, 18th Canadian Surgeon General
• Stanley Tillekeratne, former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Stanley Tretick, American photojournalist
• Stanley Tucci, American actor, writer, producer and film director
• Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist
• Stanley Unwin (comedian), South African-born comedic writer and performer
• Stanley Unwin (publisher), British publisher, founder of George Allen and Unwin
• Stanley Wagner (disambiguation), several people
• Stanley J. Wawrzyniak, American Marine officer, recipient of two Navy Crosses during Korean War
• Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science fiction writer
• Stanley Whittaker, American basketball player
• Stanley Wojcicki, Polish American emeritus professor and former chair of the physics department at Stanford University
• Stanley Wolpert, American historian and Indologist
• Stanley Woodward (attorney), American lawyer
• Stanley Yau, Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor
• Stanley Zabka, American songwriter, filmmaker, and television director,
• Stanley Zeigler, American politician
• Stanley de Zoysa, Sri Lankan businessman and politician

People with the family name

• Aileen Stanley, American popular singer
• Alessandra Stanley, American journalist
• Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player
• Antwaun Stanley, American singer, songwriter
• Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, English churchman, dean of Westminster
• Barbara Stanley, American psychologist, researcher, and suicidologist
• Barney Stanley, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Benson Stanley, Australian-born, New Zealand Rugby Union player
• Bob Stanley (baseball), American baseball player
• Bob Stanley (musician), English musician
• Brian Stanley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Cassius Stanley, American basketball player
• Chad Stanley, American football player
• Charles Stanley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chase Stanley, Australian-New Zealand Rugby League player
• Christopher Stanley, American actor
• Clinton Warrington Stanley, Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
• David S. Stanley, Union general in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
• Dimitrious Stanley, American football player
• Dorothy Stanley, American educator
• Edward Stanley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Emily Stanley, American limnologist
• Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
• Florence Stanley, American actress
• Francis Edgar Stanley, American businessman, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer
• Frank C. Stanley, late 19th-early 20th-century American popular singer; stage name for William S. Grinsted
• Freelan O. Stanley, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer and founder of the Stanley Hotel
• Frederick Trent Stanley, American industrialist, founder of Stanley Works
• George F. G. Stanley, Canadian historian and designer of the Canadian flag
• Ginger Stanley, American model, actress and stunt woman
• Helen Camille Stanley, American composer and violist
• Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley, British campaigner for women's education
• Henrietta Stanley Dull, American food writer
• Henry Stanley, American businessman and founder of Stanley Rule and Level Company, cousin of Frederick Trent Stanley
• Henry Stanley (cricketer), English cricketer
• Henry Bruce 'Harry' Stanley, Scottish painter and decorator mistakenly shot by police
• Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American journalist and explorer, searched for Dr. Livingstone
• Ian Stanley, British musician
• James Stanley (disambiguation), several people
• Jayson Stanley, American football player
• Joe Stanley (rugby union), New Zealand Rugby Union player
• John Stanley (disambiguation), several people
• Kim Stanley, American actress
• Leo Stanley, American surgeon
• Lisa Stanley, Irish singer, songwriter, and presenter
• Logan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player
• Matthew Stanley, New Zealand Olympic swimmer
• Mervin C. Stanley, New York politician
• Michael Stanley, American rock singer
• Michael Stanley (rugby union), Samoan Rugby Union player
• Mickey Stanley, American baseball player
• Mike Stanley, American baseball player
• Mike Stanley (rower), New Zealand Olympic rower and sports administrator
• Millicent Preston-Stanley, Australian feminist and politician
• Muriel Stanley, Indigenous Australian Anglican missionary, nurse and social worker
• Nate Stanley, American football player
• Oliver Stanley, British politician
• Owen Stanley, British naval captain
• Owsley Stanley, American "underground" chemist, mass-produced LSD
• Paco Stanley, Mexican television entertainer, assassinated
• Paul Stanley, American rock guitarist and vocalist
• Peter Stanley, Australian historian
• Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, one of the Stanley Brothers
• Richard Stanley (director), South African-born film director
• Richard Stanley (politician), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament 1950–1966
• Richard P. Stanley, American mathematician at MIT
• Robbie Stanley, American auto racing driver
• Ronja Stanley, Finnish singer, known as Ronya
• Ronnie Stanley, American football player
• Sachini Ayendra Stanley, Sri Lankan Burgher cinema actress and model
• Sam Stanley (rugby union) English Rugby Union player
• Sara Griffith Stanley Woodward, U.S. abolitionist, author, educator
• Sidney Stanley, Polish-British businessman
• Sidney Stanley (cricketer), South African cricketer
• Stephen Edward Stanley Australian cartoonist
• Steven J. C. Stanley, Jamaican audio engineer and producer
• Steven M. Stanley, American palaeontologist
• The Stanley Brothers, Carter and Ralph, American bluegrass musicians
• Thomas Stanley (author), English author and translator
• Thomas Bahnson Stanley, American politician, governor of Virginia 1954–1958
• Venetia Stanley, English noblewoman
• Venetia Stanley (1887–1948), English socialite, intimate friend of H. H. Asquith
• Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist, virologist, and Nobel prize laureate
• William Stanley (died 1495), English soldier, fought at the Battle of Bosworth Field
• William Stanley (born 1548), English military commander, under Queen Elizabeth I
• William Stanley (inventor), British inventor and businessman
• William Stanley Jr., American physicist
• Winifred C. Stanley, U.S. Representative from New York
• Woodrow Stanley, American politician

English nobility and gentry

• any of the Stanley baronets
• any who held the title Baron Stanley
• any who held the title Baron Stanley of Alderley
• Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, president of the Board of Trade, chairman of London Passenger Transport Board
• Anne Stanley, Countess of Ancram, wife of the 1st Earl of Ancram
• Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley, name used for several men: see Edward Stanley (disambiguation)
• Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield and Stanley of Alderley
• Henrietta Stanley, 4th Baroness Strange, English peeress
• Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby
• James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
• Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
• William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby

Fictional characters

• Stanley (Cars), the deceased founder of the town Radiator Springs in the Cars franchise
• Stanley, an anthropomorphic white tank engine on TV series Thomas and Friends
• Stanley, in the film A Troll in Central Park
• Sappy Stanley, a character in the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures
• a title character in Stanley and His Monster, from DC Comics
• Stanley the Tool, in the webcomic Erfworld
• Stanley Bernstein, in the 1983 American miniseries V)
• Stanley Griff, the main character of the Playhouse Disney animated series Stanley
• Stanley Hudson, a character on the TV show The Office
• Stanley Ipkiss, the main character in the comic and the film The Mask
• Stanley "Grandpa" Kanisky, on the American television sitcom Gimme a Break
• Stanley Kowalski, in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Stanley Lambchop, a main character in Jeff Brown's Flat Stanley book series
• Stan Marsh, on the TV show South Park
• Stanley Pines, on the animated TV series Gravity Falls
• Stanley Roper, on the American sitcom Three's Company
• Stan Smith (American Dad!), the lead character from the American Dad! animated sitcom
• Stanley Snyder, a character from the manga series Dr. Stone
• Stanley Sorenson, a main character in Brandon Mull's Fablehaven book series
• Stanley S. SquarePants, a minor character in the Nickelodeon animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants
• Stanley Tweedle, a main character on the science fiction TV series Lexx
• Stanley Yelnats IV, from the novel and film Holes
• Stanley Zbornak, a recurring character in the American TV series The Golden Girls
• Stanley, the protagonist in the 2011 video game The Stanley Parable, its 2013 remake, and its 2022 Ultra Deluxe release
• Stanley the Bugman, the protagonist in the 1983 Nintendo video game Donkey Kong 3 and the 1999 game Super Smash Bros
• Beth Stanley, in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie ''Deep Impact''